The age-herald., 1898-01-28
Says the Free Silver Men Have Got the Sen- ate and Are Going to Have the House
 -Alabamians Are Calling on
 President Mckinley.
Special to The Age-Herald.

Washington, Jan. 27.-The election com- mittee today submitted their report in the Aldrich-Plowman case to the house-ths outline of which was stated in these dis- patches a week ago. The majority of the committee has decided that Aldrch is en- titled to the seat, and the minority has been given until next Wednesday to file its views. There is little hope of the house overturnlng the decision of its committee and Aldrich will probably be seated.
 A big delegation of Alabama republicans, including Reese, Vaughn, Youngblood, Al- drieh, Bryan and Hutchins, were at the capital today. Two nominations for Ala bama postoffices were sent in today, and both are Q victory for the Youngblood. Vaughn factions. Hutchins gets the post office at Huntsville and Barker at Mobile.
 Both these appointments have been fore- told in The Age-Herald. There seems to be no doubt but that Smith, Buckley and Grimmett, the appointees, respectively at Opelika, Montgomery and Tuskegee, will be favorably reported and confirmed. Gage Called to Order.
 Secretary Gage has evidently been called to order. He has been informed by the president that he must curb his speeches and not allow his convictions to run away with his judgment. The recent speech of Senator Wolcott in the senate has, it seems, convinced the president that he can not longer allow his secretary of the treas ury to declare in favor of the gold stand ard and he himself remain silent if he wanted to keep the support of the sena- tors of the Wolcott-C Chandler Carter stripe. tJ,ot bo l,ac fad n MT. Gage that it would be advisable for him in the future to speak less about gold standard and more about the pros- poets for an International agreement.
 That MT. Gage spoke his own sentiments in his speech before the Trades League of Philadelphia Tuesday night no one, who knows that gentleman, will believe. He said that he had hopes of an early interna- tional agreement for the coinage of sil- yer. Before the committee of congress MT. Gage expressed himself as being unquali- fiedly in favor of a single gold standard. In view of this contradiction, this "fop,' within fortnight, the silver men say that the only logical reason that can be as- signed therefor is the fact that the secre- tary of the treasury has been called down.
 The silver men in the house have been good naturedly bantering the republicans about the financial question. As one Ken. lucky member said to a western republic an on the floor of the house this morning; We wonder where you at." Your president says you are for International bimetallism and sends a commission abroad, your secretary comes here and says he wants to commit the country more thoroughly to the gold standard, and now he goes before a crowd of mugwumps and takes it all back and says he thinks that we will have international bimetallism in the future.'" |"
 Senator Pettus on Silver.
 ''The United States senate is for silver. It is opposed to any further entention, and is in favor of prompt abrogation of the existing gold standard" said Senator Pettus today. "The senate, by the passage of the Teller resolution, has shown the house that it will be useless for that body, or rather the republicans in that body, to send over any bill that savors of the gold standard. If they do we will send them back bill providing for the free coinage of silver at IS to 1. We certainly will not pass their measure"
 Senator Pettus said that the outlook for democratic success all over the coun- try next fall was excellent. We will sweep the country. "There will be Q landslide besides which that of 1891 will pale into insgnifcance, only the land will slide the other way number of states which had gone republican last year would, he said, in his opinion, redeem themselves and come back into the folds of democracy.
 Have Got the Senate.
 eve have got the senate and will have the next house, said the senator "and then we will pass g. free silver law If the president wants to veto 1t, let him try it. My opinion is he won't dare to or care to. He has always been a silver man. Why, over half the republicans in the sem ate today yes, nearly, if not all, that were in congress then, voted for the Stanley Mathews resolution in '7S which is the same resolution word for word which we passed over their protest the other day (Thursday). They have Topped, and if they get chance, if they find 1t to their interests to do so, they will flop again. There Is no consistency in the party"