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DEAD AS A DOOR NAIL .
COMPROMISE KILLED BYcLEvELAND
AND CARLISLE.

AND CARLISLE.
The President and tho Secretary of th,
: Treasury Repudiate the Scheme .ant
Stand Firm for Unconditional Repeal.
u WARRINGTON, Oct. 23.-The Wash.
ington correspondent of the Louisville
Courier.J Journal tonight sent the follow.
Ing special dispatch to that paper for
lpublication tomorrow morning.
! The compromise patched up by tho
conference or steering committee on
the Democratic side. of the Senate IL as
dead as door nail. Mr.. Cleveland
and Secretary Carlisle killed it this
morning by stating emphatically that
they would have nothing to do with il.
Senators Lindsay, Palmer, Smith ofNew
Jersey, Gordon, Gray White and Cam.
den, known as warm friends of tho ad.
ministration, refused to be a party to tho
compromise when they were informed
that it did not meet with the wishes Of
the President. It seems that these
gentlemen signed the compromise paper
under misrepresentation. They say
they were led to believe, when they at.
tached their signatures to tho document,
that the plan met with the full approval
of the President and of the Secretary of
the Treasury.
The Courier Journal correspondent
asked Senator Lindsay today how he
came to sign the paper, as he was well
known to be q staunch supporter of
the administration in its fight for un.
conditional repeal. He replied: "Of
course should not have put my name
to the letter if had not believed IL to
be agreeable, at least not Objectionable,
ITO the administration. I thought that
had good reason for believing that the
President and the Secretary would not
seriously object to the terms of the
agreement. 1t came to me in an appa.
rentlY reasonable way, that the con-,
cession would be acceptable all around
and under these circumstances I did
not see anything for me to do but to
fall in with my friends who hs,i been
acting with me all alon, in favor of IN.
conditional repeal and in this way recon.
Gle Democratic differences. How sucha
misunderstanding could have occurred
among the friends of the administration
perpleXes me, as 1t d)es q number OF
Senators on our side; but shall not I'M.
dertake to solve the mystery. Sufficient
for me to know, and I only know it from
the public press, that the administration
is against the compromise; and without
Democratic harmony at both ends OF
the avenue, no compromise can sue.
ceed. If fthe administration opposition
is true, and I have no doubt that 1t Is.
shall have to accept the situation. I
stand where I have always stood, in
favor of the unconditional repeal OF the
Sherman act, and TO accomplish that
end will vote for q cloture rule In tho
Senate if opportunity Is afforded me."
The foregoing from Senator Lindsay
is the explanation given by all the ad-
ministration Senators who attached their
names to the compromise.
There ID not anybody here who seems
to understand just how the compromise
which 80 suddenly startled the country
Saturday came about. All the gentle.
men who signed 1t fully and firmly be.
lieved that tho President and tho Score.
| tary Of the Treasury know all about It
and favored it. Now, to tho absolute
and personal knowledge of the Courier
Journal correspondent, the Secretary OF
the Treasury knew nothing about 1t I'M.
til nearly O'Clock p. n. Saturday. 1t
happened that, a few minutes before
that hour, the Courler.J Journal corre.
spondent asked Mr.. Carlisle If there was
any change in the financial situation up.
on the part ofthe administration. mo
sir; the administration stands today
where it has stood all along, on tho linz
of tho Presidents message calling Con.
gress together, IN favor Of the uncondi'
tional repeal of the Sherman act"
As I turned to leave tho room, met
Senator Villas, who had called to SEQ
the Secretary. Senator Villas, as have
since been informed, came to apprise
the Secre .ary of tho compromise paper
beng circulated. The Secretary told
Mr.. Villas that be knew nothing about
lit, and never saw it, and, 80 tar as no
was concerned, it did not meet with his
approval. The news was OF such I'm"
portance that tile Secretary thought it
advisable to communicate its purport at
once to the President, who on that day
was not at the White House, but at
WoodleY.
When the Information was impaired
to the Presi lent, he promptly repudiat-
ell the whole scheme, 80 tar as ne was
concerned, saying that the proposed
compromise did not meet with bis ap.
proval, and If the Senate should pass II
the House ought to reject It.
Information Wanted.
COLUMBIA, S. g., Oct. 2O.-The
Secretary OF State has received num-
ber If inquiries from abroad as to the
practical workings of the DlspensarY
| law in the State, the comparison OF the
conditions as to the decrease in the
arouut If drunkenness aud the dis
order arising from The use OF walskeY.
Governor Tlllman also wants the data
upon which to base his message to the
Legislature on tna1 subject. BE &C.
cordiogly Yesterday seut the following
letter to the mayors of the cities and