The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-25
FREE COINAGE DOOMED.
THE BILLS CHI ANC4S IN THE SEM
ATE VERY SLIM

Even II It Passed Both HOUSES Presi-
dent Harrison Would Veto 1.-THE
Most Enthusiastic Advocates of the
Scheme Put to Their Wits Ends to
Figure Out Majority.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24-Ihe more the
subject is canvassed the more apparent it
becomes that ma jority Of the Senate cannot
be obtained to vote for a free coinage bill
Even the advocates Of the mania are not
claiming anything like the majority Of nine
teen which they obtained in the last con-
gress. They admit heavy losses on both
sides of the chamber and can with diff
hculty figure out a free coinage majority,
even by counting every one who issupposed
to be in doubt Eleven republicans out of
the torty-seven in the Senate are all that
are safe for FREQ coinage. They are
the two from Nevada, two from Montana,
two from Idaho, two from Colorado, one
from California, one from Oregon and one
from Pennsylvania. The free coinage
workers claim also Senators Paddock Of
Nebraska, Squire Of Washington and Petit
grew Of South Dakota, but all three OF
these are counted by the opponents of free
coinage as sure TO vote on the right side.
TEE DEMOCRATS WHO OPPOSE IT.
The democrats who oppose free coinage
are the two from New Jersey, Senator Brice
of Ohio, Senator Gray of Delaware, Senator
Palmer of Illinois, Senator Villas Of Wiscon-
sin, Senator Carlisle OF Kentucky and the
two Louisiana senators, Messrs. Gibson and
White. MIR. White is a new senator, and
has been generally counted upon by the
free coinage workers. but he and his COL
league have made up their minds that free
coinage will not be for the benefit Of Louisi-
ana or of the Democratic party of tho
union. The refusal Of these nine dem
ocratic senators to vote for free coinage
reduces the democratic vote in its faver to
thirty, and makes the affirmative vote,
with eleven republicans aud two alliance
senators, forty three. This leaves forty-five
senators opposed to free coinage, without
counting Senator Hin of New York, who has
declared that he sympathized with the New
York Chamber of Commerce, nor Senator
German Of Maryland, who realizes the dan
ger of committing the national democracy
to free coinage.
FIGURING OUT THE VOTE.
II these two men vote against the free
coinage bill. the vote upon it will be Al in
the affirmative and AZ in the
negative. Even the loss of Senator
Paddock or Senator Squire would leave the
Senate tie and the bill would be defeated.
The loss of both of these senators and OF
Senator German would defeat the
bill by tie vote IL Senator
Hill voted against it. Under these
circumstances, It is more difficult, even for
the sanguiue temperament of Senators
Stewart and Wolcott, to extract comfort
from the situation than they can sunshine
from cucuubers.
Senator Aldrich Of Rhode Island believes
that a free coinage bill will pass the Senate,
because he does not think that the changes
have been numerous enough to wipe out the
big majority Of the last congress. He adj
mits, however, that he has not made care
full canvass, and that the changes are
numerous.
HARRISON SURE TO VETO IT.
The influence Of the administration has
been steadily against the passage of free
coinage bill and the President is ready &c
veto it in any form in which 1t comes tc
him. He does not care whether the prop
osition is clothed in the specious guise Of
coming the American product alone OF
stands forth in the naked uglIness of free
and unlimited coinage. He has given this
assurance recently TO prominent members
of congress and they are urging the western
republicans not to destroy their party
In the eest by letting a free coinage bill get
through the Senate with the help of their
votes. The republican senators are waiting
for the House to act in the hope that 1t will
vote for free coinage and give the repub.
lican majority in the Senate a chance TO
claim the credit of killing it. But the
sentiment in the House seems to be grow
ing stronger and stronger against stepping
into the clumsy trap which the republican
senator's have spread.