The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-16
SILVER VERSUS TARIFF.
A LIVELY FIGHT FOR THE LEAD IN
THE ROUSK.

a Strong Probability That the Silver
Bill Will be Slde-tracked Till One of
the Tariff Bills is Considered-A Be-
lief in Many Quarters That the Sill
yer Bill Should be Gotten Out of the
Way as Quickly as Possible.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-Chairman
Bland's admission to-day that he had
abandoned the idea Of getting con-
slider alton for the free coinage bill in the
hour set apart for business from the CONS
mittees, indicates that the consideration OF
the bill will be deferred. 1t will certainly
not be considered on Wednesday, as its sup
porters at first proposed. It may be put of
until after a tariff bill has been considered; !;
indeed, that is at present the most probable
order if chairman Springer gets hisVtarif
bills out and brings them for ward promptly.
Chairman Bland is still confident that the
bill will be passed. but admits that it may
have to wait Its opponents are much
more hopeful about defeating it. They
think delay dangerous to it.
STRUGGLE FOR PRECEDENCE.
1t is probable that there will be an inter-
esting struggle between the tariff bills aud
the Bland bill for precedence IN order of
consideration ia the House. In fact, the
struggle has already begun. The contest is
as yet conducted in very quiet manner.
and is merely a matter OF argument
as TO whether or not party policy
requires a silver bill to procede or to follow
one or more of the tariff bills 1t it pretty
we'll understood about the capitol that
neither Of these important subjects will
come up tins week and that the matter of a
special order for either or both Of them will
await the return after Washington's BIRTH
day of the congressional visitors to the Chi
cago worlds fair site.
WANT A FULL REPRESENTATION.
There are great number of members OF
the House out Of the city, and as a number
Of Others will be in the worlds fair party
1t Is not deemed advisable to bring up such
important questions this week.
1t is the understanding of the silver men
that the majority OF the rules committee
will bring in a special order regardless of
their personal predictions, il that be shown
to be the pleasure of a majority OF the
democrats. The silver men therefore, are
confident they will secure the report of a
special order, but whether it will pGecede or
follow an order relative to some tariff bill
they do not know. The silver men have
q
that the way to prevent the silver
question from being made unduly promi-
nent. was to take it up and pass it promptly.
woUED MAKE TARIFF MORE PROMINENT.
With the bill out Of the way public at
| tention would be concentrated on the tariff
bills. and by keeping that question before
the public steadily, its prominence would
be much greater than if the silver bill were
sandwiched in between them. In this view
they are supported by a very considerable
| number of men who are in favor of making
the tariff question paramount to the silver
issue, and In this GLASS Of members are
some on the ways and means committee
itself. Many persons believe the tariff and
silver special orders will come in together.
While the silver men believed it would be
better to take up the silver bill at once they
| are not prepared to antagonize the tariff
bills and will not .strenuously object if enc
of the tariff bills should be first taken up,
provided, Of course. that they be assured
that the silver bill will subsequently be
given q fair show.