New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-09
CAN CONGRESS BE MOVEDf
A CANVASS OF THE HOUSE THAT is NOT
ENCOURAGING.

A CANVASS OF IHE llOCch AA~
ENCOURAGING.
STRONG DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION SHOWN TO
THE REPEAL OF THE SILVER
PURCHASE LAW.
fpy TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUNE1
Washington June s.-The House OF Representatives
which is TO assemble in September will consist Of 1856
roouhors 4, the vacancy in Of the Wisconsin dis
trcts no f,Ied prior that time. and the different
partes will be represented as follows: Republicans.
1o7. Democrats 217: Independents and Populiss,
txe,ve. giving the Democrats majority Of seventy
o,oht over ALL Administration Representatives, as
we'll as Administration newspapers already pro-
claiming that the Silver Purchase law will be promptly
and Internationally repealed by the LII Congress,
Init II should not be forgotten that they did the
some thing four months ago. when the Democrats
had q majority Of nearly $50 in the House Of Rep
resentatives, and Mr. Cleveland and his supporters
were eaering all their influence and powers of per-
suasion to induce the Democratic majority in that
body to do what the one which is to assemble within
the next three months Is expected to do.
Administration Democrats In Washington who did
not take the trouble to analyze teegraphic news
paper Of the House of Representatives which
was published in The New-York World" to-day ap-
peared derive considerable encOura cement from It.
but those who did so not inclined to be cheer
full the showing when they discovered that only
sixty Of the Congressman who responded favor I'M
conditional repeal, and that only twenty-five Of them
are Democrats, while twenty four Democrats favor
repeal with substitute providing either for free or
limited coinage; favors conditional repeal" and
four are opposed to repeal. Another dscournging
feature Of the that only twenty four
Democrats Of the 100 who represent
districts in the States which compose
the "sond South" responded to the Ques-
tion and Of them only six, exactly onefourth favor
~ fha chQsp act
Five Of these States-Deaware Florida, Arkansas,
louisiana and West Virginia-are not represented in
the canvass.
OF the six Democrats from Maryland. two re-
sponded-both in favor Of unconditional repeal. OF
the ten Virginia Democrats seven were silent. and
three favored repeal with the restoration Of the Bland
law or something better" or the eight North Caro-
lima Democrats, four repedone for repeal and three
for repeal conditions like those mentioned by the
Virginans. or the six South Carolina Democrats.
- three were silent and three opposed to repeal Mr.
McCreary was the only Kentucky Democrat who re-
piled and he seems TO favor compromise repeal v
Only one of the eleven Georgia Democrats-and he a
new member-responded. lie apparently favors I'M
conditional repeal. OF the thirteen Texas Democrats,
ONLY two replied and both Of them favor repeal with
provisions for silver coinage.
Replies from only five Of the twenty-one New-York
Democrats were received all in favor OF unconditional
repeal OF the eleven Ohio Democrats, three replied
two in favor OF straight repeal and one for repeal
with proper substitute" OF the ten Indiana Demo
Gratis. not one replied and only Of the eleven
Illinois Democrats responded. He favors uncondi-
tional repeal. OF the five Michigan Democrats. the
only one who replied favors repeal but wants silver
coinage resumed OF two Minnesota Democrats one
fayors absolute repeal and the other wants free
coinage substitute. Both Of the Nebraska Popullsts
and the one Democrat from that State favor repeal
coupled with free coinage.
Another feature Of the canvass which excites some
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nearly all the Democrats who are regarded as lead
ers or men OF influence in their party in the House.
Among the missing those Of Oates. OF Ala
bama; Breckenridge and McRea, OF Arkansas Crisp.
Livingston. Turner and Lester. OF Georgia. SPRINGER
Forman and Williams. OF Illinois; Holman. Bynum
and Brown, OF Indiana Hayes, Of Iowa; Brecki-
ridge, Montgomery and Stone, OF Kentucky Blanch-
ard. Boatner and Price, of Louisiana; Rayner and
Compton, of Maryland; Chapman and Whiting, OF
Mchigani Bland, Hatch, Dockery and Heard, OF
& Missouri; Cochran, Fellows, Cummings, Warner and
Coombs Of New-York; Cultivate. OF Ohio; McMiin
and Richardson Of Tennessee; Cuberson, Of Texas
O'Feran and Wise, Of Virginia, and a number OF
other Of more or less prominence In their party
The several features mentioned clearly show that
the Democratic party in the next House Of Repre-
sentatives will be badly at as 1t was in the
last one, also that there is prospect whatever
that the Administration can carry any measure Of
sound finance through that body except with the aid
of Republican votes. Those votes could have been
depended on In April as surely as they can be In
September. and President Cleveland knew 1t.
1.-The Worlds" shows that the number Of
Republican Representatives who responded was more
than 80 per cent Of the entire Republican member
Ship while less than 90 per OF the Democratic
membership sent replies. OF the forty-six Republi
cans who responded, thirty-eIght favor uncondi
tional repeal Of the silver Purchase law, three favor
repeal With free coinage substitute and five favol
conditional repeal. Among the last mentioned are
Messrs. Ray, Viewer and Daniels, Of New York, al
Of whom arc known to be strongly In favor OF homes
money. SO that at the worst the Republican tally
stands forty against five In a total OF forty six.
Among the Administration Democrats who are con.
dit1ons compromise IS Mr. Tracey, Of New-York
who equally of 1t four months ago at a time
when IL found impossible TO have the repeal
considered by the democratic majority in the House
OF Representatives. Mr.. Tracey to-day said the sim
pie proposition TO repeal will have large majority
1t in the senate. He believed that there would be
strength enough to vote down any attempt on the
part Of the silver men to secure the substitution OF
the old Bland act any other measure reducing the
amount OF monthly silver coinage from Its present
figure. and he also gave 1t as his opinion that the
culation Of state banks would fail of passage.
Senator Jones. Of Arkansas, took an entirely dif-
ferent view from that entertained by Mr.. Tracey.
'The sherman law can never be repealed in the
Senate unless other measure looking TO the
coinage OF silver is substituted he said. am OPP
posed TO the Sherman law and spoke and voted against
II: but would not vote for It's repeal unless some
other legislation enacted favorable to silver.
would be willing to have the old Bland Act reenacted
or some measure lihe It, and would support the re-
fached"
CAUSES OF CABINET CRISIS IN ARGENTINA.
Washington, June s.-The Legation OF the Argentine
Republic In this city Is without information regarding
the cabinet crisis In that country, except what Is
gver In the news dispatches from Bucnos Ayres.
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