The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-20
TARIFF BILLS ON TOP.
TIE FREE COINAGE BILL 10 TAKE
A BACK SEAT.

It May Be ever Two Months Before
it Can Come Up-The Appropriation
Bills Also Apt to Crowd It Still
Further Back-The Majority and
Minority Reports on the Tariff to Be
Presented in Week.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Representative
BANDS free coinage bill will have to take
back seat and let the tariff and appropria-
ton bills come before the House. This plan
was decided upon by the democratic leaders
In the House, as to-dsy's developments
showed. The constantly increasing senti-
mens among the democrats in the House
against the free silver bill and the knowl-
edge that its passage at this time would be
80 disastrous to the Democratic party in the
east have been the controlling causes for
this conclusion. The free silver men
know that it is OF no use to
try TO get their bill before the
House except by special order from the
committee on rules. Mr.. Catchings, who
has heeu in Boston, returned to-day, and it
was supposed that the committee on rules
might possibly take some action, but
Speaker Crisp has had TO go away aud take
some rest. His doctor was peremptosy in
the demand, and the speaker started for
Fortress Monroe last night He will be
away ten days. When he returns be will
find the House discussing the tariff bills. for
the democrats on the way and means COM
mittee agreed upon that course at their meet
ing to-day. It was voted that the majority
IN
bills already agreed upon by the committee
should be made in the House one week from
tomorrow, and that consideration of the
bills begin a week from next Tuesday.
THE THREE MEASURES.
The three measures are Chairman SPRING
er's free wool bill, Judge Turner's free cot
ton bagging bill and Mr.. Bryan's free bind
ing Irvine bill. 1t will be impossible for the
free silver men to get vote from the COM
mittee on rules as long as Speaker Crisp is
away and the three tariff bills are before the
House. They will give way 10
nothing except appropriation bills.
Ii is calculated chat it would take six weeks
to dispose of the tariff bills alone. and add
to this the time that would be taken up in
consideration of whatever appropriation
bills are soon to come in, and it is the iudg>
mont of the posted men here that it would
be fully 2l5 months before the silver bill
could possibly be reached. OF course a
great deal depends on the skillful handling
OF all the elements which are engaged in the
contest now going on before congress.
NO MORE BULLDoZING.
The spirited attitude OF the sound money
democrats, led by George Fred Williams OF
Massachusetts, Representative Tracey of
New York aud Representative Harter of
Ohio has put an end to the bulldozing tao
tics which the free silver men seemed TO at
first intend TO employ. The ease with
which signatures were received to Repre-
sentative Harter's call for caucus Illus
trates the growth of this sentiment. Repre-
sentative harter said to-day: There was
great willingness on the part of nearly all
approached to sign the call for the joint
conference TO be held next Thursday. The
fact of the matter is the feeling is spreading
very rapidly. Free coinage means the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the Democratic party.
Those who talked glibly of letting New
England go, not ever six weeks ago have
concluded that it will be very necessary to
keep all we have and get more Of her into
the democratic column. We begin to see
that we shall lose all we have gained in
twenty years if this free silver in
sanity is given the right of way and the
tariff question called to the floor at this
moment.n
THE STORY BY THE PRESS.
By the associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-It was announced
to-day to be the intention of the democratic
members of the ways and means committee
to call up the tariff question in the House
early in the week after next. This pro-
gramme would to come extent defer con-
sideration OF the silver question, for the
silver bill cannot be taken up and got cut
of the way in advance of that time The
announcement of the purpose to call up the
tariff question about March l was made in
the ways and means committee today at
brief session of the full committee. An
agreement was reached among the members
Of the committee thes the minority should
have until a week from tomorrow to pre-
pare their reports against the three bills
the wool, binding Irvine and bagging meas
ures-heretofore ordered favorably reported
to the House by party vote. Chairman
Springer then announced that it was in-
tended to call one of the three bills on Mon
day or Tuesday following the submission Of
the reports to the House. No objection was
manifested on the part of the republicans
to this course.