The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1893-09-11
CLEvELAND'S ULT|MATUM
He Wants Unconditional Repeal
or Nothing.
LITTLE HOPE OF COMPROMISE.
The Situation in the Senate Practically
the Same as When the Session Begun
The Repeal Men, Backed Up by Au-
tocrat Cleveland, Confident of Success

! WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.-On the
house side of the capitol but little
credence is given to the reports of
compromise action in the senate on
the repeal bill. The Democratic
leaders in the house say the Faulkner
proposition IN the senate to coin sill
yer up to $500, 1000, 900 and then stop
has received exaggerated prominence.
1t is evidently the plan OF the house
leaders to prevent at this time any
kindred financial or currency legisla-
ton which might complicate the sit
uation in the senate. They do not
propose, however, to allow the house
to fold its hands and adjourn from
day to day until action is had on the
repeal proposition in the senate. As
soon as the bills can be reported from
the committee the house viii take up
bills to admit the territories of Arizo-
ma, New Mexico and Utah, the bill to
repeal the federal election law and
possibly the bankruptcy bill. These
measures will keep the house busy
until the senate's act will show the
country that something is being done
and at the same time prevent consid-
Grafton of financial bills that might
complicate the fight for repeal in the
senate.
The fifth week Of the present ses-
sion Of the senate closed yesterday and
SO far as outward appearances indi-
cate that body is no nearer con-
clusion upon the question before it
than it was the day after.
Voorhees, reported his bill from the
finance committee. The senators
who are opposed to the repeal of the
Sherman law talk as bravely of con-
tinued opposition-though hardly so
confidently of success upon the voting
test-as when they were first called
together, and as yet show no signs of
yielding to the majority, which most
of them confess there is against them
upon the question OF repeal.
They may be said to have fairly ex-
posed their plans of operations
through the prolonged speech made
by Senator Stewart and that begun
today by Senator Teller. 1t is evil
dent that for the present, at least,
they mean to talk intelligently upon
the financial question, with the hope
OF forcing some concession from the
president and the senate majority.
There was a time this week when
they seemed in fair way toward Sc
curing general consent to a compro-
mise, but the fact that the president
is holding out for unconditional sur
render has the effect of solidifying
his followers and cause them to de-
termine upon beginning the fight
again next Monday upon the same
old lines.
President Cleveland absolutely
refuses to consent to grant any con-
cessions in the silver fight, says the
Post. More than this, he will not
promise to agree to any recognition
of silver, even should the repeal bill
be passed. This is the sum and
substance of his position as re-
ported by senators who had
conference with him yesterday.
1t has renewed the confidence of
the friends of unconditional repeal,
who assert unwavering faith in the
final passage of the measure. With
the understanding that the president
is on a platform of unconditional
repeal or nothing" the senators have
settled down for long siege. Mean
time, the Democrats in the senate
are concerned for their party and will
make careful canvass to see if votes
cannot be secured for some measure