Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-13
SILVER WON'T DOWN,
The Free Coinage Agitation
Showing Its Head on
Every Occasion.
GETTING VERY TIRES0ME,
But Determined Advocates Insist
Upon Keeping 1t Prominent.
ONLY CONVENTIONS CAN STOP 1T,
And Maybe It Will Take an Election to Lay
the Obstinate Ghost.
GETTING VERY TIRESOME,
ONLY CONVENTIONS CAN STOP 1T,
And Maybe It Will Take an Election to Lay
the Obstinate Ghost.
QUAY on THE RIVER AND HARBOR WORK
BUREAU OF THE DISPATCH,
WASHINGTON. d. C.. Nav ]!


stives and the Senate until after the meet
ing of the National Convention. In the
Senate no bill now pending may be reached
and no vote may be taken, but the speeches
will be numerous long, intricate and prosy,
like that of Senator PETER to-day, and like
those of Stewart, Morgan, Teller and others
on other days 1t has all grown exceedingly
tiresome, this monetary discussion, but it
will be kept up for purposes of agitation,
and days and weeks will vet be wasted upon
it, with little hope of passing any bill, e1-
cept, perhaps, one providing as far as this
country can, for an international monetary
conference.
In the House the i'll feeling between the
silver and anti-silver factions, as is we'll IN
derstood, is only sleeping 1t is not dead.
The scheme of the silver men now is to offer
free silver amendments to appropriation
and other bills, and get in telling little
speeches upon them, and then, just previous
to the Democratic convention, make a new
and sensational attempt to secure a rule
fixing day for final vote upon the Bland
silver bill
Enthusiasm of Free Coinage Men
Representative Pierce, of Tennessee, who
has in hand the work of circulating a peti-
tion asking the Committee on Rules to re-
port such an order, has within six of the
necessary lis Democratic signatures, and
tells me that he will certainly have the re-
mainder when they are wanted. Whether
he succeeds or not, and whether the order
for final vote be reported or not, there is
certain to be demonstration which will
arouse thc enthusiasm of the free coinage
advocates in every part of the country for
effect upon the National Convention.
A tremendous effort, it is predicted, will
be made in that convention to commit the
Democratic party absolutely to free coinage,
and the free coinage element in Congress is
expected to keep the ball rolling there, that
the delegates may be spurred to their best
efforts. Free coinage members of Congress
are flooded with communications by mail
and telegraph, urging them to do their ut
most to stir up the question during week
or two preceding the convention.
Little Hope of Many of the Leaders.
Privately, however, many of the leading
free coinage spirits admit they have little
hope of seeing a free coinage plank in the
Democratic platform. They say that the
blight of cowardIce and conservatism is seen
everywhere among the leaders, and that it is
more than probable the monetary plank,
which, of course, must appear nsome shape
will be a glittering generality, signifying
nothing definite, and possibly quite similar |
to the utterance of the Republican platform |
on the same subject
One Democrat advances the unique opin- |
ion that the Republicans can pronounce |
even more plainly than the Democrats for a |
liberal treatment of silver without injury to |
their party in the campaign, as the money |
kings of the East, and the people generally |
who are devoted to the gold standard, would !
fully understand that liberal promises |
would be followed by no performance in |
Congress. On the other hand, any pledge |
made by the Democratic Convention would |
be enforced in Congress to the utmost de-
gree.
If anything which can be construed into
even an indirect Endorsement of free coin
age be adopted by the Democratic Conven-
tion, desperate effort will be made to call
up and pass the Bland bill before the ad-
iournment of Congress.
Anxiety of Leaders in the East.
This will make leaders in the East ex-
ceedingly anxious to give forth a monetary /
plank which will satisfy the rank and file
of the silver people of the South and West
with words while saying nothing to the rea-
son. 1t is admitted, however, that this will
have to be done with the EXTREMIST nicely,
as the people as a mass have well learned
the meaning of words on this question, and
will not be easily fooled.
So thoroughly had the Senate Committee
on Commerce considered the river and
harbor bill after its introduction but before
its passage in the House that it required
little labor to prepare it for introduction in
the Senate. Its consideration in the COM
mittee was finished to-day, and it will prob
ably be introduced tomorrow The Senate |
is so accustomed to increase the appropria-
tions recommended by the House that the
committee could not resist the temptation
even in this instance and upward of 81 ,000,-
600 was added to the more than S21, 900, 900
which was sent through the House over the |
head of Economist Holman.
Quay Gets Some Raises Made.
At the suggestion of Senator Ouay some
important changes were made in those
features of the bill which are of special in
terest to Pittsburg. He increased the ap-
for the improvement of the |
harbor at Conneaut, o., from SOS. 900 to
$50, 900. He secured the insertion of the
proposal for a survey for the Lake Erie and |
Ohio River Ship Canal, which passed in
special bill yesterday, thus giving it
double chance for success. His amendment |
providing for commission of five engi-
1eers, to be appointed BY the Secretary of
dams of the Monongahe1a Navigation Com
pany, with view to purchase by condem-
nation, in accordance with recommendation
Of the Pittsburg Coal Exchange, was ac-
,epted by the committee. There was also {
inserted a provision for the location and !
purchase of sites for movable dams, Nos 2,
), and 5, on the Ohio river, between the
Beaver dam and the Davis Island dam. The
'hanges are radical ones, but they will prob 1
IDLY pass the Senate, and if the House re-
use to concur the Senate committee on i
conference will almost undoubtedly be so !
constituted that it will make winning
ight for them.
The Canal Bill Back in the House.
Senator Quay's bill providing for a !
urvey for the proposed Lake Erie /.
nd Ohio river ship canal, which :
'assed the Senate yesterday, was sent to the !
iouse this morning. Representative Dal- !
ell requested that it be laid on the Speak !
rs table, but Tom Watson, the Georgia !
Alliance man who is now playing the role /;
f the great objector, put in his negative, l
nd it was thereupon referred to the Com :
littee on Railways and Canals Therefore, !
any bill of this character be reported by
his committee, it will probably be that of l
representative Dalzell, out of compliment
D that gentleman. 1t is not probable that
ny bill of the kind will pass the House at
lis session, and if so the only chance for
ne survey viii be in Senator QuIy's
mendment to the river and harbor bill i
The Committee on Public Buildings and y
rounds to-day reported favorably R.pre- y
,ntative DaIzell's bills providing for the !,
'ection of a postofice at McKeesport, to i