The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-11
NO AGREEMENT YET.
The Silverites and Anti-Silverites
Stick to Their Idols.
MANY PRUITLEss CONFERENCES.
Silver Producers of the west Said to be
Advocating Compromiss Measure
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Silver Producers of the west Said to be
Advocating Compromiss Measure
Which Popuiist Members VIII oppose
as n Unit.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.-Another day
has passed and the two wings of the ma
Jority in the house of representatives are
apparently as far as ever from an agree
nent upon the method of conducting the
proposed discussion Of the silver question.
The day was spent In fruitIess conferences
on the subject and because no progress
has been made i'm the negotiations, the
house was compelled to adjourn for lack
OF anything TO engage its attention.
The two committees. representing the
silver and anti-silver forces, seem to be
playing for position, each desiring to as
sumo the initiative. but Of what avail the
point of advantage sought will be it is
difficult to discern among the mass Of
rumors that are a1oat From all these,
and from the statements by n7scaoers of
the conference regarding their proceedings
the positions Of the two parties are these:
The anti.silver men, led by Mr. Bourke
Cochran, propose that bill shall be intro
duced to repeal the purchasing clause Of
the Sherman law, and that vote shall be
taken upon that proposition first. II 1t be
defeated, amendments may be offered pro-
viding for the free coinage OF silver. and a
vote he taken on them.
The free coinage men offer counter
proposition, to wit: That the bill outlined
by the free silver caucus of Wednesday
shall be introduced by the committee au-
thorized to prepare it, providing for re-
peal coupled with free coinage; that any
amendments desired may be offered, and
that vote shall be taken at the end of
three weeks debate.
This was not acceptable to the anti
silver men, whoinsisted, it is said, upon a
voto first upon the proposition to uncon-
ditionally repeal the purchase clause.
1t WAS impossible, apparently, Tor the
committees to come together, and after
several separate consultations and two
Joint meetings adjournment was had.
The free coinage men were represented
in the conference by Representatives
Bland, Boatner, Culberson, Bryan, Bailey,
Bankhead, Oates and Lane; the uncon-
ditional rcpealers by Cochran, Tracy,
Harter, Rayner. Catchings, Laphsm,
Geissenhainer, Coombs, Fitch, Wilson
(W. Va.) and John Dewitt Warner.
Considerable interest was added TO the
situation by the fact that Secretary Car
Isle visited the Capitol aud was in consul
tation in the library with Representatives
Cochran, Tracy and Rayner. He also
called upon Speaker Crisp in the latter's
room and remained sene time. After the
house had adjourned Representatives
Cochran aud Mcmillan called at the
treasury department and were closeted
with Secretary Carlisle ...--
Mr. George Il. Washburn, chairman of
the eastern division Of the national COM
mittee of the Peoples party, stated to
reporter that break in the silver forces
had occurred. The cause of the trouble is
that some of the silver producers of the
west are advocating compromise meas
uraon n ratio Of 20 to /, which the Pop
ulists claim is an abandonment Of principle
for selfish ends. Mr. Washburn said:
Our fight is for the free aud unlimited
coinage Of silver and gold on ratio of 10
to ], because it is the money of the con-
tract on which our bonds were issued, and
any change OF ratio renders the payment
of these bends in gold alone. We are fight
ing for q larger volume of circulation, not
for a larger dollar. Twenty to one would
benefit the silver producers alone, and
would not help the farmers or wage earn
ers by increasing the price OF products.
which ratio OF l6 to would do. Hence
we snnst part company with the silver raen
who favor the change. A ratio of 20 to l
would increase the debts of our country
fully one-fourth, and this wewill not agree
to. The Popnlist leaders here in Wash
inRton are unit on this"
Last evening a proposition was formu-
lated by the antisilver committee which it
is believed will be acceptable to the FREQ
coinage committee. 1t is that the house
proceed TO the discussion of a bill provil-
ing for the repeal of the purchasing clause
of the Sherman law, that opportunity Le
given to offer an amendment providing
for free coinage of silver ut the ratio to be
agreed upon by the silver men, if that is
possible, if not, then votes shall be taken
upon the different ratios proposed. If free
coinage, at any ratio, be rejected, an
amend ment may be offered similar to the
Bland bill Of 1878 limiting the purchase of
bullion and amount of coinage This
falling the vote to be taken upon the bill
as introduced or unconditional repeal. The
discussion to last two weeks.