Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-07
SILVER STANDS STILL.
Conservatives Say That the Bill Has
Not Advanced a Step.
THE BILL Is STILL ON THE TABLE.
Free Coinage Men Confident Of Favorable
Committee Report.
FILIBUSTERING DELAYS TIE ACTION

WASHINGTON, d. c., July 6.-The sill
yer bill has not advanced one step to-day.
That was the Judgment of conservative
members after the smoke of battle had
cleared away. The "silver' men who had
Yesterday declared positively that they
would not permit any business to be done
until the Senate bill had been referred to
the Coinage Committee decided this morn
ing that they had better not attempt to OBJ
struct that Legislative favorite, the river
and harbor bill, and the bars being once let
down it was easy for the managers of
the diplomatic appropriation bill to
creep through with their conference
report, The SILVER men were
the more willing to permit this, as they
realized that they had no immediate means
to check the progress of the flibustering
motions that followed one another with
steady persistency Whenever silver was fore
most and disappeared whenever there was
any attempt to return to the consideration
of other legislation.
They are getting very impatient at the
failure of & number of absent members to
return to their post of duty, and it was
threatened by some of them that they would
try to secure the passage of an order proyld-
ing for the punishment of the deserters.
Whips Bringing in the Recalcitrants.
of preceding Houses Nevertheless the
whips have had some success, and to-day
the total of one vote was 224, with the
promise of more tomorrow.
1t was said this evening that the ''anti-
silver" Democrats had concluded to refrain
from further opposition to the reference of
the bill to the Coinage Committee. This
is probably premature, at least, but they
will have conference tonight to endeavor
to arrange programme.
The Democratic members of the Rules
Committee were in conferen ce for two
hours this afternoon. They proceeded upon
the theory that this statement was correct
and contented themselves with agreeing to
pass in the full committee tomorrow morn
ing resolution fixing Friday as suspen-
sion day, when the tariff bills, the Utah
local government and some other measures
can be disposed of. 1t cannot be learned
now whether the rules are to be suspended
by majority vote, or, as heretofore, BY
a two-thirds vote, and the difference Is very
material to the "silver" men, for under the
first named order they might see their way
clear to rush the silver bill through.
1t May Be in Committee Two Days.
One of the leading members of the Coin
age Committee said to-day that he believed
the bill must remain in the committee at
least two days when it is finally reached, as
it was possible for its opponents to consume
that much time in Offering amendments and
voting. Meanwhile the bill is still on the
Speakers table, and the House must decide
where to refer it tomorrow as soon as the
diplomatic conference report is acted upon.
There are 13 members of the Coinage
Committee. Every one of them is in WASH
ington except Mr.. McKeighan, of Nebraska,
who has been attending the Peoples Party
Convention at Omaha, and he is expected
here within the next 4S hours. The absence
of McKeighan, who is known to be in favor
of free coinage, does not worry the other
members of the committee, who are anxious
10 have prompt action on the bill A men,
ber of the committee said to-day that OF the
II members of the committee now in Wash
ington are favorable to the bill and are
opposed to it. The ''free silver" members
feel confident that nothing stands in the
way of a favorable report from the commit
tee, although it may be delayed by amend
ments offered with that purpose in view.