Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-08-28
FORCE BILL POSTPONED
guar AND BLAINE WIN A SIGNAL
EIOTORY.
THEY DEFEAT BEN AND REED
qUAr,S PROaSAhME oARRIEs TO
THE LEPTER.
The Pennsylvania senator Marked
by tho Administration Hto
4 Wins Hands Down.

v WASHINGTON, ID. o., Aug. 21.-Quay
has won. The Force bill senators have
surrendered, and the Force bill goes over
until next sssGion. Harrison, Reed,
Hoar and ell their followers have been
routed by the BhreWd and courageous
chairman OF the Republican pationai
committee, and the Force bill, over
which Hoar and Lodge have wept such
slcqueEt tears. and which Harrison and
Reed have go urgently declared to be
fsr more important than Rpy other iegia-
lation, has bsan switched into ditch.
This wls the decision of the Republican
caucuq, 10 which the Force bill senators
Appealed last weok, but Hoar and Spooner
and the other Force bill senators would
not abide by the caucus decision, al
though ihoy had persuaded Quay 10 abide
by 1t Whatever it might be. And so,
eggod on by Harrison ard Reed, they
broke faith with Quay, and proceeded to
fight It out in open session. Quay knew
that he couiG stand this much better than
they conl6, 50 Lo interposod no objection.
But one days fight was enough for the
Force bill man, especially as they found
themselves jigidei into two factions.
They saw .5at the country was getting
view Of the disoords and dissensionB
among tbtm, which was likely to para
lyze the rsnk End file OF this party, and
TINT it would ho wisdom for them to pay
any price for peace, eyeu if il included
tho shorifioe Ct their bloody idol They
got together accordingly last evening
aud agreed tia, there wa nothing to do
but TO turn their backs on Harrison and
Reed, abandon Beedism and the Force
bill and bow the kues to Qaay. They
made thsir suhnlission this morning, only
,s.ipulating that tie party lsundry work
'shou|d be done hereafter bshind closed
doors.
Quay was as msgranimous as he was at
the oeucus. He did not oven address
them as "bolterh" or ''mugWumps," ns
he might very we'll have done, or blame
them for the party predicRment. Ra only
Batd that II they were sincerely willing to
let the Force bill 30 over until mex win
ter he would let them have almost auy
terms OF oapitniation they asked. Pend
lug further negotiation lie said he would
not call up his resolution this morning.
This wss Why the eager throng which
Allied the Senate galleries to hear Ell |
munds exoorIate both Frye and Quay in |
bis old time style was disappointed, and,
after waiting on hour, was turned away |
at II by the resumption of the tariff de-
bate.
Tho crowd felt a sense Of personal |
wrong when Qlay, looking very cool in |
his light gray suit, walked out to the |
cloek-room. stopping on the way to tell |
Aldrich to call up the Tariff bill while
EimundH went on 10.days' vacation.
The sudden cessation OF hostilities eur
prised the Democrats as much ~ 1t did |
the spectators They were entirely con-
tent with their position, but they would |
have liked to have seen q little more of
the Republican "harmony" 30 generously
exhibited yesterday.
Q1ay sought German out very sooa,
Ind in an hours talk get tue situation
tefore him. Quay'd programme re-
nSinod unchanged. but lie proposed to
10 things more quietly than be ore. He
would leave hiS resolution Just where il
is, and mako verbal agre ment with the
Democrats for vote on the tariff bill at
an early day, giving out a. the same time
that the Republicans had agreed to pass
tho Force bill next December by what
ever means might be found necessary.
German listened, but he did not COM
init himself. Tho Democrats are still
waiting until the Republicans shall get
through fighting among themselves and
shall have presented definite proposi-
ticn as party. They will agree to take
O vote on the Tariff bill on Ger ain day
provided they sheil be given time enough
10 debate il. Bnt they rsRlizs that they
hold the hey Of the situation, and will
sleke thsir own terms.
It ia needless to say that the Force bill
men.-from Reed and Hoar 10 Spooner
and Bob Kenneiy-are very Bore. They
have yielced to force aud not to reason,
and they hate Quay more than ever. Nor
will the administration "let up" on Quay.
Harrison will never forgive him his
success, which leaves the administration
and all IFS allies ridiculous as we'll ss
yaDquished.