St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-10
It Rears It's Majestic Form
Upon the Floor Of the
House.
Consideration of the Measure
Expected Some Time
This Week.
Anti-Silver Men MarShaling
Their Forces to Crush
the Bill.
End Of the Hearing in Mime
apolis-Duluth Discrim-
nation Case.

WASHINGTON, July 9.-After being
; session about half an hour this MORN
iag, the coinage committee, by a vote of
eto5, ordered the Stewart silver bill re-
ported to the house without amend
ment. Chairman Bland had his COM
mIttee together bright and early this
morning, and the roll call showed that
every member was present. AS soon as
the committee was called to order, Mr..
Bland put the motion of Charles w.
Stone, of Pennsylvania, which was
pending when the committee adjourned
yesterday, to lay the bill on the table.
The motion was defeated by vote of z
toe. Messrs. Bland, Williams Ill.), Rob-
ertson, Pierce. Epes, McKeighan and
Bartine voting against, and MeSsrs.
Tracy, Kilgore, Williams (Mass.), Abner
Taylor Qll.), Charles W.Stone Pa.), and
johnson On. d. voting for it. The Ques-
ton then required on the motion made
by Mr.. Robertson yesterday as a sub
stitute for the motion of MIR. Stone, the
substitute being to report the bill to the
house with favorable recommendation
and without amendment. The motion
was carried-yeas s: nays 5-Messrs.
Bland (Mo.). Williams Qll.), Kilgore
CTex.), Robertson Na.), Pierce tTenn.)
and Epes Va.l Democrats; Bartine
(Nev.} and McKeighan (Neb.) Repub-
llcans voting yea, and Messrs. Tracey
IN. ". Williams (Miss.), Democrats;
Abner Taylor Qll.). Charles w. Stone
voting nay.
The Bill Reported.
Chairman Bland subsequently re-
ported the bill to the house without any
request for special order to consider
or vote upon it. but later he introduced
resolution (Which was referred to the
rules committee) making the silver bill
a special order for consideration Mon
day next, to be continued until finally
disposed of. Directly after the COM
mittee on rules adopted the following
resolution, which will be reported to
the house next Wednesday: THAT i'm
medlately upon the adoption of this
resolution the house proceed to the con-
sideratlon Of Senate Bill No. 81 1.-THE free
silver coinage bilD. and if said bill
shall not be finished on said
day, then consideration thereof
shall be resumed on the next legisla-
tive, day." Should the rule for the con-
sideration of the bill be voted down, the
advocates of the measure will surren-
der. Should it be adopted, they will
expect their opponents to move that the
whole question be postponed until De-
cember. But if the motion to postpone
is defeated, the anti-silyer men will re-
sort to filibustering motions, ana then
the good offices of the committee on
rules will again be invoked to bring
in a cloture rule. All the Democrats of
that onfnupstfoQ ohx to hri,, cr
in such rule. and will do so only when
they are
Absolutely Compelled
to do so by force of circumstances, such
as request from majority of the total
Democratic membership of the house.
The Republicans are still reticent, and
their position Oh the question is las Mr..
Pierce, of Tennessee. expressed today
''x-the unknown quantity. If they see
a chance of defeating the bill they will
improve it. but they will not agree in
advance to help either faction of the
Democratic party" A careful poll of
the house. made today by Mr.. Williams
OF Mississippi. convinces him that if
OH its merits, it will be de-
feated by a majority of from four
to eight, but the arrival of absentees
may change this estimate. The oppo-
nents of the bill believe, however, that
there will be much larger majority
against its consideration. Mr.. Kilgore,
of Texas "a member of the coinage COM
mitteel. today voted in committee against
demand for the previous question on
a motion to report the bill as it came
from the senate. He voted in this wav,
bill is defective in at least three particu.
lars. and ought to be amended. The
most important defects are that it
repeats the law making about 500, OOO. OO(
of treasury notes redeemable in coin and
legal tender as we'll" When q
majority of the committee had voted te
report the bill without amendment
Mr.. KilgOre recorded his vote in the af
frmative, stating "that he had been un
willing to take the responsibility of the
report OF bill carrying on its face de
fects which would
Justify Its Veto
without reference to the main cues
ton" In the house Mr.. Bland pre-
sented a report to accompany the sill.
yer bill. In this report the committee
says that, whatever may be the effect
of the bill as it relates to treasury notes
Issued under the act Of July IA, 1890
which act is repealed by This bill, there
is no diversity of opinion thai
the notes are redeemable in
coin derived from the coinage oil
the bullion purchased under the
repealed act. The bill reported compel:
this coinage. The notes, therefore, being
redeemable in coin. are necessarily a.
good as the coin. The bill, saws the re
port, prescribes as the sole requirement
upon the owner of silver bullion tha
''he shall deposit the same at any mint
and denotes the whole duties of the
proper officers on his deposit for coin
age to be upon the terms and condition.
which are defined by law for the depos
and coinage of gold. These officers arr
to coin silver into the standard silve
dollar authorized by the act of Feb
%, 1878. If this bill should pass
silver bullion would be pait
for at the mint on deposj
of the same in money appropriated b,
congress and kept there by the secretar,
of the treasury, as is now provided fo
gold. The capacity of the minis is linn
tied practically by appropriations. Tn
minis at Philadelphia. New Orleans
San Francisco and Carson City are rul
to their full capacity, and, with tw
changes of workmen on shifts day
can coin largely in excess of all silve
bullion produced from the mines fror
year to year. Silver certificates author
lied by the act of 1878 and subseauep
legislation can be issued on the coin
provided for in the act of October IL.