Evening journal., 1894-02-10
THE BLAND BILL FATED .
Even il It Is Passed ItWil Prob
ably Be Vetoed.
CONGRESSMAN HOUK OF OHIO DEAD

senatoriai subcommittee Working Hard
ON the Tarin 1871 and Expects TO Finish
It In a Changes WIN Not Be So
Radical as at First Supposed.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 10 The entire day
in the house was consumed in debate on /
the BLAND silver seignlorage hill, the speak
ers being Messrs. Bland, c. W. Stone OF /
Pennsy McKeghan. Harter aud KID
gore.
At the conclusion Of Mr. McKeighan's |
speech. which consumed an hour aud |
half Mr.. Harter Of Ohio took the floor in |
opposition TO the bill.
There was, he said, little place for senti- |
ment in the discussion of this bill but an /
abundant opportunity for the exercise Of |
common sense. The United States had bid |
goodby to the coinage Of silver Both sides |
Of the house should unite Ia upholding the |
honor, credit and dignity of the govern |
ment. IL wRs unfortunate that gentlemen |
insisted ON praoticing politics when they !
ought to practice statesmnnship
Mr. Richardson of Michigan wanted TO
know, If there was nothing behind the
treasury notes except the gold reserve, why
the bullion should not be coined for their
redemption.
Mr. Harter replied that behind the treas
ury notes was only a bookkeeping credit
It was not a credit that could redeem ohli-
cations in the markets Of the world To
add SJ5 900 to the gigantic obligations
OF the government was proposition hard
to match outside the walls of madhouse.
II the ship of state WAS laundering light
en- some Of the cargo. Don't incrgase the
burden she must carry. II politics was
eliminated. II members would vote their
honest convictions. it would be easy to re.
lieve the treasury There were three means
OF relieving the treasury, any OF which in
the long run would suffice. The first was
| by economy in the expenditures of the gov
ernment Let us begin, said Mr.. Har-
ter, "by reducing salaries 20 per cent, in
cluding our own"
Wheat Follows silsor.
did you vote for extra mileage for your
self" asked Mr.. Bland.
81 did. l voted for Il on the ground that
/ had as much right to it as any one else.n
| Laughter
THE papers today" said Mr. Sibley Of
! Pennsylvania, interrupting Mr. Harter,
announced that silver had touched the
lowest point in its history, and the same
papers showed that wheat was never so
low. Wheat and silver have maintained a
parity. The gentleman from Ohio (Alr.
| Harter) told the house last summer that
the repeal of the Sherman law would be
| followed by a revival of prosperity and
high prices"
And today we see the result Of his
prophecy" added Mr.. Bland, supplement
tary to Mr.. Sibley's remark.
"Ihe country was saved disastrous con-
sequences at least, replied Mr. llarter,
turning to Mr. Bland 1T would have
been worse If we had taken your advice"
You don't know that" retorted Mr..
Bland, "and we do know the result OF your
prophecy"
Mr.. Harter created some amusement 10y
his reference TO the manner in which the
Democratic party was delineated in the
comic papers as jackass. He Thought Il
was perfectly fair. perhaps. for Republican
papers to portray the Democracy as IA
jackass, but he did not see why, when a
proposition like the Bland bill was brought
into the house, Democrats should flap
their arms and bray To show that they
were iackasses.
Mr.. kilgore Of Texas, who made the con-
eluding argument of the afternoon, con-
tended that il the government was in need
Of money ID was better TO coin the silver
seigniorage than to borrow money and pay
interest upon the loan. Without complet-
ing his speech Mr. Kigore yielded To a
motion that the committee rise. Then the
house adjourned.
Veto of the silver Bill Expected.
The debate will be interrupted today 40
? O'Clock by the special order setting aside
the rest of the day for eulogies upon the
late Representative O'Neill Of Pennsylva-
mia. 1t is expected that vote on the bill
will be reached by Tuesday at the furthest,
: aud Mr. Bland is confident that it will
pass. This opinion is generally shared by
the leaders on both sides, although there
probably will be some notifications of the
bill that will make IL more acceptable 10
, the Democrats who are now opposing it,
Leading opponents of the bill express
confidence today that President Cleve.
land will veto the bill if passed by con-
gress. The friends of the measure have
also been alive to this emergency and have
. discussed the desirability of holding a eau
Gus at which mutual agreements could be
] made as to amending the bill so that il
E would avoid the chances Of veto. Rep
resentative Black of Georgia was instru-
! mental in getting up the caucus. He says
. the primary purpose was 10 get voting
. quorum of Democrats in the house, but
s thN in the event of caucus the whole
: scope of the bill and the means OF perfect.
ing it so as to avoid congressional and ex-
: ecutive friction would be considered.