St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-04
SANCUInE Sill VERT ES
Free Coinage Men Hope to
Get Their Pet Through
the House.
Speaker Crisp, However,
Will Not Play Into Their
Hands.
Very Improbable That a
Special Order Can Be
Arranged.
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Free Wool and Free Tin
Plate Bills May Get At
tentiOn.

WASHINGTON, July 3.-The unex-
pected passage of the free-coinage bill
last Friday, and the consequent excite
ment that this action of the senate has
caused in congressional circles, has the
effect of materially changing the drift
OF sentiment for adjournment. Those
who were certain that congress would
end its session by the Goth of July are
not so Sanguine now, and the advocates
OF free coinage are out spoken in their
determination to hold both houses in
session until the measure has been dis
posed of. The interest in this impOr-
tant bill centers of course in the house.
Judging from expressions of opinion
it would seem the bill will be
reported and be defeated in that
body. The bill will be reported to the
house during the week-and referred
to the committee on coinage. weights
and measures. There is no doubt that
this committee, largely composed of
free coinage men, will report the meas
ure promptly. The bill on being re-
ported will be placed at the foot of the
calendar and could not be reached by
the end of the session, but there are
two ways for bringing it to vote in the
house. One of these-an almost inn
possible plan-is to have itpassed under
suspension of the rules. This requires
two-thirds vote, and the adj
vocates of the bill In their Wild
est moments have not prophesied
that the bill had friends enough to
accomplish this. The free coinage men
therefore, base all their hopes on the
committee on rules, which will be inn
-portuned to report a special rule setting
a date for the consideration of the meas
ure. Speaker Crisp. however, seems
firm in his previously expressed state
ment that he must have the pledges of
to vote for the bill before he will allow
a special order to be brought in. So the
matter is in allegiance with the winning
cards in the hands of the committee on
rules, While the free coinage men and
the opponents of the bill offset each
other with statements that the neceS-
sary number of pledges can be secured
and that they cannot be,
The senate will devote the week to
putting through conference reports on
appropriation bills and the remaining
Qiio tiiOioClNCos 4DV COAuuitbtCC Ou
appropriations is nearly ready to report
the sundry civil bill. while the general
deficiency bill will probably come later
i'll the week. 1t is expected that the
conference report ON the river and har-
Dor bill will be adopted without long
debate. The senate will also do some
rapid work with bills Oh the calendar,
aud Mr.. West may endeavor to have
a vote on his resolutions di-
recting the finance committee to
report the .free-wool bill to the senate
without delay. The programme for
business in the house is very indefinite,
so much depending on the silver bill.
Thursday will probably be suspension
day, in lieu of tomorrow, when neither
house will be in session, and it is proba-
BILE that an attempt will be made by the
Democrats to pass the free tin-plate bill
under suspension of the rules. The
bill will probably be subjected to some
further debate on Tuesday and Wednes-
day, if it is decided to make the attempt
for its passage.