The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-06-28
MUST WALTON CONGRESS
The Cabinet Discusses the
New Silver Conditions.
MAY HASTEN The EXTRA SESSION

It Is Understood That the President is,
However, Inclined 20 wait-Congross.
men Opposed to Any DeIay-A noted
Finanoier's Opinions-lndia Influenced
Against Silver by This Country.
WASHINGTON, June 29 Two hours
were consumed by the Cabinet yesterday in
discussing the new phase of the silver
question and other matters demanding at
tention. The two conferences Monday
afternoon and evening between the Presi-
dent and Secretary Carlisle simplified
matters to some extent. Although the
discussion, it is said took wide range,
it was necessarily brought back to one i'm
portant and unmanageable point-that
the Executive had no power in the premi-
ses Congress alone being able to deal with
the measures for relief.
1t was plain to the Cabinet that the
monthly purchase of silver must be CON
tinued, or else Congress must be convened
in special session Immediately As the
President had decided to call Congress
together in the early part Of September.
to deal with the financial situation, and
manifested no intention of changing his
purpose, the project Of an earlier session
of Congress, it is understood, was dropped
So far as he continuance Of the purchase
Of silver bullion under the Sherman law
was concerned, it was pointed out that
little more than two months remained be-
fore Congress would convene in extra ses-
sion and that during the intervening time
the silver to be purchased would be only
nine million ounces, a comparatively
small amount in view of the previous pur.
oh hot 4,
the question was to await the course Of
events for two months longer was gener-
ally agreed to and it was with this view
dominant that the meeting adjourned.
From the comparatively few Congress.
men in the city the following views have
been obtained. Representative Anderson
of West Virginia said the action of the
Indian government greatly embarrassed
the situation here. He was a free silver
man, but he believed the conditions at this
time would have to be considered in any
legislation on the subject; that we could
not legislate on the conditions of ten or
twelve years ago, and that Congress would
have to act in accordance with things as
they find them, and not upon theories
He thought great many of the silver men
were disposed to agree to some compro-
mise, but the matter of detail could not
leJ De ueJ6ILllueu on.
Representative Meredith of Virginia said
matters were complicated for the silver
men. He thought the Sherman law would
be repealed, but he did not care to guess
as to the character of the substitute for it,
'This action on the part of the Govern
ment of India, said Mr. Boatner of Louisi
ana, ''throws good many more difficult
ties in the way of free coinage. have
no doubt that had not this been brought
about Mr.. Cleveland would, during the
next session Of Congress, have had
free coinage bill presented to him for his
sanction or his veto l cannot tell, and no
one can as yet 1 think, how much the
demonitzation of silver in India will
affect this situation. think that Congress
should have been called together in April
and now we should get together as soon as
possible"
Representative Oates of Alabama says
he is hopeful of a speedy settlemtnt of the
| financial question when Congress meets
He anticipates, of course, that there will
be considerable trouble and that members
will be inclined to hold firmly to the the
ories they have been presenting all along
| but that the commonsense of the situation
! is to do something to meet the conditions.