The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-12
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Democratic Senators Propose te
Control Senate Business.
THE CAUCUS FIXING PLANS.
A Definite Policy Regarding the Sill.
YER Question.
The Session of the Senate Promises to Be
Very Interesting One-The Demo-
cratic Caucus Committee in Con-
slant Session.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE brief pro-
ceedings in the Senate yesterday, coming
after the action of the day before, indi-
cate that the parties in the Senate are be-
ginning TO line up. There is slight dis
affection on the Republican side ON the
part of few silver men, but generally
they have adopted the policy OF annoying
their opponents by insisting upon the
immediate disposition OF the silver ques-
ton. They are therefore resisting every
motion to adjourn and calling for yeas and
nays to put the senators on record. One
| Of the Republican leaders in fnan-
cial matters said that they would
keep this line of action until the majority
were obliged to proceed to business. He
insisted that the Democrats could not
charge the Republicans with partisan ac-
ton lnasmuch as they were simply try :
ing to give Immediate effect TO the presi-
dents suggestions in the message. The
Democratic senator's resent the attempt
of the Republicans to control the business
of the Senate and dictate the character OF
the legislation. They have resolved that
they will not permit action until they
have themselves agreed upon q line of
policy, and the conduct of the Republic
cans has had the effect of consolidating
all elements on the Democratic side upon
this resolution.
| Meanwhile the Democratic caucus COM
mittee is in almost constant session, try
ing to arrange plan of action, and the
keenest parliamentarians on the Repub-
lican side are quietly comforting among
themselves to devise means to carry out
their ideas, SO that the session in the SEN
ate promises to be interesting. Between
now and Monday it is hoped by the friends
of the administration in the Senate that
some plan of action may be agreed upon
on the silver question.
Just now attention is concentrated upon
the struggle in the House between the
silver and anti-silver delegates. A
conference of opposing forces on the sill
yer question was called for 10 CLOCK this
morning and the eagerness and anxiety OF
each side was made apparent by the early
arrival of the parties to the conference.
! The conference of silver and anti-silver
men has reached an agreement by which
the general debate on the bill for the re-
peal of the purchase clause of the Sher-
man act will be limited TO eleven days.
This will be followed by debate of three
| days under the fve-m minute rule, when
voting will begin on the bill and various
silver amendments. The present arrange
ment is that the repeal bill will be intro
duced in the House today, and that the
accompanying resolution viii prescribe
the method of psocedure, and the general
| debcte begin at once. If carried out this
program will bring the House to vote on
| the bill and amendments on August 18th
The silver men part OF the programm e
| is to offer first su bstitute looking to free
coinage at the present ratio; if defeated,
uotes will be taken on amendments fixing
the ratio at II, Is, 10 and 20, in order,
and finally, if these fail, upon the Bland
| Allison act.