Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-08-18
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Bimetalism Wins the Day in the
Senate Committee The House
POlIed Again.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.-The senate fl
nance committee met yesterday. There
has been, from the day the committee
first met, difference between the silver
and anti-silver men that apparently could
been free discussion of the matter, theiI
differances are no nearer settlement than
when the conference began. The attitude
of the chairman, Mr.. Voorhees,, yester-
day, gave the silver men on the commit
tee little hope, for be said he would
vote to report favorably the repeal bill,
providing there was declaration coup
led with it declaring for bimetallism.
The bill, when reported, will contain
such declaration, and the vote by which
it will be reported is estimated by men,
bers of the committee at six to five, the
minority consisting of Senators Harris,
Vest, Vance, Jones, of Arkansas, and
Jones, of Nevada.
When the committee adjourned all
had been substantially agreed upon but
the verbiage of the bill, and particularly
the language of the declaration in favor
of bimetallism. When it is reported the
chairman will ask that day be fixed for
the taking of the vote and the suggestion
will be made that this day be almost i'm
mediately after the conclusion Of the vote
in the house.
REPUBLICANS WILL AID.
A poll of the house has been practically
completed by the canvassers in the in
terest of the anti-silver faction, which is
said to show majority of twenty-seven
in favor of the unconditional repeal of
the purchasing clause as provided in the
Wilson bill. On the other hand, Mr.. Bland
says there are representatives who may
vote against the bill at any ratio, who will
not vote to wholly abolish silver as money
metal, which would be the effect, he says,
of the passage of the Wilson bill.
Mr.. Harter's doubt as to the vote on
the proposition to coin silver at 20 to
is said to be due to information given to
the anti-silver committee that there are
over forty Republicans who will vote for
established coinage at that ratio. Mr..
Bland, however, believes the ratio of 16
to l will be stronger in the main.
The repeal Democrats readily concede
that they must have Republican votes,
and have asked for aid in the discussion
now progressing.
CAN THEY HOLD ouTf
The extraordinary vigor with which
the silver debate opened in the house
raises question of physical endurance
as to whether the pace can be maintained
for the fourteen days prescribed in the
resolution adopted with the existing con-
ditions of rainless, sultry weather. The
Bland resolution provides for about sixty
one-hour speeches and about 100 FIVE
minute eeches--or 160 opportunities
for oratorY to be distributed in house
of 356 members.
MASSACHUSETTS VIEW.
The experienced Senator Hoar, of
Massachusetts, whose judgment of events
in Washington is not surpassed, be-
lieves that both houses will pass bill
for the unconditional repeal of the silver
purchase clause, and that the president
will sign it. He makes the reservation,
however, that this will not be accom-
plished except through promises by the
president, upon which the Democrats of
the senate will rely, that he will not ap-
prove measures of mischievous financial
legislation afterward.
NATIONAL NOTES.
Everything is chaos, and who will pre-
dict what will come out of chaos?" This
was the reply of Tom Reed to the in
quiry as to what the result of the silver
legislation is to be.
"The bill for the unconditional repeal
Of the silver purchase clause of the Sher-
man law will never 60 to the president.
That is as certain as anything can be.
The senate is as stable as rock" said
Senator Pugh, of Alabama, chairman of
the judiciary committee.