The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-02
BLAND'S BILL TO PASS.
MARCH 25 THE DATEIr WILL PROB
ABLY BE VOTED ON.

| The Repub leans as a Whole Not In
clined 20 Prevent or Delay the Vote
on the Measure-Only 90 Democrats
Counted on to Vote Against Oonsid-
eration-5land Bound to Press the
Measure.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-The evident in
disposition OF the majority of the republic
ans TO aid the anti-silver men to prevent or
delay the vote on the rule brought in yester-
day by the COMMITTEES on rules. and which is
to be brought up next Monday in the House,
together with the new aggressiveness Of the
silver men, makes it probable that il there
is no change in the conditions the rules will
be adopted and the bill passed on March 25.
The anti-silver democrats have been rely
ing on the republicans to help
them. At a conference this even
ing Of the anti-silver democrats il
was generally admitted that the repub-
licans. while they might, with ten or twelve
exceptions, vote against the Bland bill on
the direct vote, could not help them to keep
of the vote, which is. they think. about all
that can be done TO prevent the passage of
the bill. They count sixty-two democratic
votes against consideration, but with all
the republican votes they can count they
still need thirty or forty votes.
HOPING AGAINST HOPE.
They hope, of course, that this weeks
delay and the chapter OF accidents may
bring forth something in the nature of a
change In the circumstances which will
help them keep.the consideration of the bill
of, but they recognize the fact that the
Oh auces are against them. or course they
will try every parliamentary expedient to
defeat it, but with the majority OF the COM
mittee on rules and the majority of the
House against them, they viii have hard
work to block consideration. Chairman
BLAND is ready to demand a rule fixing
the day and hour for vote on the bill and
the committee on rules will give it to him.
Speaker Crisp and the other House man.
ayers think that the bill must pass and that
the sooner it is passed the better. So 10 will
be put through in the midst of the tariff
discussion. the wool bill being passed under
suspension Of the rules on March 2.
A DIFFERENT VERSION.
By the Associdted Press.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-The New Eng
land and New York anti-silver democrats.
and some of the more pronounced opponents
OF free silver from other states, were In fire.
quent conference to-day at the House can
wasting the situation and endeavoring to
concert measures by which additional
strength might be secured for their side
in the coming fight in the House over
the silver question. As result of these
conferences 1t was asserted by several anti
silver democrats that they had sufficient
democratic votes to defeit the adoption OF
the report Of the rules committee giving
time for the revision OF the Bland bill, pro-
vided the republicans stood by them.
WILLIAMS INTERVIEWED.
Mr.. Williams OF Massachusetts, who was
asked whether he had any assurances that
the republicans would stand by them, re-
piled that he had not and he did not know
what the republicans would do. He added
that he was not worrying about their
course. every democrat" said he, "who
goes before the people as a democrat to ask
coming time will have an un-
answerable argument IL the repub-
licans now take the responsibility of
getting out from under and allowing free
silver bill TO be considered when 1t might
be defeated by their aid. We can simply
ask the people whether they will trust the
democrat who has stood on the floor at all
times and opposed free coinage, or the re-
publican who failed when the time came to
beat free silver" Mr. Williams declined to
give the number OF democrats whom he
expected to vote against the consideration
OF the silver bill
HARTER CONFIDENT.
Mr.. Harter of Ohio was confident of de-
feating the resolution assigning day for
the free silver bill. but he gave no figures
or names to justify his faith.
The republicans who have been inter-
viewed will give not comfort to anybody.
Exception is made In the case Of Mr.. Bar
tine Of Nevada, the most active free silver
coinage man on the republican side in the
House. He sticks to his originally
expressed belief that ten republicans will
ALWAYS be fonnd voting for free silver
! especially as no caucus action either way
has been taken on thu subject. Mr.. Pierce,
Mr.. Bland and other silver men express un-
| diminished confidence in their ability to de-
| feat on a vote any proposition looking to
| the shelving or defeat of the free silver bill.