Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-08-17

mOtlOn Dy Mf. Dlduu was aCOpteu
authorizing the appointment of a
committee OF 'whips," one from
each State, whose duty it shall be
to canvass the House, discover each
members standing upon the pros
posed bill, and see tbatevery friend
of the measure is in his seat and
ready to vote when the time comes.
This committee has not yet been
named.
Mr.. Bland stated, after the cau~
Gus, that it bad been in every re
spcct satisfactory to the friends OF
free silver coinage. The Steering
COMMITTEES" which had been
named, he said, d,wouidp1obab ymett
the committee cf anti silver men
tosmorrow and discuss the details
OF the discussion to be had upon
the bill outlined i'll the resolution
adopted. "We will require amp e
time,' remarked Mr.. Bland, "to
carry out the terms of the 'resolus
tor, and | do not zee how it viii
be possible te come to 3 vote under
a month or probably SIX weeks. |
cannot tell when the committee
will have it's bill ready to present
to the House, The question OF the
ratio to be inserted in the bill was
not discussed, but it is apparent
that some OF the tree-silver men
are sati. fed that the present ratio
| ~ En I cI Il hl 40 tI.
shall probably vote upon the press
ent ratio of 16 to /, and il that is,
defeated, then II to 1. and SO on up
to 20 to l, if necessary"
Almost every Democratic Sens
4tor was present at the party eau
Gus held this morning. The meets
ing was convened at 1880 O'Clock,
and when the hour OF noon arrived
nothing definite had been accoms
piished, and an adjournment was
taken until Immediately after the
adjournment of the Senate.
The afternoon caucus was almost
as unproductiye Of results as the
morning session, Most OF The time
was consumed in the expression OF
individual views, which clearly
demonstrated that each element in
the party was firmly welded to its
own notions. One Senator who ocs
cupies high position in the Fls
nance Committee, and whose lean.
ing towards free silver ispronouned,
declared positively, lyon can set
it down as a certainty that the
Sherman act will not be repealed
unconditionally." On the other
band, some Senators who have
sided with the President, said
rather despondently that while no
tangible advance had been made
toward a point where the party
could be regarded as united, they
had not abandoned the hope that
the efforts in that direction might
eventually result in success.
1t ie gathered from this that the
conditional repeal proposition Is
! gaining strength and that certain
OF .he- ultra silver men are pres
pairing to follow in the direction
indicated by the leaders in the sill
yer caucus in the House to-day tos
wards repeal, with tree coinage at
an increased ratio. 1t was a rather
significant fact that the silver men
appeared to have less anxiety than
their opponents about the result
of the caucus, as was evidenced BY
their conduct while the Senators
were discussing the situation, a
nun Der Of them leaving the room
and gong to the RESTAURANT Whe {
they calmly indulged in luncheon,
apparently unconcerned as to what
was going on in the Cham ber
above.
Neither party in the Senate has
; ever been able to caucus with com
plete success on the subject of sill
yer, and to days caucus was nc
exception to the rule, So, atte,
exhausting the possibilities of de
bate, the caucus tell back upon the
oit-tried expeoient of delegating tc
committee the task of endeavors
ing to arraoge plan of business
MIR. German, the chairman of the
caucus, was authorized to appoint
this committee, and the caucus it
self adjour led subject to his call
which will be issued as soon as the
committee has reached al agrees
ment and is pref ared to submit a
report for actor.
Immediately after adjournment
of the caucus, Mr.. German re,
paired to the room of the CONS
mittee on appropriations and call.
ed into consultation Messrs
Black burn, Gray, Ransom and
Voorhees,. Mr.. Cockrell was invited
to remain il the room. All of these
Senators, with the exception of Mr.
Gray, were members OF the Demo.
cratic Caucns Committee of the
last session; and although Mr.. Cor.
man had not made his appointments tt
at the time of the consultation
: their prsence gave color to the ex-
pectation that they would bt
named as members OF the Caucus
Committee.
At the conclusion OF this in,
formal caucus at SIS p. m., Mr.
German said he would not appoin
!. the committee author; zed by th.
caucus until morrow.