The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-12-22
WASHINGTON LETTER.
II our Regular Correspondent.

/ enemy OF silver completed the lnO pl
tanning the gold standard bill through
the House, today The programme
was carried out Accord ~ TO the adj
vance announcement, in every pariiru.
lar, except that there We're fewer Demo-
cratic votes for the bill than had been
claimed 10y the Republicans. The bill
has now gone 70 the Senate, where
Mr.. Mckinley can do mo- jammlng,
and where this particular bill will be
allowed to slumber ina Committee But
the Finance Committee will report as
substitute, gold Standard Bin that
is even more Objectionable than the
House bill. 1t is whispered in inside
Republican circles that the party lead
ers would not be sorry if this session
of Congress adjourn without final action
ON gold standard legislation, because 10
would be easier to raise big campaign
fund from the money kings, il the
matter is left hanging, 10y promising
to complete the job at next winters
session, than it will be if the bill goes
on the statute book before the Presi-
dental campaign.
Congress will adjourn on Wednesday
until January 3rd The Senate Com
mittees have been re-arranged, under
the Republican grab. aud three new
committees-on Pacific Islands and
Porto Rico, on the Philippines, and on
Cuba, have been formed, and MIR.
Henderson will announce the House
Committees before adjournment
The Roberts committee will this
week hear witnesses that have been
summoned from Utah and Will then
decide whether it will be- necessary for
the Committee to 90 TO Utah TO take
further testimony. II is now certain
that the Committee will not make It's
report until after the Resembling of
Congress, i'm January.
There was lots of behind the door
political work done by the Committee
which succeeded in getting Philadel-
phia chosen by the Republican Nation
al Committee, for next years national
Convention-June 18Th Before the
Committee met, it seemed practically
certain that Chicago would be chosen,
and so it would have been had net the
Philadelphians made "a combination
by which the Southern members of
the committee We're promised help to
knock out the scheme 20 reduce the
representation of the South in the
National Convention, in return for
votes for Philadelphia The combina-
ton won at both ends Philadelphia
got the convention by one vote, and
Committeeman Payne abandoned the
scheme to cut down the number OF
"nigger" delegates TO the Convention,
because Of opposition 10 it,
Representative Sims, of Tenn, who
is just beginning bis second term in
Congress, fired a number of questions
at the Republican speakers. during the
debate on the gold standard bin, in his /
efforts to gain information as 10 what |
the individual Republicans believed |
would be the result Of the operation of /
the bill, if il became a law, and their /
reasons for supporting the bill. As
result Of those questions aud the
answers, Mr.. Sims expresses the
opinion that very few Republicans
voted for the bill, because they really
favored it as a whole. He thinks they
voted for it, simply because it was a
party measure, and that the party
unanimity should be a lesson TO the
Democrats to stand together upon all
matters relating to party precepts.
The attempt of Nebraska Repubh-
cans to prevent the seating of Senator
Allen, appointed by the Governor to
succeed the late Standardized Hay
ward, on the ground that as MIR. Hay
ward. never qualified as Senator, his
ieath caused no vacancy that could be
egally filed by the governor, aroused
nothing but amusement In Washing
on. There will be no opposition 10
he seating Of Senator Allen, because
here is nothing whatever upon which
could be based The gold standard
republicans would like very much TO
ind some way to keep such a stalwart
riend of silver out of the Senate. until
he long financial debate, which will
egin as soon after the Christmas recess .
: the Finance Committee reports its
old standard bill, is over but they
now too much to butt their heads
gainst brick walls 1t is unnecessary
} say that Senator Allen will be most I,
)rdially welcomed by the silver Sena-
'rs who know his Fl fighting quail
es from exp@ence. a
The Senate Committee on Elections
considering the Quay case, which is
eng presented by able counsel ON
9TH sides, ex-senator Edmunds, head
IL the array against Quay, and the
ttorney General of Pennsylvania ap. T
caring for him. Senator Penrose
dn't appear as Counsel, and when he
tempted TO participate i'm the pro-
edings by asking one Of the lawyers b.