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Show WaSlrington-Li'tifcr. H ':.,' r H The Usual HidgQt ofNdV?S from 1 the Nation's' Capital. H IKrom Our Krguliir Correct o.ulcnt. H Washington, December 23, 1S1H. 1 Sciieatlonnl etfttcmunta concerning B Vflmt congrcBSVwoulfi'ai 'Wjili the cur- V rency bill when It cluniSitfuslnciwIinvc H fallowed cucli other thick and fuet this H week and, nhlioiigli conic uf llieio wero L bo wildly improbable thiil'they nto not B, worth mentioning, others had.n tonnda- lion bused UK)ii truth, Aiuoug the Inst was a Blntcmvnt Unit tho Democrats j' wero go evenly divided thnt ths rcpuuH- , cans of tlio lloutto would have, the )pv- H er o! deciding whether llic bill alinnld tie pnaacd or not. This sounded ijidto lin- B probable, when it was firnt imule, but M when it whs publicly reiterated by Judge M Culbcrtson ot Texas, a member ot t,he M Hoimo committee .on unnUjngYnrtil cur- H rency, It took' on n dllfercnt aspect. M Judgo Culbcrtson laid : "I tolleTOthat- H tlio republicans hnvo U in their po er to H pnaa or defeat tho bill, and I lmve no Bf ideii that they will help to pass It." M Another Btntciiient that is truo In; tlut M democrats opposed to tho bill arc trying H to get votes enpiigh pledged to defeat it 1 in the Democratic j!aucUHthr fs lu be hold next weell. If they succeed, there H will prolmbly be no caucus. H ( If it becomes neccrsaryin order to pr,g- H ' vent the outrii(Utlcfcntot tho currency B bill wltl.o it a rota In the houe. , toaban- H : don the proposed llonnodomocriiticcnu.- H cus it Is belluved to bo tho intcntiou. of fl tlio administration to attempt to d pll- H cato tho tactics adopted last year to pass H the sliver repeal bill through tho Seirahf H That In, toBccka comblmitlou between H stlio ropubllcaus and tho aiTtninUtnftloU men. In order to test thojiecfitlirtVut oi the Republicans in tho IIoujv VoVid Jj HT" them have been aeked bymends of the bL udinlnlstrntion whether lhgr .would gupport tho currency bill If uJiui-b uJiui-b ---nit'0',lCyBtxni&.irr4irerb- j publfcananro unalkruhly opposed, wue B i dropped. H Mr. Matthew, arimn'owncr of an In H HuonUnlWow York .iluaucial'paner, is fl visiting Wnnliliigton. lie doeen't take H a bright view ot'tho btisIiiRVS outlook lor M 16U5. Ho Bald; '''.'Thcro 'is absolutely no ground for believing tliat there will H be any great ImptoveinenUln business H (or the noxt six mouths Art-at many H " peopl pin their faith to n change in the H currency Inws, I don't believe the H adoption of it new mouutnry Hyfctt'in H would mend matters a particle Kurope H is poor, Is in want of money and unloadH H her American sccuiitU'S upoit us- no ns H to draw upon us continuously for gold. H Our farmers are getting uothinu for tjiclr H products and our railroads iire,nb(lcnrn- H ing any money. What congrttss can do H to relieve this lato of things is past uiy H . comprehension . All wo can do is to H await and hope." That congress can do H much Is certain hut that it will do iiot.H- H Jng is cipially certain to Iho'mlml.i ol H many of its members. Tor instance, M Rvprescutativu Wnlkr, of Mas' , "bo H claims to hnvo been the first to suggcat tho idea of extending the currency ol B national banks whicii li a lfji-.ol. lle H Osrlislu currency hill, triiuks things tiro M practically in u dead' lock.. Ho .ys: H "Financial legislation nt tfils ecsston Cf H coagrexs is impossible under prdscnl H auditions, the whole queetion bot.ig to H strangely muddled by tho adinlnlstin- H lion, which docs not seem to Imvo any M eouccptlon ut wlml lcgjhjtlp,i U. nvccsv eary to compneo the llnciicesql tlipcoun- H try and espechdiy to rolIeVu the tWfiury H from the couetant dem:i5d for gtild." H Chairman Springer, who islu ohrgc H ai the currency bill, hnsmved notice on H Mr. llbud that wh?ll lie aMosipts to H oirer Ids bill for the iuu o( coin and H coin notes bythogorcnimeutBUltl- H tnto for tho Carlislo currtmry bill, lie m- H" tends to raise u point of oruT,tfiiut . H on tl0 ground that It is not jrmatie to H tho question thatvtU,b.,Vilr tuii-ld- H oration, and from niiofjiqr sourtie 'Mr H ttland has learned that the progrnm ft 1 all nrrnnged to have that point of order H austaiiicd and his bill thrown out. Tin re H U likely to lx) a hard light on tMs que- H tlon, as every democratic member d 1 tho house who Iwlleves in tho fre eoin- H rtge of silver will have to ehooM itSv'fcn H supKrtlngMr. lllnml's bIJI. and revnw V.H" H ing himself. Tho story of a serloUs rt'Voluliuri in H Hawaii, which was telegraph i'um H Ban l'ruuclico this wee-, found tow be- Hovers lu Washington, and s thcltight H to hnvo no better (uundou titan the Btory o( tro arrest of n fpV'royn'l consph- B ators, particulars of wliich onm by H steamer tint left everything (julstm tho Islands a week nfttV thoi'- nrrftets. ' H It is said that several parties oempowd H of membeiB of tho Houso who aro op- LIIIIIH I LHHIK. wngwwwc mmmm y warn mmm am H)sod to the Nicaragua canal bill arocn joying holiday pleasuro trips at tho ox-pense ox-pense of tho canal lobby. Of courso a llttlothingllkotbnttsii't likely tochango any voles. |