The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-07-06


that the Senate made a fatal mistake in the
passage Of the free coinage bill; that it
failed to preserve il the repeal OF the act
OF '9O, the legal tender quality Of the coin
notes. issued under the authority of the
secretary Of the treasury to redeem. The
effect Of the Senate bill, ne says, win be to
demonetize more than $50, OO0, 600 in coin
notes and postpone that redemption until
Congress authorizes it. The House will
be compelled to amend the bill, thus the
session may be prolonged
THE BILL DISCUSSED.
Everybody in the House this morning
was discussing the prospects Of the silver
bill. 1t is clear that CuIberson, chairman
of the Judiciary committee, has discounted
his free silver friends by his statement
that the Senate bill would destroy the
legal tender character of the treasury
notes issued under the terms Of the act Of
$780, which bill it repeats. The fact ia
that the declaration has been made to
create division among the free silver
men. A number Of them, including Bland
himself, accept Culberson's opinion, and
believe the bill will haYe to be amended to
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cate as Pierce takes this view. He is very
much put out that Bland should
have made the statement In advance of the
consideration Of the bill in the com
mittee as be thinks it will tend 10 strengthen
the opposition. On the other hand, large
number, probably q majority OF the Demo-
Gratis and no considerable number Of Re-
publicans, take issue with Chairman Gull
berson's view. and hold that the bill does
not in any way affect the legal tender
character OF the treasury note. There are
many different methods of reasoning by
which they arrive az this conclusion; but
probably one OF the simplest and clearest
is stated by a distinguished Democratic
senator, who says congress can do nothing
to impair the contract already existing;
that as the notes show on their face, they
are contracts pure aud simple.
A large number of Republicans take the
| position that the acu could not be made re-
tractive. therefore no amendment is neces-
sary. These opinions do not satisfy
Bland, who is evidently under the sus-
plcion that his political enemies are
DIGGING PIT FOR HIS FEET,
by facilitating the. passage Of the bill which
the president might veto without commit
ting himself upon the merits Of the silver
/ question.
A Democratic member Of the committee
1
as to this objection that the president
would not veto the bill upon any such in
direct ground as to the possible legal con-
struction Of its provisions, but with his
usual directness would stamp it with his
dIsapproVal because it was a free coinage
1 bill
The preaching Of the legal question has
had the effect 10 cause some Of the mem
| bers the talk ofreferring shat feature Of the
| bill TO the Judiciary committee for examin-
alton and report. But it is propabIe this
will come to nothing; that the coinage COM
mittee will be left to deal with the matter
in its own fashion. Bland, the chairman,
has called g special meeting Of the commit
tee for tomorrow ct 10 o'clock, and he
WILL TRY TO FORCE THE FIeHT1Ne.
The anti-silver Democrats will not wait to
make the fight in the commiEtee, to have it
referred to various committees supposed to
be hostile to the measure. They have NOT
| been able yet to get any assurances Of sup
port from Republicans. and are extremely
anxious as to the outcome. With the aid
of Republicans in the refusal to vote, 3
quorum could probably be broken and
action on the bill indefinitely postponed,
but the Republicans are maintaining an air
CT reserve and are not giving any comfort.
The Committee on Rules in the House
did not meet this morning, but will try
eScCeANA
says so far. a majority OF the com
mittee have not had any conference re-
speeding the treatment OF the silver bill
aud he is not prepared to ssy whether
/ the committee will require petitions
signed by majority of the Democrats be-
fore they will report a special order for its
consideration. He SAYS, and the remark
may have some significance, thst the
status OF the bill is materially different
from that Of the bill reported by the House
4 Coinage Committee, in which case pc
tition is required. There is now pending
before the Rules Committee 3 resolution
introduced by Pierce setting apart day
Cleft IN blank in july when it shall be in
order to move TO suspend the rules Of the
House and pass the bill. The ordinary
rules of Suspension day which shut off
flibustering would apply IN that case, but
there is further provisO that majority
vote instead OF tWo-thirds shall be suf-
ficient to pass tho bill. The resolution, of
course, is intended to meet the case OF the
silver bill. The committee also has before
it Catching's resolution, introduced on
Saturday, making next Thursday suspen-
sion day ia place Of yesterday which was a
holiday. This resolution was intended 70
secure q vote upon the tariff bills still
pending on the calendar. but it may be
that the committee will amalgamate the
resolutions, although this will encounter the
objection of Republicans who intend
FILLIBUSTERING AGAINST THE TARIFF BILLS,
but who have not as yet determined to DO
so against the silver bill. Meantime, con-
ferences are in progress il the various par.
ties OF the House, and the aspect OF the
caucus is subject to change every moment
to the anti-silve- Democrats there has
been no conference among them, but many
say that in the absence OF any programme
they shall vote against the bill so far as GO
ing on record, and will not assist in any
obstructive movement. The amendment Of
the bill by the House Is not likely to be sc
serious IN its effects upon the final passage
Of the measure as has been generally sup
posed if the present programme of the sill
yer men is carried out. They intend K
pass the bill and amendment If the latter Il
found to be necessary, and send it back Il
the Senate with request for conference
BY 80 doing they say they will avoid tia
danger Of having the bill smotnered in ths
finance committee, which ia constituted
with a majority adverse to free silver coin
: age. The Senate has rarely refused TO &c
cede to'such & request, and the presump
ton is that there will be but one test vots
upon the adoption of motion TO accede Il
the request Of the House, and, as confer
ence report, the bill would be 80 privileged
} as TO be sure of speedy action.
Three Brothers Drowned.