Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-18
The Silver Question.

WASHINGTON, September 1.-The
Star this evening has the following :
Representative Warner. of Ohio, is in
the city to-day, having come here to
see Secretary Manning and Treasurer
Jordan about his proposed silver
compromise bill. Mr.. Warner has
been consulting with all the promi-
nent silyer-men he could reach, with
the view of Strengthening his prOpo-
sition. The most important per-
sons on both sides of the question are
said. however, to stand to their original
position, and the prospects of COM
promise are not thought to be good.
Both Mr.. Bland and MIR. Reagan are
quoted as declaring their determination
to stand by the Bland dollar uncom-
promisingly, and the antI-silver men
say that President Cleveland has not
altered his views in the least since
writing his famous aati-sll,cr letter
shortly after his election. The pros
pect seems 10 be for a straight issue on
both sides, and the outcome depends
upon whether or not the Administra-
ton has received enough converts
since last session TO put them in
control Of the House on that ques-
ton, which, it is thought, will be the
most important in the organization
of the House. and in this respect
Speaker Carlisle will be placed in a
very awkward position. There is no
idea that he will meet with any opposi-
ton in his canvass for the speakerShip,
and he will have to decide as to the
organization of the Coinage. Weights,
and Measures Committee, which will
have the silver question before 1t. Ac-
cording 10 the general custom, the old
chairmen who have served satisfactorily
will be reappointed at the heads Of
their respective committees. Thus
Mr.. Morrison will expect to go at
the head Of the Ways and Means :;
Mr.. Randali's friends will daim
for him the Appropriations Committee,
and Mr.. Bland will expect to be placed
at the head OF the Coinage. Weights,
and Measures Committee. He will ex-
pect, also. that the committee will be
organized according to his ideas. so
that the silyer-nen will be in control.
Should his expectations be accom-
plished, the silyer-men would have the
Teins in their own hands, and the Ad-
ministration would be defeated at the
outset. On the other hand, if Mr.. Car
Isle should refuse to place Mr.. Bland in
his old position, or should organize the
committee so as to take the power out
Of his hands, it would have the ten
dency to commit the House to the sup
port Of the Administration before any
vote had been taken, and TO plunge into
q long and warm contest az once. In
the face of these circumstances it is i'm
portant TO know what Mr.. Carlisle's
views on the question are. The silver
men naturally reckon on his being with
them as opposed to the New York
bankers. but it is understood that he
has studied the question very carefully,
and is inclined 10 think with the
President, that there is danger in the
unlimited coinage Of silver dollars.
This question is giving him more UNI
easiness than the tariff or anything else
that may come before Congress this
winter, and for months past he has been
talking with men on both sides and
making careful study Of the situation.
Representative Warner expressed the
opinion to-day that Congress would pass
compromise silver bill this session.