St. Paul daily globe., 1893-08-28
TOOAY'S BIG BATTLE.
The House to Vote en- Silver
at Noon.
RAT70 PR0f0SiTIGNS D00MED.
The Wilson Bill Certain Of a
Majority.
THE SENATE rs ALSO SAFE,
And the Debate Will Not Be
ProtPaeted.
The SITUATl0N REVIEWED.

S3ccinl to the GLOBE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-The spread
eagle Oral0ry in tiie American house of
representatives is over, and tonight the
''repealers" rest On their arms after 4
good fight of two weeks, assured of a
substantial victory. When the house
meets tomorrow at noon it will begin
voting upon the several PROPOSITIONS
included within the order adopted fit-
teen DAYS ago for the consideration and
disposal of the silver pure hase question.
The vote will be taken inst upon the
proposition 10 provide free coinage Of
silver al a ratio OF Is to l. This faiiing.
other ratios up 10 % 20 l will be voted
upon; then the house will be given an
opportunity to say whether or not it will
restore the BlandAlliSOn act of 1878.
All these are connected with the repeal
OF the llveI-purchasing clause of the
Sherman law of 1880. That is doomed
i'll any event. Finally, all these having
failed. assuming that they will face the
naked issue o: unconditional repeal, it
is generally conceded that all of the
propositions relating to the coinage of
silver will De defeated and that uncon-
ditional
Repeal EVill Be Carried.
Only the detail of majoriteS is in
doubt. The great danger has been that
it would be impossible to secure an early
vote in the senate. ut this fear has
been removed. There is 4 large major
ity III the senate lii favor of immediate
action. whatever may be the result. and
at least round dozen silver senators
will content themselves with voting
against repeal and Will vigorously op-
pose any attempt 10 pr0lOng debate.
These gentlemen have all zone on rec
ord in speeches which have been made
primarily for circulation in their states.
and all freely acknowledge that the re-
peal bill will pass in a few days.
This has been a SenSeleSS scare, ,"said
Senator HuntOn. Virginia. who is one of
the class just mentioned, land | can see
no reason for it, and while L cannot
tie for unconditional repeal of the
Sherman act, am ready for immediate
action when The repeal bill reaches the
s'nate, and | may add tnat | am quite
certain that a vote will be reached in a
few days. Those who desire to speak
on the matter are ROW ayailiug them
s'lves of the opportunity, and IN most
eases will be ready for vote at any
time next week."
Silver Men Alarmed.
AS matter of fact, the silver men are
oIn
take the responsibility for either the de-
Law or the defeat of repeal. Many of
them are from the South, and having no
interest in silver mining are for free
coinage because they hope through 1t to
help their people. This class now see
that free coinage is impossible at
present, and they will offer no
dilatory tactics to the passage of a
measure which so large a portion of the
people believe will restore confidence
and better conditions. In the house
on Tuesday the report of the committee
on rules recommending the code for the
government of the Fifty-third congress
Will be taken up, and, it is believed,
adopted without much delay. There is
no intention manifested at this time to
antag0nZe the committees recommend-
ations, and. after explanation of the
effect of the proposed changes by Mr..
CatchingS and probably some further
observations 10y Messrs. Reed and Bur-
rows, the minority of the committee, a
vote is expected. After the rules have
been adopted the programme in the
house is uncertain. A recess for three
n l.a
members and employees an opportunity
to recover from the unusual ana
Exhaustive Strain
of the past two weeks. or the house NAV
determine to continue in session. that
members may present bills already nre-
pared and waiting to be introduced
But whether at once or later in the week
a bill day will be provided. A small
avalanche is expected of measures
which failed to secure favorable action
in previous congresses, establishing at
once calendars of considerable magni-
tnde. and giving the new committees
plenty of material for examination and
report. Some important results are
probable from committee action during
the week. The ways and means COM
mittee will meet Tuesday, at which
time course of procedure will prob
ably be decided upon-iDcluding such
matters as the appropriate date when a
tariff bill shall be reported. whether the
committee will give hearings to inter-
ested persons or not, and other details
relating to the work with which
it is charged Chairman Wilson is
reported to have prepared a bill
covering the subject of tariff revision in
general way, which he will submit to
the committee. There are also several
other bills on the subject ready for the
committees consideration, notably those
of the New York Reform club, known
as f. Ellery Anderson'S, and of Ed
ward Atkinson, the well known polIti-
cal economist of Boston. On the same
day the committee on
Banking and Currency
will meet, with the expectation of con-
Guiding report upon the bill of Repre-
sentative Tom l.. johnson, providing
for the exchange of national bonds for
currency at the demand of the holder.
The committee, it is believed. will favor
ably report the bill with an amendment
intended to protect the gold of the
treasury from raids by those who re-
ceive currency Tor their bonds. The
committee may also take up the Ques-
ton OF repeating the 10 per cent tax on
The circulation of state banks. On this