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Show CAPITAL IMEWS.j The Minority Repait on tnc Repeal Bill. ItVini BXIM,AINS Ills rillUKKS. Harrison Decllnas to Discuss fie Sanliy OpiDlnj Qis.tio. iiDU-inir rms i iin niters. A lliolrtn lll,,jlrl In, n lljtn inrg In Nrrnlirr nl hi He, WasUiimitov, I) C.Jan. II. The reOftof Un in nriyof thu Hous.i banking nml cur our) committee ou thu bill to re-iiiil theShurmin sllecr liililon puroluse actw,ti miJo to tho llmii, today hj It- r entatlvu Towns-end Towns-end of C'olorsd i. It la nu nrutnuit lu opposition to tho bill wliloh It li chargoJ Is Intended tobsa final otep towards nn absolute gold standarJ In theUulleJ Htatoj nud to siippnu every ollort at bimetallism ftio mlnurlty says that to seeurotbu support of national banks tliu bill ullows tlieni grstullously an Increase of the Ir reeiit clri-ulutloii of nbsulflS.UOO.O Outd also gives them a binua or the present circulation or $075,000,000 -eire"H by redueliig Ills circulation tax. 1 he n ort attacks the atatemont of fuels i,l ven by the majority as tliu ground for Us action nud predicts that the reeal of tie jwlley will produce pro-duce widespread ruin. I igurcs arn iuoioj todlsrrovu tho atatement thai thu country la drifting to n silver basis and tliu drain of golJ Is utlrlhuled to thu I uroncan htnn InHjulh Amerloi and the Ituielan loin rillver purchases have not nllectej thu miller an 1 1 1 get American gol 1 Luropu tins boan paying pay-ing a remluni. If one were to bellova tho L'vtern uiiers the rejcul of the Hhcrmm sller purcliasu act Is Imminent. It Is not only not imminent, but hu-posalbic. hu-posalbic. Tin: nm At. mi.r, will i robibly recelvu consideration In the House. It Is In n high decree Im-I Im-I rubal lu that lt can asi, anJ in thu ver) highest dureu absurd to think that it ean ass tliu Senate. Meantime, the Democrats In thu House are trying to ngiiru out nu ws) to resell n cum-I cum-I romlio nu thollvcrejuestlou,biit there seems to Ui llttlo promliu of success. Dome believe lint If tliey could get a veto on thu blllreor(cd from the banking bank-ing an I currency committee the) could tarry It through thu House, but mono seems to havu any ho u that the bill or any other mealing thu Hherman law can hu gut through tho Heuatu lu view or tho attitude or tho silver senators. Ilepreruutatlve Calu of Arkansas said today that he bcllov ed that tho bill reported re-ported from thu I anklug nn 1 currency committee woulJ ass the House If n vote coul J bu ha I. Hut he did not see hla way to a vole. Iloth Henators Hlowartaud Teller eay that no bill of lhls natiiro can I ssi tho Benuto nt this session as long Uu) aru able lo hold their soils lil mat boJ). IE1MON HJND3 NIUJFI1. Commissioner Ilsumol lho pouilon bureau niareJ today before the subcommittee sub-committee of thu llouHiOJinmllteu on u ro rluloua, which la 1 reparlng thu I elision a pruprlatlou bill lho original origi-nal intimate for ISO I made ly tne (ommiwlou wa;lo;,OOI,OJ). A subsequent sub-sequent estimate n few Juys U2o placed the amount required at $I7.,,000,UOO, Uu was nsked us totliii reuseiu ol tliu Increase and tx lulm-d tho former llgureut) si)liigtlmlliiibadpreumeil tho new administration would not do as muiili work ua hu Iml done, but aduiltti I that If It did allow as many jcLsltinl $l7.',Uill,0)J would bo needed. Tilt .NAVAI. Ill VII W nt New Vork next spring following thurcnilevousatllainpiou Itoids, Vii , wilt not laku plucu un!es Congress makes un ndJItlonal provision for the iroicr celebration. 1 Ills 1 vihnt riecn tar) Tracy today tol I a commit-ti commit-ti u of citizen lioul Tidewater, Va , who eamo ti Washliulon to urgo the aiiproi rlition of ; uo,u00 for cirrylug out thu otdrctinl tlio reudevoiis uud riNliin. Hu clainu that tho celebration celebra-tion will bu a filluro If It la btteini ted on tho small sum of monoy already apiropriatud for the purpose. Ho far only six nations havu ueceptol the Invitation of thu Uultod Ktates to par tlclpilu In lho review, but uilem tho desired u pro,rlatlon Is nisdo Heeretary 'I racy thinks It better to withdraw nil such Invl ullous and declare tho review re-view oil. MtillMMI l)ll SUMlAi CIOJIMI. 