Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-08
THE CARLISLE BILL
It Was Endorsed by the House Democratic
Caucus Yesterday.
but the Vote Was So Light That the
Defeat of the Measure
is Feared.

BY. a vote of 81 to 50 the democratic
House caucus voted yesterday to indorse
the Carlisle substitute currency bill, now
before the House. Speaker Crisp took the
lead in presenting the resolution anu in
vigorously urging the necessity of its
adoption. The committee ON rules was in
structed to bring in a rule to close the
debate. Efforts to amend Mr.. Crisp's reso-
luton were voted down. one Of the adverse
votes showing only thirteen members of
the caucus favorable to an issue Of bonds
to retire greenbacks.
The result of the caucus is accepted
with considerable apprehension by friends
of the bill. notwithstanding the passage
of the resolution of Endorsement. The 81
votes which the measure commanded in
caucus is far short of the number neces-
sary to pass 1t i'll the House. 1t is be-
lieved by some that many of the 30 votes
recorded against the resolution will be
changed now that the Carlisle bill has the
prestige of caucus Endorsement. But there
were several prominent leaders who as
serted at the close of the caucus the
vote showed conclusiyely that the bill
could not pass.
Brief speeches were made in the caucus
by Representatives Cox of Tennessee,
Coombs of NHw York, Bailey of Texas,
Swanson of Virginia, Cofreen of Wyoming,
nessee, Bryan of Nebraska, and Sperry of
Connecticut. They showed very wide di-
vergence of individual views. Mr.. Sperry
closed his remarks by Offering an amend
ment to the pending resolution. by which
the Sperry bill, for an issue of bonds to
refund the greenbacks. was to be substi-
tuted as the or which the caucus was
to express it's approval.
Mr.. Johnson of Ohio, a member of the
banking and currency committee, follow
ed in opposition to the resolution and to
the Carlisle bill. Mr.. Terry Of Arkansas
also submitted amendment proposing
as the sense of the caucus bill authoriz-
ing each state to buy silver bullion TO the
amount of 81 fer each inhabitant, and send
the same to the United States treasury to
be coined and returned to tne several
states This closed the speechmaking and
the submission of amendments and voting
began.
The Terry amendment was voted on first
and was defeated, 81 yeas to "a nays. The
Sperry amendment was also defeated by
Is yeas to 20 nays. The last vote was re-
garded as significant in showing the linn
tied strength of the plan to issue bonds
to retire the greenbacks. The thirteen vot-
ing for the amendment were MesSrs. Sper-
~ of Connecticut. Harter of Ohio, Strauss
of New York, Brickner of Wisconsin. Wells
of Wisconsin. Coombs of New York. Lock
wood of New York. Fielder of New Jer-
sey. Hendrix of New York. Tracey of New
York McAleer of Pennsylvania, Deforest
of Connecticut Pierson of Ohio.
The question then REQUIRED on the orsi-
nal resolution to indorse the Carlisle sub
stitute bill. 1t was decided to divide the
resolution so as to have separate votes on
the Endorsement of the bill and OF the IN
structions to the committee on rules. The
first part indOrsirg the bill was carried ny
4 vote of 81 to 80 The second part di-
recting the rules committee to bring in a
rule was adopted without division and the
caucus adjourned.