The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-09-09
The Repealers in the Senate
Have . Big Majority.
sur osJecr TO cloruRg.
So the Handful Of Silver Filibusters
Will Win Partial Victory.
The Measure 60 BE Agreed rpea wiz
Provide for Reduced Monthly Par
chase and Coinage Of Baiiioa-De-
taiis Not Arrssged.

wAsaIxeTox cIrr. Sept. s.-The last ex-
tremity, clofure. will not be invoked by
the American senate. A heavy majority
of the members are in favor OF uncondi-
tional repeal. but this majority mas been
carefully polled and IL has declared that
conditions are not snch as to warrant
radical departure from the time honored
traditions of the senate that would be
necessary 10 secure cloture of debate and
force the repeal bill TO a final vote. The
conferences daily held between the press-
dent and leading senators, participated ia
almost invariably By Secretary Of the
Treasury Carlisle, have been full Of prom
ise, not of passage af the bill uncondition-
ally repeating the purchasing clause of the
Sherman act. bat Of this bill amended By
such additions as 70 give TO il the undenia-
BILE garb of q compromise. One by one the
senators who have openly expressed them
selves in favor of unconditional repeal, and
they are nearly three-fifths OF the United
States senate, have been consulted as 20
the advisability of the ciotnse rule, and
the result has been that less than thirty of
the eighty-six senator's have expressed
themselves in favor OF resorting TO such
extreme measures. This startline innova-
ton from the traditions of the senate.
therefore, will not be part of the record TO
be left behind by this extraordinary ses-
sion.
With the proposition for eloiure finally
abandoned. there remain but two aiterna-
tiyes for the repeal senators. compromise or
defeat at the hands of the fiIibusters !: not
in the open guise Of filibnsters. but in re-
peated demands for calls of the senate and
resort to parliamentary Eroprieties TO In
definitely prolong debate. No one can
doubt that of these two alternatives the
one promising the greater benefit appears
likely TO be chosen. and that is for COM
promise series OF conferences is to be
held from fine to time until the end of
next week. when il is hoped clear major
ity will be found welded to proposition
,ty with enough vehemenes to lead to fill
clustering opposition.
The proposition Of compromise now
under discussion and meeting with great
favor provides that coupled with the bill
repeating the purchasing clause of the
Sherman act there shall be aEaw directing
the secretary of the treasury TO buy
monthly a considerably reduced amount
of silver bullion aud TO actually coin this
bullion into money. The secretary of the
treasury 10 also tc be given ample power
70 protect ali gold anNe6ssexey aud money
of the United States. and to make il inter-
changeable. In addition to this the
national banks of the United States are to
be permitted 10 issue notes to an aggregate
equal to the face value of United States
bonds on deposit. Concessions TO state
banks are also discussed.
The four separate and distinct subjects
which it is proposed to incorporate iri the
repeal bill by the various compromise
amendments thereto represent four fac
tions into which the United States senate
may be said 10 be divided at this time.
None of these factions would get what has
been demanded by this legislation, but
each would get slight concessions and
some consolation from unconditional re-
peal. and each faction would retire from
the conflict free from the onus OF defeat
to be placed to their credit
Internal Revenue Commissioner Miller
has issued a circular to collectors of inter-
nal revenue and revenue agents to the
effect that the department is informed that
banks are issuing certificates of deposit
payable in currency of the United States,
and that these obligations are used for
circulation. ''Sach issues" the circular
states. .are taxable, and you will inquire
rs to the amount Of such issues and report
them to this Office for assessment of the
taxes incurred"
The amount of silver offered to the
treasury department today aggregated
lis. 900 ounces at from rs cents to 76 cents
per ounce, all of which was declined and
74h cents rendered.