The record-union., 1896-01-09
The Question May Cause a Deadlock in the
Senate Finance Committee.
Jones Holding Out for the Increase Pro
yided by the House.
Teller of Colorado Throws a Bomb
Into the Republican Caucus by In
sisting That He Proposed to Place
a Free Coinage Amendment on
Every Tariff Bill Until Such a
Measure Becomes Law.

| WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-If the Re
publican members of the Senate Com
mittee on Finance act in accordance
with the vote of the Republican caucus
this afternoon, and Jones persists in
his intention to demand that raw sugar
| shall be given the Is per cent. of an
increase provided by the House in every
other schedule, there will probably be a
deadlock in the committee and the bin
cannot be reported. There is a general
belief, however, that Jones will relent,
and act with the Republicans.
The resolution introduced yesterday
by Quay, declaring it to be the sense of
the caucus that the Republicans should
report the tariff bill from the committee
as it came from the House, passed the
caucus this afternoon, after an hour
and half of debate without division,
and by a practically unanimous vote.
The chief point in the discussion was
the probable attitude of the silver Re-
publicans. Many of these were out
spoken in their desire to have the tariff
bill pass, and declared that it would be
unwise to place a free coinage rider
thereon, especially in view of the fact
that such a bill was now before the
Senate, and would be passed before
action was had on the tariff bill.
Teller of Colorado threw a bomb
among his associates when he made a
vigorous speech, and said that for one
he proposed to assist in placing a free
coinage amendment on every tariff bill
until such a measure became a law
He would not only vote to put in this
bill, but he declared it to be his inten-
n don -
such an amendment placed on a tariff
bill in the next Congress, if the Republi-
cans controlled both branches of the
Legislature and the executive. The
statement embarrassed the Republicans
greatly. Teller did not only say that he
would offer such an amendment. but
stated positively that if offered, he
would vote for it. Other silver men ex-
pressed the intention of being satisfied
with the free coinage substitute to the
bond bill. Conservative silver men will
not join him in this vote, and the vote
OF the sound money men on the other
side of the chamber are counted upon to
defeat such a proposition.
Just as the caucus was about to ad-
Journ Pettigrew asked when the Repub-
licans proposed to consider the question
of the reorganization of the elective
officers of the Senate, and suggested
that this would be as good time as
any. Nevertheless, Mitchell made a.
motion to adjourn, and it was carried
This left the silver and the new Sena-
tors in the lurch. They are the ones
who have been urging reorganization.
and they were somewhat angered to
think that the adjournment had been
carried on the motion of one of their
own men.
Immediately request was circulated
for Sherman, Chairman of the caucus.
to issue call for another caucus, and it
was generally signed, the names at
tached tc it including Eastern men as
we'll as Western and silver men. This
caucus will be called probably to-mor-
row, and will deal with the subject of
the further reorganization of the SEN
ate.