The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-20
Resolution Introduced by WoIcott to
Postpone Consideration and De-
clare the Sense of the Senate.
AN ALLEGED AGREEMENT
WHEREBY VOTE WILL BE TAKEN
ON THE RESOLUTION TO-DAY.
Defended by "CHckoO" Villas In a
Long Speech-Gorman's Rider.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-The effort of the
silver men to force the Senate into a. vote
on the Jones bill failed, just as it was pre-
dicted in these dispatches. Mr. Jones
forced his fight too far. When the Senate
met this morning, the Arkansas Senator
was strongly advised by Senators Teller.
Dubois and other Republicans, to be eau
tious in following up the advantage he had
maintained last night when, by a shrewd
move, the silver friends had placed the
Jones bill before the Senate to-day Mr..
Jones disregarded their advice, and when.
early in the afternoon, a test vote on the
bill resulted in So silver votes and q anti
silver votes. Mr.. Jones deemed himself in
vincible. He was thus betrayed into threat
ening to deadlock the Senate until a vote
was reached on his BILL Early in the after
noon Senator German, who had quietly can
vassed the temper of the Senate, warned
Mr.. Jones of the error of his attitude AS
member of the appropriations committee,
Mr.. German informed Mr. Jones that, after
to-day, he would insist on antagonizing the
Jones silver bill with appropriation bills.
beginning tomorrow with the Indian bill.
Republican silver Senators also warned Mr..
Jones that he had chosen an inopportune
time for deadlock. Only few days of
the session remain, with most of the ap-
preparation bills yet undisposed of. The
failure to sit on these bills would neces-
state an extra session, the responsibility
for which would at once be thrown on the
silver men. Even should the bill be forced
through the Senate it would die in the
House, or be vetoed by the President, so
that in any event the loss of time would
be inexcuSable.
During the afternoon it was learned
that President Cleveland, hearing of Sena-
tor Jones's determined attitude, had sent
for Speaker Crisp. Mr.. Crisp may be a free
silver man in Georgia campaign, but in
the Speakers chair he is an administration
man. When he left the White House 1T was
settled that even should the bill ever come to
the House it would die in committee. This
situation, curiously enough. plays into the
contest for the successorship of the Mexican
mission, made vacant by the death of Gov
Gray The banking and currency commit
tee, to which the Jones bill would come
is evenly divided between silver and anti
silver men. Buck Kilgore holds the bal
ance of power. Should the Jones bill ever
come to the House, Mr.. Kilgore's vote would
cause favorable report to the House or
his vote could kill the bill in committee
Mr.. Kilgore is an anxious applicant for the
Mexican mission. Hence his attitude is
clear. So that it will be seen between Mr.
Crisp's visit to the White House and Mr. Kill
cores ambition the silver Republicans were
right when they urged on MIR. Jones that it
useless to press the bill to vote, and
that the votes of yesterday and to-day
were sufficient demonstration of their
power.
After o'clock tonight the session
dwindled into one of the monotonous farces
xxrhin inh fo,, li,y. sy,
quorum remained in the Senate long enough
to take vote any motion, and, about
$50 o'clock, the Sergeant-at-Arms was dis
patched to bring in delinquents Thus the
tiresome and undignified performance was
kept up until about o'clock, when on Mr.
Jones's own motion, the Senate adjourned.
The adjournment means Mr.. Joness de-
feat. His collapse caused by the reso-
luton of Senator Wolcott declaring, in eff
feet. that while the sense OF the
Senate for free coinage,
still the shortness of the session
made it inadvisable to attempt at the pres
ent time any legislation to that effect Mr.
Wolcott's resolution was the result of a
conference held by the silver Republican
Senators during the evening. Mr.. Jones,
seeing from the step taken by Mr. VOL
cott, that he could no longer count on the
silver Republicans. Immediately sur
rendered
The German rider may we'll be placed
in the list of unsuccessful attempts to al
ford the treasury relief by legislative means
Whatever prospects it may still have in the
Senate, the statement sent to Congress by
Secretary Carlisle to-day, in answer to a
Senate inquiry. effectually dsposes of it in
the House. Mr.. Carlisle states in effect
that he does not need the relief proposed
by the German rider. This assurance of
Mr. Carlisle will be sufficient to rally the
administration Democrats against it and
they, being joined by the anti-bond clement
will form an opposition against which the
Republicans can not prevail The German
rider, therefore. practically vanishes from
further consideration as possibility of
legislation. When the sundry civil bill, is
before the Senate MIR. German will make
statement indicating his belief that his
plan of relief is necessary. in spite of Mr..
CarIsle's roseate assurances. and with that
the Maryland Senator will let the future
decide as to who is right.
The Associated Press reporter SAYS: The
silver fight in the Senate is finished and
no vote will be had on the Jones BILL The
one day devoted to that bill showed con-
clusiyeiy that no amount of pressure would
bring about a vote, ana IL the silver bill
was kept before the Senate that il would
result in defeating the appropriation bills
and force an extra session The silver men
feel that they have shown their strength
and believe that they have gained SUBJ
stantial victory in securing the promise of
vote on the resolution presented by Mr.
Wolcott declaring the sense OF the Senate
Although the agreement was not entered
into in the Senate all the Senator's present
who were opposing the resolution agreed
privately that a vote should be had on the