Show RAINEY CALLS l' l SILVER VOTE INHOUSE IN INHOUSE HOUSE MONDAY r Speaker Forces Ballot Ballo on onn n c Dies Fi Fiesinger Bills After Alter Af Al- ter Stormy Caucus FUT FUTURES RES R RALLY l Y ON NEWS 1 i Somers Assailed as White Metal Fo Foes Foes' s' s By CHARLES O. O GRIDLEY Telegram Washington Correspondent W WASHINGTON ASHINGTON March 1 16 Deci Deci- Deci si sin n a of ot Speaker Rainey to recognize members of the house hous coinage com cam Monday to call caU up under suspension of the rul rules both the Dies and Fiesinger silver sUver bills was announced announced an ln today alter after a Q i stormy scene in the speakers speaker's sp akerS aker'S office ot at which Rep ReI Representative ve Andrew Andre Somers of NewY NewYork New NewYork Y York rk chairman of ot the committee was assailed as as' no Uno friend of silv silver r rby by a colleague Representative e A A. P P. P Lamneck pt of Ohio Somers stalked out of the conference confer conference ence at which 35 35 rn members of the house silver bloc urged immediate action on the two bills ilis end and did n not t return He had urged that consideration consid be l limited to the Di Dies s bill placing a 25 per Cr cent premium on on foreIgn foreign for eign silver in exchange for American agricultural products The resulting c controversy drew Lam Lamneck's necks neck's attack on on Somers who opposed a f favorable report by the committee on on b both th bills lost last week Representative J Ji J. W Robinson of ot Utah and cind other othe members rs of the committee Com com cam agreed with Rainey t to get action action action ac ac- ac- ac tion on on both bills biUs after Somers Somers' dc- dc de rc r Requires Tw Two Vote P Passage of a bill under suspension requires a two thirds vote of th the house Douse The Th Dies bill is is expected to obtain favorable action b but bt t there Is doubt whether r the providing pro pro- iding viding for tor purchase o of silver as 25 a a con muster enough no g I strength WASHINGTON March 16 A Evidently annoyed by Secretory Mor- Mor Continued d on Pane Pace T Two Tol o RAINEY FORCES VOTE ON W SILVER Speaker Calls for Ballot Monday on Fiesinger Dies Measures Continued from race Page On Ons statements yesterday on silver ilver silver Speaker Rainey Raincy today arranged ar ar- ranged to let the house vote on the Dies and Fiesinger silver bills for the exchange of or farm surplus products for or silver and the purchase of ot a billion bilion bil bil- lion ion and a half halt ounces of silver against which currency could be is- is sued The house procedure to be fol fol- followed lowed owed however requires a Q two thirds vote ote vote for approval of ot these bills NEW YORK March 16 Silver P P Silver futures rallied today gaining up to nearly early half halt a a. cent an ounce The market had broken sharply yesterday yesier- yesier day ay when It bearishly interpreted Secretary comments regarding regarding re- re garding erding further legislation for the metal There Therl was some iome further selling this morning but the market later strengthened Bar metal however was vas quoted 8 3 cent lower at 45 cents cent an ounce Charges Ridiculous Says Murdock WASHINGTON March 16 JP- JP Representative Murdock Utah today branded a statement accredited to tc Secretary that advocates or of f silver legislation were not entire entire- ly y disinterested as s utterly Ions lous ous Murdock predicted favorable action by y the hOUe house on the Fiesinger silver bill till to purchase ounces o of the he white metal despite the attitude of f the treasury department I was very much surprised at yesterdays yes erday's conference at the Utter titter lack ac of f any study or knowledge of ot silver problems by Murdock said aid He seemed to be absolutely P in n the dark even as to the present L policy of purchasing domestic silver I also was astounded at his statement t I tC g given iven out to the press In his talk tall C w with ith us he said after Investigation a and nd study he was unable to as ascertain ertain I w where here the price of silver had an any b earing bearing on commodity prices After r w hat happened to wheat hogs anc an and 1 s silver liver on the market following hi his S s statement he should be convinced 1 t hat that the price of ot silver does have a e b bearing earing on commodity prices Meanwhile Murdock with s Knute Hill and Smith I Washington Democrats Pierce D D. Ore White D D. Idaho a C D. D Nev and other silver backers backer met with Speaker Rainey In an effort effot t to t to o place the Fiesinger bill belore C Che t he the house L at the earliest possible momen mo mo- men meat ment t. t DENVER Colo Cob March 16 UP UP- UP The mining west which man many years year S ago began a fight to force torce a return t tuse to 0 use of ot silver salver as money on a ratio rati with gold today expressed bitter di disapproval dis approval of Secretary of Treasury the statement yesterday that hat he would oppose a change in the present government policy toward towan the e At the same same time adherents of at the free ree coinage bloc made no secre secret of their disagreement with those who are advocating the use we of silver as a amere amere mere commodity Malone lalone Assails Smoke Screen The following statement of George W. W Malone state engineer for Nevada and chairman of ot the western states silver committee 1 is typical of the feelings of ot the genuine western free Iree coinage silver booster The statement of relative relative relative rela rela- tive to private holdings of silver are area a reason for opposing silver legislation legisla legisla- tion ion is typical of ot the smoke screens screen thrown across the silver slIver trail when it becomes evident that the silver advocates ad vacates are ere strong enough to include silver In the monetary system by law Jaw The uThe London slIver silver agreement Is 15 being used to keep the white metal In the comm commodity class and to prevent legislation that would make moke it Jt a primary primary mary money metal and regulate its price to that of gold The fact lad that the administration has has' the some same power to prevent private private vate profit in fri silver as it had in th the case of gold shows how obviously statement yesterday was a smoke screen Malone said there is a need fo tormore for tor more metal upon which to base th the currency system of oC the United States State and pointed to silver as the only I metal metel available for such Euch use we Advocates of of ot allver all sil silver ver at 16 to 1 have disgustedly placed 1 the newly introduced Wh Wheeler ler bill bil I Into thee of unsatisfactory along with the Fiesinger and Dies Die bills which have been reported ou out favorably by the house coinage am and weights committee None of the three bills would place silver slIver on a fixed ratio with gold fo for monetary use and that is exactly what the tree free coinage bloc wants nothing less The bloc regards the three bills a as unnecessary delays in the achievement achievement achievement achieve achieve- ment of ot the objective and has no patience pa pe- tience with the measures |