The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-06
BUREAU OF THE SENTINEL.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. 2.
The administration leaders in the house
are already perfecting their plans for
dealing with the bill repeating the sill
yer purchase law when the Voorhees, sub
stitute comes back to them from the SEN
ate. They are willing to accept the
Voorhees, bill rather than risk any delay
by throwing it into conference or sending
it back to the senate. An impression
has prevailed that concurrence in the
senate substitute could be moved from
the floor without reference to commit
tee. The leaders have concluded, how
ever, from an examination of Speaker
Crisp's rulings in the case Of other bills
of like parliamentary character, that
he will not refer it, however, to Mr..
BANDS committee on coinage, but to the
committee on banking, which contains
eleven members who favor repeal to five
who are against il and one who Is
doubtful. The doubtful member is Mr..
Black OF Georgia, who voted with the
free silver men on the earlier roll-calls
last Monday, but swung INTO the other
column on the final vote for the passage
of the Wilson bill. 1t will not take Mr..
gether and report concurrence with the
senate amendment and it will not take
the committee on rules long, if the sill
yer men in the house are in a filibuster-
ing mood. TO report special order and
put the bill through.
There appears no doubt that Speaker
Crisp will refer the bill to the committee
on banking rather than that on coinage,
both from the nature of the measure
and the assurance he gave in the con-
ferences which preceded the final agree
ment for a vote on the Wilson bill.
No Reference to Coinage.
The Wilson bill and the voorhees, bib
make no reference to coinage. They
neither curtail existing coinage and they
do not modify in any way the provision
of the Sherman law that the secretary of
the treasury shall coin bullion for re-
demption purposes when he thinks II
necessary. A plan for securing prompt
action had been mapped out by the hard
money leaders, which would have &C
complished repeal almost as quickly as
that which was finally accepted by the
silver men. This plan contemplated the
introduction of a bill similar TO the Will
son bill. the adoption Of the rules of the
house and an order from the committee
on rules providing for a vote on a
given day. The important point in this
connection was that all free coinage
amendments were to be ruled out Of or
der upon the ground that the bill had
nothing to do with coinage. 1t was to
be reported from the banking committee
,-afarnY,ca fp n pOnnuniffaa hacan1a
essary and to be treated as a currency
bill rather than a coinage bill. Speaker
Crisp took part in the conference on the
subject and was understood to be ready
to sustain the point of order that coin
age amendments were not germane to a
simple suspension Of the purchase of
bullion for storage and it is not doubted
that he will refer the senate substitute
to the committee on banking upon pre-
cisely the same grounds.
A gentleman who talked with the pres
ident this morning expressed himself as
very confident that the Voorhees, bin,
suspending silver purchases, will soon be-
come a law. The gentleman did not
pretend to quote Mr.. Cleveland, but he
had evidently received a considerable in
fusion of hopefulness as the result of
their talk and said he believed that the
bill would pass within two weeks. THE
majority" he declared Twill be at least
ten and almost certainly fifteen or more.
/ should not be surprised to see a per-
feet stampede and almost as large ma
1ority in proportion was given in the
house"
Secretary CarIisle's Purpose.
Secretary Carlisle adheres to his pur-
pose not to afford comfort TO the
silver men by complicating the question
of repeal with that OF treasury deficit.
Senator Stewart of Nevada has intro
duced two resolutions calling on the sec
rotary for information as to whether a
deficit existed, but the friends of the
administration have side-tracked them
In the committee on finance. Secretary
Carlisle is not disposed TO dodge the is
sue, however. and will present it to con-
gress as soon as the silver purchase law
is repealed. The plans for relief include
the issue of long term bonds, the issue OF
short-term treasury bills and the coinage
of the seignorage of silver in the treasury.
Secretary Carlisle has steadily opposed
the issue of bonds and does not believe
that the proposition would find favor in
congress He would like to have the
authority Of the secretary to issue bonds
at a low rate of interest clearly defined
I'm the statute as was proposed at the
short session of congress last winter, but
he does not wish TO use such an author
ity II he can help 1t. The issue OF treas
ury bills payable after one year at the
pleasure OF the government with interest
to cease on due notice is a plan which
has some supporters in the treasury de-
partment and may be adopted. The sill
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