Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-12
CARLISLE TO EXPLAIN.
Appears Before the House Ways and Means Committee Today.
HOPE OF A BOND BILL REVIVED.

It Is Possible That the Republicans May
 Unite on some Compromise Plan With
 the DeInncrats-Senate Considers Some
 Resolutions Debate Takes a Wide Range.
 WAsHINGTON, Feb. l2.-The house com mittee on ways and means held another confe ence over the presidents bond mes- sage and again ad burned without any conclusion. hut with q brighter prospect for agreement ahead Of it Today Secro- tary Carlisle will api ear. it is expected. with the contract for the sa 0 of the forth coming Eond issue to settled the question which arose Monday.
 Democratic nom l'CTs Of the committee prophecy that Republicans will unite with them upon q plan This belief is based on no definite statement from the opposition, but on tbn general demeanor of the Re pubiirans Rl the sight of Mir. Reed in conference with MT. O ckTan for an hour
 The Kept biican contingent took small part in ths IrGcco iings and individually its memb bers are diplomatic in speaking of their intentions If MT. Reed has ar rived at any understanding with tho ad- ministratiOn men, as was freely rumOred, ho has done it, his colleagues say, on his personal responsibility.
 Most of the time during the day was consumCd ill a discussion of a plan offered by MT. COcLri1 10 meet the present emer- gency and p;a>s'i.le exigencies of the future which wOU:i tun'er large disC retionary powers up Il the executive branch of the government made 1t as a verbal prop osition. but after the meeting reduced the plan to writing and will present 1t today in the folio" ing form:
 Mir. Inckran'S Proposition.
 "WEenevcr it ap2oars to the secretary of the treasury Eal an additional supply of gold or silver iI neSl sSary to the treasury to enat'!r | :n maintain tho parity be- tween the various coins and forms of money of ti,, nited States as required by law. thr iL ,Ccretary is hereby au- thorizCd t. rlaure such gold or silver as may be noe, '.'ry for that purpose hy issu- ing thercf P obligations of the United States Cor!tii, u.ycd for the return Of a like quantity Of tt s;aIuo metal as may have been thus oit1 ned and for the transfer to the holder ct u:h obligations of an addi tional NInoun: of said metal not to exceed 5 per cent u! the whole amount thus ob- tained '
 Mir Bynun withdrew h's resolution in defcrenco [ Chairman Wilson's plan. which covr~s n art the samo ground and Mir. WilsO" IS amended u 0 form of his
 
 lnIes that ECn7 Of tho proceeds of the bond issue shl'l q used to defray curront OK penscs ui ih. governments. The change was designed to meet the ob ectiois utter ed by ic. h!i ans at the former meeting. but their views upon it were not elicited during the session.
 Another change was made in MT. Vii son's resolution hy leaving blank the term of the bond issue. and a aQues,ion was raised W other ire contract with tho bank CTS did not s:ipuIate for 70 year term The cxaCJ terms of tho contract were not known by anE mcmt CTS Of the committee, and Mr. lopainS, Republican, mads a motion that rct1ry Carlisle bc invited to appear before the committee and ex- plain the Contrac5. which was carried The Repub' jtaEs asserted that they had a right to know he terms of tho document Earlier in tho meeting Mr, Cochran made a sl erch in favor Of his proposition. claiming for jj that it will not discrimi- nate aFanst either meal Mir. Bryan of Nebraska a. ried that its intent was ,le i ly in the inc: Cs $ of gold
 Among tho iUmoCratic members of tho committee who were listed as doubtful a conciliat0ry ceiling made itself manifest | ami it N.Ay i,su!t in an agreement. Re | publiCans say that their course Canno; be decided ETon until the Eemo rats present | some definite measure to them.