Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-04
CALLED A TRUCE.

! The Contending Factions Ct the DeeoAooA
| Coming to Their Senses and Endeavoring
to Arrange An Amicable Understanding
THE situation Depending Upon Mutual
Concessions.
COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 28.-Both parties
to the Senatorial conflict have agreed
upon truce, and the possibilities are
that after all the difficulty may be adj
justed upon "Peace with honor" basis
| for all concerned. Senator Ferdinand T..
Eggers, of Cleveland, is credited with
having brought about this unexpected
change in the situation. The Senator,
who is middle-aged, level-headed man
of Teutonic extraction, arrived Tuesday
at the conclusion that the policy being
| pursued was not only obstructing
the regular business for which the Sem
ate had been convened, but was lower
ing the body in the estimation of the out
side w orld and creating a record which
would be ANYTHING but creditablc addi-
ton to the Legislative annals OF the State.
Well on toward night the Senator deter
mined to conffde these views to few of
his Republican colleagues and
Nther broadly intimated that if no
other way of ending the dead-
lock could be found he
might find it necessary to vote with the
Democrats in order to effect that result.
As the result of such an action on his
part would have been to give the Demo-
Gratis a majority of one, exclusive of the
Hamilton County delegation, the neces-
sity of immediate action became appar-
ent, and after brief conference between
those Republicans who were in posses
sion of the facts, it was decided to convey
hint to the Democrats that the Repub-
licans were prepared to consider any
proposition they might care to submit.
At ten O'Clock yesterday morning the
Republicans met as usual in the Senate
chamber, listened to a prayer in which
the divine aid was invoked in behalf of
harmony, and then settled back for day
of idleness.
At the same hour the Democrats met
in caucus at their hall on the west
side, and, after brief discussion,
decided to notify the Republicans
that they were ready for compromise
proposition. To this response was made
that the Republicans had no proposition
to submit, but that they were ready to
appoint committee of five to meet
similar number of their political OPP
ponents. The Democrats accepted this
arrangement and designated Senators
O'Neill, Lawrence, Vancleaf, Dodd and
Sullivan as their quota of peacemakers,
while the Republicans selected Senators
Ford, Ronnels, Pringle, Pavey and Dow,
The two committees came together after
dinner, but did nothing beyond agreeing
to hold an informal meeting this morning.
1t was also agreed that until the joint
committee had finally decided to
n
of the Senate should be held.
The programme was carried out
in the afternoon, and the presidents
gavel had scarcely called the body to or
der when motion to adjourn until to-
day was moved, seconded and declared
carried, the entire proceedings occupying
little more than half minute.
Only Senators and newspaper repre-
sentatives were allowed admission to the
chamber, and the thousand or more in
dividuals, many of them of tough APP
pearance, who were gathered in the ro-
tunda and corridors howled their dis
pleasure at the brevity and lamb-like char
acter of the session.
1t is not probable that anything definite
will be accomplished to-day. The Senate
will meet as usual in the morning and
adjourn till Friday. Then the joint COM
mittee will settle down to work. The
Democratic propositions are for the ap-
pointment of special committee to take
charge of the Hamilton county contests
and for the approval of the journal as
prepared by Clerk Vallandigham. The
latter demand is antagoniZed by the Re-
publicans, who also want the rules adopt
ed at the opening of the present Senate
replaced with those in force during the
last Senate.
Opinions as to the outcome of the con-
ference differ radically, many men of both
parties expressing the belief that it will
be impossible for an amicable under
standing to be reached. Mean
while after the tension of the
past few days the breathing
spell is gladly welcomed by every man on
either side of the house. Caucuses of
both parties will be held tonight or to-
morrow morning, at which the progress
made will be reported, and it is not prob
able that anything will be done in the
Senate until four O'Clock tomorrow af-
ternOOn.