The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-28
(||Gl That Unconstitutional Repeal
Viii Garry the Day.
PRESSING CoHHIFFBg WORK.
,Wzn Oecupy the Attention Of Congress
Hhis wesk-whst the senate is Likely
IS - DO with the silver Repeal
MN.

~ WASHINGTON, Aug. 28-When the
house Of representatives next meets IL will
begin voting on the several propositions
. included within tho order adopted Is days
ego for the consideration and disposition
of tho silver question. The vote will be
taken hrst upon theproposition to provide
free coinage: of silver at ratio of 10 to l.
This failing. other ratios up to 20 to will
4e voted upon; then the house viii be
/. given an opportunity to say whether 1t
will restore the Bland Allison act Of 1873
or not All these are connected with the
repeal Of the silver purchasing clause Of
16oo That Is doomed In any event.
Finally assuming these having failed to
secure majority of the votes, the house
will face the naked issue of unconditional
repeal II h generally conceded that all
q the propositions relating to the coinage
nf silver will be defeated. and that tincon-
ditienal repeal will Be carried. only the
dstail Of ma5orities is In doubt.
On Tuesday the report of the committee
on rules, recommending the code for the
government Of the Fifty-third congress.
will be taksn mp. and 1t Is believed adopted
without much delay. There is no inten-
tion manifest at this time to antagonize
tho committees recommendations. and
after explanation of the effect of the pro-
posed changes by Mr.. Catchings and prob
ably some further observ ations by Messrs.
Heed and Burrows, the minority OF the
committee. q vote is expected.
Recess or Not?
After the rules have been adopted the
program in the house IL uncertain. A re-
cess for three d1ys may be taken, which
will give members and employees an OPP
portunity to recover from the unusual
and exhaustive strain of the past two
weeks. Or the house may determine to
continue In session that members may
present the bills already prepared and
W6iitjhg to b introduced. But whether at
obob 81. later In the week bill day will be
provided A ApnaIl avalanche IL expected
Of meebures which failed to SECURE favor
able sctlon In yprevious congresses. estab-
3ishlnesat once calendars Of considerable
mpGIftude. aha giving the new'commit-
tees plenty Of material for examination
ana report
Some important results are probable
from comnitlse action during the week.
The ways and means committee will meet
Tuesday, at whioh time a course of pro-
oeduSe viii probably be decided upon, in
cIuding such matters as the approximate
date when q tariff bill shall be reported,
whether the committee will give hearings
90 interested persons or not. and other de-
tails relating to the work with which it Is
charged, ChaiffdIan Wilson Is reported to
have prepared ! bill covering the subject
Of tariff revisioi, in general way, which
he will submit t1 the committee. There
arc also several bills on the subject ready
for the conmietee's consideration, notably
those Of the New York Reform club,
known q y. Hilary Anderson's and OF Ed
ward Atkihs64 Che well-known political
economfst Ct H6stdn.
On the ssy6e day the committee on
banking and c6rp6Sty will meet, with the
expectation Of concluding report upon
the bill Of Representative Tom. l.. john
son, providing for the exchange of national
bonds for currency at the demand OF the
holder. The committee, 1t Is believed,
will fav orsbly report the bill with an
nmendme n b Intended to protect the gold
of the treasury frstn raids from those who
receive currency for their bonds.
Some time In the course Of the week the
cotnmittss opf 46prcpriations will report
bills, 'pursuaiftlip the Recommendation Of
Secretary Carlisle for an appropriation Of
o300, 900 for continuing the re-coinage OF
fractional silver coin and an appropriation
Of ~. 4.8U0for distinctive paper for printing
treasury notes These matters must be
provided for speedily, If there Is to be no
otoppags of the work.
The senNte's Plans.
In the senate the work will probably be-
gin tamely, with the Mantle case in the
foreground. 1t has been agreed that a
vote shall be taken at O'clock today
upon the pending motion of Senator
Vance to lay.on the table Mr.. Mander-
.eon's motions to. reconsider the vote by
which tho senate declared that Mantle was
not entitled to q seat in Athe body. There
- some expectation that Sentor Morgan,
Who was absent when the last vote was
taken, will be inS his seat, and there is an
1ntimation that there has been a change
in the views OF some OF the senators who
voted against lMr Mantle's claim, but
few OF his friends are confident that the
decisi on Of the senate will be reversed.
Gorman will speak on the silver bill
Tuesday. The national bank extension
bill Is likely to be taken up at the first OPP
portuuity and rushed as rapidly as posi-
BILE. The Wilson bill is expected to reach
the senate not later than Tuesday 1t is
within bounds OF possibility that some
senator may create a turmoil at some
stage by cndeavoring to call up the
PETER resolution directed at the New York
banks, but this eau only be don by ma
1ority vote.