Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1896 — SOLONS ARE SCARED. [ARTICLE]

SOLONS ARE SCARED.

if■ ; 1 '■ • ■ •A> ■ ■■■../ , . • FEAR THEIR FAULTS MAY BE MENTIONED IN PRAYER. House Chaplain Requested to Not Be Bo Specific—Delay in the Senate Dan* - gerous to Business Interests—War Cloud from Florida’s Swamps. t To for Nothing Particular. There was an unusual scene in the House at Washington the other day when Chaplain Couden proceeded to speak some friendly \yords fyr Cuba in hia mernipg.. prayer, and was promptly applauded On both sides of the House. is .sentiments found an immediate echo among the members, and few find fault with his opinions on Cuba, but at the same time the unexpected applause startled some of the members to such an extent that h quieTintima* tion was conveyed to the„blind chaplain’s friends that hereafter he would do well to leave matters pending in the. committees or before the House out of his petitions to the throne of grace. These conservative members are afraid the chaplain may interfere with a prayer on almost any topic, and as no points of order could be raised, they would be helpless. So they declare‘that although he is all right on Cuba, they "will move for his removal unless he confines himself to glittering generalities hereafter.

Troops Are Held Ready. A special to the St. Louis Republic from Tallahassee, Lla., says: “Sensational stories are afloat here, Gov Mitchell, at the request ' the War Department in Washington, has ordered Adjt. Gen. Houston to see that the Florida militia be placed in readiness to take the field at a moment's notice. Similar requests, it is reported. have been sent to the governors of other Southern States. The story has generally known, and is causing great excitement throughout the South. Gov. Mitehell Gen. Houston were asked in regard to it, but they.refused to talk. Gen. Houston has sent telegrams to ail battalion commanders iir the State. Major Turner, Ist Florida battalion, has received several messages from the adjutant general. The battalion commanders at Pensacola and Tampa have also received messages from Gen. Houston. It is stated as coming from the executive office that the Washington authorities have reason to believe that a deal is pending between Spain and Great Britain for the-sale of Cuba 'to the latter, and that the United States is preparing to resist the transfer of the island, and that the flying squadron is coming to American waters to be ready for the war with the United States that will inevitably follow the attempted cession of Cuba. Dispatches from various cities in Florida report that the troops are gathering, and that the war fever is higher the day after President Cleveland’s Venezuelan message. Waiting Upon the Senate. R. G. Dun & Co,’s Weekly Review of Trade says: “The situation could hardly be more perplexing. None doubts that the Government will raise money to meet obligations, but how far the money market will be disturbed or the treasury reserve first diminished none can say. The business world cannot know as yet how far foreign questions'may upset calculations, though there seems every reason to expect peaceful settlement. It cannot know what may be the duties on any important class of imports a month hence; whether imports are likely to exceed exports and draw away gold; whether th*e deficit of revenue will continue, or what other taxation will be levied. Failure of the Senate thus far to take any action upon financial measures proposed by the President or those passed by the House affects unfavorably all branches of business. Under such adverse circumstances it is actually encouraging That shrinkage in transactions ,and resulting commercial disasters have not been greater. But four large failures within a day or two indicate that the same condition cannot continue' without much embarrassment.”