Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-08-20
THE SILVER FIGHT.

that there was in the Senate a cleal
| majority for the unconditional re-
peal of the Sherman act and for a
time there was high glee among the
goldbug, but they sobered up after a
time and confessed that perhaps they
had been little premature.
No great terror would seize the sill
yer men, however, should the bill re-
ported be for unconditional repeal.
A careful poll of the Senate to-day
gives majority of seven for free
coinage and against unconditional
repeal. These are silver figures,
1T Is tue, but all the doubtful ones
like Voorhees, were left out of the
calculation. that is, they were put on
the gold side.
Senator Dubois is so sure of the
silver position that he said hight:
81 should like nothing better than
to have direct vote on the plain
position of repeal. We would win,
and then the people would know ex>
actly the nature of the measure de-
feated and the sentiments of the
Senate, about which there Is now so
much contradictory gossip, would be
clearly set forth. The silver men in
the Senate are for free coinage at 10
to l and nothing else"
When Senator Jones came out of
the Finance Committee room this
afternoon he said that there had
been no definite agreement to bring
IN bill. He was then told of the
pool of the Senate which
gave the gold men a clear majority
of nine with three others doubtful.
and he said: ~ listen with amaze
ment at the statements made by
some men to-day who expressed
other sentiments only a short time
ago. l am surprised and cannot IN
derstand it. No, | cannot tell you
what effort public patronage has on
individuals. Each must be
his own judge in that respect"
All the silver Senators-t that is,
Jones, Stewart, Teller, Wolcott,
Shoup, Dubois and Power-were
to- day and all agreed
that the fight would be prolonged
until unconditional repeal was
beaten, and they served notice upon
the gold men that it was war to the
knife without respect to the wishes
IF the New York bankers and with
out care as to what becomes of |
hem. They confess that there are
Southern silver Senators, like Mills |
If Texas, who will betray their trusts
md follow the administration.
The programme of the gold men
II the Senate in brief is this: They
will bring enough influence to bear
lpon the weakened Southern
Democrats to give them a majority
md then pass bill for uncon ditional
epeal with a declaration at the end
n favor of bimetallism. This dec
aratIon will be in the nature of a
promise to pass some kind of silver
MEASURE during the regular session,
which promise Will be carefully
vaded in the future.
In the House the little SNOWFALL
oiled by the silver Republicans has
eSeloped into good-sized sphere.
o show how much progress has
cen made the case of Michigan has
cen cited. There are seven Re
ublicans i'll the delegation, and it is
aid that surely four of them, pos
IDLY five and possibly six, will vote
gainst unconditional repeal. Only
ne Is now positively known to ia
or the measure, he being Bur
oughs. OF the four Democrats left,
Judge Chapman having died to- day,
lree are counted for free silver.
Similar figures are reported from
Their States, though there have not
1T been enough gains, according to
fair estimate made to-day, to beat
[r. Cleveland and his pet msasuae.
There was under discussion in the
reasury Department to-day al
heme involving many figures and
UGH that is cemdhrehensible only \
a statlsician, but which reduce to
ain fgarss is this; There is in the
about 6000 tons of silver
lllion against which silver certif- -
ties, have been issued The silver
rti6cates, according to law, repre-