The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-08
FREE COINAGE DEAD.

The Bills Democratic Foes Seem to
Have the Best of Mr.. Bland.
WASHINGTON, July There was a
decided change for the better in the silver
bill situation in the House to-day, in spite
of the fact that in accordance with their
determination at last nights conference the
sound money democrats withheld their
opposition to the reference OF Senator
Stewards bill to the committee on coinage
aud quietly allowed the speaker to carry
out his intention and send the bill there with
the expectation that it would be reported
tomorrow or Saturday. The change was
under the surface of things among
the former free coinage democrats,
numbers OF whom during the
delay which the fiilibustering Of
the sound money democrats secured have
come to see that, however desirable free
coinage may be, it is not expedient at this
time TO pass the Stewart bill. All day long
they have been coming TO George Fred
Williams, Mr.. Tracey and the other leaders
in the sound money fight and assuring them
that they will never vote for closure rule,
nor for the passage of the bill. Mr.. Will
Jams had the names tonight Of ITO demo-
cratic representatives who have said that
they would vote in this way. 1t would take
only seven more to make majority OF the
democrats In the House.
WOULD CHECKMATE THE REPUBLICANS.
If these democrats stand firm aud even
Messrs. Bland and Catchings, who are lead
ers in the fight for the bill, admit that they
probably will, and the bill will therefore
probably be defeated, it will not matter if
twenty-five OF the republicans should absent
themselves without pairs. OF course if ex-
Speaker Reed holds the republicans up to
the promise he has made to Mr.. Williams
hat hn will xHyif hha
sound money democrats whenever the merits
of the silver bill are reached and do
not support the closure rule
as 1t seems difficult to believe
they will, free coinage is, as Mr.. Williams
said tonight. dead beyond resurrection,
thanks to the brave fight which ne and his
associates have made. 1t is signitlcant Of a
realization on the part OF Speaker Crisp
that this is the case that Mr.. Pierce Of Ten
nessee began circulating to-day a petition
for closure rule addressed TO the COM
mittee on rules, which he would not
have done, of course, if the
speaker had stuck to his purpose to bring
in closure rule without a petition. The
Odds now are all against the free coinage
men. They must get the bill out of the
committee on coinage, they must get a
closure rule out of the committee on rules,
they must get 1t adopted in the House and
they must convert forty democrats to ac-
complish any Of the three latter things.
THE COINAGE COMMITTEE TO MEET.
A call has been issued by Chair
man Bland for meeting of the
coinage committee tomorrow morning
to consider the Senate free coinage bill d.
All the voting members of the committee
are in w Washington except Mr.. MoKeighan
of Nebraska, who is expected here by
tomorrow morning. Mr.. Bland does not
believe it will be necessary to have sittings
Of the committee during the sessions of tn Q
House, but to be prepared for such a con-
tingency he introduced resolution, which
is now before the rules committee, giving
the committee such authority.