Morning journal and courier., 1893-08-10
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
 From All Quarters. TWO CAUCUSSBs HRLDI Silver Men in the House in
 Favor of a Repeal.
 SENATOR'S IN 4 DEEP QUlRDAnY. They Were Unable to Reach
 a Decision. ZIMMERMAN WAS DRIVER BARD. The Champion Beaten by
 John Johnson.
SILVER MEN ACT.

They Meet in Caucus and Adopt Res.
 OlutiOns-Will Support Bill Favor
 ing the Repeal of the Purchasing
 Clause of the sherman Act-A Conn
 mtttee Appofntedt to Draft and Intro-
 duce the Bill to the House.
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.-A caucus of members of the house who favor free coin age of silver was held to-day In the hall of the house, lasting from 12 noon to 2:45 p. m. At the close it was officially announced that the following resolutions, offered by MT. Boatner of Louisiana, had bsen adopt ed by 8 unanimous vote:
 Resolved, That we will support bill re- psaling the purchasing clause of the Sher- man act and concurrently providing for the free and untrammeled coinage of silver, with full legal tender quality, on such a ratio as will provide and maintain the par ity between gold and eilver.
 Resolved, That committee of seven be appointed by the chairman of this confer ence to draft and introduce such bill and take proper steps to secure the full and free discussion and consideration thereof and a vote of the house upon the bill and all proper amendments.
 The committee provided for in the reso- luton was composed as follows: Messrs. Bland, Sibley, Boatner, Lane, Bankhead, Bryan and Bailey. By a vote of the caucus Judge Culberson was added to the commit. tee
 When the caucus met it was estimated that there were about forty members in the hall, but during the time the caucus was in session about 100 members were admitted. Estimates of the number in at Rn fo aJa of the caucus fixing the number at 93 and Mir. Bland saying he counted over 100.
 Judge Culbsrson of Texas was elected chairman of the caucus and Representative Sibley of Pennsylvania, the only democrat from the eastipresent, secretary. The only republican present was Representative Bowers of California. The populists were by Jerry Simpson and Mr. Kell of Nebrasks. The attendance can hardly be regarded as test of the strength of the silver men in the house.
 A motion by MT. Bland was adopted the appointment of commit lee of "whips," one from each state, who will canvass the house, discover each standing upon the proposed bill, and zee that every friend of the measure s in his seat and ready to vote when the lime comes. This committee has not been named.
 MT. Bland stated after the caucus that 1t lad been in every respect satisfactory to he friends of free silver coinage The steering committee" named, he said, would probably meet the committee of .nti-silver men to morrow and consider he details of the discussion to be had.
 "We will require ample time, ," remarked dr. Bland, "to carry out the terms of the esolutiou, and do not see how it will be ,0laih1a n coYna fo a vofa updar a month IT probably six weeks. can't tell when | he committee will have its bill ready to present. to the house. It is apparent that | ome free silver men are satisfied that the present. ratio should be changed. We shall probably vote upon the ratio of 16 to 1, md if this Is defeated, then IF to and so m uu to 20 to If necessarv