Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-01-28
DO|NGS At NATIONAL CAPITAL
PRESIDENT MAY DE FORCED TO
ACT IN CUBAN NATTER.
CURRENCY REFORM MAY GO UNDER
Report That President Mckinley IL Pre-.
pairing Special Message Calling For
Cash to Transport Troops.

A Washington special Of Friday
says: Cuban news is still flying fast
and furious about the capitol. One
story was put in circulation that the
president was preparing special mes
sage in which he would ask for
S1,000,000 for the transportation of
troops. This and other reports were
followed by denials, and there seems
no way of getting at the truth of any
of them.
One thing is certain, however, and
that is that the administration is
greatly alarmed at the situation
in the house of representatives.
1t was this phase of the situation
that had the cabinet in session Friday.
The Cuban matter took up all the time
of the president and his members. AS
grave as the situation is on account Of
the attitude of the Spanish, il is as
serious in the eyes of the administra-
tion as the attitude of the republicans
in the house.
Currency Reform May Fail.
The death knell OF oil efforts at cur
rency reform was sounded in the SEN
ate at Fridays session.
A premonition of it was given Thurs
day in the decisive vote by which the
Stanley Matthews resolutions were
given the right Of way over everything
else; Friday the fate Of all the various
efforts to pass such reform laws as will
commit this country more thorough
ly to the gold standard" was settled.
The opponents of these resolutions
had made a careful study of the situa-
ton and when Senator Vest asked that
a time be set for final vote on the
resolutions, tho republican leaders
evinced a desire that they be given
their dose at the soonest moment pos
sible. This was a surprise to the sill
yer men, who had expected to be told
that the resolutions would not be al
lowed to 60 through the senate with
out the hardest kind of fight.
An agreement was reached that there
shall be a vote next Thursday. In
the meantime there will be several
speeches. Senators Turpin and Stew
art have already given notice of their
intentions IN this respect and some OF
the republicans will set forth their
views. Those western republicans who
have been talking silver are to he
smoked out. They will vote for the
resolutions, and its passage by so de-
cided vote will be formal notice to
the house that there is no need of that
body wasting its time in the consldera-
ton of the Gage bill, the commission
bill or any of those other measures adj
vanced in the name OF reform and
pushed for the purpose so frankly
stated by the secretary of the treasury
to commit the country more thor
oughly to the gold standard.
4 Denial From Mr.. Quay.
At the opening of the senate's ses-
sion Friday Mr.. Quay, of Pennsylvania,
said that he had noticed in the morn
ing newspapers that he had voted for
the consideration Of the Teller resolu-
ton because the senator from Missou-
ri (AIr. Vest had asked him to do so.
This, Mr.. Quay said, was not true in
any sense. as he had not conferred
with the Missouri senator about it, He
had voted rs he had, said he, because
he thought the present consideration
Of the resolution would benefit the
country and the republican party.