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Show BLAND MR. BLAND. HE HILX BEGIN AN ACTIVE FIGHT FOR ritEE SILVER IN THE HOUSE. He Will Try to Get the Bill Through the Honae In Spite of the Opposition He Donbta Not the Sincerity of Crisp. Lebanon, Mo., July 2. Congressman Bland, upon learning of the silver bill's passage, pas-sage, said: "I leave on the first train today and will be in Washington in time to renew the fight in the house by Tuesday. I had intended in-tended to remain at home until the ICth, but this news takes me back at once. I will try to fiave the free coinage bill through the house in spite of the opposition to it." Bland says he never doubted the sincerity of Speaker Crisp as a free coinage man and thinks the bill can now be spodily brought to a vote in the house. |