The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-31
NO CLOTURE IN THE SENATE,
AND NO PROGRAMME LOOKING TO a
yorE ON TIE REPEAL BILL


yoTE ON TIE REPEAL BILL
Tho Senate IL About Equally Divided on the
ous.t,on or Repeal, sut Il is Hoped That
After , Reasonable Time Has Been Al
lowed for Debate the Opponents or fhe
Repeal Biii viii he In the Minority ana
then VIII Reluctantly Consent TO Vote.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3o.-No cloturo rule Will
bc aaopted by the United States Senate for the
purpose OF securing vote on the bill to repeh'
the sherman law. This lie the decision OF the
parliom eptary managers on both sides OF the
cham ber The great necessity for An early
vote becomes more apparent every oay' pu'
the adoption Of a ci0ture rule would be such
violent outrage upon precedent In tho senate
that the idea OF such action has been aban-
doned. H. indeed. It was ever seriously consid-
erod. A.,
No programme looking to vote upon .ne
repeal bill has been arranged yet althoush IL
is thought that some plan will be mapped OUT
within the next two or three days. there 10
great m cunt OF Ill feeling on the Democratic
aide OF tho cham Der. growing out OF the deser-
tion OF tho silver clause by Senators Voor-
hees. Gordon, and other Democrats. and the
had blood aroused by their action has set the
Senators to uuarrelline among themselves. 30
TINT they are at present In no mood ior enter
ing into any agreem ent whatever Moreover.
the best in formed OF the anti-silver Senators
admit that. Notwithstanding the rapid growth
OF sentiment in their favor. It is still an open
question whether the friends Of repeal would
be in the majority II a vote were taken to-day
on m otion for closing the debate.
When Senator Germans canvass OF tho
Senate was published. about two weeks ago.
49, H., Ia al
were largely In the majority. That canVass'
ss revised, develops the fact that to-day many
Democrats belong on the other side OF the list
hut that in the whole body there Is such an
eoual division that the maiorty for or against
repeal would not be more than two or three.
Under this condition Of thinas it has been de-
cid ed to be the part OF wisdom to let matters
drift along for a time with tho hope and ex-
recitation that every day will add to the
strength of the repeal Senators and that after
n reasonable time has been allowed Tor debate.
the opponents OF repeal will reluctantly con-
sent to q vote without resorting to niiouster-
ing. Indeed. 1t 10 moro than likely that the
Democratic m anagers in the Senate have the
assurances OF their colleagues who are silver
men that they will not oppose this repeal bill
beyond certain point and will not join In any
fllibustering movement This would leave the
Republican silver Senators to fight the battle
alone, and. as they are but handful they
could not prolong the fight for an unreasona-
BILE length Of time. No approximate estimate
OF the time when q vote can be taken can be
made but the rerenl sen"tors ,ne, nf bo o
made until the middle or latter part OF Sep-
TENDER at the earliest;
OF the work OF the steering committee during
the past two or three days. and this is that the
ssHts h tse Raase Is dohs
Senate committees were organi7Sd at the
extra session. the great mass OF bills resoi ti
on the committees files The. action OF tho
Judiciary Committee yesterday IN nnthorizing
re era Of The Federal Election laws was a sur
prise. and led to, the understanadlnG; after
sbond wor At a
pare legislation with view to q continuous
session.
Senator Sherman did not indicate In his speech
what sort OF supplemental LEGISLATION, should
act c c hut It is understood that he purposey re-
Trained from pressing his views upon the Dem
ocrae i ,hS OF the
advocates Of repeal. said to day that the Dem
osrats M9us 3 fbe Mn aM is en q
% psa1s s coded back ,s the s
the Ii ,SH House. The Democrats realize that an
Immediate enlargement OF the amount OF eur
1T TO Is or
NAV DO that Senator Shermnn's suggestion TO
give to the Secretary of tho Treasury power to
m aintain the gold reserve and make good any
be- adopted. and that advantage will be taken
Of every possible opportunity for increasing
the amount OF currency now IN circulation.
The fate of Senator Voorhees, bill for in
creasing the circulation OF national banks
seems to be very uncertain, AS 1t Is being used
now by the silver men as the means OF prolong-
ing debate. Very few Senators have su IN
Client parliamentary knowledge to recognizes
their opponents into a parliame tnry hole by
keeping the Bank bill as the unfinished bust
after tho morning hour only by unanimous
consent or. vote, Of the Senate The first is.
be afraid of a vote Just at present. The situa-
tion in the Senate therefore. Is very much
confused and uncertain Just now and the
tangle is not apt to be Strengthened out imme-
diately.