The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-30
CREDIT DUE TO H. U. JOHNSON
WHO PREVAILED ON REPUBLICAN
LEADERS TO ACT PROMPTLY.
Threats of Senate TeIlerites-Bids for
Armor-PIate PIants-More Political
OrntOry In the House.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

rapturous delight over the receipt of the
Teller resolution, but they are, nevertheless,
fairly unanimous in their determination to
| send it back with a vote of condemnation
| Not all of them are filed with the energetic
| zeal of Representative johnson, of Indiana.
who is for taking a run ana jump at the
offensive thing and stamp it into an un-
recognizable mass without mercy and with
| out ceremony, but there is practically no
| doubt as to the outcome, though good
many weakened gentlemen would be
| pleased if it should be decided to adopt the
| plan mentioned in last nights dispatch to
! the Journal of adopting a report, holding
that the resolution does not mean anything
and letting it go at that" The currency
reform element, headed by Representative
johnson, got wind of this possibility to-day
and went about making a great outcry
They swarmed over Speaker Reed and rho
other House leaders of the mo action
wing and demanded that the issue be met
squarely. They said the country would for-
give anything except a display of weakness
in this connection and that there was only
| one thing for the Republicans to do and that
was to step right up and face the music
| This view is being generally accepted. but
| Washington is full of anxious statesmen TO-
night who would like amazingly well to
| duck the issue.
WILL BE TAKEN UP MONDAY.
While Mr.. Johnson failed to have the
| House reject the resolution to-day his in
| fuence was felt, for the Republican leaders
| this evening determined that the resolution
| should be disposed of Monday, in order
that the attitude of the popular branch Of
| Congress might be placed before the coun-
| try Immediately. This conclusion was
reached after numerous conferences be-
| tween Speaker Reed, Chairman Dingley, OF
the ways and means committee, Messrs.
Daizell and Henderson, of the rules COM
mittee, and other influential members of the
House. Late in the day the resolution
which had come over from the Senate was
referred by the speaker to the ways and
means committee, and Chairman Dingley at
| once gave notice of special meeting of the
committee at 1880 a. Monday. AT the
| same time he notified Democratic MEM
| bers of the committee what his general pur-
pose was, substantially as follows: che bill
will be considered by the COMMITTEES Mon
day and an adverse report made on 1t. No
amendment or change in the phraseology
will be made, but the adverse report will
be on the resolution as it stands. This will
be submitted to the House when it con-
venes on Monday, and plans made to dis
pose of the matter before the days session
closes AS to the procedure on the floor
Mr.. Dingley made no prediction beyond say
ing that it was proposed to dispose of the
subject on Monday. This will doubtless re-
quire a special rule as to the debate. A
basis for such rule was presented to-day
by Mr.. Dalzell a member of the rules COM
mittee. in the form OF resolution pro-
viding that the subject be considered i'm
oil a.
means committee. The committee will prob
ably be ready to report by 10 o'clock, so
that under the Dalzell resolution the debate
would begin shortly after noon. 1t is prob
able that before the House assemblies the
Dalzell resolution will be shaped to fix the
hours of debate and set time for vote.
MIR. JOHNSON'S EFFORTS
The determination to bring the subject to
an immediate issue gave general satisfac-
tion among the majority members. Some of
them had desired to put aside all other busi-
ness to-day and vote down the Teller reso-
luton before this week closed. AS stated
before, Representative johnson, of Indiana.
took the lead in urging this movement ana
secured the assent of most of the Indiana
Republicans and several other members to
a movement in this direction. He called on
the speaker and urged this line of action.
He said that the House should act to-day.
thus giving an immediate answer to the
country to Offset the action of the Senate
last night. Delay even for a few days he
urged would permit the silver majority in
the Senate to secure prestige before the
country which they would not have If the
House should act Immediately. Mr. Reed
asked that the views of other members on
that proposition be secured, and Mr. John
son interviewed a number who favored
prompt action. 1t was finally concluded.
however, to let the resolution go to the ways
and means committee with the distinct as
surance of Chairman Dingley that the issue
would be pressed to conclusion on Mon
day.
Senator Teller received a number Of teie-
grams last night and to-day congratulating
him and the silver forces in the Senate
upon the passage of the Teller resolution
Among the congratulatory messages was
one from Hon. W. j. Bryan. which was con-
fined to a mere expression of satisfaction
over the result.
The Republican senators who voted in op-
position to their party on the resolution will
probably seek an opportunity next week TO
explain their position at length and in doing
so they will seek TO have further considera-
ton OF the Hawaiian treaty postponed
Very few of them made speeches when the
resolution was before the Senate, but some
of them now feel that there was an effort
made to put them in false position and
that they owe it to themselves to have their
position thoroughly understood While
these senators are all favorable to the
treaty, some of them speak quite indiffer-
emily as TO its present fate, and il is even
intimated that they would like TO hold 1t
up temporarily in order to emphasize their
antagonism II Secretary Cages financial
position at the expense of the treaty. This.
it is afgued would serve TO make 1t clear
TO the country where they stand One OF
the leaders of this coterie said to-day:
There Is no intention. even on the part OF
the warmest friends of the treaty. to vote
on 1t for month yet, and we see no rea-
son for pressing the debate on 1t. Hence
the Republican bimetallists will antagonize
any effort 10 proceed immediately with its
consideration. We shall. for the present,
claim all the time of the Senate not de-