St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-27
A HOT FIGHT AHEAD.
Anti-Silver Men Prepared to Re-
sist Special Order.


WASHINGTON, March &c. Speaker
Crisp said this afternoon that he did
not think the rule relative to the silver
bill could be brought into the house
and called up Monday, but that it would
probably come up Tuesday.
The special order will fix the day for
the vote and the hour of the day at
which it shall be taken up, and will
probably be accompanied by a pro-
vision that no dilatory motions shall be
entertained. If the committee on
rules agrees to adopt such a resoiu-
ton, or its intent, as a special
order. the battle royal will be upon the
special order itself rather than upon the
amendments and the bill. The anti
silver men feel that their salvation lies
in preventing a direct vote on the bill,
because many members who will vote
for its passage will vote against motions
aimed to secure action on it, opposition
to which could not technically be con-
sidered as direct anagonlsm to the main
question.
The ants know that the remarkable
strength they developed Thursday Will
fade away on direct mOtlon Ior
the passage of the bill, and the main
vent this by filibustering on
the special order. A telegram was re-
ceived today from Mr.. Catchings, OF
Mississippi, the absent member of the
committee on rules, stating that he had
left Vicksburg last night and would be
in Washington tomorrow. Monday
morning a meeting of the committee
will be held, and the free silver men
claim. and the ants practically admit,
that special order providing for dl-
rect vote on the bill will be agreed to
by a strict party vote, Messrs. Crisp,
Catchings and McMillin voting for it,
against Messrs. Reed and Burrows, Re
publicanS.
The doubt surrounding the probable
action of Mr.. McMillin on this special
order is rapidly being removed, and the
free silver men make the confident as
sertion that he will not dare vote
against his parry colleagues on the COM
mittee in the matter. Nearly every man,
woman and child in Mr.. McMiliin's dis
trict, to use the words OF this MEMBER,
are in favor of free coinage, and what
ever were Mr.. McMillin's conscientious
convictions concerning the right to shut
off debate on measure, he would be
obliged to sacrifice the feeling to the in
terests of his constituents.
The main difficulty that will confront
the committee on rules i'll Its probable
attempt to secure consideration OF the
special order will be on question of
the approval OF the journal, and
fight such as was waged when the first
special order setting apart a time for
the consideration of the Bland bill was
reported will again ensue, but this time
with increased bitterness. 1t will be re-
membered that on that occasion Speaker
Crisp decided that the reading of the
journal was not necessary, and ne VIII
probably so decide this time. This Will
open up the field for tilibustering, and
repetition OF the exciting scenes OF
Thursday afternoon and night will take
place.
kilograms urging their presence in
Washington have been sent to all alb
sentees of both factions ON the silver
question. The free coinage men claim
that the eighteen supporters of the bill
who were absent and impaired Wednes-
day have been heard from, and that
nearly all of them will be present in the
house Monday.
Mr.. Reed, Mr.. Dingley and others are
in favor of voting against the silver bill
in all its parliamentary stages from now
on. But Mr.. Burrows, Mr.. Henderson,
of Iowa; Mr.. Hopkins, of Illinois, and
other Western Republicans, with some
Eastern men, will not agree to this pro-
gramme. The silver question, they say,
was as much an issue as anything else
in the West, and they insist that the
Democrats in the West who have been
attacking the Republican policy shall
come squarely out and record them
selves for or against free coinage. 1t
is practically conceded that the rule
will carry in the house provided the
Republicans as party do not oppose!its
adoption.