Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-08-12
SILVER CAUCUS.
A Resolution Adopted by the Fol-
lowers of Mr.. Bland.
THE PARITY An OPEN QUESTION.
The Conservative Action OF the Caucus
VIII Materially Aid IN Further
Ing the Efforts at an
Agreement.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1O.-The caucus
of members of the house of representa-
tives who favor the free coinage of sill
yer, which was called by Representa-
tive Bland, was held yesterday in the
hall of the house. At the close it was
officially announced that the following
resolution, offered by Mr.. Boatner, of
Louisiana, had been adopted by u
unanimous vote:
Resolved, That we will support bill repeal
ing the purchasing clause OF the Sherman act
and concurrcntly providing for the free and un.
trammeled coinage OF silver. with full legal
tender quality on such ratio ~ will provide
and maintain the parity between gold ana
silver.
Resolved, That n committee OF seven be mp.
pointed by the chairman OF this conference to
draft and introduce such bill and take proper
steps to secure the free and full discussion and
consideration thereof and vote OF the house
upon the bill and all proper amendments
The committee provided for in the
foregoing resolution was composed as
follows: Messrs. Bland, Sibley, Boat
ner Lane, Bankhead. Bryan and
Bailey. BY the vote of the caucus,
Judge Culbcrson was added to the
committee.
When the caucus met 1t was estab-
lished that there were about forty
members of the house in the hall, but
during the time the caucus was in ses-
sion about 100 members were admitted.
Estimates of the number in attendance
ranged from sixty to 125-the clerk of
the caucus fixing the number at nine
ty-three and Mr.. Bland saying he
counted over 100.
Judge Culberson, of Texas, was elect
ed chairman of the caucus and Repre-
sentative Sibley, of Pennsylvania, the
only democrat present from the eastern
states. secretary. The only republican
present was Representative Bowers. of
California. The populists were repre-
scented by Jerry Simpson and Mr.. KEN.
of Nebraska. The attendance upon
the caucus can hardly be regarded as
test of the strength of the silver forces
in the house, for the reason given by
Mr.. Enloe, of Tennessee. That reason
was that the democratic party
was charged by the people with the
dnty of legislating so as to remedy the
present depression in all branches of
business A democratic caucus and n
mixed conference should have been
called to talk over the situation and to
formulate plan of relief. OF the en-
tire Tennessee delegation-many of
whom are in favor of free coinage-but
one. Mr. Cox, was present at the confer
.ence. This same thing was true of
number of the free silver men from
other states. who did not desire to seem
to separate themselves from their re-
spective organizations, even on this
question.
Reports from members after the eau
Gus adjourned agreed that no differ
enccs of opinion were disclosed in the
progress of the discussion. The ques-
ton of the ratio of the coinage of sill
yer was not discussed except incident
ally, no specific figure was named in
the resolution.
Speeches were made by Judge Gull
berson, Messrs. Bland, Hatch and
Heard, of Missouri; Grain and Bailey,
of Texas; Simpson, of Kansas: Oates
and Bankhead, of Alabama; Bryan, of
Nebraska; Sibley, of Pennsylvania;
Boatner and blanchard, of Louisiana,
and others, all in support Of the object
for which the caucus had been called.
Besides the action reported motion
by Mr.. Bland was adopted authorizing
the appointment of committee of
whips" one from each state, whose
duty it shall be to canvass the house,
discover each members standing upon
the proposed bill and sec that every
friend of the measure is in his seat and
ready to vote when the time comes.
The committee has not yet been
named.
Mr.. Bland stated after the caucus
that it had been in every respect salts
factory to the friends of free silver
coinage. The steering committee"
which had been named, he said, would
probably meet the committee of anti
silver men to-day and discuss the de-
tails of the discussion to be had upon
the bill outlined in the resolution
adopted.
"We will require ample time," re-
marked Mr.. Bland, ito carry out the
terms of the resolutions, and do not
see how it will be possible to come to a
vote under n month or probably six
weeks cannot tell when the COM
mittee will have its bill ready to pre-.
sent 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 free silver men are satisfied that
the present ratio of 10 to should be
changed. We shall probably vote upon
the ratio of 16 to !, and If that is de-
feated, then IS TO 1 and so on up to 20
to /, II necessary"
In the course of the session Mr.. Bland
presented the terms of the propositions
made to him by Bourke Cochran on be-
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