Show WASHINGTON V NOTES What Congress Is Ic I DoID Doing Doing V and Social Gossip Secretary Carlisle received bids for foi nearly seventy million dollars dollars' wort worth of bonds V Senator Gray e says that l Pr Cleveland has abandoned all aU hope oi o of restoring Queen Representative George W. W buck Houck Ohio Ollio died Fr Fri Fri- of Dayton suddenly day Jay afternoon of h hart art disease Mr Ir Houck buck was apparently a man of robust robus constitution and his death w was ws s entirely entirely en en- unexpected It now appears that the Behring Dehring Sea decision is unsatisfactory to both our government and that of England One trouble houLle is that no penalty i ia is named lamed for violating its ils provisions The two Iwo governments are arc trying to arrange arrange arrange ar ar- ar- ar range the matter The House judiciary committee has voted in favor of reporting to the tho louse house a resolution for foran an investigation into the tho course of District Judge Jen- Jen Jenkins Jenking king kins in restraining the tho of the Northern l V Pacific railway from V quitting work The vote ote was w s se seven seve e 1 to six Mr 1 Bland states that he lie has never agreed as stated in some of the public prints to lo striking sinking out the second sec see section section tion of his bill which provides for forthe forthe forthe the coinage of all the bullion in the treasury aside from the question of raising revenue He lie regarded the second section as more important than the he first If we arc are to deal with the bullion in the treasury said he be let letus us deal with it as a whole The strength developed by Mr Blands Bland's silver bill leads to he the belief that another movement willbe willbe will wille be e made for unlimited silver coinage us a sequel to the passage of the bill Quite a number of mem- mem members bers ers who voted for the repeal of tIle the purchasing clause of the Sherman law have lave told Mr 11 Bland that th t they would like to lo have bave free coinage br brought broughto to o an issue again in order to reverse their heir former position Carroll L. L Riker hiker the Chicagoan who attracted some somo attention recently by putting pulling in ill bids for the of government bonds called for by Secretary Secre- Secre tary ary Carlisle filed a petition in th the Su- Su S preme reme cour court of the district to c compel Secretary Carlisle lo to issue VU U Uin I in n bonds to lo him according to lo the terms lerms of his bids The s secretary on reedy reedy- in ing ng Riker's hikers proposals which were extraordinary cx- cx investigated his financial status lalus and as a result of the inquiry ignored the Riker Biker proposals Riker says B he will push the case Members l of the Senate finance com com- committee millee say there has been a great great deal of misinformation sent out about the time lime when the tariff lariff bill will be rePorted rel re- re l Ported to lo the Senate It Itis is claimed D no notime time lime ime can possibly be fixed for report report- reporting reporting ing ng the bill until the full fuU committee comes together Besides the bill is not to be reported from the sub corn and tl the e members of f that com com- ommittee cannot cannot tell lell when it il will be pe The Che only thing that se seems s to lo be bo settled settled settled set set- set set- definitely is the intention to lo make the bill provide sufficient revenue for forthe forthe the he government and to this end articles articles arti arti- cles will be taken laken from the free list and increases will be made in some V A new new was given to lo the silver silve question Monday in the House by Mr l Blands Bland's announcement that he lie would move at a later day to amend the 1 e rending lending bill so that silver certificates would be issued only as fast as silver dollars were coined with ith the added hority al to the secretary o of the treasur treasury treas treas- ury ur l to issue the certificates in advance of the coinage if he lie so desired Thia change is designed to lo overcome one of th's th h main objections of Car- Car Carli li hite e to the bill This objection is sh red sh by members o of the House blouse lo to such an extent that the passage of the bill was in doubt The change now proposed by Mr 1 Bland obviates the objections so that the pass passage of the bill is re regarded regarded re- re as certain V Wednesday morning Chief Ignacio accompanied by Ben nen hitter Ritter and Dr I Childs Chil s a member of the committee which negotiated the treaty called cm Inthe on In the President by appointment and had hada a hour hall interview Mr 11 Cleveland and listened lis- lis was very courteous to lo Ignacio tenell attentively to all Ignacio said lIe Ie naked asked Ignacio a number of f questions questions questions ques ques- as to whether his people fully understood tIle iho treaty and whether they all r really ally desired V to move to o Utah He lie to be favorably impressed impressed im im- im pres pressed ed wit with Ignacio's Ignacios s. s talk Tracey of New York one ono of time the silver anti leaders says that thata a bill for the time unlimited coinage of silver sil sil- sil vcr ver would not pass the tho House Ho lie points out that quite a number of anti- anti silver Democrats like Mr 1 Riley of ol Pennsylvania favor the time bill because they think it will dispose dispo e of the tIme silver question for the next five ti years reals at least V V |