The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-08-05
HIS FIRST MOVE.
Mr.. Bland to Step Into
the Breach.
NO PLAN Is AGREED UPON.
But Silver Men Know Pretty Nearly
the Line of Action to Be
Taken.
NO PLAN IS AGREED UPON.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-As soon after
Congress meets as it becomes practlcao'e g
Bland, the leader of the silver forces 10
the House, will introduce bill embody-
ing tie views of the silver men. Ii VIII
provide for the repeal of the Sherman pur-
chasing act and substitute therefor Tree
coinage of silver at the present ratio OF 10
tol.
THAT" said Bland, will be the ground
upon which we will make our fight, al
though there has been 10 definite plan
agreed upon"
Mr.Biand said that he recognized that men
could honestly differ as to the ratio. but
that was matter that should be settled IN
the party itself Upon the use Of both
gold and silver as money at parity the
Democratic party could not differ. If a
compronlise measure increasing the ratio
was reached he said he saw o reason why
tie present dollar should not be kept in
circulation as it was now. He proposed,
however, with all his power to resist any
increase in the ratio.
Representative Henderson of North
Carolina has plan for the adjustment of
the silver question that he holds should be
the Democratic platforms declarations
carried into effect without creating divl-
sions in the party. This might be accom-
plished. he thinks, by passing a bill re-
Qurng the absolute purchase of a certain
proportion of each metal a month and
the coinage of all the metal purchased.
Congress might from time to time change
these proportions as the needs of the cnun-
try seemed to require. and thus adjust the
circulation to the demands of trade.
representative Thomas B. Henderson.
chairman of the Republican caucus. has
issued a call for caucus TO meet on Sat-
urday evening.
Dockery of Missouri, a leading member
of the Committee on Appropriations, to-
night planted himself sQuarely upon the
Democratic platform and said be rropos ed
TO be guided by that document. He was,
lie said, an advocate Of the double standard
and paper money convertible into either
gold or silver
Sayres Of Texas. also member of the
Appropriations Committee. said the con-
ditonal repeal of the Sherman law vas
what the people wanted and all that Con-
gress would give lie favors free coinage
<ltio 81 Us agraed upon by the party,
Er5zARa 4- Presi3aat
egeiaud and Secretaries Carlisle and
Lamont left here for Washington to-day
Mrs. Cieyelahu did not accompany the
President.
BLOOMINGToE, ILL.,, Aug. 4.-Nice-P Presi-
dent Stevenson left this evening for Wash
ington to be present a. the special session
Of Congress on Monday. To an Associated
Press correspondent tonight ne said :
From advces [ have received it is my
opinion that the Sherman act will be re-
pealed but as to any substitute [ am u OF
prepared to talk. l hardly think nything
will be done with the tariff this session, as
Congress would not have time. 1t is ex-
ceedingiy hard to tell whether the session
will be long OF short, and it is extremely
hard to foretell anything concerning it. |
hardly think Congress will have time TO
adjust matters so that it can adjourn in as
short time as ten days. as has been sug-
gested."
WILMINGTON. Del, Aug. "A letter is
printed here from ambassador Bayard at
London. saying; L am looking some
what anxiOusly to the meeting of Con-
gress, and hope there will be no faltering
in the resolve to maintain the gold unit OF
value. SO far from depreciatlng the in
trinsic value of silver bullion, believe the
cessation cf storage and accumulation Of
stock will help that commodity"