The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-12-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.
REPUBLICAN GOLD STANDARD BILL
PASSED BY THE HOUSE.
Congress Adjourned Wednesday
for Christmas.

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blackguarded Mr.. Cleveland for
worshipping the golden calf and |
being the enemy of silver, COM
pleted the job Of jamming the
gold standard bill through the
house, today. The programme
was carried out according to the
advance announcement. in every
particular, except that there were
fewer democratic votes for the
bill than had been claimed by
the republicans. The bill has
now gone to the senate, where
Mr.. Mckinley can do no jam
ming and where this particular
bill will be allowed to slumber in
committee. But the finance COM
mittee will report as a substitute,
a gold standard bill that is even
more Objectionable than the
house bill. 1t is whispered in in
side republican circles that the
party leaders would not be sorry
if this session of congress ad-
journ without final action on gold
standard legislation, because it
would be easier to raise a big
campaign fund from the money
kings, if the matter is left hang
ing, by promising to complete the
job at next winters session, than
it will be if the bill goes on the
statute book before the presiden-
tial campaign.
Congress will adjourn on We'd
nesday until January 8. The
senate committees have been re-
arranged, under the republican
grab, and three new committees,
on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico,
on the Philippines and on Cuba,
have been formed, and Mr.. Hem
derson 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 commit
tee TO go to Utah to take further
testimony. 1t is now certain
that the committee will not make
its report until after the reassem-
bling of congress, in January.
There was lots of behind the
door political work done by the
committee which succeeded in
getting Philadelphia chosen by
the republican national commit
tee, for next years national
convention-June 19uh. Before
the committee met, it seemed
practically certain that Chicago
would be chosen, and so it would
have been had not the Philapel-
phians made a combination by
which the southern members oI
the committeeiawere promised
help to knock out the scheme tc
reduce the representation of the
south in the national convention
in return for votes for Philadel-
phia. The combination won a
both ends. Philadelphia got tht
convention by one VOTE and com,
mitteemau Payne abandoned thu
scheme to cut down the numbe
of the s'nigger' delegates to tht
convention, because of opposi
ton to it,
Representative Sims. OF Ten
nessee. who is just beginning hi
second term in congress, fired
number Of questions at the re
publican speakers during the de
bate on the gold standard bill, il
his efforts to gain information d
to what the neutrality-suspicious.
believed would be the result Q
operation of the bill, if it becam
a law, and THAR reasons for sup
porting tie bill, As a result I
those questions and the answers
Mr.. Sims expresses the opinio
very few republicans voted fo
the bill. because they really IA
vored it as whole. He tnipk
they voted for it simply becaus
it was d party measure, and thf
the party unarnity should be
lesson to the democrats 10 stan
together upon all matters relatip
to party precepts.
The attempt Of Nebraska re
publicans to prevent the seatin
Ex-senator Alien, appointed ,
the governor TO success ]AI
Senator elect Hayw \; I Il