The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-04
SILVER SILLINESS.
House Committee Throws.
Out Free Coinage and
Senate RetaliateS.
DEMOCRATS GONE CRAZY
The Populist Gang Sacrificing the
Party Hopes in Next
November.

WASHINGTON. Feb. H. 1SS6.-The
House Bond bill with the free silver sub
stitute agreed to by the Senate was taken
up by the House Ways and Means Com
mittee this morning. The call for the
meeting was issued late yesterday after
noon. and requested the members to be
on hand by eleven this morning.
While the majority members would not
state definitely what action would be
taken they hoped they said to finish
consideration of the measure at to-day's
session.
Messrs Dingley, Dalzell Hopkins
Grosvenor. Steele Johnson. Evans and
Tawney. Republicans. and Crisp, Turner,
Tarsney and McLaurie Democrats. were
presents when the committee was called to
order. and Mr.. Wheeler (Dem., Ala.). ar
rived few minutes later.
Mr. Crisp. as soon as the committee
had begun its session. moved to concur in
the Senate amendments
After debate the committee directed
Chairman Dingley to report the bill to
the House with the recommendation that
the House non-concur in the Senate
amendments. This disposition was effect
ed by one vote. The vote in detail was.
YeasMessrs. Crisp, McMillin, Wheel
er and McLaurin.
Nays-Messrs. DalzeH, Hopkins, Gros-
venor. Dolliver Steele, johnson, Evans,
Tawney. Turner, Tarsney and Dingley.
After the vote an attempt was made
to agree to a programme when the meas
ure reached the House. Nothing def
mite was decided upon. but a general
understanding was had that the bill
should be called up as soon as the Dis
trict of Columbia appropriation bill has
been disposed of, and that two days
will be given to its consideration.
When the ouse met. Mr.. Dingley re-
ported the bill as agreed upon.
Mr.. Crisp CDem.. Ga.l stated that the re-
port was not unanimous, that the ma
Jority of the committee recommended con-
currence in the Senate substitute.
Mr.. Dingley gave notice that he would
call up the report for consideration i'm
mediately after the District of Columbia
bill had been disposed of.
Mr.. Merrill (Rep., Vt), Chairman of the
Finance Committee, reported back from
that committee the House bill ''to tenn
porarily increase revenue to meet the ex-
penses of the government, and provided
against deficiency (the tariff increase)
with an amendment to strike out all
after the enacting clause and to insert
in lieu thereof -tlle>free coinage substitute
adopted by the Senate last Saturday.
He added loosely that he felt like US
ing the words closing the proclamation
of the Governor of Massachusetts God
save the Commonwealth Also that it
was unnecessary for him to say that he
did not favor the action of the Finance
Committee, but that he would endeavor
to bring it up tomorrow unless it should
interfere with an appropriation bill.
The substitute having been read at
the request of Mr.. Quay (Rep., Pa.),
Mr. Quay moved to recommit the report
to the Finance Committee with instruc-
tons to report back the original House
bill and the amendment as separate pro-
positions.
The vote in the committee was
For the substitute, Messrs. Jones
Nev), Populist; Voorhees, Qnd). Har-
ris CTenn.), Vest (Mo). Jones (Ark.)
White (Cal), and Multhan (Miss. Jail
Democrats; total. 7.
Against the substitute, Messrs. Morrell
Wt0, Sherman tO). Allisch Qa.), AL
drich Or. d. Platt Conn.,. and Wolcott
(COl.), Republicans, total G.