St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-09
REPUBLICAN SENATORS PELIEVEH
THE TARIFF bill WILL DE- !
LOST.
OPINIONS HEARD IN CAUCUS,
THEY FAVOR REPORTING THIEF
MEASURE WITHOUT AN AMEND-
AENT.
OPPOSED TO A SILVER cLAusn4
Anti-Sfiver Men of Both PartieN
Have Strong Hopes OF Defeat.
IN Free Coinage.

WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-Thc featurS
of the Republican senatorial caucuS
held today was discussion Of the edo
visibility OF amending the house tari&
bill by adding free coinage amend&
ment to II IN the senate This discusG
sion was confined largely 70 the fred
coinage wing of the party. The req
suit OF the meeting was the adopttoG
of Senator Quays resolution. intro}
duced yesterday, expressing the senseS
OF the caucus to be that the financs1
committee should report the bill % i'll
came from the house, with a few1
verbal changes which will not alterI
the meaning OF the measure in anN
essential feature. There was no roIIl
call on this motion, but there were al
few dissenting voices. There was ndl
formal effort to bind the senators tot
support the bill when it should como;
before the senate, and it was left opeIl
to amendments at that stage OF thel
proceedings. 1t was while the advisaJ
bility OF attempting to secure a pledged
OF support was under consideration
that the silver question came up. III
was sprung by a question as to what
the silver Republicans would do mi
case a free silver amendment should
be offered to the tariff bill in the semi
ate. n
Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, was thel
first to respond to this inquiry. HSi
stated that he should join the silveS
forces in the effort to secure the
| adoption of the free coinage substitutS
for the house bond bill, but that WITH
the silver question disposed of in thak
connection, he would advise the silver
Republicans to refrain from participaA
ton in any effort that might be made.
| to amend the tariff bill by adding az
free coinage provision. Senator CarteN
followed in the same line of argumentg
advising united action on the part
of the silver Republicans in oppost%
ton to such an amendment In the
event of the previous passage Of the
silver substitute for the bond bill.
TELLER's ATTITUDE. I.
Senator Teller announced his intenyI
! ton to vote for a silver amendment ifI
| offered from any source, without an-I
nouncing any purpose of presenting
| such an amendment himaalf. y
| Brief speeches were also made on this
feature of the question by Senators Du3
bois, Mantle, Shoup and others. There
| was a sufficiently general expression OF
| opinion among the silver senators tu
| show that there were not to exceed al
| half dozen who would hold out against
| unanimous agreement to refrain frOrn
voting for silver amendment and thlS
showing was such as to lead the antl-i
silver men in the caucus to conclude
that If those who had expressed thenl
selves against the policy of amendmenE
could be induced to vote against thesH
amendments. regardless of the actlom
of their colleagues. they could defeat a.
silver amendment when offered. Il
IT WON'T PASS. II
There was a general expression Of
opinion that the bin, whether amended
or unamended in the senate, never
would become a law. II
The anti-silVer Democrats OF the SenH
ate held meeting or conference todaI
while the Republican senators were Id
caucus. The object Of the conference
was to count how many men could be
mustered against the free coinaga
amendment of the senate finance conn.,
mittee to the bond bill. II was found
that there are fourteen sure votes on ths
Democratic side against the silver propr
osition, and the Democrats were assured
that there are twenty-six Republicans
who could be counted against the JoneS
amendment. This would make forty in
all. Four more votes would be necesg
sary to secure majority of the senate.
Both Democratic and Republican anti.
silver men are now making an effort to-
see If these four votes can be obtained.
Among the Republicans who are not
counted in the twenty-six anti-silveT
list, and upon whom an effort will bs
made, are Senators Mcbride, of Oregona
and Wilson, Of Washington On tha
Democratic side are Senators Bacon and
Gordon, of Georgia, and Martin, Of VirS
gtnia. 1t is not known with what hopa
the anti-silver men are working, BUT
they say the vote will be very close, and
that perhaps free coinage may be de.
feated. The Democrats counted against
the bill are: Brice, Caffery Faulkner
Gibson, German, Gray, Hill, LindsaYi
Mills, Mitchell, Murphy, Palmer, Smith
and Villas