The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-23
THE GREAT TALK ON SILVER.
80 GOES RIoHT ON IN SPITE OLA FIRE
IN THE CAPITOL.

, hv Mr.. bland In . Speech In support
.r u,. Free Coinage Bili-Mr. Williams
800. ar for tho Democratic Opposition
49,. Offers the Hill for an lntern national
Monetary Conference.-The. Harter Sees In
~. R,,rd.s Proposals Certain bank
.,,,ev and Possible observation-disclosures
,.-v Resentment OF Mr. McKaiE on Beinx
shaken 10 Illustrate Mr.. Harter's Re-
,ark.-Mr bowers Buys Mr.. Houk's
SO Gold Piece s0ei In ersens"ek..
WARRINGTON. March 22.-Fightlne began to-
a.v in the great three days battle over the
slver question. which will play such an i'm
nortant part in the coming political campaign.
AZ o'clock the first gun was fired In the
.hape OF a free coinage speech By the author
oh,he Bland Free Silver bill. and after several
hours of very lively diminishing. hostilities
ware suspended until evening. when the cleo
tric lamp in tho big dome OF the Capitol was
lighted and the conflict was renewed. A fire
IN the folding room Of the House. that began
Al o'clock in the evening and laste until 8.
Allied tho hall with smoke for time. but didn't
stop the struggle.
To-day It was a battle OF words only. On
inuisuAs ."o ,,..,. .,oni,t thot th. outoor,n
shu w. 10. th., t-aa c,;r,,. cbor,-
VIII pe ,'',o .,.,n, - 'Jn, 90 ao,,n,.
plohs INC ~. aa,,tt th,t tha nuns.;or
iea'e ll,"o n,,tronLs .II otho-s IN i'm
Oh s'et Gonna .ha n,,,o,rat,o ,art,, -
po''"n.o ..,oJ nh. tur;es ouootion
.ohs'es' 20 -. ~. roor .,a ,,;u ~ h,
mas ueen ~ ,ha uous. nnti, +ha
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bland w. u''po u.s., s,,,.o. ~ the
lact 'hu, Wv 80 .. ~ 1ati,..
house VIII uss .n.i 80 49,, a,,oi,
anu resort " uosu,' ,,aaS w., 49, ~ 80 -,
making 10 w . us r,,,ant,. notitiana tn. ~
the iac'' mso ."as 80 ha.n ,,i,ad ~ N ~.
serus'ns pu,r 80 IA ~ .a., -, $4,000
epe"AeI ao'e a.. a." n "n ~ tha uo,,ss
ptousnt " o.a.. ."H ~. n,nna Iii Ttos
win ihsis. oh p"sn.ns Wv, 49,. n,, VI. ~
mean to take advantage Of that fact Tho
nrosnect Of favorable action on the bill In the
Sspnte is moreover ore atternr than was
low " .sa. , inv somsvhat alarmed at the
outlook now assert confidently that the Bland
s s Vo s It sssn with sy HsS OF As na
at just about the time the various States will be
engaged in selecting delegates to the National
C,nvor,ion pres;Iant Harrison will he under
the necessity Of signing or vetonR bill for
the free coinage orr the free and unlimited COIN
sve Of silver. He will undoubtedly veto It
without a moments hesitation.
The speeches day. both at tho afternoon
and the evening session, were Interesting, and
.'uN ~ s " 80
the attention which they attracted from the
members and from the great crowds in the
galleries was iudisputabe evidence Of the fact
that coinage and not the tariff is the question
In which the American public is most deeply
interested .' When MI. Bland the daddy Of
rss ' COINAGE aV bill 'b bearing S his name
s s.oso a. 1oo'n ~ opeu tne tnree
solid wall of faces. Every member on both
.haso ~. .naoI. t mas ~ A's eea. eAoep.
faose VINO arg SO iar IN me rear as to pc out OF
ia sseoa eoniiontns the s siver
e eSat 70 near i now ne would open the light
tna N H. X 70 Dc histori t ,s ,. , =,
eager. pushing; good-natnred Americans.
made up Of all classes OF society. The friends
o. o. t th SPEAKER ana o. various members We're
were Nxtf,, occupied and even IN the long
Pubic gallery. opposite tho speakers
c cha.' foin dS men ana white were nuddled
1iIa pa gallery. which 10 rarely occu-
Eisd 6y ,. dipstHmats; was opened to few
IWHso ot trends OF prominent members ana
a mest Emu society was well represented. Inc
o9 t,Ii nGnner OF the ioreiYn colony present was
AHttle japanese IN American dress down in
corner cfl The Executive gallery was occupied
A. p9t chiefly by outsiders. VINO got IN by
the ORDINARY, species OF faVorltism. On the
t Husi nu oaGk oi ths members seats; there was
ners usual cFoWd OF more Or less distnGulshed
mereM or ahotnsr. mainly because they are
tsrsa ahn hnd several We're sent
'a S hunln!e coleaSues OF the house. :,
r e0hsicunus IN the throng back OF the ran
m mas s,ai"art ana square snouidered man
ssrropped1 gray heard. sharp gray eyes. and
n neaSy Imp: he was Gen. A. }. Warner. the
TT1i .oh from Ohio. who. next to Mr..
i IN W. 10 .ie Dest known iree-silVer advocate
hear my H. Go1nt t F9r many years silver has
and and e M m3poy ana ne mas peen persistent
the the f ran h In keeping the question to
iing Tree Coinage in almost every State
tha u III mon. ana. as Thurman OF
with WY 't ,r league. has Hooded the country
W W,'n h lprn coinage literature. Gen. Warner
faineJ HWY ~ 'o;iGay over tle lrnminence ~
SSaliy predicted smooth Sailing hereafter
in; tInere We're other promoters Of silver legisla-
th v; w nahu To-Day no less diSinterestod l..
WWs srn.mrp 'p o OF the Bland bill than Cen
co@ri%n..s pu, , as RUE tney were Kept IN the
little direct effect upon the he's Sentiment Of the
mssm ilbers
n. bearers from abroad Of gigantic petitions.
SgsIei and published under the direction
%sr end
'aSScrs alone.
I. Mr. Blands speech was not eloquent in fact