| Show IHE BATTLE OVER BLNDS SILVER BLL I Will Go on Merrily in the House This Week BLAND NOT STOPPED BY HIS REVERSES Will Fight I Ont i I Takes All 1 Winter I Rule Will Vrohalil be Reported to the House Today Which Will C onncl n Vote The Outlook for the Week In Congress IK Full f Continsreucen Other Matters thut Are Awaiting the Attention of Our Solout Washington Feb 25The battle oer the Bland seigniorage bill will soon so-on merrily in the House this week Despite his many reverses Bland is as determined as ever to fight it out on this line i i takes all winter I he docs not succeed however In 1 few days it is not probable that the speaker and his associates on the rule committee H permit the bill to onger hlock the path of business As the opponents of the measure have > no adopted jin open filibustering policy a rule will be formulated by the committee tomorrow morning to prevent this and bring the vote down directly to Blands motion A caucus will be held tomorrow night or Tuesday to consider the question ques-tion of an amendment of the rules which will either give the speaker power to count I quorum or place i in his power to compel a vote with the alternative of fining The outlook for the week Is cull of Clntingences The struggle ovur the Bland bill may drift into a parliamentary parlia-mentary contest over the change jn rues in which event there will be some bitter opposition manifested from the Democratic side especially if the proposed rule contemplates Ixlging in the speakers hand the l power t count a quorum Pending the result of thc sliver fight the Dem Ovratic opponents of the measure will cnntest anything designed to lessen their powers of obstructing the seig niorage bUI I the silver bill is gotten out of the way before the end of the week the contested election cases and appropriation appropri-ation bills will follow |
