The record-union., 1893-08-08

tlon or report from any committee.
1he underlying motive, he said, would
be the fear that Crisp will give the silver
men majority of the Coinage Commit
tee. He urged upon the silver leaders
that to wait for the committee report
would delay actions, that it would be at
least two weeks, probably three, before
any committees will be announced.
Culberson told Cochran that he would
not agree to the proposition. He be-
lieved the silver men could get their
views before the country in very much
better shape if embodied in a report from
the majority of the Committee on Coin
age.
Cochran said he was willing to jump
into the middle of the discussion at once.
and would agree, should there be no clos
ure, that every man should say every
thing he had to say on the subject Of
silver without interruption, and at the
end of the discussion there should be
vote on every proposition.
The intention is that Cochran shall, at
the first opportunity, introduce a bill to
repeal the Sherman Act outright, with
out any condition or substitutes.
Culberson, or some one, will introduce
bill which will provide for the repeal of
the purchasing clause of the Sherman
Act and provide for the coinage of silver
without charge for mintage at the ratio of
l6 to l. The bill, it is understood, in the
wording, will follow as closely as may
be, Section Z of the Democratic platform
of 1892, which favors the coinage of both
gold and siver, without discrimination
against either metal or a charge for
mintage. But the dollar unit of the
coinage of both metals must be of equal
intrinsic and exchangeable value, or be
adjusted through international agree
ment or by such safeguards of legislation
as shall insure the maintenance of the
parity of the two metals and the equal
power of every dollar at all times in the
markets and in the payments of debts.
By this means 1t is thought the Demo
cratic opponents of the bill thus framed.
will be put in an attitude before the
country of opposing their own platform.
According to Bland, no agreement upon
the subject of silver debate in the House
Is probable just yet. He said this even
ing to reporter of the Associated Press
that Cochran and himself had been talk
ing about the matter, but no authorized
position had been been made. and no con-
clusion had been reached. ''I told Cock
ran that l would consult with those in
terested with me in regard to the oues-
ton, but 1 have not yet been able to
DO So"
''What were the terms of the PROPOSE
ton Cochran made ?"
There has been nothing definite pro-
posed as yet. Cochran asked if we would
consider a proposition looking to an ar
rangement under which the silver ques-
tion could be discussed at once. and l told
him we would listen to him."
"What condition or Limitation govern
ing the situation will be acceptable to the
silver men,"
'We do not want to unduly delay
action in the premises" responded Bland,
''but we must have an opportunity to
offer to discuss and vote upon amend
ments which we shall offer to the bill to
repeal the Sherman law. This must be
granted, or there can be, in my opinion,
no agreement regarding the matter"
The position of Bland is accepted by
anti-silver men as an indication that the
free coinage people will stubbornly con-
test every stage of the repeal, and yield
nothing that is not wrested by force of
superior streng tn on successive roll calls.
if indeed the repeating men have
numerical strength TO successfully force
the issue to determination.
In statement to the press tonight
Cochran explained that his proposition
to Bland relat ed rather to measures than
to time. 1.-THE whole question:" he said,
is exhausted in three propositions. First.
to repeal the silver purchase act un-
conditionally; second, to repeal the silver
purchase law, and revive the Bland Act
of 1873; third, to repeal the silver purchase
law and provide for the free coinage of
silver.
My suggestion is that these be offered
to the House in turn, and debated as fast
as they are defeated, if they should be de-
feated. Let everybody talk that wants
to, and on these three propositions every
body can be heard"
'What limit of time do you propose?''
II shall make none not entirely agree
able to Bland, but what 1 want, and, if
you please, the anti-silver men want is
that the country may know that this
House will go right to work on the SUBJ
ject at once, and come to vote some
time: that the main thing desired is that
the country be assured of action"
Representative Bynum, who is credited
with being an associate of Cochran in his
effort to bring about an agreement, said,
when asked about the matter: Il should
consider it a rather unparliamentary pro-
ceeding to enter upoh debate in advance
of full organization of the House. Still
it might be done by resolving the House
into Committee of the Whole upon the
state of the Union, and utilizing time un-
til the committee are appointed and ready
to work. 1 am in favor of the repeal of
the Sherman law"
1t is improbable that at the caucus
which the Republicans have called for
tomorrow morning they Will take up
and discuss the questions of party policy.
The caucus is called for the purpose of
determining who shall be chosen as rep
resentatives of the minority OF the cleri-
cal and working forces of the Senate.
Concerning the policy of the party. a
prominent Senator on the floor and in
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