The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-02
President Cleveland and Secretary
Carlisle in Stew Over Senator
GOrman's Late Speech.
MANIFESTO BY DEMOCRATS
MEMBERS OF THE PARTY URGED TO
RALLY IN BEHALF OF SILVER.
.
CarIisIe's Statement of the Condition
of the Trensury-WilsOn Confirmed
as POstmaster-Geucral
to the indianapolis Journal


both sides of the Capitol to-day centered on
the provision of the sundry civil bill added
by Senator Wolcott, providing for nine del
egates from the United States to any inter-
national bimetallic conference that may. be
called by any of the European powers dur
ing the year. A popularity of Mr.. Wolcott's
amendment is that, contrary to all prece-
dent, it does not provide that the three dele
gates to represent respectively the Senate
and the House shall be appointed by the
presiding officers of each body, but leaves
their selection directly to the House. There
remains only tomorrow night at which
these delegates can be selected, since each
house will be hard at work all day to-mor-
row, and Congress expires by limitation at
noon on Monday. There seems to be little
doubt that the amendment will be adopted
by the House. though there is DISPOSE
tion manifested by the House conferees to
change the provision so that Speaker Crisp
shall at least appoint the House delegates.
The conferees on the sundry civil bill will
work all night tonight, if necessary, to
have the bill in shape for action by both
houses tomorrow.
On the Senate side there will be little
trouble as to the manner Of selecting dele
gates from that body. Senators German and
Allison assured the Journal correspondent
that there would be attempt at caucus
action by each party in the Senate, but that
the whole body would meet and select,
either by ballot or by agreement, the three
Senators who will represent that body. 1t
seems generally conceded that Messrs. Tel
Ter of Colorado and Jones OF Arkansas will
be two of the delegates. The friends of
Senator Voorhees, are pressing that gentle
mans name, claiming that as chairman of
the finance committee he Is ex officio enli-
tied to represent the Senate in great none
tary discussions. There are some Senators
who support Mr.. Voorhees, pretenson on
the ground that at great international
monetary conference, attended by represen-
tatives from all great countries, and hold
ing all possible shades of different opinions
and vagaries financial subjects, the pres
ence of Mr.. Voorhees, would be especially
valuable, since, having in his lifetime been
on every conceivable side of the money ques-
tion. he is particularly equipped to discuss
it with equal ability from every conflicting
point of view.
On the House side there threatens some
trouble over the delegates. There each par
ty is expected to meet in caucus the DEM
ocrats to select two men and the Republic
ans one, unless, indeed, the amendment is
SO changed that the Speaker is empowered
to appoint all three delegates from the
House. Mr.. Bland is moving every infiu-
ence to have himself elected appointed
one of the delegates. The aanti-free sill
Yer members of the House are insisting
that if the free silver men are recognized
by the appointment election of Mr..
Bland the other side of the question shall
also be represented by the appointment Of
some anti-siver man. The names of Ira
cey OF New York and Outhwaite of Ohio
are mentioned, but neither of them has any
Qra he hav
yet arrived at the stage of selection Mr..
Bland, while working earnestly to have
himself elected, states privately that he
does not believe that the next international
conference will result in any more material
progress for silver than have any of IT'S
predecessors. There is no gossip as to the
men whom Mr.. Cleveland will select He
is heartily in favor of the conference, he
says.
Representative Quigg, one of the work
ing Republican members OF the House said
IN speaking of the passage OF the Wolcott
resolution by the Senate: THE vote showed
substantially that the members of that bodv
who are In favor of fiat money or imitation
are Populists. This is most encouraging
sign of a healthy state of public sentirIenf
on the currency question. The Republican
party has always claimed that sooner or
later those foreign countries whose financial
systems are on gold basis would tire of
pursuing course of hostility to silver and
,,;s the way ,,: Weud open to international bimet
course of the Republican party in doing
what 1t could to sustain the use of silver as
money metal without undertaking TO bear
the whole burden of its complete rehabilita-
ton is being vindicated. OF course no one
can say what the issue will be with another
international confeT ance. but it is thought
to be step in the right direction and TO
hasten the, day. when all first-class powers
will use silver freely on a ratio common to
all. The Republican party is going to do
everything it can to bring forward this day
r. fhsa vt f0r
in a position TO legslate, 1t will go at the
question of bimetallism and currency re-
is three thousand miles wide, that il con-
tains a population with interests more or
legislation involves compromise: and it viii
endeavor to secure result that will safely
country and secure the best interests of ALL"
MR.. SrRINGER'S VIEWS
This movement, recently started in Eu-
rope" said Chairman Springer, of the COM
mittee on banking and currency, must not
be construed into effort for the remone-
tization of silver at a ratio of Is to L. On
the contrary, there are few If any European
statesmen who believe that reconciliation
is possible Their object is to secure a ra-
ito so near the intrinsic value OF the two
metals that the ratio established will be the
basis of international exchanges both of
gold and silver. What the ratio shall be is
OF little consequence except to silver mine
owners. Silver is now being produced Al 4
profit at GO cents an ounce; with the ratio
l6 to l ii would be worth 81. %, and 1t is very
doubtful whether If all countries could agree
on ls TO such ratio could be maintained,
owing to the fact that production would
be stimulated TO such an extent that silver
would be as plentiful as copper
II am very hopeful that the movements
in Germany and England will be productive
of results. said Representative Hepburn.
who Is accounted silver man. Only the
politicians have been heard from before, the
former movements for bimetallic confer