Mohave County miner., 1892-03-12
THE MoHAvE MINER.
Tho Out Loot for s,,sse.

Jhe Out Loot for Silvsf
That the free coinage Of silver 10 the
nightmare of nearly every Democrat Of
the House. Shall IL or shall il not pass
that body and pledge the party irrevocablv
for free coinage? This has been the
anxious question asked by the Eastern
men of their Western colleagues. The
Western men answer moss emphatically
in the affirmative. Can they be check.
mated? 1t is thought that they can be,
and will be. but few Of the Eastern men
know 1t, and none Of the Western, al
though the latter could have effectually
prevented it had they fully understood
the questions at the proper time. But
thev did not, and 30 voted the very rules
which placed the power to defeat the free
coinage bill, or any other measure for
that matter, in the hands Of the three
gentlemen, who compose the majority Of
the House committee on rules. The par
ocular rule under operation Of which the
free coinsgo bill will probably meet its
deatb, is the rule in regard to dilatory
notions. The very rule upon which
tcey were counting 70 bring about . |
speedy action and the final vote upon the
free silver bill 10 the very one that
makes its defeat possible. In order to
come under its provisions . measure
must be reported to the House from the |
Committee on Rules. This makes it q
privileged matter, but still permits an un-
limited amount Of flibustering, unless the
Committee on Rules not only set aside
day for the consideration Of the matter,
but also fix the hour at which the
measure shall be put on its final passage.
Under no other circumstances are the op-
ponents Of a bill prevented from offering
measures intended to obstruct and delay.
The situation is thus narrowed down
TO the Speaker, Mr.. Catchings. and Mr.
McMiilen. All OF these men are pro-
nounced as advocates of the free coinage
of silver, and are pledged to its support
in public utterances. It was
This. probably, that LED the silver men to
place their bill at the mercy Of the Com
mittee on Rules. They assumed that in
doing so they we're certain Of its passage.
But the Speaker and Mr. Catchinxs
and Mr.. McMillen are Democrats first and
Tree silver men afterwards. They will
not allow themselves, however, to be
placed in attitude sntagonistic to free sill.
yer. They will do nothing to prevent its
being brought up for consideration in the
House, and they will make no attempt TO
limit debate upon il. They will simply
allow the House to do with il as it sees
dt. Ii the House fails to pass it, the
Committee on Rules cannot be held re-
sponsible.
ii the program Of the silver men is car.
RED out, and it will probably be, the sill.
'er bill is likely to be mp for debate by the
,nd Of next week After every man who
wants to talk has been given the opportu.
lity, and II the silver men attempt to bring
I to final vote, it's opponents will in
lugurate systematic fiibuster. There
9 sufficient number OF members op-
posed to the bill to keep mp these tactics
ill the end Of the session IL necessary,
md this is the program that will be ad.
,ered to. This means the certain defeat
II free silver, as far as this House is con.
,erned, unless the Committee on Rules
'teps in and sets an hour at which the
inal vote must be taken. And this is
ust what the Committee on Rules is ex-
,ected to do-New York Herald.
Sb,nain1 De- IN Eonona