The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-10
KNOCK OUT BLOW
CarlisIe's Currency Bill
Ditched in the House.
Senate Will New Lend a Hand In
Lifting the Country.

WAsHISGToN, Jan. l0-Tho Carlisle
currency bill, which has been under de-
bate in the house for about two weeks.
was ditchcd yesterday IL had not strength
enough 60 surmount the first parliamcn-
tary obstacle placed In Its path.
ihe committees ON rules, in obedichce to
the decree Of the Democratic caucus on
Monday. brought in an order to close gen
eral debate ana proceed under the five
minute rule until Saturday, when the
pnal vote should be taken, but the sup
torters Of the bill showed lamentable
weakness.
They were unable TO order the previous
question, tho domand, therefore, being re-
fused, first by rising vote OF 92-l0l,
and then on yea and nay vote by
12i-l2g, The advocates Of tho bill were
dumfounded when they. discovered that
they had been beaten In the preliminary
skirmisb, and the order was Withdrawn.
This was the first reverse the committee
on rules had suffered In four years.
An analysis u the vote shows that all
OF the l2a votes in favor OF the motion
were cast by Democrats, while 81 Republi-
cans, 30 Democrats and = Populists voted
against IL. or the 80 Democratic votes
against the motion, 10 was pointed out
that "a were cast by Democrats defeated
for reelection.
How Carlisle Feels About IL.
Secretary Carlisle remained I'm Speaker
Crisps private Office for an hour yesterday
afternoon conferring with house leaders
ON the effect OF the reverse suffered by tho
currency bill
Besides Mr.. Carlisle and Mr. Crisp there
was present Messrs. Catchngs and Outh-
oil .f
Springer, who had been in charge Of the
BILL Mr.. Hall Of Missouri Of the currency
committee and Mr.. Tucker of Virginia.
The talk partook somewhat Of the ma.
ture of a conference as 10 what course OF
action should be pursued in view Of the
unexpected turn OF affairs. Mr.. Carlisle
mainteined his usual composure, and gave
no in, ion that he felt either chagrln
or apprehension. On the contrary, he
spoke jocularly OF Representative Slb-
lcy's sensational speech. and said he
would like To know whom he had "bribed
with revenue collesSorship," as Sibley
had alleged.
The secretary expressed regret that the
rule had been defeated. and he shared the
view Of others present that the defeat
closed the prospects for the bill in It's pres
ent form. The result was asurprise to him,
Ton he had not shared the, doubts of tho
house leaders up TO the time OF the vote.
He had expected t.x,st amendments would
be requested which would overcome the
opposition Of certain elements and make
the passage of the bill possible.
VIII Let IL Rect.
Now that the rule was defeated, Mr..
Carlisle agreed with the house leaders that
it was desirable to let the bill rest for
time. He did not suggest any new
measure or any material changes from
the present one. 1t appeared to be the
idea, however, that efforts should be di-
rected toward turning the objections Of
those Democrats who had voted against
the rule, In order that these objections
might be overcome IL possible.
After the conference Mr.. Springer said
that while some concessions might be
made in the interest OF harmony, yet no
concession could be made on the basis OF
giving the silver men everything they
wanted. IF Mr. Bland and his friends
will not give us their assistance except on
condition OF silver at ratio OF 16 to l,
then they must shoulder the RESPONSE
blity OF the defeat of all Legislation, as no
such inconsistent compromise is possible"
The senate's View of 1t.
Many of the Democratic senators re-
ceived the announcement of the adverse
vote on the currency but as a summons to
take the question mp and find "a way out
OF the difficulties with which the country
Is confronted.
Senator Voorhees, took the first step for
the formal consideration of the matter by
issuing call for a meeting of the finance
committee TO be held this afternoon.
This meeting is for the purpose of CAN
vassing the entire situation, and IL pos
yible devising means of improving he con-
dition OF the treasury.
So far AS can be learned, no measure
has been proposed for submission to the
committee, but the movers for this meet
Ing hope that a general exchange of views
on the Iart of members OF the committee
will indicate general lines upon which
bill may be framed which would stand a
chance of receiving the approval of the
committee and OF the senate.
1t is also understood that Senator Vest
has In mind the outline of "A plan for bill
which he m.y submit to the committed
and which may prove the basis of future
consideration. The two principal features
of his plan are: First, TO authorize the
Issuance OF u sufficient number of low
rate bonds to retire the S346 0O0 900 worth
OF greenbacks; and, second, TO provide for
the purchase and coinage Of sufficient
quantity of silver to increase the silver
circulation to s7500OO,0 600, which would be
nn increase OF about sl5O,000OO0
This is suggested as compromise upon
which the bond advocates and the silver
men can agree, but the scheme has MOI
met with general favor so far as it ha
been canvassed Some OF the silver sen
ators, notably the Republican silver sen
ntors, have taken the position that the
will accept notning short of a provision
for unlimited silver coinage. They viii.
Tot insist upon free coinage at ratio O
10 TO !, but are willing to all ow the gov
'rnment n liberal seigniorago
They Will not agree, however, that any
limit shall be plac Vi upon the amount {,
be received on the torns agreed upon. Il
u not known how the finance ooinmitte,
will stand upon this proposition, but tn
silver mon believe that poll of the com.