St. Paul daily globe., 1892-02-19
A NATIONAL CIRCUS.
Mr.. Harter Says a Bill for
Free Silver Will Create
Laughter,
and Make a HoWling Farce OF
Democratic Opposition to
MeKinleyism.
Demand for a Caucus to Rel
egate the Matter to OBJ
ScuPity.
Farmep-Packer Allerton Is
Not in Love With Anti
Option Bills.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-The anti-free
coinage men have again come forward
with demand for caucus TO relegate
the silver question to the rear until
after the presidential election. The
following petition for caucus Is today
being circulated III the house OF repre-
sentativeS by Representatives Harter
co., Hoar Mass and other pronounced
opponents of free coinage:
Hon. William S. Holman, Chairman
Dear Sir: We ask you to call meeting
of the Democratic members of this.house
for Thursday evening, at $50 o'clock, to
consider two resolutions which will be
presented. They are as follows:
Resolved. That we are in favor of the con-
tinued use OF both gold and silver money,
and that we are unalierably opposed 10 any
legislation which will drive either metal out
OF general circulation.
Resolved, That i'll justice to the Democra-
tie party, and with due consideration for the
general business, Industrial and financial
interests to the nation, we deem it the duty
of the Democratic members OF the tfty-Se
ono congress TO defer any definite action on
The snbjecl of free coinage until the queS-
ton of its wisdom and justice is distinctly
made in the election OF 1892
We ask you further to invite the Dem
ocratic members of the senate to this
conference. In reference TO the call,
Nh Harter said: Many of our Demo
cratic members begin TO see what
EsoWling Farce
It is to declaim against the rascally class
legislation of the Mckinley act and
then legislate to give the same class of
advantages to the silver kings, especi-
ally as the consequences of the sill
.ln rfAin nrfa rim,
10 be disastrous to the country
1t is easy enough to see that before the
November elections come on every in
telligent voter in the United States
would be laughing &C us and instead OF
national election we should have q
kind of a humpty dumpty show, say a
national circus with the Democratic
party in the very important character
of clown. Ii is only natural that level
headed Democrats are not enamored
by such all outlook and it is
easy to see that the men who
would bring contempt and disgrace
the end of their days. What the party
needs now is all insurance policy, and
il we down this free silver madness
now it will never rise TO plague its
creators again. We had no trouble get
ting plenty of signatures to the call for
q conference in The very short time de-
voted to it,
The Other Fellows
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-The free
coinage Democrats in the house have
secured the signatures of majority of
Democratic members to petition re-
Quiring the committee on rules TO set
apart an early day for the consideration
OF the Bland free coinage bill. The pc
tition will not be presented until after
the return from Boston of Repre-
sentative Catchings. of Mississippi,
member of the committee on
rules, 1t being desired to have a
majority of Democratic members of the
of the committee present when the petit
ton IS acted upon. The free coinage
men contend that with the free coinage
Republicans, the Farmers Alliance men
and number Of acknowledged free
coinage Democrats who did not sign the
petition. there will be no difficulty in
passing the bill.