The Forrest City times., 1893-10-27
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Democratic Steering Committee Killed
 by thr Resident and Secretary Caritse-
 The President StiIi stands on the L.ns
 of His Message: Unconditional Repeal
 WASHINGTON. Oct. 2s.--The Wash ington correspondent of the Louisville Courier-Journal tonight sent the fol lowing special dispatch to that paper for publication tomorrow morning:
 ''The compromise patched up by the conference or steering committee on the democratic side of the senate is as dead as door-naii. Mir. Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle killed 1t this morning by stating emphatically that they would have nothing to do with it. Senators Lindsay, Palmer, Smith (of New Jerseyl, Gordon. Gray, White and Camden known as warm friends of the administration, refused to be parties to the compromise when they were informed that it did not meet with the wishes of the president It seems that these gentlemen signed the compromise paper under misappre. hension. They say that they were led to believe when they attached thei,. signatures to the document that the plan met with the full approval of the president and the secretary of the treasury.
 ''The Courier-Journal correspondent asked Senator Lindsay to-day how he came to sign the paper since he was well known to be a staunch supporter of the administration in it's fight for unconditional repeal. He replied: of course l should not have put my name to the letter if 1 had not believed it to be, if not agreeable, at least not objectionable to the adminis- tration people. I thought l had good reasons for believing that the president and the secretary of the treasury would not seriously ob- ject to the terms of the agreement. It came to me in an apparently reasona- ble way that the concession would be acceptab ble all around, and under these circumstances I did not see anything left for me to do but call in my friends who have been acting with me all along in favor of unconditional repeal. and in this way reconcile democratic differences. How such misunder- standing could have occurred among the friends of the administration perplexes me as it does number of senators on our side, but I shall not undertake to solve the mystery. Suffi- cient for me to know, and l only know it from the public press, that the ad- ministration is against the compro- mise and that without democratic har- mony at both ends of the avenue no compromise can succeed.
 
 position is indeed a fact. and have no doubt that it is. shall have to accept the situation. l stand where I have always stood in favor of the un- conditional repeal of the sherman act and to accomplish that end I will vote for a cloture rule in the senate if the opportunity is afforded me.
 "The foregoing from Senator Lind say is the explanation given by all the administration senators who attached their names to the compromise. There is not anybody here who seems to un- derstand just how the compromise came about. All the gentlemen who signed it firmly and fully believed that the president and secretary of the treasury knew all about and favored it.
 Now. to the absolute and personal knowledge of the Courier-Journal cor respondent, the secretary of the treas ury knew nothing about it until nearly 10 o'clock D. m. Saturday. It happened that just few minutes before that hour the Couricr.J Journal correspond ent asked Secretary Carlisle if there was any change in the financial situa- tion upon the part of the administra- tion. and he replied No. sir. The ad- ministration stands to-day where it has stood all along-on the line of the presidents message calling congress together in favor of the unconditional repeal of the sherman act
 AS turned to leave the room l met Senator Villas, who had called to see the secretary. Senator Villas, as have since been informed, came to ap- prise the secretary of the compromise paper being circulated. The secretary told Senator Villas that he knew nothing about it, never saw it. and, so far as he was concerned, it did not meet with his approval. The news was of such importance that the secretary thought it advisable to communicate its purport at once to the president, who on that day was not at the White House but at Woodlawn. When the information was imparted to the presi- dent he promptly repudiated the whole scheme so far as he was concerned.
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 American TArin.
 WASHINGTON. Oct. A.-The state de- partment has received from MT. A-<hDur Hovyo11c Jvuito1 Gtatoo com.