Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.


Fro5n or Regular Correspondent
wAsHiSoros, ID. c. Aug. il, 1870
The frst week Of Congress has beer
largely devoted to caucusss and COD
fefences. The anti.silvor Democrat
have osuousiei aud organiz,d for the
fpht. and It cannot be denied ihn'
heir ofgauizatlon is compact and
strong. The fr,c.coinage men IN Tue
House have also caucussod and organ
lied. beside. passing the following
resolution. "Resolved, That We viii
SUPPORT q bill repeating the Purchasing
clause Of the sherman act and concur
reutly providing Tor the free aud un-
limited coinage IT silver with iuil
LEGAL tender on such a ratio a. VIII
NJ vide anu maintain thu party ic.
tween gold anu silver" In addition
II AuihorIzsi the aploiniuent "
committee % seven 20 dfhlt
btll IN accordance with the above
resolution uud 10 take steps 70 f1cute
full and free discussion and consider
alton thereof aud vote " the House
upon the bill aud all proper amend'
ments. Judge CulbortsOu, OF lehnH'
Wbo presldrd over the caucus, was
added To the committee after NO lol-
lowing members were selected: blan1i
sibley, Boatnor Bankhead, anu
Bailey.
me ditpcsitlon Of the Democratic
Senators In the discussion which wa
precipitaled early In the week
10 strike out independently
caused the managers Of nat
party 10 call caucus o. consiltf
methods Of husintas, and II u fcpOtteu
g. have been one Of tue livtlisrt hell
for LONG time. No c0nclusion wa
reached, and committee Of nvo WIS
appointed with instructions 10 ny -
arrange program upon which Tue
caucus could agree. Tho task j. not
enviet by their colleagues.
The senate committee on finance
held ~ fret meeting yesterday anu
maze arrangements to begin Tue cln'
sidofation Of the numerous financial
bills that have already been intro
ducod aud referred 10 u. When this
committee was nr.t selected u was
strongly Ia favor Of free coinage, am
" 10 believed 10 he 10 yet although
Senator Noofheef, IL chairman hai
nnrounccd hiA willingness 10 vote Tot
the unconditional repeal Of tue shef'
man law.
senator sherman hiss been counted
hy some people aa unu Of those Wht
favored applying cl0tufo 10 the silver
debate Ia the senate, but he took The
very fret opportunity given him q
drclafe against rl0tufe. H. said: ~
wish 10 SEQ the bf0adsat discussion be-
cause N there ever was time when
fair discussion should no allowed h
IL now. / would not hurry OF
hasten any man Ia the expression O
his opinion. believe that the tim,
will come, after we have considered
the matter with moderation and
patience, when we will come 40 sum'
common agreement that VIII fcliev,
the public mind" The OCCASION Of Mr.
shrfmAn'a remarks was the iulrOluc
ton by Senator Lodge, Of Massachus
etts, 0f n resolution instfuciing The
finance committee to inmsdia,uiy r.
port a bill for the repeal Of the Sher
man law, anu providing that a vot
should be taken upon II on Augun
ggud. The adoption ri such n tesulu
zion would Of ittelf be- tho most bind
ing sort Of a clolurp rule, anu tue uldu
senators think It's Introduction was
bit Of presumption on thr part u nuN
senator.
II lie claimed by the adminlstratio
representative that poll oi the Hous'
made by them this week, shows n mt
loTity OF rs for the repeal Of the 5huI
man silver law, anu that all that the
need IN an agreement by which v0t
can be reached ut an early day. tn
silver men deny the correctness OF ihi
poll, aud claim that men have bee
counted who only favor the repeal d
the law condiuonally, that II n
satisfactory substitute DO presented
take It's place. Negotiations have bee
going on all the week n set the matte
before the House at once, in,tead q
waiting for the appointment Uf con
mittees and adoption OF rules. Whil
this Ia Irregular aud for that icnsO
opposed by many members, II will b
legal ana can be- accomplished ~
majority vote Vt the House. The idt
II that an agreement shall be- mad
allowing no much time for the disou
sion OF bills to be introduced by IA
silver men aud then To vote upon "a
those bills aud " oil VI them be- d,
ieAtrd then 10 vote ON the repeal
the Sherman law.
According 10 the present understan,
Ing this Will 10 done whether a
agreement be- reached or not, u
Ouly difference being, that with u
agreement between tue silver AZ
Auti-silvcr men there would be I
hlibustrriugi aud u date would bo got
begin voting upOn the bills NJ
amendments, while without an agrr
ment there would almost certainly
~ clustering and the dieoussij
waulu ln Ilublp Ia las uroipupYl 1
definitely. Representative BlaI
says the silver men will not attempt
fnbusler N "A far time be- allowed /
discussion.
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