Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-02-01
.HLAcKrooT, IDAHO, FEBRUARY /. 1895,
Compromise on the silver Issue Possible.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2T.-There is
good deal of gossip in the air about
the Capitol of efforts being made by
the Democrats to agree upon some COM
promise measure in view of the pros
pect of the House bond bill, amended
into a free coinage bill, passing the
Senate in few days and soon there
after going to committee on confer
ence between the two Houses. 1t is
expected that vote on the so-called
bond bill tbut which is really free
coinage bill viii be reached Friday.
There is not much doubt that the
red in by the House, and then il will
gotoconference. The report of confer
ence committee is not subject to amend
ment. so that if the conference should
be able to agree upon q compromise
the two Houses would have to vote
either for or against it, as reported.
At this time there seems very little
prospect that the conference commit
tee viii be able to agree upon any
thing. The Senate viii be represented
BY a majority OF silver men and the
House by majority Of men of the OPP
posite faith, and neither will be in po-
sition to yield anything OF consequence.
The conservative Democrats Of both
Houses, however, are earnestly striv-
ing to agree upon something in the
way of compromise, ON which the
whole party can stand. Mr.. Faulkner,
of West Virginia, some days ago form
ulated proposition which he submit
ted to his colleagues for their consid-
Grafton. The Faulkner idea is TO issue
bonds for gold sufficient to retire the
greenbacks and to open the minis to
the coinage OF silver until the coinage
has reached an amount equal to the
amount thus retired. The extreme
silver men don't take kindly to this
proposition.
This evening it is said that Mr.. Cor
man, of Maryland, who is very handy
as COMPROMISED and who is just now
endeavoring to make friends with the
silver men in the hope that his tariff
delinquencies might be forgotten when
the national convention meets, has
been deyoting his intellect to com.
promise proposition. Mr.. German
proposal is that gold enough for the re
tirement of the greenbacks be secured
by the sale of bonds, and that the free
coinage of silver be then restored. This
proposition is brief and simple. He
would provide, in compromise meas
ure for the bonds, the retirement OF the
greenbacks and the free coinage OF
silver.
The extreme silver men, Of course
would jump at Mr.. Germans idea, but
it is doubtful If the ''sound money! ele.
ment will take to it kindly. Mr.. Cor.
mans proposition has not been form.
ally submitted yet, nor have all the
Senators even been made acquainted
with it. IL is merely being whispered
around the chamber and opinions are
being asked of Senators what they
think Of it.
Nobody can tell until he has fully de
veloped his plan. It Is not unlikely
that the administration, and the SOUND
money men generally, would assent Il
such proposition as that put forward
by Mr.. Faulkner, but not until the free
coinage element Of the Senate put
themselves on record squarely first a.
passing free coinage bill, win they
consider seriously the question Of com
promise. When the conference com
mittee between the two houses con
venes then the compromisers will have
an opportunity to get in their work
st. Louis Republic.