The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-21
THE NEW SILVER BILL.
THE sussrrTUrE AGREED UPoyAT
THE CARLISLE CONFERENCE.
The Mysterious Manner I'm which the Con-
ference Was Arrangsd-Biil Not
Likely TO Pass.


the full text Of the bill agreed upon at
the Carlisle conference yesterday. 1t is
proposed as a substitute for the Andrew
Cate bill:
That the Secretary OF the Treasury
shall set apart so much OF the silver pui-
lion. at the coinage value thereof. purchas-
cd under the act entitled an "act directing
the purchase OF silver bullion ana the
issue Of Treasury notes thereon and for
other purposes, approved July H. lSsV
as may be deemed necessary, Including
the silver dollars heretofore coined under
said act. to redeem all the outstanding
United States Treasury notes issued III
payment for silver bullion so purchaser
and shall retain the same In the treasury
TO be used for that purpose only ana
he shall cause the residue Of the SILVER
bu1lion purchased under the aforesaid act
10 be coined at the rate OF three million
dollars Der month into silver dollars OK
tho weight Of four hundred and twelve
and half grains troy OF standard silver
as provided in the act OF january 10,
1877 on which shall be the devices and
superscriptions provided by said act
which coins together with all shNer nol-
lars heretofore coined under the proVIs,
ions OF the said act OF July IL, ls9u' shaIi
be a legal tender. at tneir nominal Valne
for all debts and dues public and private
o. ont when otherwise expressly 'stipu-
Iated In ,he contract. The standard Sill
yer dollar coined under this section shan
no covered into the Treasury as a mis-
cellaneous receipt
second. Any holder OF the coin author
ICED by this act may deposit the same
with the Treasurer Of the United states
or anv assistant treasurer in sums or not
less than ten dollars, and receive there
for Certificates in denominations OF one
two. five and ten dollars ana muitlpies
Of ten dollars corresponding ~l'h lhe u'
nominations Of United states notes anu
the coin deposited for or rspresehtiln, NE
srcb certificates shall he retained IN tue
,rroas,,rv for the repayment Of the same
on demand. Such certificates shau "
.a.otvehte for customs taxes ana an
a,,1,,ic dues. and when so received may pe
reissued. 49, Treasury.
:, (1'srohv directed to suspend the puTchas,
-, sfiver bullion under the said ACT ~
1,,l,, IL 1890 until the residue 81 M ~
vcr bullion belonging 10 the niteu o'a az,
has been coined as required ny t'e III
section Of TINS act H. pa
Tho proposition was shown 10 me ~
r,h,,cans bv Mr.. Tracy. Of New YORK
Ia ,bev were asked If they Would sup
nor, II Nearly all If the Repuohcahs
- voted Nth the anti-silver men last
,in,e i7cludinl. Nr. Reed. replied that
thew would not 90 so. IT, lnereIoie -
seems likely that this latest attenpt ~
reneal the Sherman SILVER boihoh fon
chase &c. cannot gair the votes neces-
| a Tree
democrats saw they will refuse 70 VOC
for e. and the Republican detection more
,ban offsets the Democratic gain mao
as a result Of the conference -,
one propcsition. which found consio-
cradle favor at the conference ana IN
the House among free coinage men pro
,idad for coinage Of the bullion now IN
~ r-easurv and the re-enactnent ot
the Bland law, but. Mr. Williams az
Wassa cbugetts. and other gold men re-
| fused absolutely TO vote for any measure
nrovidipy for further silver purchases B"
| any amount $500.
Several OF the gentlemen at yester-
| DAVIS conference tell an amusing story
Of how they came 10 be there, "hich
shows that they were neither guests ol
/ MIR Carlisle nor seif-appointed VISITORS
! II their host, and that each gentleman
was unaware OF the fact that the others
were 10 be present.
,rbe story IS that during the latter part
| NJ rho week most Of those persons at the
| conference met a gentleman named Rem
| rev. whom they understood was con-
| rected with publication known az Am ~
| lean Industries. and was also Interested
with Josiah Quincy in the Economist sat
urday each OF them received no1e in
! effect as follows.
Mr.. Carlisle renuests that Mr.. - call
on him AZ his resi- lence, No. 1926 X street.
northwest. at O'clock Sunday afternoon
February 18th. for an informal conference
on n compromise OF the silver question.
Mr.. Carlisle the sane day found await
| ing him a note sig1ed by a gentleman
named Kenney. informing him that GER
| tain Democratic members or the House
| representing all shades OF opinion on the
| silver question, the extreme free coinage
| men excepted would call on him dt
| o'clock Sunday afternoon for conference
| on the silver question.
Mr.. Carlisle met the gentlemen, whom
! he supposed had called on him by their
! own appointment. and they naturally felt
| a little battered that Mr.. Carlisle had in
! yited them. Each of the visitors knowing
/ the object or the conference, the silver
! question was discussed and an under
| standing was reached. As they were about
| to go Mr.. Clifton Breckenridge, Of Ar
| kansas. called. He had received an invi-
tation He was asked to stay to dinner
| II then being Mr.. Carlisles dinner hour.
| On their way TO the table he apologi3cd 10
! Mr.. Carlisle for his late arrival by say
| ing that he had not received the invita-
| ton until a late hour that afternoon. Mr..
! Carlisle assured Mr. Breckenridge that he
| had not sent him any Invitation. VII src-
| upon that gentleman flshed the invitation
out OF his pocket and presented it ~ lis
| host. Mr.. Carlisle produced the note lie
| had received. Mutual explanations fol-
| lowed
Among those present were MessTs. Liv-
! ings;on and Turner OF Georgia. Cox OF
! Tennessee, Breckinridge Of Kentucky
! Breckinridge of Arkansas. Bynum Of IN
diana. Clark and oates OF Alabama, Ba-
con Of New York. Tracy. Williams and
! Andrew OF Massachusetts. Messrs. Draw
! ley OF South Carolina. Cox OF Tenn .sse
and Livingston Of Georgia. have hereto
! fore voted steadily with the free coinlge
! men. and most Of the Southern men n es-
ent have. as a. rule. voted rather reluc-
family with the silver men on most of the
! propositions.
| HORRIBLE CdRN4GE.