The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-08-10


time was consumed in the expression of iudi-
vidual views which clearly demonstrated
that each element in the party was firmly
welded to its own notions. One of the
senators, who occupies an important and high
position in the finance commit ee, and
whose leaning toward free silver is pro-
nounced, declared positively, You can set
it down as a certainty that the Sherman
act will not be repealed Internationally. +"
On the other hand some senators who have
sided with the president, said rather des-
pOndently that while no tangible advance
had been made toward point where the
party could be regarded as united, they
had not abandoned hope that the efforts in
that direction might not eventually result
in success.
1t is gathered from this that the con-
ditional repeal proposition is gaining in
strength, and that certain of the ultra
silver men are preparing to follow in the
direction indicated by the leaders in the
silver caucus in the house yesterday,
namely, towards repeal with free coinage
on an increased ratio. 1t was rather
significant fact that the silver men ap-
peared to have less anxiety than their op-
ponents about the result of the caucus, as
senators were discussing the situation, a
number of them leaving the room and
going to the restaurant, where they
calmly INDUCED in luncheon, apparently
unconcerned as to what was going N in
the chamber above.
Neither party in the senate has ever been
able to caucus with complete success on
the subject of silver, and yesterdays eau
Gus was no exception to the rule. So, after
exhausting the possibilities of debate, the
caucus fell back upon the oft tried expe-
dent of delegating to committee the
task of endeavoring to arrange a plan of
business that should be satisfactory to all
sides. Mr.. German, the chairman of the
caucus, was authorized to appoint this COM
mittee, and the caucus itself adjourned
subject to his call, which will bo issued as
soon as the committee has reached an
agreement and is pr epRred to submit
report for action.
After the adjournment of the caucus
Mr.. German repaired to the room of the
committee on appropriations and called
into consultation Senators Blackburn,
Gray, Ransom and Voorhees, Senator
Cockrell was invited to remain In the
room. All of these senator's with the ex-
ception of Senator Gray, were members of
the Democratic caucus committee of the
last session, and, although Mr.. German
had not yet made his appointments, their
presence gave color to the expectation that
they would be named as members of the
caucus committee.
The caucus of members of the house
who favor the free coinage of silver
adopted the following resolution by
unanimous vote:
"Resolv ed, That we will support a bill
repeating the purchasing clause of the
Sherman act and concurrently providing
for the free and untrammeled coinage of
silver, with full legal tender quality, on
such ratio as will provide and maintain
the parity between gold and silver"
A committee of seven was appointed TO
draft and introduce such bill The COM
mittee is composed as follows; Messrs.
Bland, Sibiey, Boatner, Lane, Bankhead,
Bryan, Bailey and Culberson.
When the caucus met it was estimated
that there were about forty members of
the house in the hall, but during the time
caucus was in session about 100 members
were admitted. Estimates of the number
in attendance ranged from 60 to 125-the
clerk of the caucus fixing the number at
93 and Mr.. Bland saying he counted over
100. Many known silver men failed TO
attend