Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-02-19
rIEe REFOpLIcAN ptLFMMA.

uDust COtnuibtee on CDtudke COZ NluueS,
The free silver members OF the com
mfttee fear the bill may be talked to
death before the session ends.
Representative Quigg, OF New York,
anhouneed that several New York
men desired 10 be heard before a vote
was taken and desired a postpone
ment.
"Wouldn'tyou like 10 zee it post
poned until the 5th OF March ?'' asked
Hnlborn of California.
Qulgg admitted he would be pleased
at such result.
Then you are not In favor Of car.
rying out the Republican platform ?"
Hillborn said.
81 am In doubt as TO the expedlency
Of passing this bill at this time" re-
piled Quigg. He added that the New
York congressional delegation. was
practically unanimous IN opposition
Fowler of the banking committee,
continued his speech against bimetal-
llsn. The speech soon drifted into
the channel OF free coinage, and
Cooper and Towne took part.
| When Fowler came to the question
OF conference, he said that further
agitation OF the question Of bimetal-
lIsw would keep capital out Of the
country. A conference would result
only 10 an exchange OF opinions OF in-
b ldlvlduals. The last campaign had
! clear-cut hght for the gold standard
! against free silver
III bimetaIllsm is an exploded
theory, why sdid the Republican plat
! form declare for II Cooper asked.
! THE party has been eEoluting out
: Iof &C." said Fowler, "but unfcTtn-
a Datelyrat St Louis IL left sae foot in
Z the past"
J, Then Towne asked II Fowler did not
! believe that the Republican party had
' made a pledge 20 the American people
4 TO use is best efforts TO secure inter
= national blmetalllsm. To this, Fowler
replied that he did not know what
I blmetallism meant. Towne asked, as
4 the word bimetalllsm did not occur In
o the platform, did Fowler think II
!. pledged the party 70 secure interna'
n tional free coinage OF silver
& There was much parrying on this
q point, Fowler insisting that blmetal'
lIsni was an absurdity. Towne de-
olared that II the people thought the
party did not intend 10 carry out the
platform pledge, they would sweep the
q party on the face Of the earth for such
g Infamous deeeit.'
Quigg then spoke, addressing, he
: said, the Republican members of the
q committee. IL was true that the
Q party had at st. Louis made a prom
E Use 20 work for International bimetal-
a llsm, but the promise had been i'm
: paired or affected by what had gone
before and after these particular
words. That promise should be con-
; strned by the Republicans who had
been chosen by the people on that
: platform, not by those whose terms
! wero about TO expire, Mr.. Mckinley
had already sent courier Co Europe,
whose free silver Views were pro-
nounced, 90 secure information on
4 the subjcct. THIS bill came from a
3 senate which had defeated every Re-
: publican measure sent 20 IL In this
5 congress. While II was not compul-
, sory on the president, Il must have
!, great weight No one knew that con-
. dltlons were more favorable 20 bl-
J metallic conference now than at the
+. time OF the last conference, Informa'
tion had been secured by the president
through diplomatic channels.
|. There was further discussion and
finally the committee decided TO take
a vote ON the bill on Saturday,