Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-08-18


rules are adopted orrommittees appointed
but his nameis being freely used by
those who advocate this very irregulrr
method of congressional proceeding, to
get the support of hers. Speaker
Crisp would very gladly see the scheme
adopted, as nothing would suit him bet
ter than to see the troublesome silver
question voted upon by the house before
he announces the committee assignments,
Numerous conferences have been held
by the silver and anti-silyer democrats
this week, wi b view to agreeing upon
a programme for fiehting out the silver
BATH, without rules or committees.
The republicans, to use bit OF slang,
are not IN 1t, but it is needless to say
that they do not fay,r irregular pro.
eeedings.
In the senate 70 tgme was lost in be
ginning the silver battle. The echoes
of the presidents message had hardly
died away when the exchange of shots
began. Senator Hills compromise bill
to repeal sections l, 3 and 4 Of the
Sherman silver Law and declaring that
such repeal should not be considered an
abandonment of bimetalism, and further
that tie policy of the government
should be IL e maintenance of gold and
silver as the standard of money metal,
was the first introduced. A score of
more bills were introduced IN the senate,
covering almost every imaginable tinan-
cial idea from free coinage to single
gold standard Then Senator Hale
stirred up the whole democratic side by
Offering a resolution for the meeting Of
the senate at II o'clock every day, and
stating that be did so to strens then the
presidents hand by accomplishing re-
peal quickly. Senator German very
ungenerously accused Mr.. Hale of hav-
ing offered the resolution to make party
capital. Senator Voorhees, after little
more or less bitter partisan talk said
his committee Finance) did not pro
pose going at this question with hop
skip and a Jump. Senator Sherman
said that every provision of the SO called
Sherman law, except that for the pur-
chase of silver bullion was wise and con
servative; and that p! DIVISIONS he would
vote to repeal.
1t Is significant that when Senator
Hale SAID in the senate, "while the pres
ident has made perfunctory allusion
to the tariff, there is not a senator who
does not know that the democratic
party would not more dare attack the
tariff in the present condition of the
country than sane man would grasp a
wire charged with electricity" that no
democratic senator had anything to say
in reply.
Ex-Speaker Reed came about as near
voicing the sentiments of the republi-
cans in congress as anybody could come
when he said of President Cleveland, 8
messag Tia 1T it was sound from re-
publican boint of view so far as it related
to the financial situation, but wrong in
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lying cause of the country's troubles
Mr. Reed thinks the trouble caused by
the uncertainty which prevails as to
finance and tariff, and everything upon
which business calculations can be
based, and that to remove one of the
uncertainties will do little or no good if
the others be allowed to remain.
There is general disappointment be-
age to recommend "a substitute for the
Sherman silver law. 1t looks as though
he was afraid to put himself on record.
1t is every da' growing more evident
that something must be put in place of
it, if the silver law be repealed, State
ments are made which indicate that the
reason Mr. Cleveland recommended no
substitute was that he wished the first
move for compromise to come from
the silver men.
Senator Lodges resolution directing
the finance committee to report at once
ID bill for the repeal of the silver law
and providing for vote thereon on Au-
gust %, so alarmed the democratic SEN
ator that they held two caucuses in one
day to arrange a programme, but thew
did not succeed in getting any further
than the appointment Of ste ring COM
mittee, with Ser ator German at its
head. This committee is charged with