Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-29
PLAN OF CAMPAIGN
How the Administrators Financial
Bill is to Be Managed.
BID FOR SOLID REPUBLICAN, SUPPORT
Such Amendments as They Desire
to Be Accepted.
ONE ADOPTED TODAY

The plan of the advocates of the admins
tration financial bill introduced yester-
day and the purpose of the administration
are to secure the practically solid support
of the republicans in the House and to de-
pend upon this and the assistance of such
democrats believe in the administration
policy to secure it's adoption. The message
is universally regarded as an appeal to the
republicans and an abandonment of all
hope of legislation on this subject through
the medium of the democratic party. Hav-
Ing failed in the policy of placation the
plan is to try the reverse and repeat II
possible the method adopted 20 secure the
repeal of the Sherman silver purchase act
Solid Republican support Wanted.
This being the purpose an effort will be
made to render the bill entirely satisfactory
to the republicans. the first proposition be-
ing to get their solid support. To do this
1t is understood that the majority party
will be practically ignored and whatever
amendments the republicans demand VIII
be accepted TO secure their support. the
bill as it now stands will not quite ac-
complish this, though it is strong with the
republicans. There Is some opposi ton
among the republicans to the provision for
the payment of customs duties in gold only
and a great many of them will not con-
sent to the retirement of the Sreenbacks.
will secure the solid republican support, IL
is understood that the administration will
agree to their elimination. Any other
amendment which the republicans as a
body want. it is said. will be agreed to.
Figuring ON Its Chances.
In other words, 1T is contemplated that
the republicans shall make the bill TO suit
themselves. In figuring on the chances of
passing the bill through the House, the
vote on the repeal of the Sherman law is
taken as basis. 1t is conceded by the
friends of the bill that large number of
democrats who voted with the administra-
tion to repeal the Sherman act will not
vote for this bill. but they hope to hold
enough of these to give a majority IL the
republicans vote soldly. They say, how
ever, that failure to get the practically
solid republican vote would be fatal to the
measure. Ii they find that by this combi-
nation they can get majority for the bili
the question will then turn upon the dlSpo-
sition of the committee on rules to give
them special rule to prevent filibustering
A majority of the committee on rules. as
now constructed. are sound money men, but
the policy of the committee has been not
to bring in a special order for any measure
which had not the support of majority OF
the democrats. 1t is not believed that by
any possibility a majority of the democrats
can be induced to support this measure.
and, therefore, a very delicate question
would be presented to the committee on
rules il the matter ever gets that far. III
rule were got from that committee 1t would
probably have to be by Just such colnbi-
nation as it is proposed to form In the
House on the measured democratic minor
ity joining with the republicans.
The Banking Committee.
The banking committee are in the same
situation. There it is only by a combina-
ton of democrats and republicans that a
report can be secured. The committee
were In session for about an hour and
half this morning, and adjourned about
twenty minutes after y without getting
further In the consideration of the bill
than the first section. They will meet
again this afternoon. but do not expect
to be ready to report before the House
meets tomorrow. At the outset a willing
ness was expressed to report the bill to
the House without recommendation, and
permit the amendments to be considered
there. as was done in the case of the orig
inal Carlisle bill. 1t was decided, how
ever that they had better attempt to
reach an agreement, If possible, and re-
port the bill just in the shape they desired
to pass it, Some of the republican mem
bers of the committee objected to the re-
tirement of the greenback5 and also to the
term of fifty years. The only action taken
was the adoption of an amendment offered
by Mr. Haugen republican,, striking out
the hfty-year term for the bonds and re-
placing it with a provision making the
bonds payable at the option of the United
States at the end Of ten years after their
1t developed in the COMMITTEES that Cox,
Hall and Cobb (democrats) were opposed
to the bill. The attitude of Black of Geor-
gia was not fully disclosed during the dis
cuSSion.
Anticipating an Extra Session.
The policy of the administration men of
trying to frame financial bill which will
have the support of the republicans is re-
garded as the first move of the admin
fstration In anticipation of an early extra
session of Congress. They hardly expect
to succeed In getting their bill through
even the House. and know certainly that
1t cannot pass the Senate at this session.
IT, however the effort to get republicans to
stand behind the measure is successful it
will form the basis of legislation at the
extra session. In the event of the failure
of action at this session 1t Is expected
that the President will not delay in calling
an extra session more than a week
On the assembling of the Fffty-fourth Con-
gress. il the party is Committed in adj
vance to action On this subject.the repubn
cans will have no difficulty IN very prompt
ly passing the bill through the House In
the Senate. however. the situation will be
scarcely more hopeful for legislation than
IL now is.
Mr. McNfiIIin in Opposition.
Representative McMillin is determined in
his opposition to the administration bill in
troduced by MT. springer yesterday. Inc
bill which Mr.. Springer introduced yester-
day." he said. will not pass. Boiled down
1t means the conversion of s500.OoO,OoO nom
interest-bearing debt into an equal amount
of interest-bearing debt. 1t not only does
this but provides that the bonds and their
interest shall be paid In gold. While pre-
tending to maintain the parity of the two
metals these bonds themselves discriminate
against the metal they are alleged to be
inteLGed to help. They run fifty years
and on them we would pay three-quarters
of q million of gold annually, retiring ulti-
mateIy sl,2Jo.o0O,o0O to extinguish a present
circulating non-interest bearing medium of
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