The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-02-18
STAYING OFF FREE SILVER.
Tic Evident purposc o; tne Ecusc Cnin-
.ICs COMMITTEES.

WAsu!E&roN, February D d"Ie-
! cation OF officers OF the Farmers State
! Alliances r0w in session il this c'yy.
! headed hv President POLK. Of the Va
! tienGl Alliances. awaited the opening
| Of the hearing ct the House coinage
| committee this morning Mr.. P2lk
stated their purpose 70 be 20 urge
prompt action on the silver bill by the
committee, so that action might be had
by the House
The old difficulty as to when hearings
should cease was Immediately encoun-
tered. Mr.. Bland wanted a day fixed
Mr. Eaux thought that nothing should
! be done which would prevent hear
ing being given to the Philadelphia
board of trade next Wednesday, and
MIR. Bland moved that hearings should
cease on that day. The question went
over for {. time, and Mr.. James Milli-
ken spoke il favor of making silver in
subsidiary coin Of propotlonate value
to that in the silver dollar.
John NJ. Forbes, of New York, who
is engaged in the China and India trade,
said he did not desire to argue the CUES
tion of free coinage. but merely to pre-
sent some facts as to what he believed
would result from an increase of the
value of silver to l.29. All our eX-
said, were governed By the gold value
of silver in London. 10 his mind
nothing would so greatly stimulate
| business as Il rise in silver. The present
uncertainty. however, was having an
injurious effect. He did not believe
silver would flow here from silver-using
countries if we opened our mints with
out limit, because currency was always
the last thing exported. War or some
other such abnormal cause was the
only thing which would cause this.
Nr Bland then moved that tn9 hear
ings close on Thursday OF next week
and Mr.. Walker moved al amendment,
to fix Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day AS the regular days OF meeting,
without any conclusion as TO when
they should close.
This opened up the old fight, and
Messrs. Walker and Bland had another
tilt, the former declaring it of imp0r-
tance th.t there should oe a tull con-
sideratiOn and just comprehension O..
the question, even if the report were
not made at all this session, and the
latter insisting that the House should
be given an opportunity to pass Oh this
question in order to meet tie demand
Of the country for action.
Mr.. Williams. seeing that there was
a majority against Mr.. Bland'S motion,
moved substitute providing 'or hear
ings Tomorrow and the first four days
Of next week, after which vote should
be taken. He called attention to the
fact that this would give i've hearings,
while under Mr.. Walkers proposition
there would be six hearings only from
low until within less than two weeks
of the close of the session.
On yea aid nay vote an amendment
limiting meeting days to three per
week, proposed by Mr.. Walker to Mr..
Willlams'S motion, WAS adopted by vote
of seven to five, Mr.. Wilcox voting
with the free coinage men and Mr.
Wickham. the chairman, against them.
Twelve o'clock having arrived, there
was no opportunity to vote on the
amended proposition, and by unanl,
nous consent the committee adjourned
until to-mOrrON