Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-08
MANY CONFERENCES.
Leaders in the House Perple1ed as
to the Course to Take
THE QUESTION OF THE RULES.
How an Acrimonious Fight May
Be Brought On.

Be Brought On.
THE PLAN MOST FAVORED.
The leaders In the House among the silver
men and the ant-silver men are straining
every nerve In an effort to avoid prscipi-
| tating q fight, the bitterness Of which no
one can measure In anticipation and the
length Of which will be indefinite. with q
possibility Of very serious results There
has not yet been any general caucus to de-
eide upon the course Of action. as II II I'M
possible. under the present conditions. to
get the members all together. and 1t Is.
moreover, regarded as undesirable that any
too direct action should be taken until there
has been some opportunity to measure the
sentiments Of the House.
AS nearly as an agreement can be formed
between a number OF leaders of factions,
without the consent OF members IN gen.
eral. there has been an understanding
Of procedure to secure legislation on the
financial question. The situation Is re-
garded by all the leaders a. very critical.
If there Is any attempt made to adopt the
| rules OF the old House or any set OF new
rules which carry with them the posi-
tity OF Sofurs or ne ,bsr @ en- sSt
| against the adoption Of the rules. led by
Mr.. Bland.
insisting that II the old rules are adopted it
shall be with the understanding. which was
had during the last Congress, that that rule
providing for cloture shall not be enforced
except when petitioned for by q majority Of
the democrats. 1t II understood that the
Speaker and other prominent men In the
on either side Of the financial question. are
not disposed to agree to any Qualidcatiou n
to the application of this rule.
Considering Modes Of Procedure.
The indications are. therefore that II an
attempt is made to adopt any rules there
win be a prolonged and probably acrimo-
Nous Tight which would delay considera-
| ton Of the silver question indefinitely. Con-
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ahead at once with the consideration OF
| the silver question under q general resou-
| ton providing for the consideration Of
to be no other way Of getting at the mat
AIRY struggle. which would be apt to arouse
fcuit any settlement Of the main issme
| whether there shall be any agreement
| length OF time to be consumed when the
matter is once before the House or whether
o bill nh be simply shrewn into the
Of street boys and let them fight 1t out as
best they can. There are q great many
| ably be best to throw in their measures
and let the sense Of the House be deter
| mined by their action.
the hopper the product coming out Of the
| legislative machine will be the same. The
Informal conferences held BY some OF the
who are radical gold men. at the Airing
ton last night. is said not to have been In
antagonism to the plans under discussion
NQnfqrAnNAA during
1t was merely for the purpose Of deterrnin-
ing the line Of procedure to be followed by
| was involved in It the rivalry which IL felt
between some Of the leading gold men
over who shall have the honor and credit
effort be successful in that direction. and
to let it be known that Mr.. Cochran 10
not alone conducting the conferences for
the settlement Of the question.
More Talk Today.
Before the gen ,rh conference, Including
men representing all shades Of opinion. was
ended for yesterday An agreement had
practically been reached by those taking
part In the conference that they should
proceed at once with the consideration OF
the question in the House without reference
to any committee The understanding was
not reduced to writing. however, which left
open the possibility Of a hitch when it came
to read the terms In black and white. There
were therefore. further conferences held
| for the matter to get before the House
| without a fight over tho rules.
MIR BANDS understanding. after the meet
ing Of Congress today, was that the general
debate on a bill to be introduced by him
providing for the repeal of the Sherman law
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| ness Of the House after the settlement CT
| the question growing out of the duplicate
| the NTH Michigan district, and that, after
sufhcient general debate. amendments
| should be voted on testing the sense of the
silver at various ratios from sixteen up
| to twenty-five until something should be
agreed on. and that after the amendmen,s
| come with vote on a proposition coming
| from Mr. Cochran to strike out all but the
enactins clause Of the bill under considera-
for the unconditional repeal Of the pur-
chasing clause Of the Sherman act.
of the men on both sides who have been
comforting on this subject. At the same time
the danger point has not yet been passed.
things. The probabilities are. however. that
sas is
| issue by throwing bill into the House and
asking for its immediate consideration. If
| this Is done the consideration Of the matter
sort Of way, but it will probably not take
long to get at the prevailing sentiment Of
the House and probably the same result be
reached which would be If an agreement
| were carried out.
| The great anxiety now Is to avoid a strug-
| gle over the rules at the start and the pur-
| pose Is to make no attempt to adopt rules
| for the present. After the reading OF the
| Presidents message today, 1t was proposed
to go ahead with the Michigan case, and,
after that is finished. to adjourn over until
| they can have time to settle definitely what
| is to be done.
A Committee ON ''Irritation."
The appointment Of q committee made BY
the anti-silver men who met at the Airing
ton last night to make q canvass of the
House Is generally regarded as an I'M
| wise thing on the part Of those who want
| the Sherman law repealed. Members refer
| to this committee jokingly as the COM
mittee on irritation" and 1t is said that 4
| radical gold men go around the House prf-
| vately trying to enforce their views upon
members who are not anxious for q solu-
| ton of this question. but do not want ia
be placed in the position Of appearing to be
dictated to by the gold bugs. they will
| weaken the chances for the repeal Of the
Sherman law.
silver in the Senate.
The Introduction in the Senate today OF
a large number Of bills affecting the fnan-
cial question has thoroughly launched that
problem in the Senate. 1t may be ex-
pected that the financial question will be
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