El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-12
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Interesting Letter4ea.I
From Washington

Mill
was raised This was settled and the,,
there was steady. determined flibus-
ter till the opposition succeeded in adj
Journing tho house at q O'Clock Yes
terday and today the fight has con
ltinued. This afternoon. Littlefield of
Maine antls Hopkins of Illinois seized
the ~oppertunIty to have a little side
scrap OF their own and for an hour fur
flew. Last winter, Hopkins was cro,I;+-
ed with calling Littlefield a nettirosn
ger and the latter has had it in for
him ever since. incidentally HoDkins
mad remarked Friday that "Maine was
behind the procession, and the phrase
ranked. Littleffeld is a. comparativo-
~ new man and made quite a reputa-
tlon as a constitutional lawyer lasr
session. Personally he is a tall souaro
bullt man with iron-gray hair and a
determined manner; just the style yo:,
ts IHRSSr TO D ,and EePrssea4ted; !apQag the
tcodft room. And he went forMT Hon,
k1ns in way which was ENJOYABLE II,
the house and the Maine delegation II
| not TO the party of the second mar,
me discussion was. not a debate but n
verbal duel and the liveliest which has
happened In this congress. Littlefield
said that he had never defended ;,
criminal but he had prosecuted sew
eral IN his time and he was after one
now; hopkins accused him of stultify-
ing himself and then there was . row
Both combatants were addressing each
other direct1y-this is strictly AGAINST
tne ruies OF the house-and LittIefield
was Gaining his opponent "a diluted ey
tract or the aurora borealis." Hon
k1ns is from Aurora, Illinois). Tha
cnalf called them down finally. on tho
rule that member rcannoteaddress an i
other in the second = person. The
Name e. man said the Illinoisan who had
raised the objectfon-w becoming
exceedingly technical and Sensitive
wllbrefer toihfin later in 1.-THE third
person and later still tIsantieipate that
ne VIII have, shrunk sufficiently to per-
init me to refer to him in the fourin
or fifth person, and perhaps in the end
can eliminate him ID altogether
winch was carrying grammar beyond
the third dimension However he
didn eliminate Mr.. Hopkins and it
was by the courtesy Of the latter that
ne was ultimately allowed time to fin
lsh his speech. O Maine is; one of; the
states which will suffer by reapportion
ment on some of the proposed schemes.
Treasury Gold Holdings Largest Ever
On Known 9Fff} ~
9 The United States treasurer Ellis n
Roberts, saysntfe gold HOLDINGS YES
terday are the greatest in history. The
Gross amount now I'M the treasury is
$40S, 09,OO5. He explains the eno-
nous accumulation as due I'd the gen
eral prosperity of the nation which
has made us the great creditor coun-
try. was, talking to gold sharp yes
terday, and he says that he is getting
scared about sthe worlds production
Inc estimated, annual yield for 1860
was about three; times that for 1880.
and If the increase keeps on that way
some other standard win have to Sss
adopted. AS he points out. pacification
dilemma will open AN immense new
teFrltory,l known to be auEiferous.
South Africa will soon develop new
fields in all probability; the Klondike
and Nome are merely starters Tor the
enormous future development Of frigjd
america. and South America is prac-
tically untouched. In the next ten
years he expects to see all these re-
gions railroadeds and developed What
the outcome will be he does not dare
predict By the way. Warner of Ohio.
the stIf-necked silver man recently
came over to the gold standard on this
basis. saying that the Increase in the
goId production was giving an the ben
entS from imitation which he had hoped
for from decentralization OF the white
metal. It is to Inis cause he attributes
the recent increase in the value of
silver. In which he does not agree {:
with the sme1ter trust which says it
did 1T with its little hatcIietAit claims
to represent two-thirds offthe produc-
tionEnor with treasury people who say
the drain Of, silver, to, carry on the fight
ing in China and the Philippines is re-
sponsible. There are three explana-
tions land iy0u can take your choice
Silver isi certainly booming.itida
Lawshesiiss Report on Postal Frauds
e5osijs tsril IN Cuba uadv
NJ The executive, and congress, may lock
horns over the, senate resolution CALI
ing for full Information III regard 20
the Lawshe report on postal frauds in
Caba,s Thes former stioes not5sEish to
furnish il, before the trials of ,Rath-
bone ct al. take place. as this would
ine0hV ehience the % PROSECUTION and
makes this the occasion fefi a. Discus
sion of the question whether the presi-
dent land his Secretary .arei legally
obliged to furnish replies to any ques-
lions which congress may'd choose to
that the president Is coordinate with
congress and not responsible to il.
However the chances are that if con-
gress really insists It viii Eea whatever
itowanta aPeftigrew is; behind the res
and this. does not add, to its
favor with the senators. Pettigrew :
wifi leave vacuum behind him on the
fourth Of March when" lfG Agafn be-
comes a. private ncitizen. fsds mink i.
was Sydney Smith onGe said that his
idea of Hades for Macaplay, was to put
the latter iii the middle of a debate
with a gag IN HIS mouths 1T Will be
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