St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-07
SET AGAINST SILVER.
Resolve of White Metal Men
to Be Stubborn VaniSheS
at the Test.
River and Harbor and Dip
lomatic Appropriation
Bills GO Through.
Filibusters We're Prepared to
Block the Senate Bill at
All Stages.

WASHINGTON, July 6.-The silver
bill has hot advanced one step today.
That was the judgment of conservative
members after the smoke of battle had
cleared away. The silver men. who
had yesterday declared positively that
they would not permit any business to
be done until the senate bill had been
referred to the coinage committee, de-
cided this morning that they had better
not attempt to obstruct that legislative
favorite, the river and harbor appro-
priation bill; and the bars being once
let down it was easy for the mana gers
of the diplomatic appropriation bill to
creep through with their conference re-
port.
The silver men were the more willing
to permit this, as they realized that they
had no Immediate means to check the
progress of the fiiibustering motions
that followed one another with steady
persistence whenever silver was fore
most. and disappeared whenever there
was any special attempt to return to
the consideration of other legislation.
They are
Getting Very Impatient
at the failure of number of absent
members to return TO their post of duty,
and it was threatened by some of them
that they would try to secure the pas
sage of an order providing for the pun
ishment of the deserters. But this is
idle talk after the experience of pre-
ceding houses. Nevertheless the whips
have had some success. and today The
total of vote was 224, with promise
of more tomorrow.
1t was said this evening that the
anti-silver Democrats had concluded to
refrain from further opposition to the
reference of the bill to the coinage COM
mittee. This is probably premature. at
least, but at conference tonight they
will endeayor to arrange programme.
The Democratic members of the rules
committee were in conference for two
hours this afternoon, They proceeded
upon the theory that this statement was
correct, and contented themselves with
agreeing to pass Ill the full committee
tomorrow morning a resolution fixing
Friday as suspension day. when the
tariff bills, the Utah local government
and some other measures can be dis
posed of.
A Material Difference.
1t cannot he learned now whether the
rules are to be suspended by a majority
vote, or as heretofore, by twO-thirdS
vote, and the difference is very material
to the silver men, for under the first
named order they might see their way
clear to rush the silver bill through.
One of the leading members of the
coinage committee said today that he
believed the bill must remain in the
committee at least two days, when it is
finally reached, as it was possible for
its opponents tO.c0nsume that much
time i'm Offering amendments and voting.
Meanwhile the bill is still on the speak
er's table and the house must decide
where to refer it tomorrow as soon as
the diplomatic conference report is
acted upon.
There are thirteen voting members
of the coinage committee. Every one
of them is in Washington except Mr..
McKeighan, of Nebraska, who has been
attending the Peoples party conven-
ton at Omaha, and he is expected here
within the next f0rty-eight hours. The
absence of Mr.. McKeighan, who is
known to he in favor of free coinage,
does not worry the other members of
the committee who are anxious to have
prompt action OH the bill.
a member of the committee said to-
day that. of the twelve members of the
committee now in Washington, seven
are favorable to the bill and five are
opposed to it. The free silver members
feel confident that nothing stands in
the way of favorable report from the
committee. although it may be delayed
by amendments offered with that pur-
pose III view.