New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-29
MAN BLAND.
rnY TELEGRAPH TO THE TkrBUNE.1

last Thursday night
The programme Is to shelve the Bland bill Tor this
session. or until after the Presidential election and
then try to pass tho measure when Congress comes
together again in December
as the Bland bill deadi'
mo"
"wil It pass the House at this sessioni'
"Probably not"
"Win It pass The House next winter?'
"Yes In all probability"
The man who answered the foregoing questions OF
a Tribune correspondent today, in the terms above
quoted, Ia a Democratic Representative OF long eX
periencc and great influence, and he is moreover
sincere and .tanch friend and advocate OF free coinage
lie then asked
"why is the passage OF the bill to be delayed =
The reply was alt IS believed to be Wiser TO post
pone Il. The bill might be defeated II Drought !"
vote now in December we can pass IT,
We've been cheated again. exclaimed Mr. BLAND
70 svmpathzlng friend to-day as ho hurrfedly bio"e
AWAY from n conference with speaker Crisp ana seVeFai
Of his advisers and then he told his tale OF woe Ill
substance a. follows:
was duubfounded when the Speaker informed me few
minutes ago that would be necessary b have petition
,cpod nv majority Of tho in the House be-
fore the Committee Rulcs could report the resolution
which offered lat week providing Tor Won" OH "''
silver bill | assured by HIN and the othrr DEMO
CRITIC members Of :he Committee on Rules. when op
ec,cd to the original order Tor the consideration OF The
b because II would give the opponents OF the measure
power deea; t by nlibus;erne ;hat that couiu not
bappcn a, the committee would promptly report SUD
Elementary resolution In that event TO bring the bill To
vote reminded :he speaker Ct that promise today ana
lie DID repudate IL.
Again. on Thursday night while the opponents @
the biz were engaged IN lbusterng consented 10 an
adjournment accoun: o O distinct promise from inc
SNEAKER that the Committee Rules would report
resolution % The House to-day bring the bill To vo'"
SPEAKER Crisp with his hand then drew the resou-
ton which offered for tina: purpose and which Is now IN
the hand, Of his There suggestion or
intImaton that the committee would not ac: unul
potton signed by q majority Of the Democratic members
u the House should be pnscn;d was simply m
formed That would De- Necessary for the committee ."
await the return Of General Ca:chlngs IN order ha te
Democratic member, might be able o The resolution
through the committee / reminded Speaker Crisp a
oil these fac1 to-day and ot course h. admitted them
bu; he demands TINT majority OF the Democratic
members Of the Committee Rules will perform their
duty under the rules regard u resolution which ho
himself DATED only three four days told him
aa,y would have noins to DO with It, and e't the
Tho fac, that the SPEAKER himself hos changed his attl
ard the and has deceived the friends q
the bul by action has caused great many iFec-con'
acc people In their position and ser at this
little hopo of getting majority of the noHhers on
cstiion sskins that the RUE be repord OF course Tho
Speaker Ia. great and power and since he has
shown disposon TO let the bill lie on the nbe men,
Der. who have confidence in him VII with him; and
this with the lu having not only the anttree'
coinage men opponent bnt a-G the SPakor opposed
TO IL and those who personally follow him
What NAV b. outcome u IL cannot 1y We AN
count .uaci.nt number OF members who have been vot-
ng against confederation Of the bill who tate cnphat'
lcaly that they will Tor tho tr II ever comes up
On IT, passage give II fsom Tn 10 twenty majority
That Chairman Bland extremely indignant goes
without saying II may be. however, that Mr. Bands
anger. however genuine, was not wholly spontaneous
and unprcmcdiat,d In iact. there /, ra,On to be
llcvc that some Of his nearest and most confidential
friends II moi Mr. Bland himself have felt nom uc
bocnuiny that tho course of the Lvcr li might not
be altogether smooth ard uninterrupted; mat they
realized If he did not that Presidential boom or
two might be embarked on The same craft. ready 70
bring IT TO anchor at the hrs sigu Of serious storm
The fact IS that Davl -. IIlll La, been IN command
All TIE time. ready TO crack On sail or tale In every
stitch Of canvas, and II need be. brhg the snip to
anchor And no. the least amusing clcun>taucei Is
that the Cleveland people have been compelled to de-
pend upon the I'M TO navigate the ship 1t was
the IIu "booucrsT who took command in December
and they are In command today 1t Wa, they who
visited speaker Grip last night and this morning and
convinced him. esoIey against his will. that lie must
smother the Bland BILL at least for The present. That
thi, WINS d,a1ceabc order and one which va, obeycd
with reluctance 10 man Will doubt who Is at all
familiar with the condition OF political affairs IN
Gcorgla-a condition from which tie Congress district
represented by Speaker Crisp Is not exempted. But
for the time being, aud be used IA pawn In the
dc,pcrnto game which Democrats paying for the
Presidency
While Republicans without crception regret that
the Bland bill is to hang Ovcf- the country as
menace business and prosperity during the next
eight months, they conceive that they have done thci
full duty by seinng the only opportunity which has
been offered to defeat the The motion offered
by Mr. burrows, Of Michigan, to lay the bill on the
table was IA motion which, II adopted woUld have
killed the bill outright NO anti silver Democrat
had the courage 10 otter IT, and only four score OF them
had the courage NIL in behind the Republicans and
vote for i,-cighty OF total IF OBJ not including
tho assistant Democrats. The motion was defeated
by a narrow majority, and with the help of the
Speakers vote.
The Democratic House then and there placed ITSELF
on record In favor OF the Bland bi that 1t cannot
escape. Moreover, every Intelligent man In wash
inCon knows that more than one third OF the Demo
crns who voted for Mr.. Burrowss motion are In favor
Of FREQ coinage and were restrained from voting against
the motion by mere party considerations III the
programme decided upon to-day by speaker Crisp
and his advisers shall be carried out the country
will continue In n condition OF Insecurity and uil-
ccralnty OIL account Of the Bland bill until after the
Presidential election: and the worst forebodnes Of
the Intelligent, conservative business men and In
tcrcs.s will In all probability then be realized.
There IS no escape from the fnct that the Democratic
pAry I'm Congress bent passing The Bland bill to
dcasc the currency and that its refusal to do SO NJ
once IS a compound OF political cowarlire aud false
prctcnccs Fenrng that a motion to postpone tho
bin until December would DO defeated. the Democratic
lenders have IcsOrtcd TO the c0wardy stiaaSch "l
holding back Bland Crisp resolution for the ulc
being I'm the vain hope Of deccving the people IN
the coming Presidential contest.
That Is all there Is In the Democratic tr'cH' wh'n
IS TOO plain deceive anybody who takes the tOuplo
10 think about II.
ONLY four days ago 1877 Democrats and assistant
Democrats in the House OF Representatives Votcd
against Mr. Burrows's motion 10 Kill the Bland OH |
by tabing it: to-day only sixty democrats conIa uc
Induced 10 sign petition to bring the same bi'i 10
vote Does anybody suppose that the ophloh' uc |
SIRE purpose Of the Democratic party has actuaiy
undergone such change In short tmef lts |
the same old party 1t was last THURSDAY WIG" io'
of IT'S members In the House happened to vote their
real opInlons and the same old party II VIII Dc on
tbo first Monday In December when 1t VIII dare 10
vote It's real convictions again. In the lnterVM IL