The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-13
Senator Jones's Measure Was Not
Ready for Confederation, and Mr..
Vests Was Not Acceptable to All.
DEBS'S ATTORNEYS AT WORK
EFEDRr TO SECURE A SPEEDY
HEARING IN THE SUPREME COURT.
|CharEes Against Judge Clark, of Ten
ncssec, Heard by the senate Conn
mittcc ON Judiciary.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-The meeting Of
the Senate finance committee to-day was
devoted 10 a discussion OF the Vest and
Mcpherson financial bills. which were pre-
scented yesterday. No action was taken and
the committee adjourned until Tuesday
when X II expected that Mr.. Jones viii
have n bill to be considered by the COM
mittce. IL was stated that the prospects
or financial legislation had not been bright
oncd materially by to-day's meeting. Sen
ntor Jones was not present ut the meet
Ing to-day.
Tho Democratic members who had been
very hopeful that tho meeting would de-
velop some expression In regard TO the
attitude or tho Republicans on the COM
ihittee. were more or less disappointed, for
me minority members did not expose their
plans further than to repeat thai they
preferred there should be evidence of una
nimlhity among the Democratic members
and substantial agreement among them on
the terms of a bill before the Republicans
would feel called on TO actively particl.
pate IN the making UP OF a bill. They
found little evidence In the expression of
their Democratic colleagues that there was
likely to be an early agreement.
n leading Republican member of the COM
mittee said. after adjournment, that there
Were as many opinions as to the bin de-
manded for the occasion as there were
Democratic members OF the committee. The
discusslon. therefore, was confined largely
TO the Democratic members and while 1t
soon became evident that 1t would be i'm
possible to agree on the basis OF the Vest
bill. "A spirit OF Cancellation and compro-
mise was displayed so prominently AS to
lead to some hope among Democratic men,
beers that an agreement might yet be
reached.
No apparent progress has been made by
the administration Democrats OF the House
coward formulating the new currency bill
which some of them had determined to
bring forward after a lapse or about two
weeks. Representative Cox of Tennessee,
Of the banking committee. said to-day. that
the attempt Is still going on In an informal
way 70 reach some basis of agreement on
which the Democrats can unite; that friends
VI the administration In the House and
senate are talking over the matter, and,
although they have made little perceptlble
progress they are stu hopeful OF results.
Prominent Democrats are far from SAN
Euine and express the opinion that the sill
yer men hold the key to the situation.
Secretary Carlisle, before next Tuesday,
Will submit some tentative propositions to
the~different factions OF Congress- with the
hope. N not the expectation. that they Will
prove acceptable and prove the means OF
bringing about an agreement. How radical
tho changes are and how widely they differ
ffom the provisions OF the last bill IN not
known. In fact, X iS. said that the Sec-
rotary has hardly decided on them yet. and
WI sndcavSr TO obtain expressions OF opln-
tain what CONCESSIONS VIII be necessary 70
cmbody In n bill that can be pasted.