The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-08

cellaneous. Governor Foraker made APP
pointments Of subcommittee as follows:
Tarif-H. W. Oliver, Pennsylvania; J. c. Gear,
Iowa; Jonathan w. Bourne. Oregon: David R.
Pierce, New Hampshire; George Denny, jr,
Kentucky. Silver-Lucus Fai-child, Wiseon-
sin: John p. Jones, Nevada: Joseph G. Cannon,
Illinois: j. q. A. Bracket, Massachusetts,: Henry
w. Teller, Colorado. INSTRUMENTATION Hacker,
Tennessee; James z. Plat, Connecticut; Ed
mund Waddill, Virginia; A. T. Fowler. Arkan-
sas; Charles Austin. Michigan. Foreign rea-
tions-George A. knight, California; C. +. Libby,
Maine: John A. Hutchins, West Virginia; Ed
mund O'Connor, New York; W. r. Hepburn,
Idaho. Miscellaneous matters-O f. Learned
Kansas; James II. Wilson, Delaware; C. F.
Griffin, Indiana; Frank ]. Harris, Rhode Island:
Edward c. Ericsson, South Dakota.
The subcommittee on silver is anti-free
silver. 1t is true that Of the five members
Senators Jones and Teller are for free
coinage. But the other three members of
the committee, ]. G.. Cannon, of illinois;
Lucius Fairchild, of Wisconsin, and J. @.
A. Bracket, of Massachusetts. are all
against free coinage, and will so report TO
the full committee. There may be a
minority report in favor of free coinage
from the senator's, but the full committee
is said TO be against any such plank, so
that the hopes of the free silver men for
favorable treatment in the platform are
not very bright.
Some of the silverits expect fairly lib
erai treatment of the silver question, from
the fact that two of the foremost advo-
Gates of free silver in the Senate are on the
committee. Senator Teller is not particu-
iarly well pleased with the selection of the
anti-siver members. The silver plank is
than any of the other resolutions. The
subcommittee as whole is the best
known as to membership and perhaps
the strongest of any OF the subcommittee
of the resolutions committee. The minor
Ity OF the subcommittee understands that
free coinage cannot be obtained as declar-
alton oil principles and the composition of
the committee seems to make it unlikely
that the anti-free coinage men would con-
sent to anything which would not win the
assent of Messrs. Jones and Teller.
Cannon is probably the most liberal
OF the majority of the committee in his
silver views, but will probably be un-
willing to give consent to any advance on
the present law for the coinage of silver.
instead OF its storage, one point which the
Tree coinage men earnestly desire, as they
lear the plling up of bullion will not tend
to make the people regard silver as money.
The silver men are prepared to fight the
report OF the majority OF the sub-commit-
tee, and when the general committee gets
TO work on the platform it is likely the
greatest efforts of the silver men will be
made. They held a number of confer
ences today for the purpose of considering
free-coinage plank for submission to the
committee. This plank proposes to de-
clare that the Republican party favors BIZ
metaiiism on the present ratio, or such
other ratio rs may be agreed upon, and
this is coupled with clause carefully
drawn, but amounting to statement that
the determination of the extent to which
the United States will go in silver coin
age Is question which should be left to
legislative determination.
The work of formulating even the first
rough drafts of the separate planks of the
platform had not made the slightest head
way up TO nearly 9p. m, and the taking up
of the task was further delayed by the
committee deciding to hear, while in gen.
eral session, various persons who are ready
to offer suggestions and speak on various
subjects. The committee listened to a
number of speakers until late into the
night, and then decided to separate into
subcommittee. with the UNDERSTANDING
that they shall assemble an hour after the
convention adiourns tomorrow. Various
resolutions presented to the committee
were submitted to the subcommittee
which went into session immediately after
adjournment