Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-03
TO BE NET AT ONCE.
..e ISSUE TOUCHING TIE FREE
wv COINAGE or SILVER.
90, a. the Decision Of the senate Com
mittse on Finsnee-rhe stew
art Bili Tuesday.
Try telegraph 70 the Dispatch.

Try telegraph 70 the Dispatch
w,sv,NoroS. February 2.-Tbo senate
Committee on Finance has at last reso've''
A. erapple with the subject OF the iree
go ~ silver. At the meeting OF the
.,,,;,,ee this morning It was dcciden
~, ,be issue had better be met at once
- that the committee could not DC
- With smoihering the bills relating
g. tree coinage. Accordingly II was 70
.,lvea tha, a, the meeting next TUESDAY
ar stewart frce-coinage bill shonld pe
,ak.n up and reported TO the senate;
1bcre ia little doubt AZ TO the nature OF
A." repori for the Discussion TINS morn
ine showed that two Demoerat,,,c sehn,o,s !
would probably JOIN Win tue .e -,
majority IN recoihib'"Ni"-
upon the hill. ....a,,. ,rhtob ros IN
- be.n called on Friday evening next
- I,en abandoned for the present NJ
-, The Democratic caucus SATURDAY
80, naseed a resolution increasing to
,'-rtr- i've the mum Der Of signatures neces-
g 4, secure the Issuance oi caucus
I'll Mr.. Harior. Of Ohio. ut hrst thought
~ securing the number OF additi3hal
V-,stnres thus rendered necessary, but
-, ejaculation decided % abandon the
60, for /, ceucus. as he believes the free
,.yer cause IS losing ground.
prwocRArIc OPINION CHANGING.
w Uarter. Of Ohio. who was the lead
q, epirit m circulating the call. to-day
sd " / have decided not 70 push the
i.e-caucusf0r the reason that Democratic
e,,rIon Is changing very rapidly, not only
- the wisdom of passing silver bill
anon the merits of the question.
vbr. last Thursday nine out Of ten men
'.,,I have predicted that froe-silver bill
,id mas. the House, to-day j venture 10
80 the opinion that no bill providing
t,tie free and unlimited coinage OF silver
~ ,.ess this session. The most intense,
t-rlsf and earnest Of the free-silyer people
,.eognize the fact that free-sitver
,isok in the platform would break the
rsrtv I'M twain. and that we would nave 70
"a gooI-bv 10 New England, TO the Mid
5ie States. and 10 such states as Nisc0n-
a. ILLINOIS. Iowa. and Michigan. The
i,.l,rr German papers IN the United
S.at.s have served notice upon IA that the
Gsrnop vote in body will leave us on
mt issue and 90 10 the Republicans.
it,refler. the question presents dang ers
49,, before considered, and from this time
Oh the sctiye
OPPOSITION OF DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPERS
,,il nrobablv increase. The most lnfuen-
~ rlsss Of papers IN the party are now
frro..d 10 any action a. this session, and
,iavsra being recruited in numbers and
,~gu,rce every d0y under these circum-
,t.rres. [ believe delay Ia calling the
mons Will prove that all need of IL may
49, Long before any danger of SUCH
suiriJal legislation as free coinage makes
Y.Gf felt there will be caucus action, but
! really believe we have passed the dan
or line and that no considerable
BODY Of men m the party Will take
,io responsibility Of forcing legisla-
ION through the House which will
yrecI tho party. We expect TO sweep the
vl1l, country II the fight is made on the
tauf. tut IL would be hard now 90 gather
seventy.fye men IN the House who would
90 upon record as believing Democrat
Gan be- elected President of the United
States in 1891 upon a platform which
would givo the citizens of Creole, Col,
10 cents worth Of the property or services
al everybody else in the land foT what is
supposed TO cost them less than l424
cents
ER. BLAND,
when told Of the decision TO abandon the
proposed caucus and Mr.. Harter's reasons
therefor, said:
Mr.. Harter was the chief promoter of
this caucus. He has ascertained 10 his
satisfaction that the Democratic party
cannot be bulldozed by the national bank
ems or the money power of this country,
and that If q caucus were called he would
lcinn wOeful minority. Democrats I'M
derstaud that we are not proposing TO
build "a national platform here. but simply
20 carry out tho pledges to our people.
IOur-hfths of the Democrats who came
here came pledged 90 free silver. Instead
Of there being "a change against the free
coinage blll the changes are all the other
way. The party secs now that II we 90 not
IasS @ free-silyer bill we Will he
auiuiying ourselves aud our record in the
last Congressional We will be acting the
part Oi towards. The Republican party
will charge that we are incompetent TO
pass legislation that we were sent here TO
pass. that they (the Republicsns) had the
courage % pass a bill giving tree coinage
g. nearly oil the American product. The
Republicans would step IN as the friends
u SILVER and defeat Democratic members
in enough congressional districts to give
the Republicans control of tho House.
The democratic party in 1883 ignored the
silver question IN the interest of Alr. Cleye-
land. who was known TO be hostile to sill
yer and whose administration had been
AAdlNri II. L NC ittRublltHn parry III AutlI
platform at Chicago denounced Dir. Cleve-
lands administration for its hostility to
silver.
RATIONALE or CLEyELAND's DEFEAT,
They cOurageously announced them
selves az friends IF silver aud beat MIR.
Cleveland in his own State, so that what the
Democrats cot by cowardice on this ques-
u0u was the loss OF the presidency and the
JOSS Of the House of Representatives.
They were driven from power. If they
again act the part of duplicity on this
question and permit the Republicans again
g. step IN front of them. they will lose not
oniy the presidency. but beyond all ques-
uou the House of Representatives. which
Is The more important body. This house"
t4d Mr. Bland, in conclusion, decisiyely
AMI earnest, will pass free coinage bill,
and the country eau rest assured of that"
There has been some talk 10 the effect that
although the Coinage Committee would
probably report free silver bill to the
House, no opportunits would be given for
the bin 20 come upin the House for action.
The silver men say they believe that they
can &c, the bill up without any special
rule, but some consideration has been
gwen o. the question of the Introduction
daresoluuon requesting the Rules Com
mitec % report q special rule, making the
silver blll special order, and setting
apar, time for It's consideration. Such "a
resolution would have certain special