The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-11
FIGHTING OVER SILVER.
BOTH HOUSES WRESTLING WITH
TIE GREAT PROBLEM.

The Friends OF the Andrew-Cate BIZ
Confident OF Their Ability TO Have
Il Taken Up for Consideration by
the House, But Not so ssnguine as
to Its PesseRs-The Senate Finance
Committee Discussing the Question g.
WASHINGTON, Jan. lathe friends OF
the Andrew-Cate banking and silver rs-
peal bill are confident that they can get if
up In the House for consideration. but ars
in doubt as to their ability TO bring it TO q
vote. They expect a special order from
the rules committee giving the bill day in
the House, and so ardent a silver man
as Mr.. Pierce Of Tennessee says be
think this expectation is well founded.
The free coinage men believe that
In the House an attempt will be made to
amend the special order 80 as to fix a day
for vote on the bill and all amendments
This would be closure by vote OF the House
and not closure by means of a report from
the rules committee. The free silver men
believe that they are strong enough to pre-
vent such thing
THE SHERMAN ACT.
After the Seuats finance COMMITTEES had
completed the work, relating to the South
Carolina direct tax, il met to perform this
morning. the members began an informal
discussion OF she silver question that indis
Gated thoroughly the bent of the commit
bee and the outcome Of the proposed repeal
OF the silver purchase law. commonly known
as the ShermBn act of 1890. The members
present were Senators MCPHERSON, Harris
and Vance Of the democrats and Senators
Sherman, Morrill, and Allison of the re-
publicans. A regular meeting of the COM
will hsa lat Aax nnNa sr.k
week, when the MoPherson resolution villa
be called up for serious consideration.
THE REPUBLICANS DIVIDED.
IL developed that there was no perfeot
unanimity among the republicans regard
ing Nthe strategic move OF yesterday on
the part OF Senator Aldrich. Senator Sher-
man, who Is older in point OF service aud
Senator Aldrich as member OF the financs
committee, 1t 10 understood, was opposed to
such aggressive action on the part OF tho
younger members, aud the rather sensa-
tional move did not meet with his most
hearty approval, Senator Sherman is,
however, in favor OF the repeal of the law
which bears his name, and has 80 expressed
himself on the floor OF the Senate.
MoRRILL's POSITION.
His colleague, Senator Morrill,, chairman
OF the finance committee, Is also In earnesh
in supporting any proposition that will tend
TO remove the danger of free coinage and
will also favor the repeal, while the stand
ing Of Senator Allison on the money guess
tlon is too well known to need explanation.
Party lines have been obliterated Ia the dis
Gu ssion Of this matter. and the talk in-
dulged In by the senators who were at this
nesting showed that the proposition was
being considered upon the broad basis Of
statesmanship, rather than the narrow plane
OF party policy or political expediency.
sHERMAN's LAW A MAKEsHIFT.
IL was freely asserted ia the committees
room that the Sherman act was what the
Democratic party in its platform called 1t,
makeshIft, but the republicans pointed to
the fact that such a measure or something
akin to IL was absolutely necessary TO pre-
vent the passage Of free coinage legislation
at the time the Sherman act was passed. or.
at least, to prevent legislation that would
have been far more pernicious In its effect
upon the country than that which became
part OF the law of the land.
TELLER's THREAT.
Senator Teller's declaration that this
congress would never pass the bill and that
1t could not by any possibility work its way
through the Senate Is construed by the
friends OF the measure 70 be a threat on the
part Of Senator Teller that he will hamper
the measure and use all his powers 10 con-
sumo the remaining forty days of this ses-
sion In opposing the consideration of tha
hill and In ks 20 sh,,p