The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-09-21
OF Winning the Silver Fight
in the Senate.
THE REPEALERS CLAIM 40 SENATOR'S
Democratic Leaders Of the House Deter
mined on the Force Law Report.
sdsclal Correspondence.

WASHINGTON, Sept. ls-Senator
VOORHEES, is not SO confident as he
was of winning the senatorial battle
now being fought over silver. tie
no longer hints of being able to
WELD some mysterious power that
will when he so wills compel the
opposition to allow vote to be
taken. Speaking of the outlook he
says: "There is no power on the
earth, in the heavens above nor the
depths below that will compel the
senate to vote on the repeal bill.
1t will be from now on merely a
test of personal endurance on both
sides. shall move for longer ses
sions at an early day." The only
reason why Mr.. VOORHEES, does not
at once move Cor longer sessions or
for continuous session is that he
fears defeat, which would be fatal
to his bill He knows, as does
every body else, that majority of
the senators would vote for his bill
if vote could be taken. But he
does not know-aud there is the
rub--t -siority will vote
either he session or to
remain i Jus session night
and day, "a vote is reached.
The highest claim made by the re.
pealers is that 40 senators will vote
with them.
SMALL WORKING MARGIN.
Allowing that claim to be cor
rect it leaves a small margin to
work on should a continuous ses.
sion be held, as that would neces-
81 ate the continual presence of at
least fortythree of them, it being
certain that the silver men would
not assist in making quo.
rum. But it is positively known
that some of the Republican re.
pealers will not remain in their
seats should an attempt to hold a
continuous session be made; three
of them have so stated publicly.
President Gle veland still refuses his
sanction to any compromise, and
insists that the repeal bill be forced
to a vote. But it is much easier tc
insist than it is to do it. Conser
vative senator's have not abandoned
hope of reaching some sort of com
promise, with or without the con
sent of President Cleveland.
| SENATOR DANIELS SPEECH.
1t will be some time before the
speech of Senator Daniel, of Vlr
GINA, against the Voorhees, bill il
forgotten. The senator is pleas
ing orator at all times, but it wal
the plain spoken manner IN which
he asserted his right to differ with
the president IN regard to the fipan
cial situation aud the necessity fol-
the unconditional repeal of the pur
chasing clause of the silver law
together with the slaps, inferred
: rather than spoken, against hil
party colleagues who have changed
front On this qu' stion in obedienc,
to MIR. Cleveland's wishes, that will
cause the speech to be rememb ered
The Populists are going to use it al
campaign document agains
O'Ferrall, the Democratic candi
date for governor of Virginia.
CURIOUS PHASE OF TARIFF QUESTION
1t is worth nothing as a curiou
phase of the tart question tina
wealthy manufacturers, supposed t,
be deeply interested in keeping u,
protective duties, are bringing in
huence to bear on Republican mem
bers of the house for the purpos
of preventing any serious opposi
ton being made to the proposed
anti.protection tariff bill. Tha
is, opposition that will delay it
tinal passage. The manufacturer
say they are anxious to have tn
,, new tariff put into operation at tn
earliest possible moment, in orde
that its working may be fully un
derstood and approved or condemn
ed BY the people. in 1896. Othe
people say that the manufacturer
are preparing to make big cut al
around in wages and that that is tn