Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-26
NEAR THE WINDUP
Prospects That the Senate Is
Nearing a Vote.
TOMORROW MAY SEE THEBEGINNING

And the End sIay Come on Saturday-sii-
Yer Men Not Counting on Their Pro-
posed Amendmcnts-How the Senators
Are Listed - -Anti-Repealers in the
House VIII Insist ouorum-Bad
Break by an Admiral at Rio.
WASHINGTON, Oct. "6-The prospect at
the close of the senate session last evening
looked favorable to the beginning Of vot-
ing on the amendments to the repeal bill |
by Friday. Faulkner had been canvas
sing the senate during the afternoon with
a view of asking the senate to fix time |
when the v could be taken, but con-
cluded not to make this request, for the |
reason that he was Of opinion after get |
ting the views of various senators that the |
speech-making would be expedited by |
allowing the business to drift The result |
of FaulkEer's inquiries was the discovery |
that the speeches on the main question |
would soon be exhausted. Senator Jones |
concluded yesterday and Teller, Martin,
, Allen and Stewart each desires to talk from
an hour to an hour and half.
Will Rally Free Coinage.
So far as learned there VIII be no other
, speeches, and when the last of these shall
have been concluded the voting will be the
next thing in order. Later inquiry shows
that none of the amendments viii receive
a sufficient vote to insure adoption, and it
is possible that none of them will receive
as high vote as will be recorded in oppo-
sition to the bill The reason for this
statement Is fou in the fact that the sill
! yer men do not expect any of them TO carry,
and therefore consider il unnecessary 10
sttempt 10 have any of them adopted.
! Many of the free coinage men announce
{ their iuteution of voting only for the free
, coinage amendment and OF giving no
G. untenance TO any OF the other amend
ments.
No Bond Amendment to BE offered.
The Republicans have abandoned all
idea of introducing an amendment as a
party measure. Sherman had at one time
thought it would be wise policy On the
| par5 of the Republicans to offer measure
| for the settlement of the question, but he
| says now that he doubt the eXpedIency of
| interfering IN any way with tine passage OF
| the repeal bill as ii now stands. lie thinks
that authority should be given for bonds,
| but sees the q fficulty of getting sUch
provision through at this time and will in
all probability not attempt it. The repeal
Republicans say that to introduce bond
amendment at this time would certainly
bring on debate which might prove in
terminable and result in the defeat of the
bill.
NoDoubt of an Adjournment.
L 1t is believed that If the voting on the
amendments can be begun early in the
sessi on Friday the final vote can be
reached Saturday at the latest and the
bill sent TO the house OF representatives
for its action When the house shall have
acted upon the bill adjournment until the
| regular session on the first Monday in
December will be in order, There is very
little doubt now that this adjournment
will! be taken, although the Democratic
managers of the senate have not yet Civ
en- the subjgc. sufficient consideration to
feel justified in making an official an
lnouncemeut. They have been in confer
ence with Speaker Crisp, who advises ad
I journment when the repeal bill shall have
been disposed of.
Couldn't Hold a Quorum, Anyhow.
So general IS the desire on the part of
senators and members to get away that it
/ would be next to impossible to hold quo
rum of either house in Washington, should
it be attempted 1t was at one time be-
lieved that there would be an effort to
! pass the bill for the extension of the Chi
nese exclusion act, but that probability
has been averted. Perkins, who has taken
an active interest in this matter--as has
also his Democratic colleague, White
has asked the members of the committee
on foreign relations to postpone their re-
port upon this bill until " hite shall he
able to he in the senate and take part in
the discussion, and he Is led to believe
that the request will be granted. White
is DEF iained in California by important
business.
How the Senators Were Counted.
Nobody knows just how every senator
would vote on repeal, but there has been
recognized generally as correct one divi-
sion which is given here Tor comparison
with the actual vote when it takes place:
Republicans for repeal-Aldrich, ALI
son, Carey, Chandler, Cullom, Davis,
Dixon, Dolph, Frye, Gallnger, Hale,
| Hawley, Higgins, Hoar, Lodge, Mcmillan,
Manderson, Morrill,, Platt, Proctor, Quay,
! Sherman, Squire, Stock bridge, Washburn.
! Wilson-26
Democrats for repeal-Brice, Gallery,
Camden, Faulkner, Gibson, Gordon, Cor
man, Gray, Hill, Hunton, Lindsay. Nc
Pherson, Mills, Mitchell of Wisconsin,
Murphy, Palmer, Ransom, Smith, Turpie,
Vilas Voorhees,, White of Louisiana-22!
! Democrats against repeal-Allen, Bate
Berry, Blackburn, Butler, Call, Cockrell
4 Coke ,Colquitt, Daniel, George Harris. Irby,
Jones of Arkansas, Martin, Morgan, Pasco
Pugh, Roach, Vance, Vest, Walthall
White of California-23.
q Republicans against repeal-Cameron,
Dubois, Hansbrough, Jones Of Nevada
Mitchell of Oregon, Perkins, Pettigrew
4 Power, Shoup, Stewart, Teller, Wolcott-
q i.