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a, will compel street railway corporations to treat
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4 FRUITLESS CONFERENCE.
HOUSE DEMOCRATS COME TO no RESULT OVER |
THE SILVER QUESTION.

Washington Feb % Gpecial.-Well, the Demo-
cratic caucus conference" meeting" whatever
other name Il nav bear, Gas met and adjourned.
OF course II did nothing, everybody expected WHO
has been familiar with the proceedings OF Democratic
caIcses since the late samuel J. Randall loS con-
troll Of his party in the House OF Representatives
II was a large caucus so far as the attendance OF
member, was concerned, and both sides OF the SILVER
question were we'll represcntedso far as mere numbers
were concened-in the discussion which continued for
nearly three hours To what pass the Democrsac
party In the House OF Representatives mas cohe Is
fairly shown by the lat OF names OF the s'a'eson
who bore the brunt OF the wordy battles Oh oo"sn''
Bland and Herbert have been heard OF III previous
Congresses-so has Hooker Of Mississippi, sometimes
But who will undertake " to place" without Tieieic0
ia "The Congressional Directory" Harter, Bryan
Mckinney Fowler Williams Pierce. Warner Engnsh
and other statesmen who disported themselves In the
oaucus to-nghtl
II will he well to recall the object OF this grand
assemblage as set forth In the petition crcuiated Dy
Harer 1t was to be Z" a meeting to consider thesc
resolutions In substance:
l. That we are In favor Of the continueu use Vi oo'"
gold and silver as money and that are unaefaoy OPP
posed to any legislation which VIII diive either niea
out Of general circulation. 80 49,
? In Justice to the Democratic party and with due
consideration for the general business industrial anu
o,,a interests NJ the Nation we 1t the duty OF
the Democratic members Of the Lilo Congress 10 deier
any dennte action the subject OF free coinage uti'
the question Of It's wisdom anu JusHOe ~ ui''''"' "
ln the elections Of lo92.
Mr. Rland's substitute for the resolutions, wmch
nrovdcd for the consideration OF his bill not later tan
March 25 was a once assailed by points Oh ofuer'
which, after a BRISK discussion, were overrucu ~
was plain that the callers OF the caucus "erc uis'
rbcd but they rallied and for an hour or more 'hero
was furious vocal bOnbadment between the fe"uS au
opponents OF the Bland substitute Colonel Mills WIS
Coclr
-r,a,,, penresentativcs John r. Fellows and
Ashbel f. Fitch sat mute; so did Speaker Crisp Will
son. Of West Virginia: Bynum, BrechhrIusc' vi he,
tqcly and Springer. Everybody gre" uIeu anu "
guted Each side knew that the other would refuse 10
be bound by any TAKEN and everybody hau eho"s
Of ,pcechmakng that Oatcs's motion TO ADJOURN OH
the ground that the debate useless as we'll as an
unprcfallc one, was hailed as haPpy u'uo VI i0i'A
and adopted by n vote Of 80 to %.
Mr. IIarter and his friends delighted 70 get on
80 easily Mr.. Ilarter himself assured lripu"c 'o
rcspondent that the meeting had been an "amicaDle
and profitable one and that the leaven Is worhhs'
Colonel Hatch. OF Missouri, said " II We had voted
an Tie Bland substitute 1t would have been huop'eu
by o or three to one. but what was the use 50 iois
-. the other side refused TO be bound by the voter
There Is the best reason to believe that the Bahd
mon have a strong majority and that the COmmlttee
on Rules will heed and grant their re'lues. " IN
lima for the consideration OF the Bland BILL Ihe
anti silver Democrats may have maze his."ho III
bringing about the OF tonight although some
n them are disposed to think otherwise. Inc only
senator who attended the caucus was General buuer'
of south Carollnn Hill. German, Palmer ana 'arh'ie
all cave IL a wide berth, also did the other De"o'
craft senators They may have learned that the
~ mocraiic Reprcsentatives who seeking renomina-
don and reelection In the West and South are In no
mood TO be led at this time.
ono OF these gentlemen tonight explained the situa-
tion 10 an Eastern colleague rs follows:
Now you know am your frend ana tnao
svmp,th,c with Won. You want to come back To
C,cpcres and you say that IL pass Free Coinage
lili Won viii be defeated by a Republican. Ihat may
he hut look nj my case. II | vote against the rec
C,,noae bli viii be defeated for denomination by
Democrat OF you realize that self preservation
l. IN, II ri and highest law OF nature.
Ycs realize that replied his friend In deIcc'eu