The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-26
Not a Ghost Of a Chance for
Passage of Coinage Bill.
BLAND WILL TRY IT AGAIN.
He Applies for Gag Rule to Force q
Vote on the Measure.
The Mine-Owners, Their Agents and
Dupes Astounded by Fridays Vote
Lukewarm Silver Men Now in Favor
of Postponins the Question.

WASHINGTON CITY, March 25-If Catch
ings returns to Washington City in time. a
special order may be brought into the
House on Monday for immediate consider
alton Of the Bland silver bill and pending
amendments. Bland. during the after
noon session of the House. disclosed the
plan by the introduction of resolution
fixing Monday, March 2S, as the date on
which the bill shall be taken up and put
upon passage. Accompanying the resolu-
ton is a PROVISION giving the speaker
power to refuse to entertain any dilaVory
motion. The resolution went to the COM
mittee on rules.
In view of the extreme closeness of the
vote on the silver question, as disclosed
last night, an analysis of the tie vote on
the test motion of Burrows to lay the
Bland bill on the table is interesting. OF
las votes cast in favor of the motion, 81
were cast by Democrats and 65 by
Republicans. The negative vote shows
II Republicans. the others either
Democrats or Alliance. The Unexpectedly
large showing of Democratic votes against
the silver bill came from the following
states: New York, 10; Pennsylvania, 10;
Wisconsin, 7; Massachusetts. I; Iowa, Z;
New Jersey. Ohio and Maryland, 4 EACH
Illinois, Connecticut and Michigan, 3
each; New Hampshire, Rhode Island,
Louisiana and Minnesota, , each; South
Carolina, 1 (Brawley): Delaware, 1
(Causey); West Virginia, (Wilson); Mis-
souri,, (Robb); California, (Gearye
OF the eleven Republican votes, Vincent
A. Taylor of Ohio was the only one east of
the Mississippi river. Kansas contributed
two in Broderick and Funston, South
Dakota two more, Picker and Jolly,
while the other six votes came from as
many different states-Colorado Clown
send) Wyoming (Clark), Nevada Bar
tine), California (Bowers), Idaho (Sweet),
Oregon (Hermann).
The pairs announced were:
Enochs with Tarsney Sanford with Elliott,
Durburrow with Hooker MISSY, Moore with
Cstchings, E. 5. Taylor with Oates Van Horne
with Johnstone Is. C.), Henderson Qll.) with
Peel, Rusk with Compton, W. A. Stone with
Jones Wa.).
The-names first given in each case are
members who would have voted against
the bill, and the latter those who would
have voted for the measure.
Following is a list of the members not
paired and who failed to vote:
Campbell, wadsworth and stahlman, New
York; Forman, Wike and Springer. Illinois,
Cooper, Indiana; Glover, Kansas; Cheatham,
North Carolina; Donovan, Ohio; Shell, South
Csrolina Herbert, Alabama: Lister, Virginia.
Boatner, louisiana, and Enloe, Tenne see.
Figuring in the absentees according to
their previously expressed ideas, an abso-
lutely full vote shows at least one majority
for the silver men, but full vote is prac-
tically unknown in the House, and the
silver men concede that when it comes to
very close vote they are less able than
their opponents to count on every men,
Der.
The situation is less encouraging to the
silver men when they come to consider
their future course, as the large showing
made has unquestionably strengthened
their opponents, and some men who have
always voted in favor of free coinage have
since expressed themselves as Inclined,
for political reasons, to further push the
matter.
BERLIN, March 25-The discussion in
the American congress of the silver ques-
ton has attracted much attention in Ger
many. The newspapers nearly all agree
in the belief that free silver would be a bad
thing for the United States. The Asso-
ciated Press correspondent interviewed
DR.. Koch, president of the Imperial bank,
the greatest financial institution of Ger
many; DIR. Siemens, director of the
Deutsche bank. the largest private bank
ing cooperation in Berlin having relations
with America and other prominent bank
ers, with reference to the effect of the pro-
posed silver legislation in America.
Dr. Koch said that both Germany and
England would undoubtedly be willing to
take part in an international monetary
conference, but felt positive that neither
country would consent to a bimetallic
basis, although Germany would doubtless
agree to some increase in the amount of
silver used. Excepting a few agrarians,
nobody in Germany dreamed of the re-
monetization of silver. Austria, which
was changing from paper to gold, would
knew when she was well off If
America adopted free silver nobody there
would be benefited. The farmers would
receive more for their crops, but the silver
dollars would have less purchasing value,
and in the end they would be worse off.
\ change of currency is always bad, but Il
change to an inferior currency would in
flict especially heavy losses on the country
making it. The continuous export of
gold from America was a surprise to DIR.
Koch. He said it was probably due to q
desire on the part of foreign holders to
realize on the present high prices of Amer
ican securities. DR.. Siemens and other
bankers hold similar views with DR.. Koch.