Show SENATE FINANCE COIUMITTEC A Conclusion Reached Regarding the Report Re-port of a Repeal Bill WASHINGTON Aug 17The meeting of the Senate finance committee today was attended by every member and conclusions con-clusions were reached which may enable the committee to report a repeal bill tomorrow to-morrow There has been from the day the committee first met a difference of opinion between the silver and antisilver men that apparently could not be reconciled recon-ciled and although there has been a very free discussion of tho matter these differences differ-ences are not nearer a settlement than when the conferences began The attitude of Chairman Voorhees today however gave the silver men on the committee but little hope for he said he would vote to report favorably a repeal bill provided there was a declaration coupled with it declaring for bimetallism The bill when reported will contain such adeclaration and the vote by which it d j will be reported is estimated by members 1 of the committee at six to five the minority mi-nority consisting of Messrs Harris Vest Vance Jones of Arkansas and Jones of Nevada When the committee adjourned all had been substantially agreed upon but the verbiage of the bill At the meetingtoday the draft of a declaration de-claration for bimetallism was submitted which favors a continuance of the use of both gold and silver to the extent of existing isting coinage as unlimited legal tender and declares that all our forms of money whether gold silver or paper should be maintained at a parity and equal in purchasing pur-chasing power It will further declare that every effort shall be put forth to secure an international agreement for the adoption of a fixed ratio between gold and silver |