St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-28
THE BLAND BUGABO0.
No Report to Be Made by the
Rules Committee Until
Tuesday.
The Silver Fight Will Then Be
Renewed and Go to a
Finish.
An AK Used on the Consular
and Diplomatic Appropri-
alton Bill.
Gen. Greedy Processes to
Know Nothing About the
Court Martial.

WASHINGTON, March 27.-The Bland
silver bill still impends over the house
OF representatives as a cloud whose
presence makes possible storm which
may disturb the representations of
those who enpeavOr to form an accurate
chart OF the course of the legislative
ship. Owing to the absence OF Mr..
Catchings, of Mississippi, and the de-
sire that there shall be full reDresen-
ton of members when the Bland free
coinage bill and pending amendments
as special order are taken up,the rules
committee will not report and call up
the much-talked-of special order until
Tuesday. The silver fight will then be
renewed and fought to a finish
one way or the other. Tomorrow
will probably be devoted to measures
relating to the District of Columbia.
The remainder of the week not devoted
to consideration of the silver question
will be consumed by debate on the tar
iii question or in consideration of one
or more of the regular appropriation
bills, 10 decision having yet been ar
rived at as to whether or not the tariff
discussion shall be further Interrupted.
There are three appropriation bills,
namely, the naval, the consular and
diplomatic, and the sunGry civil, ready
for action. The river and harbor bill
has been agreed uDOn by the committee,
but will not be reported to the house
until the close of the week.
Interest in the proceedings Of the sen
ate will turn upon the disposition to be
made Of the Behring sea arbitration
treaty, which is the unfinished business
OH the executive calendar, and it Is eX
pected the senate will again exclude
the public from the chamber for many
hours. In the course of the legislative
business the Indian appropriation bill
will be further considered, and there is
more to be said on the subject of en-
D0ying army officers in the capacity of
lPdian agents. The West Virginia di-
rect fax bill, after several postpone
mentS on account of the illness of
Senator Morrill, has been finally as
signed for debate on Tuesday. on which
day Senator Stanford will also, accord
ing to notice, address the senate OH his
bill to determine the value of legal
tender dollar. 1t is expected that the
District Of Columbia appropriation bill
will be taken up afterward, and, as this
Is measure in which the senators are
SO much interested, owing to the fact
that many of them own homes in this
city, the debate upon the provisions of
the bill is likely to occupy the senate
fer some time.
Both Sides Desperate.
The friends of the silver bill and its
opponents recognize that the situation
&c TO Ic in
cined to admit that the bill will pass if
1t is put to direct vote, and they real
iZe that the fight against it must be
made on the special order. That this
fight viii be bitter there is no question.
The WeloTganized and determined
forces Of the anti-Silver men will con-
test every point in the interest of de-
lay. and every shade of parliamentary
tactics, filibustering or regular, will be
brought to bear against it. The prob
able position of the Republi-
cans in the battle excites interest.
There IS some division in the
party on the subject, one side, led by
Mr.. Reed, believing in doing all that
can properly be done to postpone the
bill and prevent a vote upon it directly,
while the other side, under Mr.. Bur
rows leadership, thinks it better poll
TICS 10 DrlnB the Ulll 10 ulrecL vote III
order TO place the Democratic party on
record Oh the question Of free coinage.
The provision OF the special order will
have much to do with the position the
Republicans will assume towards it. If
it contains a cloture proposition, it is
likely that Mr.. Reed will advocate its
adoption as sustaining his position in
the last congress. The probability
is that the special order will
he adopted by the aid of Republican
votes, and it is certain that all, except
ten or twelve Republicans, will vote
against the bill itself when it is put on
its passage. V. A. Taylor, of Ohio,
Republican who voted against laying