St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-20
SILVER OR NOTHING.
This Will Be the Situation
in the Next Con-
gTesS.
FREE SILVER REPUBLICANS
Will Be Stronger Than Ever
in the Fifty-Fourth
Congress.
RODGER WAS ONE DAY LATE.
Gen. Compton's Office May Be
Abolished--National Cap
ital Gossip.

the Fif+v-fourth congress will be con-
trolled by the advocates OF the 1fee anu
unlimited coinage OF silver, unless
change is made in the rules that now
regulate the proceedings of that BODY
The new elections in the various states
are really strengthening the silver slde
in the senate and augmenting the Re-
publican vote at the same time. rms
is the feature of the situation that IS
giving Tom Reed and the Eastern
Renrblican leaders the greatest con-
Germ at the present time. BY eX-
perience they know that silver Is
stronger than party with the Repubii-
can senators and representatives from
Montana. Idaho. Colorado, Wyoming.
Nevada and the Dakotas, and they are
fearful of an alliance between the Dem
ocratic senators from the South and the
Republicans from these states.
An examination OF the roll OF the
senate OF the next congress will show
how welI-grounded are their fears. III
the present congress there have been
vacancies from the states Of Washing
ton, wyoming and Montana. each OF
which either has been or will be filed
by the election Of men
PLEDGED TO FREE. COINAGE
and all of whom will be Republicans.
Montana and Wyoming have elected
free coinage men of the most ultra des-
cription and Washington will certainly
follow suit as the last Republican state
platform declared for free coinage and
the leading candidates have all pledged
themselves 10 obey the instructions OF
the Spokane convention. North Caro-
lima sends a free silver Populist and a
free silver Republican in place of the
conservative Ransom and Jarvis, free
silver man. Butler, of South Carolina,
is TO be succeeded by Tillman, a radical
free silVeTite. Blanchard, of Louisl-
ana, who succeeded Justice White, is
also a free silver advocate while White
was Oh the other side. Senator Martin,
ST Kansas. goes out and the Republican
fa,ho is to be chosen may not be as radi-
al as Martin on thl2siIVer question al
Enough he will certainly be favorable
20 silver. In case Senator Perkins, OF
California, is defeated, Senator White
may be given a free silver colleague,
and the chances are that the same
thing will happen in Oregon, where a
bitter night is being Waged on Senator
DOiph because he refuses to join the
radical free silver wing of the Republi-
cans in the fight against the repeal of
the Sherman act.
l.
To this list may be added one each
from California, Oregon and Kansas
who viii De Republicans. while Gen
Gordon, of Georgia; Senator Mills, OF
Texas; Senator Caffery, of Louisiana;
Senator-elect Martin, of Virginia. and
Gibson, Of Maryland, Democrats may
be found on that side. While thirty
nine viii not be q majority of the sen
ate, it is not hard to predict that the
Republicans are going to be confront
ed with = serious condition of affairs
when they tackle the financial question
in the next congress. The fifteen free
silver or bust" Republican senators
can prevent any financial legislation
themselves under the present rules.
but they will have no trouble in MAX
ing their old comHiHa ton with the
Southern senators WHO agree with
them on the silver question
The seriousness of the situation from
a party standpoint has made Reed and
many Of the Republican leaders in the
lower house regret the vote against the
consideration OF the Carlisle bill. They
would have furnished some votes if
they had not thought the Democrats
had enough. As it stands, the RepubIi-
cans. with a single exception, Coffin.
OF Maryland. and thirty-nine Dem
ocrats and all the Populists are on rec
ord as being opposed to even the con-
Slderat1on of financial measure. The
vote was not on the Carlisle bill. but
on motion to proceed to the consid-
GRAFTON Of a rule to take up a financial
measure In other words, they did not
want to consider the matter at all
This is rot an advantageous position
for party. and explains the talk of
resuscitating the Carlisle bill, which
talk comes mainly from the Repub-
lean members Of the house.
HERE IS THEIR BILL.
Senator Power, of Montana. is a fair
representative of the Western Repub-
mean senator's who belong to the Re
Pahllcan party, but give their first al
teSlahce TO the cause of silver He has
recently introduced free coinage hin
which states the demands of his fac
ton so clearly that it deserves. to he
read carefully by all who cherish the
idea that any financial legislation that
does not grant free coinage to sill
Yer bullion can pass without q change
OF rules during the life of the next con
SreSs. stripped of unnecessary VERDI
age, the Power bill follows:
Ihat from and after the passage of
TINS act all holders of silver bullion to
the amount of 500 or more, of standard
weight and fineness. shall be entitled
90 have the same coined at the mint of
the United States into silver dollars of
,tke weight and fineness provided for
in the second section of this act.
Section 2-That the silver dollar pro
vided for in this act shall consist Of
Alb grains OF standard silver; said
dollars to he legal tender for all debts
dues and demands, both public and pri-
Vate.
Section 5-That the holder of the sill
Yer dollars herein provided for shall
be entitled to deposit the same and to
receive silver certificates in the man
ner now provided by law for the stand
ard silver dollars
WILL DEFEAT CAMERON
Senator Power is, perhaps, Il good
Republican, but his bill is not accepted