Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-18
THE SILVER MEN pis,usnnn
MI. bynums Proposition TO Pos.pon. Not
Accepfseie-fiain Talk About Cleveland.
The silver men In the House are somep h.,

MT. bynutn's Proposition 10 Postpone No,
Accep'seie-Piain Talk About Cleveland.
The silver men In The House are somep hat
disturbed By the proposition 81 Mr. D,num q
make motion in the House, when the question
comes up, 20 postpone tho consideration Of tie
silver bin unit. next session
Mr.. Bynum says that he Is in favor o. the
FREQ coinage OF silver. that his people are N
favor Of IL, but that they do not thinl that the
tariff question should be clouied by tho aiscus-
sion Of silver al t,.is tino. The tar1h, b. ,Eys.
10 TIE sN-iupOrtsut question and he thinks
that nothing should he permitted 20
distract attention from IL at the time. lie say.
he docs not believe IN dcdgiug the silver oue--
ton; that the attitude cf the Hoase toward 10
clear enough. and tlat postponemout sil
not seriously effect the Question. snd that 20
hN day Tor us consideration neat session
would lie As much declaration for the measure
as s. would he 20 fr aar this session.
- he lays that he has made no canvass OF tie
foase, but he Is sure that there are n great
many men IN the House who wiz vote FOR free
coinage, hut who viii favor has proposition.
TIE s,DIc,ls wuA YlSnr.
The radical silver men are m doubt about
the result OF vote on such a proposition. bus
declare That 81 IL should be carried there are
LIS men in tie Honse who wi. !ct no oppor-
tenity pass 10 make hight TO set the bill up at
this session.
M. Pierce o! Tennessee, Who is a member Of
the coinage committee. said 10 a S.AE reporter
today:
Let them try such a plan aud they viii
Rave the hottest right on their hands they ever
experienced
There are two hundred votes Coz flee coinage
IN lie House on a Sir0ct vote. A number OF
these men would lIke TO doige the question by
postFonemeHG ! do not think they can DO
u, out II they 40 get n pUstponomcui they vii
nave To answer 20 their constituents. for We
SHAH compel Them 10 vote on the direct qucs-
ton ut Ihs session.
"Ihere are KS Of ne who vii fight steadily
through the session 10 get q vote on the Band
Dali The House will have 10 face the question
ID made 10 smother the hill We do
not care 70 hurry tho matter n We can be
assured OF fair treatment. We do not oppose
tne tari1 coming mp hrst ana We al agree IN
sNiHg Tue tariff tho greatest possible pronii-
hsncc. nut We must have a vote on silver IN .
reasonable time.
CAN'T BE sMoTHEREp FoR CLEVELAND.
| lhis question cannot lie smothered in the
Interest OF one man; the democratic party
cannot be used 10 promote the interests Of
Mr.. Cleveland. Its principles cannot be
ehangea and shaped for hi. conyenlsnee. II he
Ii not satisfied with the democratic PARTY it can
! hot DC shaped 10 has Ideas. Mr. Clc seland
has Lost his hold on the pRrty, and it Is hrs own
fault He will have no southern delegation az
| the convention. lie mas get few delegates
Ia the cities, but the great mass OF tho dole
gates from the south will he for Hill
or Tor n.ost any one rather than Cleveland
Men who have been the strongest friends II
Dir. Cleveland in my state aud else ~ here ln the
south are now m layor OF tie Eomins ton Of
10 FOR Hill.