The morning call., 1893-08-11
LINES OF BATTLE.
How the Fight Will Be
Made.
DETERMINED SILVER MEN.
Their Leaders Are Very Wary
Men of War.
MR. BLAND WILL YIELD NOTHING.
Cleveland Deserts the Field, Leaving
the Campaign for Gold in Dan
LamOnt's Hands.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.


surely the lines of battle are heing drawn
on the financial question, and before an
other day passes the country will pl obably
be acquainted with the full plan of proceed
ure, for it is believed a scheme has been
finally evolved to-day which is likely to
win the approval Of the majority of all
elements. Tonight all the indications
point TO a drawn battle on the floor of the
House without reference of the question
to the Committee on Coinage. Weights and
Measures. Bland readily acquiesces in
The proposed programme to fight the bat
tie out on the floor in committee of the
whole, and TO this arrangement the anti
silver men of course agree.
Two bills, on which will turn all the
discussion of the financial question, were
to-day fully prepared and are ready for
presentation. The one drawn by the
anti-silver men IS brief and to the point.
1t tersey provides for the unconditional
repeal of so much of the act Of July IA.
$780, as directs the purchase of 1900 600
ounces of silver bullion and the issuing of
treasury notes thereon. The measure
drawn By the free-coinage people is
longer and is unique in being drawn in
manner which will develop the greatest
possible strength of the free-coiuage
element in the House. The first portion
of the bill provides that all holders of 500
or more of silver bullion of standard
weight shall be entitled to have the same
coined into silver dollars at the min is of
the United States The dollars so coined
are to be legal tender for all debts, dues
and demands. both public and private.
and any holder of silver dollars may at
his discretion deposit the same in the
United States treasury and receive silver
certificates for them. The number of
grains of silver to be contained in a
tandard dollar is 10 be determined on the
floor of the House. The closing section
Of the bill provides briefly for the repeal of
the Sherman purchasing clause.
The bill drawn by the free coinage men
is regarded by their opponents, as we'll as
by their friends. as the strongest measure
that could possibly be presented on their
behalf. The question of ratio being left
to the House, the silver men allege that no
excuse will he given to falteripg free
coinage men for the abandonment OF their
principles
1t the opponents of free coinage have the
numerical strength they can, of course,
successively strike out every section of the
bill relating to free coinage and leave only
the last section, which provides for the
mediate repeal of the Sherman pur-
chasing clause.
The great question still to be deter
mined is which of the two bills is to have
priority of consideration. The silver men
fea; that If the repeating bill should be
first taken up, the free coinage amend
ments, which would naturally be pro-
posed, might under strict Interpretation
of parliamentary law be declared not ger
name to the subject under consideration,
the main question being that of repeal.
To guard against such a ruling and to in
sure votes on all propositions to be pre-
sented by the silver men. the latter de-
mand that the bill or the free coinage
measure, which also contains a clause re-
pealiDg the purchasing act, shall be given
priority. but nobody knows whether the
anti-silverites are prepared to grant this,
or to grant anything.
Carlisle was visitor to the Capitol this
morning, and establishing himself in the
library. he sent for Cochran, Tracey and
Raynor. who left the conference to attend
the summons.
Carlisle is credited with advising the
aDti-sllver men to insist on unconditional
repeal of the purchase clause of the oher-
man law and to reach vote on the SUBJ
ject AS soon as possible
Speaker Crisp and Secretary Carlisle.
who was Crisp's Democratic predecessor in
the speakership, were in close consuta
tion for time. They confined themselves
to the discussion Of rule to be adopted
for the government of the House. The
administration, it is said, feels the neces-
sity Of the House passing such rules as
will permit speedy action on the financial