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Show WASIIIKIiTOX lETTEIt. iVcih cap rtptitar Ctrmpomlfnt. Wasiii.miiu.v, Jan, 0, 1603. Blnce the reaitembliug ol Congress, the silver sil-ver men, who have kept very ipilet durlag,atl the talk about silver legislation legisla-tion at the present session, sru showing show-ing their tetth; and their humor bat uct been Improved by the rumors charging that iho Cleveland Inlluence had earned desertions from their ranks. Tho pretturo for tho rupoil of tbo prec enl silver law Is dally becoming more powerful, nnd ouo of the litest arguments argu-ments Is that Mr. Cloveland hat said that If It waa uot repeats 1 by this Congress Con-gress us would call nu lmiuullatu ex-Irasestlonofthe ex-Irasestlonofthe Fiftr-thlrd Congress; another la that thn American delegates to the International monetary confer-erne confer-erne told their foreign colleagues who pointed o this law at an obstnclo to any ngrtement being reached that It would be repealed beforo the conference camo together again in May, Notwithstanding all this talk, nud that which Is certain toon to be heard un thu floor of both llouiuund Henatr, tho resent silver law will neither be repealed nor will that lorllon of it ooniKlllug monthly purchases of ailvir bullion lo tuspenled, unless thu mem-tersif mem-tersif the Housu who havu bandtd themselves together liuJtr the leadership leader-ship of Itepreieutatlvii l'lerce, of Teuhtssep, who was Mr. Hand's llou-tenant llou-tenant III the hot silver light during the last union, shall change their minds. They now eiy that they will prevent the peasant of aucb. legislation by llllbtiiterlug, no matter what Iho tllect may bo upon utlu r legislation, Including thu regular appropriation bill-. The appnruntly easy vletary over Mr. Cleveland which thu Hill-Murphy combination ha won In tho New Vurlc leglslaturolstxullluK the livellat In-tereatliiCongris', In-tereatliiCongris', ultlioiuli tliu Drnio-cra.s Drnio-cra.s am ua h rule iiou-eommllul. I ho ueheral linpri-eatuu heru Is that Murhy Isjuatns good as uomlnatud and ultcied to thn United Htates Henate. Heuator lllll Is huifjbut he Isn't inylog a word. Cotton la no lougcr Mm, olthor In thu vummirclal world or lu Congress, but thu long-deKistd monarch bus subjects sub-jects whn nre still dreaming of n restoration re-storation to power. A movement Is un font for thu Democratic senators nud reprtsrhtutlvte Irom the cotlou-grow lug states to dn nuiid one or more seats In Mr. (.Meveliud's ciblout. Otiu of tho originators mil lesdera of thU lunvemciit la Hepriwi ntatlvo Oraln, ol Texas, uho eptkks hla mind ubout tills biiilniralii his unnl irtu uud tasj it j to. llunayit "In the varloui omit om-it tluroa ubout probable inembi rs of the cabinet Hjutherii men nrouhuost en- llnly Ignored, nud )et, thederictlonnf a few Southern slates at thobiitulto-tlou thobiitulto-tlou would have been fatal lo Mr. Ulevulnud's umUtlon. Are Him cotton-growing cotton-growing htattis eo cirtaln for Dimi-erucy Dimi-erucy that they aru only lo bu eoutll-ered eoutll-ered during prtsldeiitlaltamalgn,and forgotten nfterwards'.' Ale they to pay thu penalty for giving largo Demo, cratlo majorltlei? Wo havo men cup-libit) cup-libit) ul lllllug any olllce nu I wo hate u light to expect recognition. If Mr. Carlisle accepts the soo'utarjtlilp of thu triasury, Kvntucl.y will be honoriol, but Kentucky Is not a Houth. eru or a ootton-growlug Hate." Considerable amuitwetit til created when thn members of thu Home and Henalo Immigration oommltleo re-lurno'l re-lurno'l from their little Christmas Junket to Cuba, nt Undo Ham's ex I erne, and reported that there wat llttlo or no danger of our gettlug cholen from thai quarter. l.very crnpof iuformitlon upon which tbls report wat based might easily have been obtained from government omenta ome-nta right here In Washington, but nothing short of n'persontl visit would satisfy these eoloni. Uf courio the pleaiuroul the trip did not carry lliem. No In J oil 1'erlsb such a sordid h lull I Ilieeholorascaro wat taken ndvan-'auof ndvan-'auof to deprive tho nntl-optloii bill rtwodiysiif lu right of way lu the 1-uito and to take up twu bills now on thn calendar relating to precautions igslnst the cholera. Flour has been nclulrl among the articles with which llion.u. bill dealt. Henilur Chmdlcr haa Introduced o iilllvsteoilby aimed nl the 1'lnkerlot.a aud thn semt-mllltary antrchltt irganlxttlont, but It Is bolloveJ that Ills rest target la tho new military 'rgamzttlon that Is being organltoi by l'opullita. The bill piovllcs th at It shall bo unliwf ul for ten or more men, any of whom nre subject to enrollment as a part ol the mllltlsuf any state, to nombleor drill or bear arms us a military comany, squad, battalion or other military urganliitlon, unless they aru called forth by some civil or military ulllcer lawfully authorized to make such call. It alio provides pen-altloi pen-altloi for Iho violation ol the law of a Ilnunot exceeding tlUOf or Imprisonment Imprison-ment not vxi cujlug una year, or both In the discretion of tho ('resident. If this bill were a hvv It would brnik up uvery organization In tho Unllid Htalt s which bears artat of any description descrip-tion and It not apart of tho mllltln uf somu of the Hiatus. It would, however, how-ever, be unconitllilllonal. |