The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-01-10
ELECTION BILL AGAIN.
Its Friends Do Not Intend tc
Forsake it Yet Awhile.
REPUBLICANS ARE DIVIDED
In Their Opinions, However.-Prob.
able Compromise on the Silver
Coinage observation-disclosures
DorseS's yIews...Notes.

WASHINGTON, D. O., Jan. 9.-"Do
YOU expect the Election bill to come up
after the Finance bill is gotten out Of
the way ?" was asked Senator spooner,
Of Wisconsin, to-day.
"You will hear OF the Election bill
again, and not very long hence" was
the reply. He added: "The friends Of
the measure don't intend to drop it by
such a trick as wss played few days
ago. What success we will have in
taking the bill up again Il don't know.
We will try very hard, and il we fail
over it goes"
There is divided opinion on the Re.
publican side OF the Senate as to what
will be done with the Elections bill.
Some OF lie friends are frank TO say they
do not believe it will be- taken up again,
asjt is apparent that it cannot be brought
TO q tinal vote, while others have not
lost hope Of the adoption Of the closure
resolution, which they say is necessary
il anything more is accomplished by the |
Republicans in this Congress in any d.
reciiou, and upon this they hang their
belief that the Elections bill may come
up and receive a tiuRl vote. There isno
doubt that the bill has q majority Of
about three, if it can be brought to
voc.
sIVEE COINAGE QUESTION.
A compromise on the silver coinage
question is probable. The advocates OF
unlimited free coinage now acknowl-
edge that il they continue upon the line
they are following they will forever
strangle their proposition, and they are
considering compromise. Speaker
Reed will never permit unlimited free
coinage to come before the House, eveu
though it could get out Of committee,
and lie will not sufTer consideration OF
any financial measure which could be
amended under the rules by the accept
auce OF tree coinage feature. Unless
he has assurance that no flank move
ment like that which Hide.tracked the
election bill is attempted he will take no
chance.
One of'the leading free coinage advo.
Gates said this afternoon to the INTELLI-
GRNCER correspondent on the floor ot
the Senate: "We may compromise on |
free coinage for American silver"
Others hiDted at similar contemplation.
CHAIRMAN DORSEY.
Chairman Dorsey, OF the House Com
mittee on Banking and Currency, who
will have charge OF the Finance bill
now before the Senate, when 1t goes to
the lower branch Of Congress, whether
it contains free coinage or not, said:
"The Speaker will offer no hindrance to
free coinage for American silver. We
would promptly report 1t from the COM
mittee aud il would be adopted on the
floor OF the House without delay. / be-
lieve the same action would be given an
amendment which went further and Gu-
thorized the Secretary of the Treasury
to buy all the silver bullion offered,
from whatever source, at the market
value, and issue certificates upon II.
What the anti-iree coinage men obj ct
10 is the creation OF market in the
United States for all silver produced in
the world at fixed price. II We can
make eighty cents worth Of bullion
worth dollar in gold by simply stamp
ing it with Federal authority, the gov
ernment OF the United States, and not
the foreign powers, should benefit by 1t,
AMERICA MUST PROFIT.
$50 long as We contine our coinage to
silver purchased at market prices
created by the standard Of other prod
uCts our government makes the profit OF
the coinages, but whenever we make it
possible for foreigners to send their
eighty cents worth OF bullion here and
get in return a certificate worth dollar
in gold, We open minting business flr
the world which We must some day bal.
aDCe."
There is gradual shifting Of the free
coinage advocates to this way OF look.
ing at the problem, and compromise
is becoming more and more likely every
day.