The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-24
REPEAL GAINING STRENGTH.
FREE COINAGE AMENDMENTS DOOMED
10 DEFEAT Nv THE HOUSE

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strnightout Majority for Re,eni In the
Senate ana the PassnEr orthe Biii Can ne
| Delayed OnIy by Fiiibu.tering Tactics
Lively Struggle Over PETERS Resoiu-
| ton Against the Bnnk.-srnator IIuI,s
Fart In the Dcbnte-Mr. Gorn,ne DE.
ciarcd that " PETERS Resolution wa,
| Carried Out II Would Close Every Ra.ss
| In the Country-Four New York Mem.
hers speak Tor Repeal In the House.
| WAsHINGToN, Aug. 22-The long debate In
the House Of Representatives on the silver
| question will end on Saturday night in n
Veritable blaze Of glory. A programme has
been arranged which amends tho original
order OF procedure SO that there will he two
days OF debate under the five. minute rule in.
stead OF three. and Saturday reserved for
grand roundup. and n series OF speeches from
the leaders and spread-eagle orators on both
sides Of tho House. The session on Saturday
will last until late at night. and in it's closing
| hours there Will be an exhibition OF oratorical
| pyrotechnics such as is seldom witnessed In
| Congress.
Arrangements are being made to handle one
| OF the largest crowds ever gathered in tho Cap.
| itol Among tho orators on Saturday will be
the leader OF the House. William J.. Wilson.
| Bourke Cochran. Col Fellows. Tom Reed.
| S#buT burrows, anu many Otn0rHp
| while Chairman Bland OF tho Coinage Com.
| mittee. who opened the debate for the silver
| men. will have the honor OF closing It in a Sec
| ond speech. Col. Fellows was to have spoken
yesterday, but changed his mind. and will
speak his little speech on Saturday night be-
| Tore an audience that ought to be an inspira.
ton to any public speaker.
| Tho repealers have had count of noses to.
Gay, and rs result they announce that the
strongest proposition to be brought forward
| by the silver men an amendment to tho re-
peal bill will be defeated by majority of
| something like forty votes They do not Mt
tempt to give the names OF the members who
| Will vote ono way or the other. but they lump
| them together They calculate that there will
| be about thirty Republicans who will vote with
| the silver men against the Administration
| measure. and that on the final vote on the pas
sage OF the Wilson repeal bill the majority Of
the anti-silver men will be largely increased.
| 1t is probable that the repeaers are about
right in their estimates. During the past few
| days there has appeared to he some danger
| that the Republicans from certain OF the West
| ern States would organize an opposition to Q
repeal bill that would endanger its PASSAGE,
| but that danger seems to have passed away
Phe speech yesterday OF Congressman Hep
| burn. who was President Harrisons Solicitor
of the Treasury. was perhaps the strongest
| antirepcal argument. politically. at least
| that has been m ade during the progress OF the
| debate Mr.. Hepburn announced that he
| should vote against repeal. and called the at.
| tention OF his Republican colleagues to the
| fact that the Sherman law is piece OF Rcpub.
| lican legislation. and that in voting to repeal
| 1t the Republicans would DO simply playing
| intosthe hands Of President Cleveland. and
| aiding him in his efforts to shit the issue
| from the tariff to the financial question. and
get his party out OF very embarrassing
situation. Mr.. Hepburns speech made
| deep impression upon those Western
and y
aspeclous argument. political and otherwise.
by Uncle Joe Cannon Of Illinois. who never APP
horter than he did to-day in picturing to his
fellow Representatives. the unpaatabie feastto
them hem Mr. Cannon announced that he. too.
wohid vote against repeal. and was somewhat
wa; stated today BY one Of 't the best
posted in the HG%se that il Can
Hon they hey aosd WtsoU9 seroS SsSe deufS
organize movement among the members
bin that wod Il nos
defeat it They will not organize such move
men They viii 9n ter sne%
unwise to provoke inctionai hight In their
own party on question that they think be;
be many votes against repeal cast by the Re-
publican mentors from Kansas. Iowa. Illinois.
say that that the most Of the hepupio S Votes
will be cast with tho anti silver men.
termined what programme to follow after the
silver questions shall have been disposed OF on
70 be ts ss " M Be-
ed and adjournment taken for three days at Q
time In order IN, that the eyes Of the people may
pressure thus brought TO bear to- Sc
cure prompt action in that body Some
OF the House members arc arguing that
1t would be better to remain in session for the
purpose OF considering some Of the numer9us
OF the repeal of the sherman net that have
been and will be introduced to Mr.. springsr's
prevaiing opinion. however seems to favor
the plan Of ADJOURNMENT from day to day to
s dy the acs hs h
with the Senate to make their action effective.
In the senate no attsmpt VII be made IA to en-
bill until after the House shall have taken ac-
ton; i will then be decided whether n, to make
OF whatever legislation the Senate Is to enact.
It will OF course, be necessary for the repeal
Of the antl.repealers by some skiiml and
desp.laid plot Of parliamentary tactics.
tlons by which they hope to prevent a direct
vote on the question OF repeal, or to- enact
thni be- given n in re should
that question come sIuarely before the senate:
hs Es Gs nss sst
strongly In their favor that i cannot possibly
be resisted. They claim u straight out major
ity In their favor. although they do not show
the figures upon which the ella IN is based.
Moreover. they now state with strong en-.
phasis that. after the House shall have passed
the Wilson bill. the pressure OF the people will
be so great upon those Senators who are now
supposed to be against repeal that they will
should, tho Vice. President viii DO justified In
ignorring their protest and bringing h the
man act, to, vote There are good
OF repeal. because 1t is apparent that several
OF the most radical OF the free silver, men are
beginning To- admit that their hope OF success
Is not as iiatter,nG as It WAS earlier Ia the con-
stance. one OF the most enthusiastic free coins
age men and iQpullst OF high degree admit:
ted to- dag that he did not think that he and
his free coinage Colleagues would be justified
In Fl ibustering. and that. in his opinion. the
friends OF repeal have n small majority In the
Senate. This was, a very significant re-
mark for Senator lrbyto make, and indicates
that tho free coinage Senators will no, DO able
ton as they had hopedto. The irreconcilables.
however like Teller, Wolcott. Cockrell, Du-
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