The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-23
THE SILVER FEVER MODERATING.
Fair Prospect for the Transfer
Of the Indian Bureau.
THE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATIONS
President Hayes in Cooperation with the
House Committees
FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

WASHINGTON, Jan. % 1878
CONDITION OF THE SILVER QUESTION IN THE
sENATE-ADvocATEs FOR RECONCILIATION
wEAKENING-THE POWER OF THE VETO
The silver men were very nervous to-day. sena-
Tors whose opinions thought liable change
earnestly talked to, aud that Senator'S Lamar
and Hill had iet compelled to bow to the and
would vote Tor the Bland bill were pertinaciously cir
culated These rumors false. The debate made
progress to-day the Senate having spent the whole
short session IN holding Kind of Irish wake the
memory OF W iiam King the first Governor OF Maine.
The presentation OF his statue Congress led Senator
Blaine into some historical details which provoked an
acrimonious discussion between himself aud Senators
Dawes and Hoar In which these two certainly showed
10 poor advantage. The running fro Of debate be-
tween the thlee lasted nearly hour, and amused
everybody except the two Massachusetts Senators.
There 10 an impression among those who have
watched the silver movement carefully that It 10
weakening. Tho leading silver men are moro boast
full bat less confident. They talk somewhat con-
tentedly Of what they will DO in the future bill
fails to become law. and the meeting the House
Judiciary room yesterday, which addressed by
General Butler, was regarded By several shrewd
servers as 'throwing up the sponge" The debate In
ths Senate has done good and the speeches OF Senator
voorhees, and one or two Others have been extremely
serviceable to tho antsilver sdo because they
repealed wsvering men from tho silver movement.
Senators Lamar and Randolph are expected TO speak
before tho debate the Matth resolution closes
Great curiosity felt TO hear Mr. Lamar, who has just
been instructed by both branches Of tho Mississippi
Legislature support the Bland bill. Mr. Lamar will
speak according to his CONVICTIONS and will as
be speaks, and IN doing he will example of
Independence which most of the Representatives and
Eenators In this Congress very much need.
II Is peculiarly OF this Congress that IL contains
large number OF men with settled convictions OF
their own aud with extreme and abject desire to
what best for the country but for what
tho people IN their respective districts, such Of
them as make the loudest want, or think they
want Tbs spirit has demoraiized the House espe-
cially and gives few quack statesmen uncommon
power. Under the ru,es OF the House these able
10 rush tho Bland bill through without debate by
the mere influence OF whip and spur They tried the
trick with the Ant-resumption bill. bat by
timo the Independent men OF the House awake
to be necessity Of struggling against another attempt
TO gag them and after several days Of pertInscious
effort to rush the bill through under q suspension Of
the rules" Mr. Ewing forced to submit to seeing
Il debated. and the result OF weeks debate
Mr. Ewtng's bill would have been beaten had he not
consented TO tack on TO It Mr.. Forts amen dment.
Even then It passed by only q slender majority.
Inc extreme SILVER mon 90 not mean 10 trust tho
Bland bill to the House again. They confess this by
their determination to vote down oil amendments
the Senate aud pass tho bill It from the
House This they can probably, but not certainly,
do. 1t is yet TOO early to iorctel the effect which
debate may have the bill In tho Senate, where
numbersof amendments will be offered.
The general conviction OF the best Informed men
here that the Band bill pass over
vcto NOW, there Is no doubt that very large
Jorty Of both favor the coinage Of 100 OoO
or perhaps $50 0O0 900 OF dollars subsidiary
coin, and would mako It legal tender for all private
debts TO the amount Of $50 or perhaps 500. A bill
providing Tor such coinage and the redempton by It
pl the small legal tender notes would
the support OF the anti-silver men, and measure
OF this kind would have to encounter the veto. 1t
PLAIN, therefore, that the leaders OF the silver
movement really wantsd to introduce silver into
currency /: they had different and uterior views
they could easily accomplish that end and It Is certain
that such q measure this would entirely satisfy
the popular demand for silver.
Under tho circumstances II is not strange that tho
suspicion has begun to spread hero that silver
ircmists do not SO much want silver as they want
grievance; that they hope TO form a general repuda-
ton party in the next canvass under Of the
Bland bill, and that It is political and not currency
movement which Is going on berc. Western and
Southern politicians already talk of alliance be-
tween those sections the basis OF the Bland BILL
and II probably not ungcnerous to believe some
least Of tho leaders the present silver
have view not much tho comfort OF the debtor
GLASS; or the rehabilitation OF estate as the next
Presidential election.