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Show CONGRESSMAN TOWNSEND . In Waihlnicton 1' re pure it to lUttls for Free Coinage. Washington, 1. C, Dec. 2. representative repre-sentative and Mrs. Townsend arrived in Washington and are located for the winter at thu Klsmere, near the corner of Fourteenth and H streets. Mr. Tow ntend said this evening that having hav-ing been traveling and visiting friends dining tho last ten days, he had, in a measure, lost the thread of political ovents, and not having seen any of his colleagues in cougress since his arrival, ho could not speak intelligently of the party's plans for the eomming session, lie felt conlident, however, that the majority would proceed ou the lines already laid down. As to tlie probability of the passage of a f.'ce coinage measure at this session, he has had no opportunity of judging. So far as ho was concerned, he would leave no honorable means untried to secure it. Of its ultimate passage he had no doubt. If the present congress failed, the coming one, in his opinion, certainly would not fail. Free coincge ih the near future he believed to be inevitable. in-evitable. As to pending legislation in the inter est of Colorado, he thought it doubtful whether there would be time at the coming session for much new legislation. legisla-tion. There were two or three measures meas-ures now pending which he thought would be promptly passed and become laws, among tiieni the Pueblo public building bill. |