The sun., 1893-08-14
THE DISCUSSION ON SILVER.
NAMES OF ONE HUNDRED DEBA TIERS
ON SPEAKER CRISI"S LIST

| Wv bPEAhEh ChtSf'0 LlSIs
The President Believed TO have Acted
wisely and Judictou-iy In Absenting
| Himself DurinG the Debate-The Senate
Not Likely to He Prepared to Consider
| the Subject Until tho House Has Acted.
! WASHINGTON. Aug. 13.-Sensible men In
Washington are not condemning the President
| for seeking the secluson Of Gray Gables pend
| ing the debate in the House on the financial
! question. His presence here during the next
| two weeks would not materially affect the
| cause OF sound money one way or the other.
| and those who think otherwise only display
! their Ignorance OF national affairs. An agree
| ment has been reached by which n vote
! is to be taken in the House at n certain
| date. and. although the debate In the
moan time may be useless and unconvlnc-
| Ing to those who hear or read the speeches.
| certain Congressman feel 1t to be their duty to
express their views on the subject for the
| benefit Of their constituents Already there
! are over one hundred names of Congressmen
| who wish to speak on speaker Crisp's list. A
| number who voted for free silver in the last
! Congress-. and are now OK xpected to vote for the
unconditional repeal OF the Sherman act, in
| sisted before any agreement was reached that
| they should have an opportunity to explain to
propose to change their vote at this critical
| period. The President and his friends were
advised of this condition OF affairs. and they
felt that 1t was useless to try and force the
issue with undue haste under such circum-
stances. Congressman claim the privilege OF
explaining their votes In the Record.
Many friends Of the President think that he
acted wisely and iudiciously in absontng him
self from Washington ut this time. promi-
|
work to secure the unconditional repeal Of the
Sherman act had long talk with the Presi-
dent on the danger that might arise from out
side interference. either supposed or real
There is a large element in the House from
the South and West that become unreasonable
at the nero mention OF Wall street or tho ap-
pearahce Of a New York tlnancier in the corri-
dors Of the Capitol. More than dozen South
ern Congressman who refused to vote for
the repeal of the Sherman law in the last
Congress announced afterward that they
feared thoy might be charged with being
influenced by the lobby. headed by Henry
Willard. Don Dickinson. Josiah Quincy, aud
John c. Calhoun. The members Of the New
York delegation were handicapped By the
Congress. and they have advised the President
Then there is another element prepared to
charge every man who is supposed to represent
him self in favor OF unconditional repeal under
the existing circumstances. with being bribed
* was this t1 on ras s wsn
Representative Jason Brown Of Indiana who
voted for free Esr declared hs
look for further legislation on finance after
ward instantly It w9s a. reported that he WAS
certain Federal appointments and the promise
Of more.
liepresenta!iye Harry bingham Of Pennsyl-
vania. one of tho Republican leaders In the
House says the teruhiirans 90 not nronose to
before th. House. Nearly ali Of the old E1 mem:
hers on that sid are prepared to vote without
OF the new members Of the minority may wish
to express their views to their constituents
quickly quorum of the two houses, faded
away when the acreemgSnt for tw? weeks de-
Tonight there are not over e.half of the
members In Washington. some OF them have
taken advantage Of the fact that tho no other th
business can be transated IN in the mean time
to akS 5%n o & sS e or to
There is a general disposition in the Senate
can be taken until the House has disposed Of
the pebnIphG hS b series OF brief sessions will
The senate nat; DEM ocratis Caucus Committee
wn the the Rea mat
jorities will therefore begin Its lahors with
more deliberation than would otherwise have
been possible. and 1t is not expected that they
will perfect their work much hefore the House
has acted. The Finance Committee will prob
ably wait upon the action Of the Caucus Com
mittee and SO the silver question is not III ely
to iigui g In formal way in the proceedings
possible. and even probable le. that speeches will
bo delivered upon the subject: but II so, they
will be based upon some such resolution as
that introduced by Senator Lodge. calling for
q vote upon the repeal OF the silver purchase
section OF the sherman act, and not upon a bill
regularly reported from the Finance Commit
tee and ready for immediate action. There is
the time during the week by the discussion OF
the .ee- Mantle election case which Is in q
privileged position, and can be called up at
any time to the displacement Of other business.
Ono OF the nom bers OF the House Committee
on Rules. when asked about the prospects for
action on the rules. said that until the present
order had expired there was no need OF rules
debate with one over the adoption OF the rules.
even were the new code ready to be reported.
He added that the probabilities Were that the
rules In the House of the Fifty-second Con-
Gress. which had been referred to the COM
mittee for cOnsid Grafton. would not be ma
terially changed: in fact. he expected but few
chapges OF any nature from the system under
only one rule about which any general In
tsrest attaches-the one governing closure
The best obtainahle opinion is that there will
be no radical change from the rule in force
last Congress. which gave the House power to
end debate or prevent flibustering upon any
proposition whenever the majority so desired.