People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1893 — Washington Letter. [ARTICLE]

Washington Letter.

From our - regular correspondent, Washington, Oct. 6, 1894. Senator Morgan’s resolution directing the committee on the Judiciary to investigate and inform the senate what provisions of the act of 1837, establishing a mint and regulating the coinage of the United States, are now in force, would seem to indicate that the statement made by Representative Springer several days ago, that the unconditional repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman silver law would leave the free coinage law of 1847 in force, was not "so chimerical as many supposed it to be. Senator Morgan is admitted to be one of the ablest lawyers in congress and he says that himself and other lawyers are of the opinion that the law of 1837 has never been repealed. Should this prove to be true the entire situation would be changed and those who are now so anxious for a vote on the Voorhees bill would swap places with the opponents of that measure.

* * * Whatever may be one’s opinion on the silver question it is impossible not to admire the indifference to public clamor of the senate. It proceeds ivith the silver debate just as though its members were not being daily abused by the press of all the financial centers. It is noticeable too, that the galleries invariably applaud sharp criticisms of the money power, and nearly every senator opposed to 'the Voorhees bill has made them, those of Senator Butler, of South Carolina, being particularly severe. The gallery doorkeepers had to suppress the applause

when he said: “The most unsafe financial adviser that con- ! gress can have is the banker of I New York, Philadelphia or New Orleans. ” * * • Although many senators and representatives would like to have congress take a recess from the last of next week until after the fall elections are held the prospect for a recess can hardly be considered bright The house will pass the bill for the repeal of the election laws next ! Tuesday and could then take a i iecess, but the senate will hardly be allowed to take a recess until the silver question is disposed of. * * * Representative Davis, of Kansas, this week, presented the Populist idea of what is most, presssingly needed by the people, in an argument made before the house committee on banking' and currency in favor of his bills providing for the issue of fractional currency and to replace' retired national bank Currency with greenbacks, and to re issue lost and destroyed treasury notes. More money for the people was the foundation of Mr. Davis’ and he quoted Ute opinion of the late Senator Bock to show that it wOnld be Safe to add to .the money hdw hi circulation withOiit ifieYeaSipg the present gold Reserve, and th'en called the attention of tffe td the’ fact that hh dfi’y Asked for an increase of $200,000,000 to take the place Of money lost _dr dJestrdyed. Mp Davis made lii& avg'Amdfit finder difficfiltlcs, As the members of the; committee hdstile to his bills did] all they cOuld to cdnfuSe him by firing question after question at him in quick Succession. * ■# i AS We ekhected, th* McCreary substitute ft&Vtte Geary Chinese ta.W lias been favorably reported to the house frdifi the foreign affairs cpminitfee, and the power and influence df Uifi administration ft to be used to push it! through as soon as the bill fori the repeal or the ejection law? is disposed. Jpf. JtapVt&filitahve of vfiiiiornia, thinks the McCreary bill entirely too lenient and says he intends to do his best to defeat it. * * * Although the house iliidiclary committee IfilA oraered that the Oates bankruptcy bill, which is almost identical with the Torrey bill, which has been before several congresses, be reported to the house, a majority of the members of the committee stated that they reserved the right to oppose or offer amendments to the bill on the floor of the house. This seems queer in view of the popular idea that bills are referred to committees to be perfected before being reported, if the committee thinks them meritorious enough to be reported favorably. * * * One of the most significant incidents of the week in the senate was Senator Dubois’ telling Senator Voorhees of his inability to pass the Repeal bill bearing his name. The Words are expressive, butjiot so much so as was the tone of voice in which they were spoken. The remarks were made in answer to Senator Palmer’s expressions of surprise that the senate was Unable to control itself, and wetfe as follows: “I agree with almost all the remarks of the distinguished senator, but I think the fact is that whenever there is a strong sentiment in favor of any measure in this country the senate will immediately respond to it. But the senate knows that it is not going to pass this bill. There is no sentiment in the senate in favor of it. I honestly believe there are not ten senators here who actually desire to pass this unconditional repeal bill. If there was a strong sentiment here in favor of it the senate would pass it. There is a manufactured sentiment outside, but that does not exist in this chamber.” Senator Voorhees’ reply was an acknowledgment of his helplessness to force a vote.

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