Show our washington cla letter goiti from our regular correspondent czar clar reed lias has one commendable trait frankness Fran kneis kues when be learned that the committee on territories was inclined to favorably report bills for the admission of Ar arizona iLona new Al mexico alerico exico and oklahoma as states he told the members hat flat footed that it was useless for them to do so as he did dot col intend that those territories should be admitted so long as ha be haj had the power to prevent and the present conditions condit ious continue to exist lie ile added that it was simply a question of gold against silver it bei being well known that thai each of the territories named would bend two silver men to the senate if they had the opportunity the hot fight made for recognition of cuba by the democrats of the house ha has frightened tile tho whole administration outfit very badly the fake news of spanish successes in cuba aleo indicate that the fright lias has extended to the spaniards the fighting ill t over yet representative bailey proved on the flor of the house thit thil tile tho efforts of the democrats ih th waited for the time only by a 11 breach of faith on the part of cir zar reed and mr lilt hitt senator white of cal who is a leading the f fight ight against the ratification of the annexation treaty is so confident that the treaty cannot be ratified that he be pro proposed to senator davis who lias has charge of the treaty that a day bo be bet for taking th the e vote and the tha proposition was declined that little incident tells the story of the situa tion as well aa it ii could be daae in a column of space the refusal of tho the house committee on banking and Cari carpency Ca nency ency which has been ho holding idin daily be fees a anne in order to hear everything that secretary G gae aze mem beri berzi or of the monetary conference sod other advocates of the single gold standard might have to present i in n the shape of a gold argument to grant I 1 hearings to depre to of t the e american bimetallic 0 an 2 n recalled bac aclid for insult ti vac aa 5 clittee of the african sell 1 l unified protes th clo closing sinn with t 0 jiing aphea appeal to the love of fair play that every properly constituted american has so far as we are aware this is the first time that in a matter of such importance a great congressional committee engaged in giving hearings on oil a proposition before it has hag refused refused to record accord a full and fair hearing beating to both sides in m marked ark ed co to the action bank ingco cittee was that of the bilter senators whose majority gi gives A ves them the tha dower to prolong the financial debate in the senate as long c as they might wish to do so on the teller re resolution declaring U S bonds bonda to lo bp be payable in silver at the option of the government they merely desired to adopt that resolution as a notice to the gold standard tan dard administration hat gold gobi standard legi legislation elation is an impost ability during the life of the pres ent congress and to put certain senators on for the benefit of their constituents ani in order to show that they had no de desire zire to unnecessarily ily prolong the financial ile debate bate senator vest who has charge of the resolution submitted in an agreement that the vote be iak taken on Thu thursday of this week which was adopted the adoption of the resolution by the senate ia is a certainty ertain ty the house nillon course in deference to czar P peed eed allow it to be pigeonholed pigeon holed the republicans Republic aps who carted out to throw down bet 01 of 01 the oars to the federal officer office a are ro up against a ens in the foppe of the inability of tile the house uil U il service committee to 0 agree upon the bill to cot conceal iceal th this is difficulty and to gain time tile the committee has started nn fill indefinite series s of hearings uch such as the sancta committee his has been conducting of and on for months it will be lamentable if lr IT mckinley ac allows the scheming republican e politicians iciano to dictate ilta te t the duc successor cessor to ron hon pen den butter north late Commies commissioner ioner of pat ahme funeral last dren together at BO many sorrowful gorrow ful public men reg regardless of politics at mr r butterworth Butten did the country a great and valuable service service in in reforming abuses before the patent office and lie was ably assisted in that work hy by ilon hun I 1 I 1 diceley Gi celey acting of patents patent mr air mckinley McKi iiley could not show his sympathy with the tern reform tin work done clone by fr Butterworth in a more practical way than by making mr greeley commissioner of patents the tha election of senator white of california to be chairman of tho the democratic congressional campaign committee and th adoption of a strong resolution r endorsing the chicago platform ended the caider of numerous very foolish fairy tales washington jan 24 1893 1898 |