The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-14
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THE DLAfD BILL
And It's Chances for Consideration
in the Senate,
LOCKS AS THOUGH IT NAY PASS.

The Changes I'm the Senate Since
Senator Vests Free Coinage Bill
Passed Are Favorable to the Bland
Bill, Which Would Take the Issue
to the President.
WAsuINGToN, March Alt begins to
look very much as if the epresident would
have TO decide before long whether he
will veto free silver bill or not. Ii the
senate committee OH finance could speak
the final word, there il no doubt that
the Bland bill, after its receipt from the
house, would sleep the sleep that knows
no waking on the committee files. There
seems to be no possibility of this, how
ever. The President is said to be most
desirous that the bill shall reach him be-
fore the Minneapolis convention meets.
The legislative condition of the silver
question i'll the senate is such as to rem
der it an easy matter to secure consider
alton for the Bland bill 1t is true that
the finance committee reported adversely
all the bills referred to it relating to an
crease of the currency and to free coin
age. But these bills, after they had
been thus reported, were not indefinitely
postponed, but were placed on the cal
endar, where they can be reached at any
time.
Chances of the Bland Bill.
As Senator Teller said few days ago:
ait does not make any difference to us
what kind of report is submitted if
the bills are on the calen lar" Conse-
quently, when the proper time comes,
and does not seem that it is to be very
long delayed, these adversely re-
ported measures can be taken up for
consideration, and if none of them is
satisfactory to the silver men, as is
likely to be the case, the Bland bill,
from the house, will be substituted.
Can the bill pass the senator This
question can best be answered by q care
6ul review of the personnel Of the sem
ate.
Il In January, 1891, after senate had dis
cussed for come days the financial bill
at caucus of Republican senators, SEN
ator Vest, of Missouri, suddenly moved
as substitute free coinage bill, pure
and simple. Confronted with the issue
In this unexpected way the senators did
not shirk it, but proceeded at once to
vote, Tho bill was passed by vote of
~ ~ "Abi ehNheJ WV SSAiotOlo NV
voting.
Changes Fayoring Free Coinage.
Since that vote was taken there have
been number of changes in the senate.
OF those who voted in the affirmative,
Messrs. Hampton, Ingalls,, Mcconnell
and Reagan are no longer senators.
They havAhHen succeeded respectively
by Messrs. hDy, Pefrer, Dubois and
Chiffon. AS these new senators will all
vote for free coinage there is no loss to
the affirmative vote by the change.
With the negative vote it is different.
Messrs. Edmunds, Eyarts, Spooner and
Wilson, of Maryland, who voted no, are
not now in the senate.
The successors to Edmunds and
Spooner, Messrs. Proctor and Villas, will
vote against free coinage. Mr.. Gibson,
of Maryland, differs with his Predcces-
sor, and will vote afirmatiyely. This is
again of one Evarts' successor is David
B. Hill. 1t is confidently predicted by
the southern senators that Hill will vote
with them for free coinage. Senator
Hill himself says he Will not croNs the
bridge until he comes to it.
In brief, on direct vote in the senate,
with everybody voting, and with the
position of the senators who voted last
year unchanged, thore would be fifty
votes cast for frse coinage to thirty
four votes against it, not including
Senators Hill, Palmer, Perkins and
Brice, who are placed in the doubtful
column,