The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-07-05
TO PUSH THE SILVER BILL
wHAr MIR. BLAND SAYS ABOUT 1T.
Sfe Thinks 1t should bo Amended - The
Opponents of the Bin will Fight so
the Bitter Rnd-Capital News.

WASHINGTON, ID. O., July 4.-lNpeclaL J.
Chairman Bland, Of the House Committee on
Coinage. has returned from Missouri deter
mined 10 push the Silver bill through the
House if possible. He frankly admits the
bill As II passed the Senate does not meet the
veQuirements Of tie silver men; that it must
be amended. Mr. Bland comedies that the
Senate bill is faulty on the very lines pointed
out By Representative Harter lie says that ID
repeating the sherman act Of 1880 the senate
bill "deprives the eighty-odd millions OF Sill
var certificates of their legal tender quality
aud that that would noinlt on IIooiuSH.ia. IS IN
veto without touching upon the merits OF itee
coipape Ia other words that the Senate biii
M f,assed by the House. would be great
boom 10 tho President. that u would enable
him 60 win commentator ana perhaps votes
In the anti-silYer States without lmparlng MS
strength or party ia the Western silver States
Mr. Bland will lead the silver fight IN the
House. and he says the Senate bill must be
amended That will make st harder 20 get Il
through the House than II It we're to be passed
3ust as It stands.
MEAT FOR THY OPPONENTS.
The opponents will bave just that much
more latitude 20 fight upon. They will an
tagonize all amendments. Then comes the
consideration and a most important one too
as 20 what may be the fate Of the bill when
II shall be returned 10 the Senate
for action upon the House amendments. 1t
10 not TO be supposed that the anri-silver
Senators will again be caught IN trap yield
ing unanimous consent for another vote on
silver. Without some such consent II Is diff
foult 70 see how the bill, az amended by the
House. in the event of It's passage 10y
the House, can reach a vote IN the
Senate. Thus new phase may be
impaired 10 the whole question. If the silver
Democrats can pass the bill in an amended
shape through the House. II may reach hDal
defeat ia the Senate. the place OF its origin.
Some Of the Democrats are anXiousto put TINS
programme through. They contend that
by making il success the Demo-
Gratis would escape the charge of
having defeated the Silver bill. Other Demo
Gratis. and among them men who are tayOTa-
blv inclined 20 free coinage, maintain that tue
House should let the bill die on its hands
and explain to the country that the measure
as IT passed the Senate is juggle and hum
bug.
The boom for Senator Kyle of South Da-
kOta as the presidential candidate OF the for
lorn hope known as the Third or Peoples
party does not seem 70 be at all oyershadow
Ing Senator Kyle himself is fOndly nurturing
the hope that the Omaha Convention may be
driven 70 take him lie has informed his
friends at Omaha that he will accept if
nominated, aud TO oppose the Alliance
delegates Of South Dakota Kyle has
his seat, II placed at the head of the Third
party ticket. While protesting TO believe
that the Third party will carry Northern and
Southern States Mr.. Kyle cOntesses by bis
action that he estimates the value OF the
presidential nomination as worthless. lie
would not surrender his bird ia hand, con-
eisting of his senatorial seat for oil the pro-
posed promises of the birds TO bo caught
from the electoral bush 10y the Third
party. IL is scarcely probable however
that Kyle will get the nomination. He IS not
popular with the Alliance people OF south
Dakota. AZ matter of fact Kyle was not
the choice Of the Alliance party for senator.
That party combined It's forces in the Legis-
lature and for days yainly sought 20 elect 60
the Senate a man deemed 10 DO in full
accord with all its ideas They could
not elect without assistance from the
Democrats OF Republicans. and the latter
positively refused TO make any comblna-
tion except upon q Republican. Meantime
the Democrats stood firm in support Of their
regular caucus nominee. Finally the Demo
Gratis succeeded IN enlsting sufficient num-
Der of Alliance aud Independent members to
elect KYLE. The latters success was resented
by the very men who now head tho South
Dakota delegation at Omaha Upon his
arrival in Washington Kyle selected a seat on
the Democratic side OF the Senate chamber
aud proclaimed himself as politically an
"Indocrat" AS a rule he has acted with the
Democrats, and it IS generally understood
q
the Third party people he is pretty good
Democrat.
HARD TO FIND LEADER.
Third parties in this country have usually
been made up of the rejected elements of the
old parties, the political optmists, cranky
TefOrmers, and the rfi-ral generally. Though
the Omaha Convention has proceeded with o
good deal Of harmony. il contains elements
that will never be fused with the others into
compact whole. There Is lack of
capable leadership. For instance one
man. who, ss a factor of the silver
league, was given an important position,
grayey informed the people Of the conven-
tiOn that there was yet "a fair chance 10 elect
d free silver President. He predicted that
the bird party would carry votes enough 10
throw the presidential election in the
House. where tho President would be
chosen by the States. each State cast
Ing single vote IN accordance with
the political sentiment Of a majority of its
delegation. This great Third party leader
asserted that in such an event "a the House
choosing the President il would elect Senator
Morgan. OF Alabama. over Cleveland, as
twenty three States-a majority for free
silver This wise statesman overlooked or
never heard OF the Constitution. which requires
that the. e.House shall choose from the three
candidates receiving the highest number OF
votes and that ia the contingency be hoped
for the choice would necessarily be between
Cleveland Harrison and the nominee Of the