The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-09
And Is Urging President Cleveland to
Aid the Cause by Sending an APP
peal Message to Congress.
VOTE TO BE TAKEN FRIDAY
ONLY EIGHTY DEMOCRATS LIKELY
TO SUPPORT THE MEASURE.
Scheme to Defeat the Special Rule in
BE Adopted TO-Day-Many Senator's
in Favor of u Compromise.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-The currency
bill fight is regarded as practically over.
Speaker Crisp as much as comedies it's
defeat in the House. He had intended
taking the floor for the bill to-day, but
he deems it useless to make any further
effort in it's behalf. Secretary Carlisle is
still hoping desperately against hope. He
was at the Capitol this afternoon conferr
ing with Mr.. Springer, but even that peren-
nially sanguine statesman was in deep
gloom. Mr.. Carlisle is willing to make
any concessions to pass a currency bill.
He will accept the compromise outlined in
last nights dispatch. Indeed, he is now
saying that he has always preferred a bill
providing for a bond issue, such as the
compromise bill carries, but has not be-
lieved it possible that the free silver men
would permit such a bill to pass. Sec
retary Carlisle is still urging President
Cleveland to appeal to Congress to do
something, even though the result of yes
terdays caucus has persuaded Speaker
Crisp and almost every other friend of
the administration that not even a lspecial
message can avail anything now. A presi-
Dental message to the House tomorrow
shortly after it meets and before the rules
committee brings in its order, providing
for the final disposition of the bill Fri
day is therefore stin among the possibilities,
though Mr.. Crisp does not look for one.
The day in the House was devoid of in
terest save for the remarkable statements
of Representative Sibley, of Pennsylvania.
who boldly charged that the passage of
the unconditional repeal bill had been
brought about by wholesale bribery of
Democrats by the Administrations un-
scrupulous use of patronage. Mr.. Sibley
gave formal utterance to what has been
unofficially stated again and again, and
the only apparent aptness CT his sensa-
tionar statements to-day was the evident
poverty of the administration at the pres
ent time. Mr.. Sibley meant, of course
that if the supply of plums had held out
for the present emergency, there would
be more good boys on the Democratic
side, and the currency bill might have
been passed.
Mr.. Carlisle to-day pleaded with Chair
man Sayres. of the appropriation commit
tee, for more delay He still thinks that
if another week is devoted to the sub
ject something can eventually be framed
which pass But Mr.. Sayres knows
that even if compromise bill is put
through the House it will be doubtful of
passage in the Senate, for Senator Dubois
of Idaho, and other silver Republican Sem
ators, now insist that no currency bill
must pass the Senate that does not pro-
vide for the free coinage of silver at the
ratio of 16 to l. Mr.. Dubois's demand, of
course, will sound the knell of the
compromise bill, if he persists in it. Sem
ators Allison and Aldrich, too, say that
the Democratic leaders may find that there
is really not enough time at the present
short session to entirely discuss so broad
a question the coinage of fifty millions
of silver every year as proposed in the
compromise bill. Mr.. Sayres is becoming
alarmed at the loss of time. The currency
scheme has now been before the House
three weeks and is to-day no nearer its goal
than the day the subject taken up
in committee. Only five of the appropria-
ton bills have passed the House. and
none has yet become law. Only seven weeks
remain after Saturday and Mr.. Sayres an
nounces that he will demand the floor
after next Monday, so that the currency
bill must be out of the way. 1t is evil
dent, therefore, that with only a few days
of this week remaining, there is no hope
for bill, unless all the Democrats i'm
mediately acquiesce in the proposed COM
promise bill