New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-21
FOR UNCONDITIONAL REPEAL.
IT'S CHAMPIONS SURE OF A FAIR MAJORITY
IN TIE HOUSE.
THE FIGURES or WHICH THEIR HOPES ARE
BAsED-DEMOCRATS IL SAD TANGLE
OVER THEIR FINANCIAL PLANK.
IRY TELEGRAPM TO THE TRIBuNE.l


OVER THEIR FINANCIAL PLANK
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIEUNEl
Washington Aug 2O-The third week OF this "ex-
traordnary" session of Congress opens with the
friends of unconditional repeal of the silver pur
chase provision In the House OF Representatives !"
better heart than they were "A week ago. lhey
now feel not only sure Of a fair majority III thaI
body but more hopeful OF favorable action III 'he
/ Senate. According TO the estimates OF one ol '.'e
repeal Democratic leaders which are saiu 10 pe
ba sed upon "A thorough canvass made during III"
last week the majority against the strongest
proposition OF the freecoinage faction VIII De more
| than nfty votes and the ma jorty In favor OF re-
peal probably considerably larger. In these esu-
mates 203 members are set down IN FAVOR Vi re-
peal OF whom 1913 are Republicans ana lp are
| Democrats: i35 are set down In the negative Vi
whom Is are Republicans and lls Democrats
and Populists and II votes are classified az
doubtful" OF which assigned TO the ke-
publcans and to the Democrats. The Repub'i-
can votes thus classified distributed as followS
California I: Illinois. t. Nebraska. 2 Pennsyi-
yana. /: Oregon >. and South Carolina l.
The seven Democratic votes which are placed
| in the same category are distributed as follows:
Illinois. /: Kentucky, l. Maryland. !, Michisah' IL
Ohio /; Virginia /. and West Virginia. l.
The sixteen Republicans who are set down as
onposed 10 repeal Several OF whom, however, are
expected to vote against all the freecoinaSe propo-
stions) are distributed as follows: California y
Idaho /: Illinois . Iowa. 3: Kansas, ,; Kentucky
f. Montana. /, Nebraska. J. ONO l. ana south
Dakota >.
Tho votes I'm favor OF repeal according to the
estimates referred to are distributed as follows
Alabama. /. California, 2; Connecticut I; Delaware
!; Florida. !; Georgia. T. Illinois. l5; Indiana o;
Iowa :. Kentucky Z: Louisiana =; Maine. I; Mary
land :: Massachusetts. II; Michigan. 10; Minnesota
g. Mississippi. /. Missouri 3; New-Hampshire. ?;
NT..rlr N.rfh
North Dakota /: Ohio Is; Pennsylvania q Rhode
Island. . South Carolina. /: Tennessee {; Texas.
@ Vermont .. Virginia. t. Washington, . West
Virginia. =. Wisconsin. 10.
According to the same estimates The votes egains,
repeal Will be distributed follows. Alabama. s;
Arkansas. 6, California 3 Colorado >; FloriGa.
I; Georgia 2: Idaho /: Illinois s. Indiana. !; Iowa.
3: Kansas S. Kentucky, 3. Louisiana. 4; Minnesota.
/. Mississippi g. Missouri u. Montana. l. Nebraska.
T. Nevada. !. North Carolina. S. Ohio. I. Pennsyl
vania. .. South Carolina. ;; South Dakota. ,. Ten
nessec. 9. Texas. H. Virginia S; West Virginia.
/: Wyoming. l.
The OF Speaker Crisp IL not included in the
foregoing summary. Among the Democrats counted
In favor Of repeal eight who recently
February . OF the present year voted for a motion
In the House which resulted I'm shelving the bill
to stop the purchase OF silver bullion. They
Brown Bynum and Cooper. Of Indiana; Clark OF
Alabama: McCreary. of Kentucky. Patterson. Of
Tennessee. and Wise. OF Virginia. Among the
Democrats who set down doubtful" are the
following. who voted for free silver at the time:
Anderson. OF West Virginia. Compton Of Mary
land; Montgomery OF Kentucky and Pearson OF
Ohio
or course. the foregoing estimates are criticised
incorrect and misleading by the free-colnage
leaders. who assert that the number of votes
against their strongest proposition grossly exag-
gerated. and the number OF votes i'm favor OF IL
derstated. They claim at least 10 votes and some
of them assert that the total will exceed that num-
ber but 1t Is difficult II not impossible to discover
how or where they will be- able to muster more
than 100 votes at the most. That would leave the
repeal men with majority of %. and the ma
jority in favor OF repeal will probably be- consld-
crably larger than that.
Some Of the most thoughtful and shrewd mem
bers Of both the Democratic factions In the House
have begun To fear that the bitter disputes OF Dem
ocrats over the meaning OF the financial plank OF
the Chicago platform which have been prom
inent feature OF the debate. Will do the party
much harm hereafter They realize that. while 1t
was reasonably safe for Democratic candidate in
the South West To assert In the absence of
Democratic contradiction that the National plat
form OF his party stood for free and unlimited sill
yer coinage. and equally safe for Democratic
ddate In New-York or New-England In the alb
sence OF like contradiction. to assert with equal
emphasis that the same platform meant sound
In the extreme. II not inexcusably rash. 10
bring the bone OF contention into this discussion
be fought over in broad daylight by Democrats in
the presence OF the whole country.
The damage that has been done cannot be re-
paired. The eloquent aggressive and earnest
guments of "sound-money" Democrats showing
that the platform OF their party il opposed
free coinage and silver imitation. and the equally
able, eloquent and earnest arguments of Bland
Bryan and other frce-silver leaders, concusively
proving that same platform 70 mean free and
limited silver coinage and Imitation. cannot be
plunged from The Record cifaced from the
minds OF the people who heard have read them
1t must be evident to everybody az It was to
ii good many persons year ago that the financial
plank of the Democratic party conceived In
partisan dishonesty and framed with intent to
deceive voters whether they were I'm favor of
sound money OF free and unlimited coinage
Of cheap" and dishonest silver dollars IL Is said
that an effort IL to be made In the interest OF
party harmony to persuade Free coinage Demo-
Gratis as well as sound money" Democrats to
nght shy OF this question. and refrain from flying
at one another's throats during the remainder OF
the debate. but II IL too late to produce a
biance OF harmony.
THE INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL. CONGRESS.
Washington, Aug 20-The following has been
transmitted to the Marine Hospital Service from
the Department OF state: "A cablegram has been
received from the United States Legation at Rome
announcing the postponement of the International
Medical Congress until ADril next"