The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-20
REPUBLICANS WEAKEN.
AN OFFER TO COMPROMISE ON THE
TARIFF AND FORCE BILLS.

TARIFF AND FORCE BILLS.
Quay Proposes 20 German to Let the Force
Bill Drop for this Session if the Tarilf,
River and Harbor and Public Buildings
Bills arc Passed.
WASHINGTON, August l2.-The force
bill is about dead, SO far as the present
session is concerned, and Congress may
adjourn early in September il not
sooner.
This result is said to have been reach
ed after a poll of the Republican mem
bers of the Senate under the lead and
direction Of BOSS" Quay.
The first intimation that a comprom-
Use was contemplated occurred in the
Senate chamber this morning, when
Quay was seen to leave his seat on the
Republican side and go over to Senator
German and engage the latter in con-
versation. 1t is the first time since
these two men have been in the Senate
that they have been seen talking to-
gether about the Capitol 1t was OBJ
served that Quay did the talking while
German listened attentively to what
was being said Republicans and Dem
ocrats, as we'll as the spectators in the
galleries, watched the two political gen
erals as they sat with their heads close
ly together, evidently talking most
earnestly.
Later in the day, just before the Sen
ate adjourned, Senator Quay offered a
resolution to postpone the consideration
of the force bill until the next session.
His resolution also provides that the
river and harbor, public building and
tariff bills shall be disposed of during
the present session, the debate on the
tariff bill to terminate on or before the
Both instant.
The Republicans sat in their seats
and endeavored to look uncOncerned
while the Democrats could not disguise
their approval of the proposition. Sena-
tor Cameron walked up to the clerks
desk and read over the resolution his
colleague had offered, and then went
back to his seat. Senators Sherman
Edmunds, Allison and the other Re-
publican leaders did not relish the dose
apparently, but they made 40 objection.
Senator Uoar looked yeXed and eX-
claimed, with an insinuating snarl,
'Who offered that resolution ?" Quay"
replied several Republicans in chorus.
1t is said that this result was reached
yesterday when it was ascertained that
at least light or ten Republican Sena-
tors declared that they would not re-
main here after the tariff bill is out of
the way for the purpose of assisting in
the passageOf the force bill. Their con-
stituents are not interested in that
measure, and they are anxious that an
adjournment shall be reached as soon as
| possible.
Senator Quay, it is said, was authoriz-
ed to make a bargain with Senator Cor
man that the tariff bill shall pass with
out unnecessary obstruction, provided
the force bill is abandoned for the pres
ent session. The understanding is that
the majority must by resolution in open
Senate declare that the force bill will
not be called up for consideration during
the present session.
Senator Quay has carried out his part
of the programme, and when the resolrl-
ton comes up for consideration to-
morrow morning it remains to be seen
whether the majority will sanction his
bargain.
Itmust not be forgotten that Senators
EdmundS and Hoar have resolutions
pending to limit debate, and Senator
Blair has an amendment to therules pro-
viding for the previous question also
pending. The Democrats will not con
sent to the consideration of either of
these resolutions, but they will permit
the Quay proposition to be voted upon.
The minority are fully aware that their
opponents may be setting political trap
for them to step into, hence they are on
the lookout for snags.
There is blood upon the face of the Re-
publican moon tonight and Matthew
Stanley Quay is being roundly denoun-
ced for his action. Senators Hoar, Sher-
man, Spooner, and other friends of the
force bill declare that the Quay resolu-
ton does not reflect the views OF the ma
jority of the Republican party in the Sen
ate, and deny that Quay was authorized
to make any deal with the Democrats
on the subject. They also claim that
those Senators who are supposed to favor
the Quay resolution will not dare vote
for it if the party caucus decide against
it. 1t is further charged that Quay, be-
cause of his hostility to the AdminiStra-
ton, is seeking to get control of the sit
uation with the aid of six or eight Re
publicans and the Democrats. The ad-
vocates of the bill declare that it will
not do for Senator Quay and those Re-
publicans who are inclined to follow his
leadership in this connection to talk
about postponing action until the next
session of Congress, for postponement
means the defeat of the measure, and
the Republican party throughout the
land will so understand it. They also
censure Quay for not attending the party
caucuses recently held to consider this
matter, and declare that he would be
the last member of the Senate selected
to take charge of such an important
question.
On the other hand Quay claims to have
the support of many CT the ableSt and
best men on his side of the chamber, and
while they might not vote against the
bill if it was before the Senate, they are
satisfied that no good can come OF trying
to force its consideration at this late
hour in the session. Among those who
are said to entertain this opinion are
Senators Wolcott and Teller, of Colo.
RADIO; Paddock, of Nebraska; Plumb, of
Kansas; Mitchell, of Oregon; Cameron,
of Pennsylvania; Washburn, of Mime.
sofa; and Mcmillan and Stockbrldge, of
Michigan.
There is an Eastern Republican who
talked quite freely with the representa-
tive of the News and Courier on this
subject to night, and he said he could not
see any good reason for delaying all the
other public business in order to push
through the force bill. There is sutfici-
ent authority in the statute books now
to control elections, besides the Farmers
Alliance is doing the Republican party
more service than will result from the