Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-04
SILVER NOT DEAD YET.
AnOther Attempt TO Inject Some
Vitality Into the Invalid
Is TO BE MADE DURING THE WEEK.
uorman and Hill Getting Nervous About
the Possibilities.
HOLMAN AS A GREAT TINE ABsORBER
ESPECIAL TELEGRAPHIC LETTER.
BUREAU OF The DISPATCH,
WASruTNGrON N n A,,,.;l Q

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. April 8.
The topic of most daily interest in Con.
Eressional affairs is in regard to the possible
revival OF the much worn, but not bv any
means PLAYED out silver question. In the
Senate the Morgan resolutions will certainly
come up, but whether they will result in a
discussion of anything but themselves, and,
Incidentally, of the silver problem, is yet in
doubt.
Senator Stewart, who is the most ex-
treme as well as the most tedious and per-
sistent free coinage member in the Senate,
viii make an attempt, possibly tomorrow,
10 get his silver bill adversely reported, be-
fore the Senate tor consideration, or to Sc
cure q date for it. 1t will therefore be diff
fcult for Senators to avoid putting them
selves on record in some way on the ques-
lion, and q score or so OF more or less emf
uent statesmen are decidedly nervous at the
Prospect Naturally German and Hill are
more concerned than any one else. Cor
man is a dark horse in training for the Chi
caEo race, and Hill Vet imaCines that he is
'he only thoroughbred who will take part
IN that great contest, and that such scrubs
as Cleveland, BoieS, Palmer, Gray and so
IN Will have no chance against him.
ui1 and German Getting Desperate.
These two Senators are making a desper-
ate effort TO switch the silver bills off the
track, not only in the Senate, but also in
the House. They urged Senator Morgan to
forego his purpose 10 force the silver ques-
tion on the Senate. and will do all they can
TO prevent consideration of the Stewart
bill, excusing themselves by quoting the ad
verse report and assertions that it is not
even satisfactory to the free coinage ele-
lnent. 1t Will be strange indeed, III two such
stra teCiStS as German and Hill. assisted by
all but Il few of the Republicans. and by at
least a dozen antl-silVer Democrats, cannot
succeed in preventing consideration, and
that withou; special injury to themselves.
In the House the free coinage men declare
that the fight is still on. / am assured by
one Of the leaders this evening that they
purpose TO try to force a recognition this
week of their right to have vote on the
bill That Is all they ask. They will abide
Y the result They simply demand fair
nlay ana swear they will have it. That a
majority OF their party is not in sympathy
with them is plainly shown by the fact that
With 4 week of hard work they haven't sue
ceeded in completing the number of peti-
tloners requested by Speaker Crisp before
he viii agree te support a rule for n special
order for final vote on the Bland bill.
Great Change in the Situation.
The situation is much changed since the
Speaker announced his determination, a
week ago tomorrow. The first feeling of a
great majority OF the free-coinage men was
one of great relief that the matter had ap-
uarently been postponed without assump-
zion of responsibility on their part. But to
nearly every one OF them the past week has
brought telegrams and letters by the bushel
demanding that they proceed to the most
extreme measures to force q final vote.
The demands are simple and fair that
they should almost convert the enemies of
the bill to that way of thinking. They are
merely that the bill should be defeated on a
fair, square vote. ii at all, and not by a des- |
Derste recourse to methods that would not |
be tolerated in any other parliamentary
body in the world.
Spurred on TO new exertions by such sharp |
prodding from their constituencies. the |
most aggressive of silver leaders, who have |
been holding prolonged conferences to-day, |
have almost concluded to make a movement |
against the opposition, which could hardly 1
result otherwise than in success if persisted
in. The plan is the one suggested two or
three days ago to make new demand on
the Committee on Rules for a special code, |
and, if this be refused, to filibuster against
all other measures except the tariff bills,
which involve so important a feature Of the |
party policy that it would be uuwise to
make any tight on them in the interests of |
silver.
One Way to Force the Issue.
If the free coinage men have the courage |
to carry out this programme, as several of |
the leaders assure me they have, they can |
certainly force the opposition to compromise |
and permit vote of the bill. The scheme |
vent a vote on the bill by filibustering, it is |
quite as just to force a vote by similar tao
tics. With this weapon at their command
the responsibility will rest with the free
coinage men themselves If the Bland bill be
not forced to a final vote.
If this Congress runs on into the fall |
months, the responsibility will rest to a
great extent upon one man, and that man is
William ;. Holman, of Indiana. Holman's
whole philosophy OF economy is embodied in
the word stinginess. He seems never to have
GiSPtyprp1 that liharai but .iu1jciOuS /
DenOirure enriches instead of making poor |
Even his stinginess is not a principle. 1t Is
a mal1eshift, trick, q deceptive cry for the
ears OF the ignorant, an exhibition of dema-
gogism that may win in the Fourth Indiana
district, so sparsely settled that eight big
counties are required for the district, but
which almost anywhere else can only excite
disgust.
After the appropriation bills are complete
it viii be a curious study to analyze them
ana attempt To discover the absurd length
70 which Nj. Holman's "econ omy" has led
him. At this time one can only guess at it
ly the wholesale cheese-paring seen in
everything that has got away from the knife
OF The statesman from the Egypt" of 1n-
diana. The cutting OF the salary of the dog
catcher of the District OF Columbia, and of
the allowance Tor soap and towels Tor West
Point cadets, are good illustrations OF the
breadth OF Mr. Holman's craftsmanship.
The Senate More Liber al Body.
OF course the Senate will have none of
this nonsense. Neither the Democrats nor
the Republicans of that body are in SYM
pathy with such peanut statesmanship.
knowing that the good sense and intelligent
Judgment of the country will support them.
they viii advance to a reasonable figure. all
along the line, the appropria tions skinned
down fOr the purpose of re-electing Holman,
and the Senate conferees Will be instructed
TO fight FOR the sensible increase until they
get it. if it takes all the summer and all the
fall.
This is Holman's fourteenth term in Con-
gress. he began with the Thirty-sixth Con-
gress. and was left at home the Thirty-ninth
Eorty-fifth and Forty-siXth. Even in that 1
bcnishted district the people cannot endure
TO be represented constantly by Holman, and |
so send another member occasionally, Iust
to let the country know that in that vast |
loop-pole region they really have better
timber than this eccentric economist, who
believes the way to get rich and great is to
sBend nothing and stuff all the money he
can lay his hands on into his old stockings. |
one of Mr.. Holman's recent exploits will | .
hardly commend him the multitude in |
tcrcsted in land development and in maxi
iu.. the vast arid region of the West habita-
ble for the poor farmers who desire to take
up Government land. or money appropri-
uted two years ago for experiments in irri-
ratiOn, and in preparing reports of investi-
cations a, ,000 remained in the Treasury this
year. Mr.. Holman discovered that through
some unfortunate wording of the law he
could prevent the expenditure of this piti-
rul sum which had been appropriated and
was living in the Treasury, and which was
needed to complete the work of the persons
in charge OF irrigation matters in the Agri-
cultural Departments.
His Act Blocks Irrigation Experiments
Caring nothing for the vast results posi-
Die from experiment and investigations,