The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-02-17
MIN0RITY'S TACTICS.
ANTl-SllVER MEN GETTING VERY
CBSTREPERoUS

consideration of the Free Coinage Bill
Presidents Message In Regard to TIL.
Miners in the Territory.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-There was
another exhibition of what the minority
OF Democrats in the house can do wheI
disposed to be obstreperous.
Soon after the speakers gavel fell Mr.
Culberson moved the house proceed &c
the consideration of matters on the
house calendar.
The fourth or fifth thing on the calen
dar is the silver bill, the bills preceding
1t being unimportant.
The anti-silver men at once became
alarmed. They We're afraid the matters
going before the silver bill being unim
portant might be quickly disposed of and
the house would have to confront the
silver question.
1t was not supposed by the silver
Democrats that it would be possible &c
reach the silver question, or even if they
were successful that it could be disposed
of, and their effort to proceed with mat.
tiers on the calendar was in the nature
of developing the real antagonism to sill
yer among the members on the Demo.
cratic side of the house. Their test wa.
not in vain. The result proved conclu
sively that the silver men were in the
majority.
Mr.. Tracy of New York who is the
leader of the minority on this question:
on the committee on coinage weights
and measures, was credited a short time
ago with having declared that the mi.
nor1ty or the anti-silver men, would
content themselves with protesting
against the bill i'll reports, speeches and
votes, but would not resort to the ex
tremes of filibustering. He. however
came to the front with motions to ad
! Journ, motions for a recess and roll call
Finally Culberson moved to adjourn,
stating he saw it was unnecessary to try
to do any work with the minority in its
present temper.
The silver men are jubilant over the
prospect. There are now about 100 sig
natures to the petition to the committee
on rules to set a day for the considera
ton and vote on the free coinage bill
Messrs. Bland of Missouri and Pierce Of
Mississippi, both members of the com
mittee on coinage, weights and measures
and most ardent free coinage men, called
on Speaker Crisp and had long tall
with him on the matter dearest to theil
hearts. Speaker Crisp told them he wa
in favor of free coinage bill passins
the house and that he would see that
day was fixed for a consideration AM
vote on the subject. and that as far a
he was concerned he desired the matte
disposed of at as early day as possible
This has been construed by some t.
mean, first, the passage of a free coinag
bill, and second, it passes before the tarif
bills are considered.
The leaders in the free coinage move
ment deny that they are trying to pusl
this measure ahead of tariff reform leg
islation. Mr.. Bland distinctly denie,
this and says there is no free coinag
man who is not straight out tariff re
former. He says for his silver friend
that they are perfectly willing that thi
congress shall lead off with tariff bill
The anti-silver men do not seem to hav
much confidence in these assertions an
are watching the free coinage men at al
times.
1t will be recollected that the polio
at present is to attack the tariff in spots
There is the free wool bill, the fire.
binding Irvine bill, the free cotton tie
bill, etc. All these are separate bills.
is probable that the silver men woul
agree that the free wool bill should b
considered and then they would COZ
clude they had waited long enough an
had given tariff reform the lead an
would push their measure.