The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-02-26
SILVER BLAND SEEGINs TO SPORT A
KNOTTED CLUB FOR OPPOSITION.

SILVER BLAND SEEGINs TO SPORT
KNOTTED CLUB FOR OPPOSITION.
Webb. Washington correspondent of
the Boston Journal, writes, under date
of February 2lst, that Chairman Bland
is becoming suspicious of his party. He
says: "They cannot paddock a mans
mouth, or stop bringing up the question,
and / don't think they will attempt to
kill the silver bill with the tariff. l have
heard great mary rumors to that effect
and, if we find out that that is the game,
we have a way to meet it, and the Silver
bill will be offered as an amendment to
every bill which comes up. We do not
intend that minority shall run over
majority in that way, and we have ma
iority in favor of the Silver bill. The
Silver bill will not be kept down by any
tactics of that kind. Silver will be kept
forward constantly, and by attempting
to keep it down they would make it the
biggest issue of all. l shall not Obstr"ct
the tariff bills, but we must know what
is to be done about the consideration of
the silver issue. Before we take up the
tariff bills and the appropriation bills,
there must be an agreement upon just
what we are going to do. There must
be an understanding from the beginning
or else silver will he here as long as the
tariff and appropriations, and will be
fn1y cd ,f- oh
else before the House. l am in favor of
tariff reform and of considering the tar
if bills, but if their programme is to
keep the tariff here always and not to do
anything on the silver question, Then we
will consider them all together There
is no disposition against taking up the
tariff, provided we can have an under
standing that it is not to be run as ma
chine to knock out silver"
A SHARP ANTAG oNIsM COMING.
1t is evident that there is to be very
sharp contest in the House of Represen-
tatives between the Tariff bill and the
Free Coinage bill The members of the
Committee on Ways and Means will en-
deavor to have their measures brought
before the House at the very earliest
possible moment in order to get the
right of way over the Free Coinage bill,
while the members of the Appropriation
Committee will endeavor to have the APP
preparation bills ready to follow each
other in rapid succession whenever there
shall be any cessation in the talk on the
tariff. BY this parliamentary maneuvre
the expectations of the Democratic
leaders are that they can do something
at least to suppress the silver question
without placing themselves in direct an
tagonism to tine free coinage men. The
latter are somewhat apprehenSive as to
this situation.
THE REPUBLICANS AS A FACTOR.
An important ,ctoT in the condition
which is likely to exist when the free
coinage men shall press their measure to
the consideration of the House will be
the attitude of the Republicans. Most
of the Republicans, who are very hostile
10 Ullt FREE OOlltS6 Dlll' Will NOIC W Ch-
deavor to defeat it in every possible
way. Others, who are opposed to free
coinage, but who are tactical politicians,
will endeavor to recommend that the
Republicans shall not aid the anti-free
coinage Democrats out of the dilemma
into which their party has thrown, and
that the Republican party shall adopt a
policy of non-interference and permit
the two factions of the Democrats to
contest that battle for themselves. If
that policy shall be adopted, there can
be no possible doubt as to the result. for
the free coinage Democrats are in an
overwhelming majority. In fact, the
anti-free coinage Democrats are but a
very small handful on their side of the
House. The latter, however, rely upon
the almost solid vote of the Republicans
to embarrass and Obstruct the cOnsidera-
ton of the Free Coinage bill, and to de.
feat it if it shall come up. They will
not be manly enough if the Republicans
should do that to admit that the Free
Coinage bill was defeated by a kepubli.
can vote.