The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-08
SHERMAN LAW TO STAND
REPUBLICANS MORE POLITICAL
THAN PATRIOTIC.

They Prefer to Throw the Response
bility for the Repeal of the Law on
President Cleveland's Administra-
ton TO Giving the Country Speedy
Relef-With Their Help the Demo
Gratis Would Repeal the Law.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-All day long the
democrats Of the House, who, under the in-
spiration of Mr.. Cleveland, have been work
ing so zealously to secure the repeal Of the
silver purchase law, were busy maturing
their plans for Thursday, when the fate Of
the movement will be determined in the
House. If the republicans of the House
could be depended upon to support the
movement there could be no doubt Of it's
success. for the personal canvass made by
It's leaders shows enough democrats In
favor Of 1t to give a majority
if the republicans, excepting the
out and out free coinage men,
would vote with them But the republicans
of the House, like the republicans of the
Senate, are still playing politics and unless
they completely change their position within
the next thirty-six hours a majority Of
them will vote on Thursday, as a majority
of the republican senator's did on yesterday,
against practical effort TO stop the silver
purchases.
THE PROGRAMME.
The leaders Of the repeal movement
agreed to-day that when, on Thursday
morning, Mr.. Catohings called up the rule
reported by the committee on rules
setting apart Thursday and Friday
| for the consideration OF the An-
drew-Cate bill and demanded the
| previous question on its adoption Mr.. Bacon
| of New York, chairman of the banking
committee. which reported the Andrew
| Gate bill, should oppose the demand for the
| previous question, and that they should
| then try to vote it down in order that Mr..
| Bacon might offer on their behalf an
amendment fixing either or o'clock on
| Friday as the hour at which the debate
| should be closed, and vote should be taken
| without delay. or course the vote on the
motion for the previous question will
decide the matter. II 1t is not voted
| down the Andrew-Cate bill may
be discussed, but it will never be acted
| upon. Every man who wants the silver
purchases stopped, whether he be demo
crat or a republican, will have just this one
| opportunity to strike an effective blow at
this session in the House.
DON'T WANT A DIRECT VOTE.
The leaders or the repeal movement are
| right In saying that a majority of the
| House, IL forced to vote directly on the
| question, would vote 30 stop the silver
| purchases. But they cannot get a majority
to vote to bring about a vote on the
| direct proposition, without the support of
/ all the republicans excepting the silverites
and this they have no expectation Of
| getting. Twenty-one was the outside esti-
mate of one of the republican leaders, who
himself will vote against the previous
question, when asked to-day how many re
| publicans would vote in that way. 1t may
be that the number is larger than this, but
there is no reason to suppose that it is a ma
| jority of the republicans side. Some of the
| republicans, who will not vote against the
previous question, make the ples
that it is too late to do any
thing, but most Of them say frankly
shat their object is to throw
the matter over on the democratic ad-
ministration. The more Mr.. Cleveland
urges action the more the republicans are
| disposed to think that it would be gooC
| politics to leave the matter on his hands
especially since they have heard that II
/ may compel en- extra session.