The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-08-31
N v fOR THE VOTE
The Greas Silver Deba.e Closed in
the House.
UNCONDITIONAL REPEAL CERTAIN

IL Il Generally Conceded Thu. An ~ 81.
proposition" Relating to the Coinage
OF silver VIII he Defeated senator
German To Open the D.ba,. in the Sem
ate.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2s.-The grea. silver
'rbafe closed in the house on SATURDAY
afternoon with speeches by ex-senator
Reed. Messrs. Bourks Cochran. Wilson
uather Of the repeal bilD. McMillin. BLAND
b"uteIle aud Colonel Fellows The vice
president and number Of senator. were
s'honR the visitors on the floor, az were
Secretary Carlisle and Secretary Herbert.
men Tie mouse met at noon today
II At once began preparations for voting
upon the several propositions included
within the order adopted fifteen days ago
l1r the consideration and disposal of the
silver purchase question. The vote will
be taken first upon the proposition to pro-
Vide Tree coinage Of silver at a ratio of 10
to |. This failing other ratios up to % to |
Will be voted upon, then the house will be
given An opportunity TO say whether or
not 1t will restore the Blank-All ison act
of 1873.
All these are connected with the repeal
OF the silver purchasing clause OF the
Sherman Law of 1890 which is doomed in
any event. 1t is generally conceded that
all OF the propositions relating to the coin
age OF silver will be defeated, and that I'M
conditional repeal will be carried Only
the detail Of majorities is in doubt.
Tomorrow the report Of the committee
on rules, recommending the code for the
government of the Fifty-third congress,
VIII be taken up and, 1t is believed,
adopted without much delay. After the
rules have been adopted the program In
the house is uncertain. A recess for three
days may be taken, which will give mem
bers and employees an opportunity to re-
cover from the unusual and exhaustive
gtrain of the past few days.
Some important results are probable
from committee action during the week.
The ways and means committee will meet
tomorrow. at which time a course of pro-
cedure will probably be decided upon, In
Guiding such matters as the approximate
date when a tariff bill shall be reported
Chairman Wilson is reported to have pre-
pared bill covering the subject of tariff
revision in "A general way, which he will
submit to the committee. There are also
several other bills on the subject ready for
committee consideration.
Senator German is set down for a'speech
on the silver bill tomorrow, and it may be
that he will take occasion to further ex-
pound his theory of financial relief based
upon the temporary suspension of the
state hank tax. Senator Walcott has also
announced his intention of addressing the
senate on Wednesday on the subject of
silver. The national bank extension bill
Is likely to be taken up at the first -oppor-
tunity and pushed as rapidly as possible.
1t may be that vote can be reached on
the COckrell amendment relative to the de-
posit Of bonds in the treasury early in the
week, but there still remains the fornid-
able Butler amendment repeating the
state bank tax. If this threatens to con-
sumo all undue amount of time it Is prob
able the bill will be side tracked to allow
Mr. Voorhees, to forward discussion and
action upon the repeal bill which bears
his name.
The Wilson bill is expected to reach the
senate by tomorrow. 1t will be promptly
referred to the finance committee, and
! from that time the committee will hold
daily meetings until it is prepared to make d
| report to the senate. It's within the bounds
of possibility that some senator may create
a turmoil at some stage by endeavoring to
call up the Pfeffer resolution directed at
the New York banks, but this can be done
only by a ma ority vote