The sun., 1893-08-12

that the Vote Shall Be Taken on Aug.
go, First the Amendments offered by
the Free Coinage Men, and, II These Are
Defeated. then on the Original Biu Re-
peaiing tho Sherman Act-The Repeat
Bin and Amendments introduced In the
House, and the Fourteen Days Debate
Opened by MFR. Rnyner OF Maryland fop
Unconditional Repeal. and by Mr.. Bland
OF Missouri for FREQ Coinnge-Mr. Wilson
OF West Virginia Is Now Put Forward
rs tho Leader the Democratic Side.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 11.-After four days Of
almost continuous and. at times. exciting con-
ferences. tho silver men OF the House OF
Representatives this morning accepted the
proposition made to them by the ant-silveY
forces for a settlement OF the financial aues-
tion. and the great debate began to-day 40
calmly as II Congress had been In session for
six months. After fourteen days and nights
OF debate. not counting Sundays-that 10 to
say. on the 26th day of August-the
crisis Of the battle will be reached. and
vote taken to decide whether tho
silver purchasing clause Of the Sherman
law shall be repealed. The terms under
which the long debate Is to be carried on pro.
vide that eleven Of the fourteen days shall be
devoted to discussion OF tho general fnan-
cial situation as affected by the silver coinage
laws. and the remaining three days to be de-
voted to the consideration OF the bill intro.
dnced today ond m. omondmonto 70 a. thot
tba siIvor foct,on will bnya rho nrivi,o,a ~ In
PRODUCING Tbeaa amendmonta cornr,s.
first n nronos;tion for tho fraa oo,ro,a -, Gil
yer.at the nresent rotio Of 10to1 thar ~ n
l. and SO on UP to ratio Of 20 to l. II all Of
the proposed amendments shall fail. the silver
men shall have the privilege of Offering tho
nmondmont r.y;vi,r tbn ,ot -, TT 90
1879 rootorjr, tbo etond,r1 .iIror do,i,r
commonlv known n. tha Rla,5. AIIison aat
Then will como tbo vote an tha Anal nassao.
Of the hii amerded or not omandod 49, ths
case NAV ho In ofrering tbis nronos;.ion to
the silver man tbair onnononts oonoodod o,-
ervtbing that tbov oouid vithin ro,son ho;n,
nctu,ted hy n doeir. 4, eoouro daonito oot;on
at tbe on rIiest noss,h,adoto
Tho nronoo;tion 90 anom ,,,o., ,,,o,, ill
berenftor ho known 40 tho wiIson lin ho.,,,o.
at tho onferenco Last nIybt NJ sacrotorv Ca.
lisle,s rosidenco n wos Jaodod - ho ,ho 90.
~ wiedon, oil tbirrs 'oonside.as g.. ,I.ath
ontisi,vor nroorommo; IL ,L,rno =, NJ uu
son of West Vircinia md tins avoid add,ne
to tho IN fooI;na tbot bo. hoon oor.., ~, .hs
desiro ~ NJ porri,o Coo,.ran - tn,.a
onioror. r,ooa -, ,onsnu -, ~. .., IL.
faroa. Tha n,anos,t;on &, ,Io,tianI ,.,.h.
tha o,;,i,oI r,.n - Mu cn.I.r.
muoh no a. ,ronnso. .,,tIomont -, ... Ill.
,u.et;on :, tha uouso IN o5uon.o - ~. ~
nointrnart =, ~. stond,ra COW n,;ttoo nd ~.
odnn,ion ~ n .oda a, rn,.s Att,ohad ~ -
bowavar is :, comnromisa nronos,tinn hy ,,hio,,
tho euyar rar soouro rot. ,nnn al, en-,
,.n1,a,. ,.h,h .ha H., ..oaa,L L,.~
ntie,uheh's which 'ne! i"Ne p!oposeo oeiofo
the lnai test vote comes on Dill 1or repeal
The silver men thus have the advantage OF the
~ S
hy the Leaders on both SIDES there seems tope
little doubt that at the end of the fourteen
days debate the repeal bill will be adopted:
companied by provision for free coinage at
ratio Of % IN I or atm birber ratio,
By selecting Mr.. Wilson to offer the repeal
bill the anti silver Democrats whether inten-
tIonally or not. put him forward as the leader
OF the Democratic side Of the House. an act
which is not particularly agreeable to Messrs,
ocAian nnu .iaeI'' WY n"'o .anon ouo'i
prominent part in bringing about the present
,,.,,n H,a' ~ % rhnira ~ tha Cnn,n,i,taa nn w.
WIZ Mno, ns ol".iii"n VI .ne ..e on "',S 20
ana Means assumes, me as mater . % Oa course. 70
oyer II ia widely Suggested that the commits
over. ~ rs wiueis susE.s1e, .na' .l'e eonpa-
nal announcement Of the Speaker that he in-
tends to anpoint the West Vireinian to be
Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee.
and thus make him tho leader in fact as we'll
81. >''Ns A. nr"to tho n,aas,ro ofyo.,d
rs IN name. "A, any ia'e .i'e iheas are onef1u
to-day. and which Will determine tho attltudO
49, ,i. -, a. uu,o hiu 81 NJ
VIII go INTO n's,orS as 'he "iisoh pi'i' anu mt'
Cochran and the other anti-silver men. who
oosarve credit for bringing it into existence.
viii fail to receive the reward of til cir Efforts
N'Trb N'Tbe deHate ran on Tor four hours to- day. and
vas ouite uneyentlul and tnintsresting. ex.
cept for the iact that a new orator was born in
fbe House In the person OF Mr. Pence. a Popu.
isf membnr from Colorado, serving his first
term. who paid his respects to the present Ad-
uoipis:tration oi in language that was both pie
tnrasnna and forceiui. MIR. Pence. who was
ffurmerIv n nemocr Is a speaker OF no mean
nrntnns}ons NJ His style OF oratory is GRACEFUL
and pleasing. ana hereafter he will have no
trou Ele in securing an audience whenever he
nnn. mnra Who onened the debate made his repu-
ntinn IN the Forty ninth Congress His speech
ta.Gav VAS very briei. its most striking feature
haima' bis 1enudiation OF the financial plank Of
tIe Ebicaro platform, and his appeal to his
tniIow III nemocrats TO ignore the gittsring gen-
nrniitee ~ that document and stand together