The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-21
And Predicts the Next Congress VIII
Make q Searching Investigation
Into Cleveland's Bond Deal.
APPROPRIATIONS IN PERIL
AND AN EXTRA SESSION AMONG THE
GROWING POSSIBILITIES.
Cleveland working for One i'm Schcm-
ing to Defeat the German SUM
dry Civil Bill Rider. 81
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 2o.-The silver bill
is practically dead for this Congress. Mr..
Jones, after his defeat of last night, re-
tired gracefully from the encounter this
morning by announcing .that no attempt
would be made during the remainder of
this session to obtain a vote on the meas
ure. This disposes of the bill. as was pre-
dicted, but it does not end silver talk. for
large number of Senator'S have speeches
on hand that they insist on delivering. Sew
eral of them spoke to-day when the Indian
appropriation bill was nominally under con-
sideration. but the discussion of the Cor
man rider" On the sundry civil bill, will
form the text for some six or eight more
President Cleveland feels keenly the crit
icisms of Senator Sherman and other sound
money Republicans on the contract he made
with the Rothschilds, and he is especially
irritated at the illusions made in some
quarters at the activity Of his former law
partner, Mr.. Lynde Stetson- Mr.. Vilas's
remarks attempting to explain that gem
tlemans connection with the negotiations
were made at Mr.. Cleveland's request. and
after a visit to the White House. Ii de-
veloped from certain utterances Of the Wis
had urged his friends in the Senate to OPP
pose the Jones BILL even to the extent OF
bringing ON an extra session, If necessary
There is no doubt that the President has
considered the possibility of summoning
Congress in extra session for political rea-
sons, and there is equally good reason for
believing that certain members of the House
appropriations committee are not unwilling
to assist him by bringing about the failure
of the sundry civil bill. Every effort of the
administration will be bent to the defeat
of the German rider In the II House,, -ff.'f0f'
no other reason than that its second section,
if adopted, would compel the Secretary Of
the Treasury to call for public bids on the
next bond issue, proceeding in direct vio-
lation of the compact made with the
Rothschilds by which they are to have tho
first offer of the next bonds. However,
speculations of an extra session based SOLE
~ on the possible failure of an 'appropria-
ton bill are rarely satisfactory, and il
the House appropriations committee next
week shows a disposition to delay action
on the sundry civil bill 1t will be because
Mr. Cleveland wants an extra session for
political reasons, and has accordingly given
orders to kill the sundry civil bill to fur
nish him the necessary pretext. There is
no danger that the legislative, executive and
judicial bill will be permitted to fail. That
bill carries the Presidents salary. It IS
the programme of the House appropriation
committee to entirely dispose of that in
Congress before entering on conference
with the Senate on the disagreements over
the sundry civil BILL The chances are even
that Mr. Cleveland's scheme may mis-
carry.
An Associated Press dispatch says: The
days session of the Senate was not very
old when events took such a turn as TO
make sure of the disposal of the silver
question for the present session. The res-
olution offered by Senator Wolcott just be-
fore adjournment last night has gone to
the calendar. Senator Jones made a state-
ment in the Senate that the friends OF
silver would not press the silver bill. IL
appeared last night, after Mr.. Wolcott's
resolution was read, that 1t might meet
with general acceptance, or at least that 10
would be allowed to reach vote without
creating delay, but it became apparent,
even before the session began to-day, that
it would be antagonized as persistently a.
the Jones bill. 1t was apparently as OBJ
noxious to some of the anti-silver men as
the other measure. and was, besides, not
entirely satisfactory to the silver Demo-
Gratis, hence the decision to adopt the mora
direct way by allowing the Jones bill to be
displaced without any conditions. The anti
silver men had expected to proceed with
speeches against the Wolcott resolution just
as they would have done against the Jones'
BILL Senator Hill was prepared to read
the entire volume Of the coinage laws. and
would have sought to amend the resolution
SO as to make it conform to his ideas on
the silver question.
Senator Wolcott stated that while his
resolution would go to the calendar he did
not expect TO find opportunity to call it up
again before adjournment. and that he
would not attempt it In case 1t was appar~
ent that If he should do SO the appropria-
ton bills would be inperiled. He said that
his purpose in introducing the resolution
originally had been to provide a way for
gracefully retiring from the fight for the
Jones bill. and. if possible, at the same
time to get declaration for free and un-
limited coinage. as against the Jenes bill.
which is not free-coinage measure He
declared, however, that the silver men had
secured all the practical advantage which,
under the circumstances. IL was possible
for them to secure at this session after
the decisive vote for consideration OF the
Jones bill.
Among the Presidents callers to-day were
Messrs. TQwne. Smith and Corliss Repre-
sentativeselect from the Northwestern
States. They said they called 10 pay their
respects before returning home. During
conversation the President asked them
how they would like to be called on TO re-
turn to Washington March u. The newly-
elected Congressman said they would no1
like 1t. IL is not believed the President
had any intention OF intimating that an
extra session was probability.
SENATE PROCEEDINGs.