The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-09-09
TALK OF COMPROMISE.
The Air About the Senate Wing
Of the Capitol Full
OF 1t.
Goldbugs Are not SO Confident as
They Were Some Time
Ago.
The Day Could he saved for silver II the
siiver states Were Fully Rep-
resented.

WARRINGTON, Sort. 8.-The air about the
senate wing of the capitol la full OF rumoss
OF compromise upon the financial question.
but it Is impossible to traco most of these
to any sourcs which appears authoritative,
OF which indioates any organized movement
OF sufficient force TO produce iosuits.
Tho one given out with tho greatest at
tention to details. which bears slight yrom-
ise of frution In case IL should prove true.
Is to the effect tha. German 10 moving in
the direction of compromise. 1t is reported
that he has been to the executive mansion
with a suggestion to the effect that il will
be impossible to secure action on tho part
OF the senate until the repeal forces shall
agree to Gome compromise which the silver
men will nooopt.
Gorman's former trisndship p for the white
metal. and the fact that he IL personally on
good terms with senators from the silver
states, together with the fact that he has
long been one of the democratic leaders in
the senate, caused this report TO appear very
piausible. Notwithstanding the many oir-
oumstances which seemed to confirm the
report German denied the story in explicit
terms and assured the questioner that tho
report was utterly without foundation.
"We shall" he said. fight this thing out
to a nish, and when the vote Ia taken it
will be u on the proposition of unoondi-
tional repeal"
1t is also given out that Faulkner and
Lindsay arc working in the interest Of com
promise. Lindsay said he had no measure
Of com promise 70 offer, as reported, but
favored the continued use OF silver. He
intimated he would support fair compro-
mise. Faulkner did not hesitate to say TO
senators that. while If forced to do 20 he
would vote for unconditional repeal. he
should first wy and get through an amend
ment to the pending bill. providing for the
coinage of $3OO0,00O in silver per month
until the silver in circulation shall reach
$500 600, 900, and for the retirement OF all
bills denominations below 80.
The repeal leaders ridiculs the idea OF Q
conn romise, bat are no longer SO confident
of rushing the bill to = rapid conclusion.
The silver mon declare they can, at any
time, get q safe majority on the oompro-
mise line of FauIkner's proposition.
The chief obstacle In the way Of COM
promise appears 10 be the difficulty of for
mulatng a proposition upon which south
ern and western and repeal democrats can
unite. There is little doubt that a oom-
promise, which. while repeating the SheT-
per cent tax on state bank issues would be
acceptable to the southern democratic SEN
ators; but the western silver senators would
doubtless reject such an offer Of eompro-
mise.
On the other hand. compromiss involv-
ing silvet that would be accepted bv tho
silver senators would probably not satisfy
the southern democrats, unless accompan-
led BY legislation TO promote the issue OF
state bank currency. II is ha' dly probable
the repeal forces would assent to Il COM
promise involving CONCESSIONS on both of
these questions. Their present olioy ap-
arently is TO deny any possibility of
compromise, lest tho mere suggestion
should oaen the field to an avalanche of
propositions, and only further embarass
the situation.
1he proposition of compromise now un-
der discussion and meeting with greatest
favor provides that. coupled with the bill
repeating the purchssing clause of the
Sherman act there shall be a law directing
the secretatv Of the easury to buy monthly
a considerably reduced amount OF silver
bullion, aud to actually coin this bullion
into monsy. The secretary of the treasury
ia also to be given ample power to preteos
all the gold and currency and money OF the
United States and TO make il interchange
able. In addition to this, the national
banks Of the United States are to be per-
mitted to issue notes to an aggregate equal
to the faoe value Of United States bonds on
deposit Concessions TO state banks are
also discussed.