The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-09-25
THE sInYER QUESTION.
Tho Repeal and the Anti.Repeal Fore
Feel Equally Confident.

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The Repeal and the Ant.Repeal Force,
Feel Equally Confident.
WASHINGTON, D. O., Sept. 24-The
situation in the senate, as day after day
passes, fails to show encouragement for
those who are making the battle for
unconditional repeal. It iaonly a dis
passionate statement Of the truth to say
that the repeal forces are apparently no
nearer victory than they were ten days
ago; that 1t does not appear that they
have made convert in the senate Tor
two weeks, and that the prospect for
unconditional repeal is not so bright as
It was when the repeal bill passed the
house with the unexpectedly large ma
jority q month ago. That startling
result gave the cause OF repeal an i'm
petus which seemed likely to provoke
q public sentiment that would rush the
measure through the senate immedi-
ately by deterring those senator's who
had been preparing TO invoke the help oI
parliamentary filibuster. But since the
bill! passed the house, there has been
no concerted attempt to force the issue
in the senate, since every advance move
ment of Senator Voorhees, and every
demand OF the chairman of the finance
committee for q day on which vote
be taken has met with vigorous opposi-
tiou of the silver senators with the plain
intimation that every resource afforded
by the rules would be invoked by the
opposition. The repeal senator's have
apparently lost much OF their conf
dence, and the anti-repeal senator's have
regained all that courage which they
temporarily lost after the passage of the
measure by the house, and thus 1t Is
that the roll calls OF the senate show
that anti-repeBl senators present an un-
broken front OF nineteen senator's, ready
to resist to the utmost the measure Of
unconditional repeal.
Two weeks ago it was mysterlously
rumored that the repeal forces might
demand vote at any hour and rush
the measure through the senate. Now
advocates OF repeal cannot be found
who predict with any confidence that a
final vote will be reached before the
middle of October. And yet the nu-
mericaI strength of the repealers is as
strong in the senate to-day as it was
three weeks ago. They have an un-
doubted majority-probabiy about
three-ffths-and there can be no ques-
tion of the result when the final vote is
reached, but when that vote is to come
is the great mystery Of the future.
In this fight the minority is not an
insignificant one. The opponents Of
repeal can unquestiona6ly muster
thirty or more votes. OF these men, It
is believed that dozen or more will
not hesitate by filibustering in an,at-
tempt TO defend the citadel against any
Indefinite siege Of the majority. The
indications ara that the minority-or a
minority OF the minority-a half dozen
members, sufficient II necessary to fill
buster against unconditional repeal,
and 1t Is these indications that have
given rise once more to the discussion
Of compromise that one begins to
hear on every side. The difficulty,
however, will be IN agreeing upon q
form of compromise. Recent develop
ments show that the present leaning Of
those desiring such a solution is in the
direction Of the Squire amendment,
rather than that of Mr.. Faulkner, which
are the only compromise measures 80
far presented. The radical repeal men
still assert that the unconditional re-
peal bill will pass without compro-
mise attachment. but that subsequent
legislation will be enacted, giving to
silver suitable recognition.
The silver men make very little con-
cealment Of their present plans. They
say they are in as good condition to
hold the bill off now as when 1t first
came over from the house, and they will
certainly entertain the senate and the
country at large with speeches perti-
nent to the question until the elections
bill shall be brought over from the
house.
No one acquainted with the vice.
president and his antecedents gives the
least credence to the story sent out from
here that he will, at q given time, recog.
nize Mr.. Voorhees, for the purpose OF
moving the passage Of the bill, and re-
fuse to recognize any one else,