The morning call., 1893-09-01
SCORED A POINT.
Shrewd Device of the
Silver Men.
WILL HAVE FULL SWING.
1t Will Be Impossible Under the New
Rules TO Block Free Coinage
Legislation.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.-Ths silver men
stole march on their opponents in the
House to-day and gained victory which
makes it impossible for the gold men to
impede the consideration Of any bimetal-
lie or financial legislation that may be re-
ported by the committees on Coinage, and
Weights and Measures, and Banking and
Currency during the coming session. The
time-honOred custom in the House has
been To make reports from the committees
on Appropriations and Ways and Means
privileged matters at all times. and when
the new rules were being considered to-
day Springer, chairman of the Committee
on Banking and Currency, suddenly sprang
an amendment extending the same favor.
itism to the Committee OIL Banking and
Currency. Kilgore Immediately followed
with an amendment also including the
Committee on Coinage. and although the
amendments were sharply opposed they
were at last adopted by vote of 1873 ayes
to 90 noes. anu the original rule as
amended was adopted by vote Of nearly
2io1.
Not until it was all over did the members
of the House generally realize the i'm
mense victory gained by the bimetallists.
Under this rule the Committee on Coinage
can report a silver bill at any time aud
force its consideration by the House, and
the Committee on Banking and Currency
will enjoy the same facilities for forcing
its measures to vote in the House. Incl
dentally also the House, by the adoption
of these amendments, has broken away
from the leadership Of the Committee on
Rules, presided over by Speaker Crisp,
and declared that ii shall no longer be in
the power OF that committee to determine
whether free coinage bills shall be ac-
corded consideration or whether the atten-
ton of the House shall be directed to other
legislation.
The amendment to increase the mem ber-
ship OF the Committee on Rules was lost
An amendment was adopted giving the
Committee on Ways and Means jurisdic-
tion over all measures purporting to raise
revenue, and several other amendments
affecting the committee were lost.
The motion to strike from the proposed
rules the clause which permits the Speaker
to decide what Is a dildtory motion was
discussed at length. and was finally re-
jeeted.
An amendment was then offered which
puts il in the power of any member who
is iE charge of any proposition on the
floor to propose cloture at any time that
he thinks it advisable TO do so. The pre-
vious question was ordered on the amend
men,, and pending further action the
House adjourned.
Bland, chairman of the Coinage Com
mittee, said to-day: I'VE shall at some
time in the future present bill for the
free coinage of silver, but it will not be
until the excitement now prevailing has
Subsided."
1t is expected there may be test vote In
the Senate on the VOORHEES, motion TO dis
place the pending national bank bill by
the amended Wilson repeal bill. Silver
men regard the national bank bill as quite
as Objectionable as the repeal bill. but will
endeayor to keep it in its place to delay ac-
rion on the silver bill. If they succeed
they hope to kill 1t with kindness, by so
loading it with amendments as to make its
passage impossible. 1t therefore Is quite
possible vote on the question of prece-
dence may give an insight into the relative
strength of the silver and ant-silver forces
in the Senate