The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-13
PUSHING FREE COINAGE.
PETITIONS INFAVOR OF BRINGING
THE ELL UP.

the M6JLer Op soon promising.
Senator Teller Among Those .Op-
posed to Giving the Home Product
@ Monopoly.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-The silver men
have eight or ten petitions in circulation on
che democratic side of the House urging
that the silver bill be made a special con-
tinuing order, and, it is said, had early to-
day secured about 100 signatures. Some
doubts are entertained as to the ex pediencY
of the petition movement, but the silver
men mostly believe that it may advance
consideration OF the bill, and are doing
what they can to bring the matter to an
issue early in the session. The
resolution introduced by Mr.. Bland
the day he reported the bill
fixed Feb. II, which is next Wednesday, as
the day on which the silver bill should be
taken up, but it is not expected by the silver
men that they will succeed in getting it up
so early, and they will probably be content
if by that time an order can be secured
naming a later date on which the bill shall
be taken up. There is very earnest work
being done on both sides of this question. but
at the present time it is in quiet way.
The anti-silver men are urging
delay and are working to that end
In the hope that there may be developments
which will aid their cause and enable them
TO find some way out of the difficulty. The
free coinage men are in favor Of speedy
action, and say that on political grounds
alone, aside from the monetary principles
involved, the sooner the issue is met the
better.
THE RULES COMMITTEE.
The rules committee has not yet taken I'D
the subject. No meeting has been held
since the resolution was offered. and 1t is
understood that there are several other
matters which have been before the com
mittee for some time, likely to be acted
upon in advance of action upon the silver
resolution. The Peoples party in the House
of Representatives has Joined with the free
coinage people generally In demanding
prompt consideration of the Bland bill In
a separate petition to-day addressed TO the
speaker as ex officio chairman of the com
mittee on rules, the nine reg
ular Peoples party representatives petit
an early day for the eonsid-
Grafton of the Bland free coinage bill.
This petition is independent from the one
circulated by the free coinage members of
the committee on coinage, weights and
measures. and is intended as the official
utterance Of the Peoples party as repre-
sented in the House.
THE TALK OF A COMPROMISE.
Yesterday Senator Teller, ia view Of the
tent, renewed this year. about compro~
mise of the silver question on the basis of
free coinage of American silver product,
saw number of leading senator's with a
view of ascertaining the feeling on the Senate
side. DE found that many leading repub-
licans were opposed to It, and that it had
very little support from the men
opposed to unlimited free coinage
Senators Sherman, Morrill, and Allison,
members of the finance committee, author
lied the use of their names as more opposed
to this proposition than to absolute free
coinage. Speaking on the subject Senator
Teller to-day said: "Not with any idea on
my part that they would agree TO it. nor
that would agree to it If they did SO,
talked with number of anti-free silver
senator's for the purpose of ascertaining
their views. They were very frank in
their opposition to the American free
coinage proposition, and Senators Sherman,
Morrill, and Allison said they would inf
nitely prefer unlimited coinage Of silver to
the free coinage Of the American product.
The reasons Of these senator's for taking this
position, he said, he preferred they should
themselves state.
TELLER's OPPOSITION.
Senator Teller stated his own opinion as
follows; ut is perfectly illogical. No
theory OF silver money would justify US in
taking part of the amount OF silver offered
and giving that free coinage and denying it
to the rest In order to give silver its own
status, it must be treated in oil respects as
gold is, and to say that only American
silver shall be freely coined would
not be equivalent to that. Then
such measure would appear to everybody
outside OF the silver states as simply bill
70 give the silver producer an extra price
tor his silver, and we have never made this
nght on the ground Of enhancement of the
price OF silver, but because there was de-
mand for more money and to provide a
Iletailic basis on which paper money could
pc safely issued to supply the need of an in
Weased circulating medium.
UTTERLY IMPRACTICABLE.
The scheme is..utterly impracticable and
Nouid not receive any considerable sup
port from the free silver or gold men. l
uaVe every reason to believe President Har-
rison would be quite as hostile to that
proposition as to free coinage. If his op-
position to free coinage is based on any in
Ielhgent appreciation Of the dangers sup
poae1 TO be feared, he ought to be more
opposed to free coinage of the
american product than to unlimited
Hee coinage" Senator Teller expressed
Ne opinion that the free silver bill would
paos tae Senate wheu brought to vote
nPeaElng Of Senator Palmer's opposition to
SaliVer he said that if it had not been un-
Ud No,sIood that he was free coinage man he
EYER would have received the two alliance
'o'es which elected him.
ALLIsoN's OPPOSITION.
senator Allison stated his reasons for op-
lows. pA0NoO' P'AH 40 "
~, The free coinage of American silver
Sniyl; Siy would not advance the price of silver
uniGh wnnIg outside Of the United States, and
VIZ u9 retard an international agreement,
rDs ou.u De great temptation and induce
o-1 to 10 70 owners of silver bullion outside of
Sa Oulted States to introduce it here and
sna. ~ coined as American silver, making
fvao1 pIout equal to the difference In price be-
il, zen silver bullion in other countries and
srlh ION value here. This coinage would
bo-5 give owners and producers of bullion
Vs, the difference between the bullion
Ns NIe .s ana coin value, which now goes into
member of the rules committee of the
d,r1ee SAID this afternoon that there was no
rts,S rtp.Slition on the part Of the committee to
tim tne consideration of the silver ques-
tnn,d ana that the committee would be
ConaSr H disposed to bring the matter to a
waS Sos .Gsion ION In the House, and he personally
bs, ~ Une opinion that it would be found
Here would be no filibustering.
HuLEs COMMITTEE WON'T oBsTRUCT.
". special to the Morning Neios.
opo,as ,aassHlNGToN, Feb. 12.-Speaker Crisp is
4 The ~ LAS as saying to-day that majority of
tba lnlttee on rules would not stand in