The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-09
ITS ATTITUDE.
Senate May Engage in Some
Financial Legislation.
Outlook for CarlisIe's Bili-Congress-
man Sibley Attacks AdmiIstratiog.

'iis' DC no Cufftncl ioxsih
tion talked in moro favorable way ycster
day and hintcd ut "a possibility that some.
thing might he done though they did not
know just how or what
Senator Jones of Arkansas. a mcmber of
tine flnancs cemmi,tcc. was asked if no
was not OF the opinion that there was no
possibility OF ourrcncy legislation.
Possibility Is a strong word" he an
swered.
Probability. thcn9"
"Wcll now he said, al will say that
hits my views. do not think there Is any
probability OF legislation. IL Is possible,
however. that conditions may arise which
will bring men Of very diverse views to-
Rether on common ground, and that legis-
lation, without politicai or personal ad-
vantage. purely patriotic In its nature,
might be enacted. i do not think this Is
probable For my part, l would sacrifice
great deal 10 got on that common
ground"
"hven to tho acceptance OF a bond is
sueg"
Yes, even to bond issue"
"What else would be necessarily
"We would have TO do something for
silver. We could not lcgislate on the cur
rency question without doing something
for silver"
do you consider necessity great for cur
rency legislationf"
"Most emphatcally. Tho condition of
affairs though may induce the senate to
do something. 1t may induce the house
TO accept something that will tide the
country oyer."
Senator Jones said this feeling was
shared by many othor senator's Eastern
as well as western senators have talked
somewhatin this strain. and an impression
has created at che Capitol that posi-
bly, something might be done, though IL
was generally agreed that so far no COM
promise which could be called common
ground had yet been presented.
Margin Is Very small
The action of Mondays caucus on tho
Springer currency bill Is the absorbing
topic with members Of the house, and
scant attention is given TO the formal de-
bate. Opinions vary widely, yet the belief
appears co be general that the vote for the
bill in caucus was so small as to jeopar-
die it's passage In the house.
Representative Walker of Massachu-
setts, a Republican member OF the cur.
reney committees, summed up the Repub-
lican view Of the situation thus: "The
caucus establishes beyond doubt that
the bill is dead On the ratio Of the caucus
vote the vote In the house. II every mem
Der attended, would be 1856 for the bill and
22l against But as there will not be q
full attendance, / estimate the vote as 80
for the bill and l57 against. The adverse
vote includes every Republican and Popu-
a list-l22 in all-and many Democrats.
The number OF votes for the bill In caucus
IL its utmost strength"
Democratic friends OF the measure con-
lend, however. tnat this Wow is incorrect,
and that some members who opposed it In
caucus will vote for IL In the house
Carlisle Is Hopeful.
Mr.. Carlisle remained in Speaker
Crisp's private Office throughout yester-
day afternoon, md saw tn ose most active
I'm support of the bill. No efforS was made
TO conceal from him the doubt the house
managers had as to the passage of the
bill
Mr.. Carlisle was apparently as hopeful
as ever, however, and expressed the belief
that the bill would pass. Active support
ers Of the It'll pointed out to the secretary
the probable tactics Of tho combined op-
position. This WAS to first attempt TO de-
feat the rule closing the debate, and, fail
ing in this, to move to strike out the en-
acting clause.
The names OF the prominent Democrats
and Republicans who had combined on
this line of opposition were sgivon during
the discussion OF their plan. They in
cludod Democratic members from New
York, Pennsylvania, Texas and Nebraska,
representing the extremes of eastern and
western sentiment on the currency
The friends of the bill reached the un-
derstanding that they would meet tho
fight on the rule by insisting that n eau
Gus was binding on matters Of parliamcn-
tary procedure. even though 1t was not ON
the merits of bill. Latetn the day the
draft Of n special rule was perfected. It
fixes the final vote for next Friday after
noon The debate until then is TO be un-
der the five-minutc rule The special rule
will be offered ut oncs.
sibley Raised a Rumpu-.
Yesterday was the last day of the gen.
eral debate on tho currency bill ia the
house, and the opponents Of the measure
had their inning. All the speakers, ex-
cept Representative Cox (Tenn.), antag-
onized it. The feature ot tlse day was the
speech of Mt slbley (Dem., Pa). who
made an attack on the president. aud ar
raigned the Democratic party generally
for drifting away from its traditional
moorings. His speech created much con
fusion and good deal sensation.
Referring to the published reports that
tho executive department OF tae govern
ment, In the person " be. secretary o.
the treasury, was usiu. Dc. ptyer - nnu
ence votes Ia layog % Dlt Dlu. Mr SDiey
said; III have read thy consultation Is
the United Siufcs correctly t dehnes Oh
po\yprs and Duties of f.a sgl.f ara.gfiv