Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-10-10
WILL Of THE PEOPLE1
Will Not be ThWaned il
Voorhees, Succeeds.
SILVERITES MAY HOLD OUT.
They Declare that They Court Test
Of Physical Endurance.

WASHINGTON, Oci. 10 THE session of
The senate was given up entirely to con-
siderinR the Sherman act. The question
same up In tnre. separate forms The
FIRST was sort Of personal explanation
10y Mr.. Harris 0em., Trnn) in reply to
resolutions alop.vd at "a joint meeting Of
The Memphis committee and Merchants
exchange condemning the course of the
Tennessee senators on the silver question.
Mr.. Harris declared his dissent Of
threat contained In the resolutions and
said that the maintenance of his self
respect WAS Of vastly more Importance to
him than any Office within the gift of the
people. After that incident came up the
resolution offered by Mr.. Wolcott Rep,
Colo.) last Saturday, instructing the
finance committee to put In active form
the bi-metallic declaration Of policy con-
tained in the Voorhees, substitute.
Some Of the most impassioned speeches
made since the opening Of the debate took
place ON this resolution. Mr.. Wolcott criti-
cised the president for his letter to Gov.
ernor Northen of Georgia, characterizing
10 as Intrusive, offensive and uniting
the relations that should exist between
the legislative and executive departments
OF the government" Mr.. Voorhees, made
the resolution the groundwork of q
speech defending the repeal bill and assert
ing that the statement that IL demone tized
silver, even II repealed q hundred thou
sand times, WAS not true. He declared that
be was ready, when the Sherman law no
longer disgraced the statute book, to act
promptly in carrying out the pledge
which the bill contained. The Wolcott
resolution was sent to the calendar and
the repeal bill taken up. Upon 1t Mr..
Cockrell Dem.) occupied the floor for
three and one-half hours and had not
finished when the senate adjourned
Ready For the Fray.
Both sides Of the senate are strengthen
ing their lines for the battle tomorrow
The repealers say that there will he no
shirking on their part, and that they will
not show the white feather, but will
stand there until they can demonstrate
whether or not IN jority can legislate
In the senate. They are fully convinced
that by means Of a protected, continuous
session, IL by any means, u vote can be
reached on the repeal bill. Every other
method has been adopted, aud IL that fails,
the extraordinary spectacle will be pre-
sented of "A senate utterly incapable Of
doing anything which is opposed In any
quarter.
The silver men are now assuming the
attitude Of defiance which leads them
rather to court test Of physical endur-
ance. They may we'll do this, since the
fatigue OF continuous session must fall on
the majority, which has In its composition
number Of men who are not In a phys scal
condition to endure the fatigue OF all-night
sessions. For this reason the general as
sumption Is that quorum will be broken
nd q ha. taI Al utsl
the accomplishment Of anything.
After this there can be nothing left
but a compromise, and there is some ar
Sogance being displayed by the radical
silver men In their confidence of success.
They are saying that the administration
forces will find IL more difficult to secure
q favorable compromise after the test Of
physical endurance has been made and
has failed than they could secure now IL
they would agree to enter into negotia-
tions for a compromise at once.
Iu anticipation Of Wednesdays battle
the southern senator's, who are fighting
against the unconditional repeal, have
been comforting together and have taken
aposition OF resistance, SO that IL the re-
peal men could hold quorum in the
senate chamber, the silver forces would
still be sufficiently strong to prevent a
days. The outlook, therefore, seems to be
more and more certainly toward a COM
promise, and there is a possibility that
within "A hours after the protracted ses-
sion Is started the substantial terms Of =
compromise will be outlined and agreed
upon in private conference
Stories Lack Confirmation.
Wild rumors, bearing upon the silver
situation, were current about the Capitol,
the most important Of which includes the
possibility OF an attempt to adjourn con-
gress until December. According to this
story, which cannot be confirmed, but
which has come to the ears OF various
senator's, the president IL credited with hav-
ing expressed hope that the senate
would adjourn rather than accept any
compromise The silver senators, In dis
cussing this rumor, say they will oppose
any attempt to adjourn. because they
want action Of some sort. 1t was also
said, upon the authority of a senator,
whose standing is high In his party, that
compromise had been practically agreed
upon. All Of these statements were true
with a proper amount OF salt.
Doings In the House.
The debate on the federal elections bill
closed yesterday and the voting will be-
Sussion has there been much attention
given to speakers on either side Of the
question. Throughout the past 10 days
the attendance In the house has been far
below the average and the disputants
usually addressed large array OF empty
seats. Even the last day Of the discussion
was not productive Of much interest
The principal speakers on the Republi-
can side were Dolliver OF Iowa, Paine Of
New York and Boutelle of Maine. The
latter Is one Of the aggressive takers of
the house, and he introduced some FIRE
into the debate, but 1t soon died out New
York provided the Democratic contro-
versalists, Coombs, Lockwood and
Fitch being its champions. The latter
closed the debate In a carefully prepared
speech, In which he contended for the re-
peal of laws providing for the appoint
ment Of supervisors and deputy marshsls
Glad Tidings.
The grand specific OF the prevailing