1 1ns Huudjy o unlng heirlu was returned lolay by tho eieclal com-mlttiu com-mlttiu of tliu House on tho WorJdM Columbian Lxio9ltlon. Llilot I', riheparil uddressel the committee In favor or thu gales being kept closud riundny. Ilev. Dr. Joseph Coolc or llc.Bt.oii and otlieis (arnistly oposed the otenliig. L. H. Collin, ex rallwuy commissioner of Iowa mil now presl dent of tliu BaUi ilh reform association, said tho faruurs of Iowa wero against Hun la) oju Ing as was tho Hallway 'Iriiliiniru's ussoclutlou uud tho llrotherlioml of hoconiotlvuLnglnetri. A c oinmlttoo of twenty-llvo or thirty, representing thu American Habbath Union and otlu r organization Inter-isted Inter-isted lu irevonllng the repeal of thu Woild'4 1-ulr Huu lay closing luct, wcroreetlved by 'resident Harrison in lho cast room ami vtcrolutrnducod Individually b) Colonel Hheinrd, who mado a formal address to the l'resldent, reciting tho urpoao lor which thu committee was laboring, Tholluv. Mr Hums Ml or Washington Washing-ton read li memorial ajdreased to tlio l're sldent Invoking Ids nl I lu securing the obeet sought. To this l'feiidcnt Harrlaou nsioiidcd that lt would be manifestly lmpro or for him to discuss tho nutter, lu view of thu fnot that It Veus now before L'onurcti for action, ' 11IN1I1U1S IXIIl M H 5IIII8. Heeretary Tricy has nwarde I Ihe contracts fi r the i miser lliniklj n and thu ballleshlp lniie to Ciamir. In inaklng thu nuardstliusecrstary says "Had I tliu ower toawurd thu ouii-Irttts ouii-Irttts lor tho construction of these shlf,ln luy dlacretloil I tliooul ells lilbutu Hie-in lo two firms, tut I havu nosuchocr, I nm leiUIU-d l,y the itatuluto nward tho contracts ti thu 1 ixest nuJ most responsible blJelcr.anJ there is no unuht IhntUranTiM urutliu lowest bidders, nud I cell li! say that thu Union Iron Worl.s ure t ette r uild era tliaut rutiiviiiii) tuuru than I oun si) Hint ( rmn a nro I cttsr luildurs than tliulniuii Iron UoiaVr. t ngurd lolhaaix edle 111 bull lel nlht e,iiall good, lnder tliisu elrLunistnuees It Is niydiit) under tho law to nward thu contracts lor both said vcm-Is to Ciamjis " e. II il I ItA IS lIAMEtn.tl. Hicrclsry roster of tho Htito Do-pirliiieiiil Do-pirliiieiiil I Hl.ay rcuslvud tho following eAblu dliilcu from Unllud Htalts CiiiimiI 1.. cunt Himbirg. I litres hcio Ihreo canoe of cholon )isterdii) an I live foils),. Of tlio tlglit live Heroontherirauliniteamir ilurluoln m -New Hesiii. 1 I I UU DUCUHt NT Tho 11 lso commltleo oil library Itgau Imiutry thli luornifTx under which It will reltfrt whtlhcrjirriot thu charges ugalusi Heury CaWt Llge uuJ Jlenr) Adams relative! to their alleged monopoly of doeiimegta In tliu library of tbo statu department shall bu Investigated. General 11. f'. Ilo) n-ton n-ton recounted how, na rc rcst5litivuof William lleinry Hiuilh, guiefal mm-ni'gcrof mm-ni'gcrof tho Associated I'reeiC7lie tried Urn lull various u linlnlstriUlina to halo certain state puicra tvipled, but without success. I Ills attea pi, Utnc-ral Utnc-ral Iloyiilou said, began iiiithu (Jar-llol (Jar-llol I n lull jlstrutlo i uud hs4iteuded through those of Arthur, Vtevelsud ani Harrison, and eery attmt hu lud made was m, t with falluri.Dutlng ull this time hu had thu heart) co-operation co-operation (.1 thu sccielury or plate uud aulslaiils under nil administrations ami Hint of tbu chief clerk snl other olllclals, lut when tlio olllre or tho librarian was rendu d every fHbrt v. as balked, and that de Ho thulfaot that ho wns armeil with written tnd verbal orders of Hiiotlorcdllccis. 'W Mr. Hniitu wns writing a Alitor) or Ooveruor Ht, Clair on 1 the uoitliwest-cm uoitliwest-cm territory and a criticism op Bj arks' llfo of Washington, uud waited tho laiiera cop'ed for use In tbesu norks. Ueiierall'oynlon was unable todo any-thing any-thing by reason or obstructhfifs ut lu his way by Dwlght. llo)ntentolJ tho coounlttco that he dlsuoverbd lint Loditu and Adams wero luvslng not only ucoris to those iniwrlut that they were being toi leel lor ttwrn under thu supeivlsloii or Dwlght,' Other things showed the existence of a ring lu tho llbrar) ol tho department. Immediately Im-mediately after Hmllli applied for permission per-mission to cop) pipers andaldwh) ho wanted them, nollco wan published lu tlio JNutv Vork papers by Adams thai ho waa preparing a history Identically Identi-cally the earns M that jl fewhli.Il Btflith wis working. - |
