The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-12-13
The CURRENCY.
Leaders Think There Should
Be no Delay.
Bland Again TO the Front-He Sup
ports Free Coinage.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-Secretary Car
lisle is urging Chalrman Springer and the
other members of tho banking and cur
rency committee to press the currency re-
form scheme as rapidly as possible and
not allow the hearings TO be extended any
longer than is absolutely necessary.
The proposed monsure, the secretary
says, should be reported % the house ut an
early day with Wow OF securing its pas
sage beforo tho holidays. III 1t should be
allowed to go over until after that period
the secretary fears that IL would not reach
the senate in time for that body to give 1t
the necessary consideration.
Chairman Springer and the others as
sured the secretary that there should be no
delay, and thar rs soon as the parties from
Boston. New York and other cities had
had an opportunity of presenting their
views. tho committee would at once pro.
coed 90 Reconsideration OF the bill, get 1t
before tho house and pass it, IL possible,
before the holiday recess, Speaker Crisp
and the rules committee have Indicated "a
willingness TO aid in securing prompt ac-
tion when the measure is brought before
che house.
Bland and his extreme free silver advo-
isles schome by bringing In from the
coinage committee bill for the free coin
age OF silver Bland has been making "A
canvass, and he claims that "a majority OF
the coinage committee Will support him
in his effort to report free coinage bill.
He viii probably discover that. when he
calls for vote of the committee, he Is in
the minority. He had majority of the
committee at tho last session, but there
are three or four Democrats on the COM
mittee who have changed their opinion
concerning free silver, and they see no
good that Is likely TO result from re-
opening Of the agitation of the silver ques-
tion at this time.
Several OF the free silver Democrats on
the committees arc inclined 10 favor the
currency reform plan proposed by Presi-
Dent Cleveland and Carlisle.
Congressional Doings.
The house yesterday entered upon the
consideration Of the urgency deficiency
appropriation bill. The bill contained,
two disputed items-the appropriation for
special pension examiners and the ap-
preparation for the collection of the In.
come tax.
The former appropriation opened the
doors for debate on the conduct of the
pension Office, and especially the practice
OF summarily suspendlng the payment of
alleged fraudulent pensions. The debate
on the income tax appropriation was es-
pecially lively. The motion TO strike it
out was defeated by vote OF 54-l27.
Senator Gray made an unsuccessful at
tempt TO have considered I'm the senate
the bill reported from the finance com
inittee striking out all the differential
duty in favor Of refined sugar and leaving
all sugar dutiablc at 40 per cent ad va
IoFom.
There were great many abscntecs so
that the defeat was not so decisive as TO
DISCOURAGE further efforts OF the same
kind The majority vote Of 10 against
Aking up cloturo resolutions which fol-
lowed, indicates, It is believed, the i'm
probability of changing the rules at this
session.
Mr.. Morgan again addressed the senate
OH the Nicaragua canal BILL and In con-
Guiding, expressed his intention of soon
asking that unanimous consent be given,
fixing n time for a vote on the BILL
In the executive session OF the senate,
Mr. Higgins interrogated Sentor Morgan
as TO the probabilities Of any European gov
ernmental objection to this governments
aiding in the construction of the Ncar-
aqua canal. Senator Morgan replied that
he knew OF no opposition from that source,
and he did not believe that any would be
manifested.