The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-08-31
SILVER REPEAL
Passed the House by an Over
heIning Majority-24o to 100.
THE ELL NOW GOES TO THE SENATE
WHERE THE OUTLOOK is PROMISING.

Free Coinage of silver.
Ratio. Yeas. Nays.
= = to 1.................... ~ 1Ss 20 20
~ TO l... w 90
~ 70 io oo SO
~ 20 I..... loo SIo
To Revive Bland Act.................. l5o Zl3
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.-The prompt
ness with which the free silver forces
were defeated in the House to-day is
beyond precedent. The vote by which
the Wilson bill repeating the silver pur-
chase clause of the Sherman law, was
passed is said, by the old officials OF the
House, to be the largest ever reported.
Of the 1856 members of the House of Rep
resentatives 24O voted in the affirmative
and ITO in the negative. Only five mem
bers were absent, the smallest number
remembered, and their was only one
pair-between Messrs. Shell Of South
Carolina, and Graham of Brooklyn, N.
Y. Mr.. Shell is in a hospital, slowly re-
covering from injuries received from
cable car last week, and Mr.. Graham is
seriously ill at his home.
The majority by which the Wilson
bill passed the House-131-surpassed
the most sanguine expectations of the
anti-free silver men, while it amazed
the advocates of unlimited free coinage.
Mr.. Cummings, chairman of the COM
mittee of anti-free silver men which has
been devoting itself to the task of the
House, said last night that he believed
the bill would pass by majority of 60.
At 80 O'Clock this afternoon, just an
hour before the last member answered
to his name, Mr.. Cummings hopes had
risen to the belief that the majority
would be 100
Hon, VIM l.. Wilson the Leader.
There were few surprises in the list of
the standing and select committees of
the House of Representatives as an
nounced by Speaker Crisp. The assign
ments are as whole favorably COM
mented upon. The Speaker has taken
care to organize the principal commit
tees in such a way that they would work
tremendously ia the same line as the
able in the important committee on
Ways and Means, the majority members
of which are men whose ideas of the
reform of the tariff closely coincide with
those of the President As had been
generally anticipated, Mr. Wilson, of
West Virginia, who has the complete
confidence of the President in tariff mat
ters, was given the Craftsmanship OF this
committee, and by virtue of that fact
becomes the leader of the House. Mr..
Springer is given the craftsmanship OF
the committe of banking and currency,
an important place, but one he is not
satisfied with and which he is probably
not pa ticularly well qualified to fill.
Either Mr., Rayner, of Maryland, or Mr..
i Sperry, of Connecticut. would have been
better suited for that place. The ap-
1 pointment of either one of these men
might have given the business interests
of the country more confidence in the
wisdom of whatever legislation that com.
mittee may propose for the improve.
ment Of the banking and currency laws
of the country. Mr.. Sperry is on the
committee, but is not at its head.
MIR. HOLMAN DEPosED
Mr.. Holman, "the Watchdog of the
Treasury, is left off the appropriations
committee entirely, and Mr.. Sayers, OF
Texas, is made chairman in his stead. II
the people who have schemes they want
to work through the committee imagine
there is no watch dog about in the alb
sence of Judge Holman they will be
greatly fooled. Mr.. Savers is as much Of
an economist as Mr. Holman, as every
one knows who has watched his career
in the House and on the appropriations
committee He is a man of somewhat
broader views, however, than Mr.. Hol-
man, and his admirers say he will apply
the pruning knife to appropriation bills
with more discretion than did his pre-
decessor. Judge Holman is given the
craftsmanship of the committee on Indian
affairs. Mr.. Bland is put at the head OF
the committee on coinage, weights and
measures again, and the committee is
given, as in the last House, a Majority in
favor of the free coinage of silver. That
is matter of small moment, however,
at this time when the bill for the repeal
of the Sherman law is going through
under a special order without having
been sent to the committee at all.
age majority Mr.. Crisp has put some OF
the ablest sound money men in the
House on 1t, and if at any time in the
present Congress bill for the coinage
of light weight dollars is reported from
that committee Messrs. Rayner, Of Mary
land; Harter. of Ohio, and Tracy, of
New York, with the assistance of other
sound money men on the committee,
can be counted upon to hand in lninori-
ty report that will command the respect
of the House and 60 long way in the
direction of preventing any unwise legis-
lation in regard to the coinage of money.
Less Business and Smaller Salaries.
There has been a noticeable decrease
in both the freight and passenger bus
mess of the Richmond and Danville Rail
road since the recent depression in the
money market. AS a consequence there
| is rumor-and it seems to have pref
ty good basis-that a general reduction
of salaries and possible reduction In the
clerical forces will shortly follow. AS
! vet, no official orders relative to the sub
ject have been received, and probably
none will come until the monthly earn
ings of tie system have been announc-