Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-04-02

The senate Go he the Scene OF Gen.
niet-stewart Higgins an uphtit
Fight.

The senate Go he the scene of Con-
n~ict-stewsrt Higgins an Uphiii
Fight.
WASHINGTON, March 29.-The notice
given in the Senate this afternoon by
Stewart Of his intention to call up his
Free Silver Coma &c bill Monday created
q sensation, Notwithstanding the fact was
expected. in view Of the setback the
the Bland bill had received in the House,
that the struggle must sooner or later be
transferred to the Senate.
As far as can be learned Stewart sp-
pears to have acted on his own respon'
sibility in precipitating the issue. 1t is
said by some Of the silver men that
Speaker Crisp urged them to pass the
Silver bill in the Senate and let it come
over to the House, when it would be in q
position much more favorable for action
than IL il came before the House in the
shape of the original report from the
Coinage Committee. Some OF the Re-
publican silver Senators are unable to
see the force Of this reasoning and fear
the Speaker is playing for q party advan'
taee, which might be expected to follow
the passage Of the Silver bill by the Re-
publican Senate, even by the instrument
tality Of Democratic votes.
The Democratic Senators as yet are
undecided as to the attitude they shall
assume when the bill is called up by
Stewart. Carlisle remarked that the
outcome Of the effort to pass the bill
would be extremely doubtful. This
view appeared generally to be entertained
on his side Of the chamber. 1t Is prob
able there will be q general consultation
among the Democratic Senators before
Monday with the purpose Of reaching
an agreement upon a united line OF &C
ton.
On the Republican side the opinion il
that the bill will not pass. Hansbrougt
Of South Dakota, who has been included
in all the estimates in the ranks OF the
silver men, said very frankly this after
noon that he would oppose with his vote
any effort to pass a pure Free Coinage
bill, aud it is believed there are not ter
Republican Senators who would vote fol
such a bill. He called attention to the
fact that Perkins, the successor Of
Plumb in the Senate, is en- anti.free coin
age man, and felt confident, even with
the full strength which the Democratic
silver Senators showed in the last strug-
gle, the bill would not have more than
one majority. As q matter Of fact, be
believed the Democrats were divided on
the question, and he expected when il
came to a test vote that many Of them
who had formerly voted for the Vest
bill would vote against the Stewart bill.
Stewart himself is not very sanguine
of the success Of his move. He says,
however, that the country is entitled to
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the silver question, and be proposes to
put all Of them on record If he can.
The free coinage men have not given
up the fight in the House. The contro-
versy between Bland and the Speaker
was the subject of general comment to-
| day and Bland announced that he would
make no further attempt to secure the
cloture rule, but Pierce and the other
leaders have again taken courage and
will make a supreme attempt to force the
committee to report a rule.
Up to this evening they had secured
between 80 and 100 names to q petition,
but required lis. Many believe it will
be found impossible to get them.