The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-29
SILVER MEN FEEL SORE.
Cleveland Not Yielding an Inch on
the Repeal Bill.

The President Evidently Determined
That it Shall be Unconditional
Letter to Gov. Northen Not to the
Liking of the Silver Mine Senators
More Talk of Compromise Heard.
Washington, Sept. 2S.-The Presidents
much discussion at the capitol to-day, but
It's sentiment is much regretted by the
silver men, especially those from the
south. They say it is not calculated to
ease up the opposition to the Voorhees,
bill in any way. They think it cuts off
all hope of anything favorable to silver.
Senator Butler says of it: 81 do not
think anything can move the silver men
now. The Presidents letter has shown
how utterly hopeless would he their
cause with no hold on the administration.
compromise must be reached. 1t is
inevitable"
Georgia S representatives decline to dis
cuss it, but it is evident that they would
have preferred an expression of a differ
ent character from that made by the
President.
THE TALK OF A COMPROMISE.
The talk of a compromise is slightly on
the increase in the Senate It's direction
is toward an agreement looking to the
adoption of some measure favorable to
silver as an independent proposition i'm
mediately after the repeal of the Sher-
man law. The silver men insist on
amendment to the Voorhees, bill instead
Of an independent, subsequent measure
because they can get no assur-
ance that the President would sign
the second bill, and they can
find nothing in the letter to Governor
Northen which could be construed into
such promise. The silver senator's
claim that they would have enough
strength now to amend the Voorhees, bill
but for the fact that the populists refuse
to vote for any proposition except free
coinage of silver at ratio of 16 TO /.
CLEVELAND UNYIELDING.
1t is generally conceded fact-unques-
toned, / believe, by anyone here who is
informed as to the situation-that but for
the President, the entire Sherman repeal
matter might be settled in forty-eight
hours. If the President would allow his
friends in the Senate to agree to a Iconces-
sion to the silver men-and very slight
concession would answer the purpose
the bill would go through the Senate at
once The next day, it would go through
the House, as amended.
But, as repeatedly stated, the Presi-
dent will not tolerate anything of the
sort and the opinion is growing that his
friends in the Senate will, before very
long, come to an agreement with the silver
men, or else the Presidents desire-un-
conditional repeal-will utterly fail.
There are no signs, believe, of the ad-
ministration men weakening, but there
are signs of many Of them being fatigued.
Their endurance cannot last forever AS has
been already shown in these dispatches,
the minority can hold out longer than the
majority, because the latter will all have
to be on duty all the time, while the
former can divide up and take it by turns,
a few being present to insist on quorum
while the others can go away and rest.
This will become all the more apparent if
the experiment is tried of holding contin-
uous sessions, or sessions from ii o'clock
a. IN. until II o'clock p. m
Some of the closest students of the sit
uation now say confidently that neither
of the Pennsylvania senator's nor either
of the New Hampshire senators can be
relied on to vote for repeal. Cameron of
PENNSYLVANIA has already taken the
other side, and it is considered certain
thaJIQuay will be with him. Gallinger
of New Hampshire has made some sig
nificant utterances.
Yesterday Senator Chandler of that
state, in saying that he would vote for
repeal, accompanied it with the provis
if nothing should cause him to change his
mind; and this provis was repeated
Senator Colquitt said in regard to
Cleveland's letter to Gov Northen:
His letter makes certain what has al
ready been inferred, that repeal Of the
Sherman law without concurrent legisla-
tion saving silver made certain the estab-
lishment of a gold standard and the utter
degradation of silver. His letter will
intensity the purpose of the silver ad-
vocates to defeat repeal of the Sherman
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