The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-09-29
Manufacturers Prefer Free Sill
yer to Free Trade.
4 NEW PLAN OF COMPROMISE,
Grover Cleveland Stands In the Way
Of All but AhsoIaie Repeal.


Wssasseros Cf1x. Sept. 2s-The speech
OF Senator Cameroa II favor CT free coin
ars Of silver continues TO attract attention
here, not only because IL is startling and
unusual attitude for a Republican senator
from an Eastern state 10 take. bat because
OF the events that are eroxding on the
heels of that speech In rrnnsyivania. At
. meeting Of the Republican league at
Reading yesterday an attempt TO censure
Senator Cameron for his course was de-
feated By q swo-thirds majority. Expla-
nation of the failure to censure Cameron
and. indeed, of tile attitude he has taken,
il furnished by the intelligence that has
reached here that some members of the
Manufacturers Club of Philadeiphia are
engaged in circulating petition TO the
senate looking TO consolidation of the in
terests OF protectionists and free silvefites,
and many signatures are being OBJ
tanned. The scheme Is TO defeat
the new tariff bill and give to
silver: First, free coinage Of
silver upon payment by awners OF seign-
iorage absorbing thrce-sourihs OF the diff
ference between market iLosdon) price Of
bullion and It's coined value; second. pro-
hibition OF foreign silver for coinage pur-
poses excep: at seigniorage that will
absorb ail the difference between The
market price and the mint value, and
third. an international monetary confer
ence intending all the nations of the world
except the mono-metalllsf countries for
the purpose of arriving at an international
agreement. The claim is set up that the
interests of silver and protection are iden-
tieai. The scheme is TO unite the interests
of silver and protection and by this means
prevent adverse tariff legislation and see
cure more liberal silver legislation. IL IL
an alliance suggestion fraught With great
possibilities, II II is practical, but II sue
cessfuI its operation would mean the
breaking down OF party lines and perhaps
an entire readlustmens of party politics.
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In executive session this evening. after
some debate, Voorhees, reluctantly agreed
10 devote oil of next Thursday to an az
ecutive session, at which the appoint
mants In opposition to the home rule
plank Of the Democratic platform, against
which there have been such strenuous
objections, will be considered. This
agreement pleases the silver men inn
mensely, rs they regard 1t as another
point gained by them. If quorum is
present on Thursday il Is probable these
appointments will be- fayorahly acted
upon by strict party vote.
There is more talk of silver compromise
about the senate today than has been
heard for q week. A prominent Repub-
iican senator was engaged the greater part
of the day in trying to get the senator's TO
agree to proposition for the purchase
and coinage of $1,000. 900 of silver per
month for the next three years, but he
met with many obstacles. especially from
the supporters of the president, who as
serted that he would accept no amend
ment whatever. and the silver senators
made the objection that 20 cease purchase
at any time within Cieveland's admins
tration would be simply to postpone the
blow, and IL might be almost as well to
fall now. Senator Faulkner was also en-
gagged in canvassing his proposition, but
with no better result than in the case of
the Republican senator. Nothing was ac-
complished In any direction, but the
events of yesterday and today caused
many more senators than usual to assert
today that compromise offered the only
way out OF the present ENHANCEMENT.