The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-25
REED BEATEN ON SILVER.
THE SENATE BILL TO BE VOTED
ON THIS AFTERNOON.

Compromise.
WASHINGTON, June 24.-These are yield
ing days for Thomas B. Reed. The silver
republicans have now forced his hand in a
most embarrassing manner. After his an
nouncement yesterday that the silver bill
must be in the coinage committee until the
House had disposed of the federal election
bill and the bankruptcy bill, several repub-
licans called on him last night and said
they must protest against such delay. They
reminded them that they had stood by him
more OF less SO far in this fight, but that
their. constituents would not suffer them to
go any further. They must, therefore,
insist on his bringing the silver bill into the
House before anything else should be con-
sidered.
REED FORCED TO YIELD,
Seeing how determined they were
Speaker Reed ordered the chairman Of the
coinage committee, who happened to be
present, to call meeting Of his committee
and report the bill at once Chairman
Conger said he could not get his committee
, together before the end Of the week.
but you must" said the the silver men.
YES" assented Speaker Reed, you
must" SO he did call his committee together
this morning, but SO short was the notice
that the silver men actually had majority
of those present, and could have reported in
favor of concurring in the Senate amend
ments, but, out of courtesy, they forebore
and let the chairman report in favor Of nom
concurrence.
THE COMMITTEE ON RULES.
Speaker Reed got his committee on rules
together, adopted a rule providing for
voting on the coinage committees motion
tomorrow at 2 o'clock, without opportunity
for amendment, and put it through the
House. Speaker Reed expects the House to
non-concnr tomorrow, the silver men
the conference committee will report,
namely, to coin 4, 100000 ounces a month,
with legal tender redemption.
DETAILS OF THE CoMMITTE MEETING.
(By the associated Press)
WASHINGTON, June 24.-The House COM
mittee on coinage, weights and measures
held meeting ro-day and took up the SEN
ate amendments sto the silver bill. The
committee decided by vote of to Co
recommend d.non-concNECence in the amend
ments and tp.ask the House to order con-
ference 'Messrs. Walker of Massachusetts
and Mutchler of Pennsylvania were absent
from the meeting.
TWO MEMBERS ABSENT.
When the committee met to-day, in re-
Spouse to a call of the chairman, to consider
the Senate amendments TO the silver bill,
there were but eleven of the thirteen mem
bers of the committee present. MIR. Joseph
of New Mexico is member OF the commit
tee, but he has no vote. The absentees
were Messrs Walker of Massachusetts,
rep, ard Mr.. Mutchler of Pennsylvania,
dem. Before the questions OF the amend
ments to the bill came up Mr.. Tracey, DEM, II,
of New York entered protest against the
holding of the meeting. he said he had
been told late yesterday afternoon that
there would not be any meeting OF the
committee until Wednesday, and be had not
received notice of the present meeting until
1890 o'clock last night. Besides this, one
Of his colleagues (Mr. Muuchler) was alb
sent. The meeting proceeded, however,
and the first vote taken was on the motion
to concur in the Senate amendments. This
motion was defeated.
VOTE TO NoN-CoNCUR.
The next motion was to non-concur
in the Senate amendments, and on this
motion the vote was:
Yeas-Messrs. Conger, Wickham, Com
stock, Bartine, Taylor, rep, aud Wilcox
of Connecticut, dem.-6
Nays-Messrs. Carter land Knapp, rep.
and Bland, Tracy and Williams, dem.-5.
Mr.. Bartine, on the last motion, first
voted against the motion to non-concur in
the Senate amendments, but subsequently
changed it to vote in favor of non-con-
currence. This he did, as he said, not be-
cause he favored the motion, but simply to
get the bill back into the House and subse-
Quently into the conference stage in
preference to having it smothered or de-
feated in committee. Mr.. Knapp, on this
latter motion, at first voted for non concur
renee, but changed it to a vote against the
motion, so as to keep the bill in committee
II possible, Mr.. Knapp Gt being understood
being opposed to the pending silver legisla-
tion.s
A compromise proposition was made in
the committee directing the Secretary of
the Treasury to increase the purchase of
silver bullion under the provisions of the
existing laws. 1t was without effect, how
ever.
THE REPUBLICAN MANAGERS CONFIDENT.
The republican managers in the House
express confidence of their ability to carry
through their programme tomorrow to
non-concur in the Senate amendments to
the silver bill and to secure conference at
once. Their calculations, OF course, are
based on full attendance on their side,
and are made in the expectation that every
member necessarily absent will be paired,
and that most of the free coinage repub-
licans will stay in line and vote to nom
concur as the speediest way of reaching a
conclusion. Several motions will be in
order before the final vote is taken. Already
Mr.. Bland has interposed a motion to con-
cur in the Senate amendments, which is OF
superior privilege to Mr.. Conger's motion to
non-concur. In addition, a motion will be
in order, and will, doubtless, be made, to
concur with an amendment. The amend
ment will probably be in the nature Of a
substitute embracing the original House
bill with the bullion redemption clause
stricken out. Then it is possible that an
opportunity will be afforded to vote sepa-
rrately upon each of the amendments made
by the Senate. Altogether it is probable
that, although the voting is to begin at
o'clock, the remainder of the afternoon will
be consumed in taking the various successive
steps necessary to dispose of the bill.
The House committee on rules has ar
ranged % have final vote taken in the
House at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
upon the report of the coinage committee
on the amendments to the silver bill and
requesting a conference.
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