St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-21
FREE COINAGE BILL.
The House Committee Will
Report One Without
Delay.
1t Will Provide for Free and
Unlimited Coinage Of
Silver.
Secretary Foster Called on
For Information as to Ma
tional Finances.
Alliance Senators Pinned For
Today'S Debate--ROutine
of Congress.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 90 Three weeks
from today the house committee OH
coinage, weights and measures will, by
the terms OF Il resolution agreed upon
in committee this morning, vote upon
the question of reporting to the house
bill for the free and unlimited coinage
Of silver. After the committee got to
work this morning, Mr.. Pierce. of Ten
nessee, again offered his resolution pro-
posed at the meeting last week. declar-
ing ii to be the sense of the committee
that bill for the free and unlimited
coinage of silver should be reported to
the house without delay. AS a Substi-
tute 10 the resolution Mr.. Bartine, OF
Nevada, offered the following:
Resolved, That the committee proceed al
once 10 the consideration of the question OF
the free coinage of silver, taking House Bill
=10 (the Bland free coinage bilD as the
basis Of such consideration.
Mr.. Johnson, of North Dakota, pro-
posed that the committee Su Stitute for
the Bland bill the bill introduced by
him providing for an international mon
etary conference as the basis OF conSid-
GRAFTON OF the silver question. On this
motion of Mr.. Johnson there was fair
alignment of the members of the CON-
inlttee who were present as respects
their views on the silver question.
Johnson Defeated.
The result was a defeat of Mr.. John
sons motion by 4 vote of Z to 2. Mr..
johnson oand Mr.. Stone. of Pennsyl-
vania, cast the only affirmative votes.
he negative votes were cast ny MesSrS.
Bland, Williams, of Illinois; Robertson,
Pierce, Epes and Bartine.
Mr.. Tracey, of New York, who is OBJ
posed to free silver, came into the COM
mittee room just as the vote was con-
clUded. and as his vote would not have
changed the result he did not cast it.
The three absentees were Williams, of
Massachusetts,; Taylor, of Illinois, and
kilgore, Of Texas. Mr.. Bartine's
motion was then carried. with no dis
Senting vote save that of Mr.. Pierce, Of
Tennessee, who had no objection to the
resolution itself. but preferred the reso-
luton offered by himself.
The Bartine resolution having been
adopted, Mr.. Pierce moved that a final
vote be taken on the Bland bill two
weeks from today, at IL o'clock. Mr..
Stone. Of Pennsylvania. an anti-free
coinage man, made conservative
speech, in which he suggested that the
vote be deferred until three weeks from
today. and this suggestion was unan-
imOusly agreed to.
1t was further resolved that the COM
mlttee should hold special meetings at
the call of the chairman for the purpose
OF hearing such persons as might desire
to address the committee, and whom the
committee i'll its discretion might de-
eide to accord a hearing. The feeling
In committee was very pleasant, ard no
disposition was shown to delay consid-
Grafton. 1t is expected that the bill
will get into the house about the 10th OF
February, and it is the purpose of the
silver men to call it up before the month
of February ends.