St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-11
NOW COMES. THE TEST
A Vote on Free Silver Ex-
pected in the House in
a Few Days.
The Ants Claim They Are in
a Majority Of From
Four to Eight.
Silver Boomers, However,
Are Confident They Will
Get the Bill Through.
The Hale Resolution Will De-
velop Another Partisan
Tariff Debate.

tiic HOuSo Will Ucs III Il POLITICAL SENSE, Il
cloudy week with silver lining. The
committee on rules-or rather the Demo-
cratic members of that committee-have
Wednesday. and the next legislative
day." if Wednesday prove insufficient,
shall be devoted to the consideration of
the free coinage bill. The resolution to
this end will be brou ght in Wednesday,
journal is yet undecided. But in neither
event will filibustering motions be in
order, and all opportunity will therefore
be offered at the very outset to test the
relative strength Of the silveriteS and
the opponents of the silver bill by
voting upon the resolution which pro-
vldes for its consideration by the house.
A majority vote against the resolution,
it is openly stated, will be accepted by
the advocates of free coinage as an alb
solute defeat of the measure for this
session, but they express confidence
that an adverse majority cannot be
mustered on the question of considera-
ton. The anti-silver members have
not yet agreed upon course of action,
but conference for that purpose will
be held tomorrow. Leading Republic
ans still decline to state what position
they will take at the beginning of the
contest, but there is talk of adopting
A Middle Course
by allowing the Democrats to make the
fight among themselves and then, when
the combat slackenS, coming in as re:
serve to the support of the anti-silver
faction. 1t is asserted that there will
be certain majority of four to eight
against the bill upon direct vote, if it
can be brought to one by means of a
cloture Tor a majority suspension) rule;
but the silver men scout this assertion,
and declare that the bill will go through
the house if it reaches a direct vote
upon the merits. If the measure sue
ceeds in getting before the house, and
Its opponents fillbuSter against q
final vote, the committee on
rules will be asked to report a
cloture rule, but. as all the
members OF the committee except the
RepubllcanS-whO would sec in it a JUS
LITIGATION of the rules of the fifty-iirst
congress-are opposed to this method of
procedure. unless asked by majority
OF the total Democratic memDerhip of
the house, such a request may be met
with refusal.
Five of the annual appropriation bills
have received the signature eff the
speaker and vice president, and now
await only the signature of the presi-
dent to become laws. They are the agri-
cultural, the river and harbor, the In-
dian, the poStUffice and the pension ap-
preparation bills. Six of them are
still i'll conference, or with the
conference reports Enacted upon.
They are the army, the diplomatic and
consular, the District of Columbia, the
military academy, the naval and the
legislative appropriation bills. The
conference report on the military acad-
envy bill has been agreed 10 in the SEN
ate, but has not yet been reported in
the house. There is no probability that
any of
The Tariff Measures
which have passed the house will get
before the senate this session. The
finance committee. to which they have
all been referred, is of opinion that if
one OF them were to be reported the re-
porting OF others would be urged: anu,
as that would prOlOng the session in.
definitely, the committee is averse to
taking any action in the matter.
The subject of tariff, however,
Will probably be heard from
again in the senate either on
Mi. Hale's resolution as TO the compar-
ison between the Republican policy of
protection" and the Democratic policy
OF tariff for revenue only" or ON Mr..
Vests resolution directing the finance
committee to report back the house bill
putting wool on the free list. The res
olutions for the Investigation Of the
Homestead, Pa, conflict will probably
be reported back tomorrow from the
committee Oh contingent expenses, and
may provoke another such debate as
took place Oh Thursday last. The anti
option bill and the bill for the transfer
of the revenue marine service to the
navy department are both to be brought
up on Monday if not crowded out las
they are likely to be- by the sundry
civil bill and debate on the Homestead
resolutions. Mr.. Washburn, will. at all
events. seek the floor IN order to adj
dress the senate Oh the anticipation bill,
as he has given notice of his intention
to do, even though lie make no effort to
bring up the bill then for action.