St. Paul daily globe., 1895-01-08
House Democrats in Caucus
IndoPse the Currency
Bill
BY A VOTE OF 81 TO SO.
Small Majority Increases Ap-
prehension Of Defeat Of
the Measure.
AMENDMENTS VOTED DOWN.
Plan to Issue Bonds to Retire
Gpeenbacks Found Small
Favor.

WASHINGTON. Jan. l. By vote OF
81 TO SO the Democratic house caucus
voted today to indorse the Carlisle sub
stitute bill now before the house.
Speaker Crisp took the lead in present
ing the resolution and in vigorously
urging It's adoption. The committee on
rules was Instructed to bring in rule
tomorrow to close debate. Efforts to
amend MI. Crisp's resolution were
voted down, ole of the adverse votes
showing only thirteen members of the
caucus favorable to an issue OF bonds
to retire the greenbacks.
The result Of the caucus is accepted
with considerable apprehension by
friends of the bill, Notwithstanding the
passage of the resolution of indorse-
ment. The eighty-One votes which the
measure commanded in caucus are far
short Of the number necessary to pass
1t in the house. 1t is TIE belief, how
ever. that many of the ffty-nine votes
recorded against the resolution will be
changed now that the Carlisle bill has
the prestige of the cancus Endorsement.
But there were several prominent lead.
ers who asserted at The close of the
caucus that the vote showed conclusive
~ that the bill could not pass.
The caucus was called together at 2
o'clock. with Mr Holman i'll the chair.
All of the party leaders of the house,
including Speaker Crisp and Messrs.
Catchings. Cultivate and Springer,
Wilson, tracey and Bland, and the
Democratic members of the banking
md currency committee. we're on hand.
There were 152 members present. MI.
Cochran. of New York, stated early in
the day that il the caucus was to be
binding ne could not enter it, and it was
understood that others would pursue
the same course. As assurances were
given them that the caucus would be
advisory rather than binding. Mr. Cock
ran and his associates concluded TO
attend.
The Issue OF the Caucus
was sharply presented by the following
resolution prepared by Mr.. Springer
and introduced by Speaker Crisp:
"Res0lVed. That 1t is the sense of
this caucus that the Carlisle currency
bill should be passed by the house of
representatives substantially as pre-
sented in the substitute which has been
printed in the Record, and which will
be offered at the proper time by the
oLoi,,r.p of the committee on banking
80 nI,rrancv and tb3t the committees
"Il ,.,,Iae Le T5o,Insted tn rpnorr an order
to,,1,1rro,l i1nradiafpIv after tha read
iTrr of the iorrnaI which shall rrnvide
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From various parts OF the hall came
cries of Point of order" For time
there was considerable confusion. Chair
man Holman finally sustained the point
OF order.
For thirty years said Mr.. Holman,
ait has been the unbrOken rule in the
house of representatives to consider
the action of caucus as advisory and
tirely free 10 act according to their own
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