The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-10
vote of the house upon the bill and
all proper amendments"

o vote OF the house upon the bill aud
all proper amendments"
The committee provided for in the
resolution was named as iollows:
Messrs, Bland, Sibley, Boatner, Lane,
Bankhead, Bryan and Bailey, Mr.. Cul.
beEtson was afterwards added to the
committee.
Reports from members alter the
caucus adjourned agreed that no differ
ences OF opinion were disclosed in tho
progress OF the discussion. The Ques.
tion OF the ratio for the coinage OF sill
yer was not discussed except
ly and as will be noticed no specific fg.
ure was named in the resolution.
Speeches were made by Judge Culber-
son, Messrs, Bland, Hatch and Heard,
OF Missouri; Grain and Bailey, Of Texas;
Simpson, OF Kanaas; Oates and Bank
head, OF Alabama Bryan, OF Nebraska;
Slbley, Of Pennsylvania; Boatner and
Blanchard, OF Louisiana and others, all
in support Of the object for which the
caucus had been called.
Besides the action reported, motion
by Mr.. Bland was adopted, apthoEiz.
ing the appointment OF committee OF
"whips, one from each state, whose
duty 1t shall be to canvass the house,
discover such members standing upon
the proposed bill and see that every
friend OF the measure Is in his seat
and ready to vote when tho time comes.
This committee has not yet been
named.
Mr.. Bland stated after the caucus
that it had been in every respect satis-
factory to the friends Of FREQ silver
coinage. The steering committee,
which had been named, he said, would
probably meet the committee OF anti-sil.
ver men tomorrow and discuss tho do
tails of the discussion to be had upon
the bill outlined in the resolution
adopted.
1--WE will require ample time" re-
marked Mr.. Bland, "to carry out the
terms Of the resolution, and do not
see how II will be possible to come to o
vote under q month, or probably six
weeks. cannot tell when tho commit
tee will have its bill ready to present to
the house. The question OF the ratio
to be inserted in the bill was not dis.
cussed, butt is apparent that some OF
the free silver men are satisfied that
the present ratio OF IL to / should be
changed. We shall probably vote upon
the present ratio OF l6 to !, and II that
is defeated then IL to /, aud so on up
to 20 to /, II necessary"
In the course Of the session Mr..
Bland presented the terms OF the prop
osition made to him by Bourke Cock.
ran on behalf OF the anti.silverites, for
an immediate discussion Of the whole
silver question. This proposition, it 10
understood, included a limitation OF the
time within which vote should be
taken, the number OF amendments to
be offered to tho measure introduced for
discussion aud the manner OF disposing
Of them, etc. 1t could be made etfec.
tive only, OF course, by consent Of the
silver men, and that they might have
an opportunity to considerit was one Of
the principal reasons tor holding to-
days caucus. Every ono who talked
about the proceedings this afternoon
avoided any mention OF the views OF the
members upon the subject, but the
tenor Of them may be fairly judged by
the language OF the resolution adopted
and that OF Mr.. Bland The inference
seems that the proposition OF the anti
silver men was not acceptable to the
advocates OF FREQ coinage, and that for
the present, at least, there will be no
general consent" arrangements for di-
recting the discussion Of the bill to re.
peal the Sherman law.