Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-08-17
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Resoluio ions Adopted at Caucus OF
Friends of Free Coinage.

Resolu ions Adopted at Caucus OF
Friends of Free Coinage.
WAsH1NGT, N, Aug. 9.-The caus
Gus of members OF the House OF
Representative who favor the free
coinage Of silver, which was called
yesterday by Mr.. Bland, was held
to-day in the hall OF the House,
lasting from II noon to 2 45 P, ID.
At the close it was officially an
nounced that the following resoin-
ton, cffered by Mr.. Boatner, OF
Louisiana, had been adopted by 2
unanimous vote:
Res0zved, That we will support
a bill repealing the purchasing
clause of the Sherman act, and cons
currently providing for the iree
and untraa melled coinage of sill
YER with ihll legal tender quality
on such a PATIO as will provide aud
maintain The parity between god
and silver.
ResoIved, That committee Of
seven be appointed by the chair.
man of this conference to draft and
introduce such bill aud take pros
per steps to secure the free and full
discussion and consideration there
of, and a vote of the House upon
the bill and all proper amend
ments.
The committee pr ,vided ior in
the foregoing resolution was com
posed as follows: Meesrs. Bland,
Sibley, Boatner, Lane, Bankhead,
Bryan and Bailey. By vote Of the
caucus, Judge Culberson was added
to the committee.
When the caucus met it was cs-
timated that there were about
forty mem bers of the House in the
hall, but during the two and threea
quarter hours the caucus was in
session, about one hundred mem
bers were admitted. Estimates OF
the number in attendance ranged
from sixty to one hundred and
twenty-fve-the clerks of the csus
Gus fxiEg the number at ninety
three, and Mr.. Bland saying he
counted over one hundred.
Mr.. Culberson, of Texas, was
elected chairman OF the caucus and
Mr. Sibley, of Pennsylvania, the
only Democrat present from the
Eastern States, Secretary. The
only Republican present was Mr..
Bowers, Of California. The Popu-
lists were represented by Mr.. Jerry
Simpson and Mr.. Kepn, of Ne
braska. The attendance upon the
caucus can hardly be regarded as a
test of the strength of the silver
forces in the House, for the reason
given by Mr.. Enloe, of Tennessee,
That reason was that the Demo-
cratic party was charged by the
people with the duty of legislating
so as to remedy the depression in
all branches OF business. A Dem
ocratic caucus and not a mixed
conference, should have been called
o talk over the situation and to
formulate a plan of relief, OF the
entire Tennessee delegation-many
of whom are in favor of free coins
age-but one (Cox) was present at
the conference. This same thing
was true of number of free silver
men from other States, who did
not desire to seem to separate
themselves from their respective
rparty organizations, even on this
sguastion.
Reports from members after the
caucus adjourned agreed tha: nc
differences of opinion were dis,
-cussed in the progress of the dis.
cussion, The question OF the ratio
for the coinage of silver was not
discussed except incidentally, anc
as will be noticed, no specific figure
was named in the resolution.
Speeches we're rnade by Messrs
,Cnlberson, Bland, Hatch and
Heard, OF Missouri; Grain and
Bailey, of Texas; Simpson, of Kan
.sas; Oates and Bankhead of Alab
anna; Bryan, Of Nebraska; Sibley
of Pennsylvania; Boatner anc
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