Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-30
SILVER STILL ON DECK.
THE FREE COINAGE STRUGGLE NOT
YET ENDED.
Stewart Will Call Up His Bill in the SEN
ate Next Monday-Pierce and Others
Still Endeavoring to Bring the Bland
Bill to Vote.

WASHINGTON, March 29.-The notice
given in the senate this afternoon by
Stewart, of his intention to call up his
free silver coinage bill Monday, created
sensation, notwithstanding the fact
that it was expected, in view of the set
back the Bland bill received in the
house, that the struggle must sooner or
later be transferred to the senate. So
far as can be learned, Stewart appears
to act on his own responsibility in pre-
cipitating the issue.
1t is said by some of the silver men
that Speaker Crisp urged them to pass
the silver bill in the senate and let it
come over to the house, when it would
be in much more favorable position
for action than if it came before the
house in the shape of an original report
from the coinage COMMITTEES. Some Re-
publican silver senators, unable to see
the force of this reasoning, fear the
speaker is playing for the party advan-
tage which might be expected to follow
the passage Of silver bill by the Re-
publican senate, even by the instYu-
mentality OF Democratic votes. :a,
The Democratic senators are unde-
cided as to what position to assume
when the bill is called up. Carlisle re-
marked that the outcome of the effort to
pass the bill would be extremely doubt
full. This view appeared to be generally
entertained on his side of the chamber.
1t is probable that there will be gen.
eral consultation among the Democratic
senators before Monday. with the pur-
pose OF reaching some agreement upon a
united line Of action.
THE BILL WILL NOT PASS.
On the Republican side the opinion is
! that the bill will not pass. Marlborough
OF South Dakota, who has been included
in all the estimates in the
ranks OF the silver men, said
very frankly this afternoon that he
would oppose with his vote any effort to
pass pure free coinage pill. and be-
.lieved that there were not ten Repub-
lican senators who would vote for such
a bill. He called attention to the fact
that Perkins, successor to Plumb in the
senate, is an anti-free coinage man, and
felt confident that even with the full
strength which the Democratic silver
senators had shown in the last struggle
the bill would not have more than one
majority. As matter of fact, he be-
lieved the Democrats were divided on
the question, and he expected that
when it came to a vote, many of them
who formerly voted for the Vest bill
would vote against the Stewart bill.
Stewart himself is not very sanguine
4 of the success of his move. He says,
however, the country is entitled tc
know exactly how the senators stand
on the silver question, and he proposes
to put all of them on record If he can.
FIGHT STILL ON IN THE HOUSE.
The free coinage men have not ye
given up the fight in the house. The
controversy between Bland and Speaker
Crisp was the subject of general COM
ment today, and Bland announced tina
he would make no further at
tempt to secure cloture rule
but Pierce and the other leader
have again taken courage and will maxi
supreme attempt to force the commit
tee to report rule. Up to this evening
they have secured between 80 and 1Ol
names to the petition, but require 11S
Many believe twill be impossible to ge
them.
THIRD PARTY MEN JUBILANT.
The most jubilant members of tn
house just now are the Peoples part.
congressman, who rejoice in the dis
comfture of the Democratic majority
and proclaim that the failure of tn
Democratic house to pass free coinag
bill means that the Peoples party vii
carry six or eight states in the comm
campaign.
} Watson OF Georgia spoke to this Ell
feet, and said this action is the death G
} the old Democratic organization, partlc
ularly in the south.
WILL NOT GIVE UP THE FIGHT.
LONDON, March 29.-The Times fnaI
cial article contains the following: 81
the silver party in the American cor
grees accept defeat, the silver marke
will doubtless partly recover from tn
: fall of the past eighteen months, an
will eventually settle down to a pric
efficient to maintain the production q
the level required by the real wants {
the world. But the silver party is pow
, erful and not likely to accept the defea
i as final. Further endeavors to Great
! an artificial demand are far from in
probable