Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-23
SILVER AND TARIFF REroRM.
What Are the Records Of the Men ON Nv
Principal Committee.

What Are the Records Of the Men ON Two
Principal Committees.
An inquiry into the records Of the members
OF the House committee on coinage, weights
and measures shows that by past usterances or
votes in or out Of Congress nine out Of
thirteen members Of the committee have de-
clsred in favor Of free coinage, while three Of
the other members have been outspoken against
free coinage and the fourth is said by his
friends to be unquestionsbly against free coin
age, though his record is unknown, he
not having been IN Congress. The members
In favor Of free coinage are Messrs. Bland Of
Missouri, Williams Of Illinois. Kilgore Of Texas,
Robertson Of Louisiana, Pierce Of Tennessee,
Epes Of Virginia, McKeighan Of Nebraska, Bar
tine OF Nevada and johnson Of North Dakota
Those opposed are Messrs. Tracey Of New York,
Williams Of Massachusetts, Taylor Of Illinois
and Stone of Pennsylvania.
OF the free coinage members Messrs. Bland.
Williams OF Illinois, kilgore, Robertson, Pierce
OF Tennessee and Bartine we're in the last Con-
gress and recorded themselves as in favor of
the passage of the free coinage bill. Of the new
free coinage members Mr.. Epes Of Virginia was
elected on q free coinage platform; AIR. Nc
keighan comes here as an independent, elected
largely BY alliance votes, and committed TO
free coinage OF silver. MIR. johnson OF North
Dakota was elected on q platform, one of the
leading features Of which was the free silver
plank
OF the anti-free coinage members Of
the committee Messrs Tracey and lay
and as members Of the coinage COM
mittee worked and voted against free silver.
Mr.. Williams of Massachusetts takes the place
on the committee formerly held by MIR.
walker OF Massachusetts, who, though IN the
present Congress was not given an opportunity to
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his predecessor, however. is q strong anti-free
silver man. The fourth man placed in the anti
free coinage list is Mr.. Stone Of Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Stone was not in the last Congress. He is
not in the city, but his friends say be il un-
doubtedly against free silver.
MIR. Wilcox Of Connecticut is the one demo-
cratic voting member OF the committee in the
last Congress who was reelected, but who 10
not on the committee this time. he voted
against free coinage. Mr.. Vaux Of Pennsylvs-
MIA WAS not reelected. and Mr.. Joseph of New
Mexico, being delegate, had no vote.
THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE.
OF the ten democratic members Of the ways
and means committee all except Mr.. Stevens Of
Massachusetts, and Mr.. Bryan of Nebraska, who
are in their first term in Congress, were men,
bers of the Fiftieth Congress. and of these
eight members all except Mr.. Whiting of Mich
igan are recorded as voting for the Mills bill on
its final passage. Mr.. Whiting made several
speeches favoring the clauses of the bill relating
to wool and salt and uphoiding the tariff mes
sage Of President Cleveland. He is one OF four
teen members recorded as mot voting" on the
final passage Of the bill, and was probably
paired in favor. of the bill. The five republican
members Of the committee. Of course,
all voted against the Mills bill and
in favor of the Mckinley bill
vanis is the new member Of the committee
from the republican side OF the House and
Messrs. McMillin, Turner and Wilson CIV. Va. }
are the democratic members who have in re-
cent years been identified with tariff reform az
members OF the committee.
The three democratic members last named
aided in framing the Mills bill. Mr.. Springer,
the chairman, has always voted for tariff re-
form measures, but has, by published inter-
views. recorded himself as in favor Of passing
specific bills to put few articles on
revision of the tariff by the House at this SEES
sion. A majority Of his democratic colleagues
have stated in public that they we're in favor Of
this line Of policy at the present time.
SILVER MEN PLEASED.
The silver men are very well pleased with the
constitution of the coinage committee, and re-
gard it as significant Of the Speakers purpose
to afford opportunity for the passage Of q free
coinage measure. The chairman, Mr.. Bland.
is the most pronounced democratic advocate Of
silver in the House.
The silver men strongly urged upon the
Speaker the selection Of Mr.. Bartine Of Nevada
as the leader Of the minority on the committee
because of his efforts last Congress in behalf
of free coinage, and regard the fact that
Mr.. Bartine. beads the list Of republican
members as another indication of the Speak
er's friendliness toward q liberal sill
yer policy. One of the silver men
on the committee said this afternoon
that he had heard some intimations that Mr..
johnson Of North Dakota was not to be classed
as Tree coinage man, but, though without
positive information on the subject, he ex-
pressed the belief that Mr.. johnson was favor
able to free silver. Mr.. johnson himself could
not be fonnd