Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-08
COMPROMISE TALK.
The lir Round tho Senatorial Wing
Of The Capitol Full Of RumOIS.
conuAS WILL FIGHT TO A FINISH.
Difficult TO Oflrr a Compromise that
Would be Accepted BY Both the
West and the south.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. - Tho air
about the Senate wing Of the Capitol
10 full OF rumors Of compromise upon
the financial question, but II Ia imros-
sible 10 tTacU msst Of these to any
source which appears authoritative or
which indicates any organized move
ment Of sufficient force 10 produce the
results. One was given with the greatest
attention TO deiails, which bvats u
slight promise OF fruition In case u
should prove true, TO the effect that
Gofman II moving In tho Direction OF
a compromise. IL ~ reported that DO
has been TO the executive mana on
with q suggestion 10 the effect that "
would be impossible 10 secure action on
lie uart Of the Senate until the repeal
ipfces shall agree ~ some compromise
which tho silver men Will accept
Gormnnh former friendship for tnu
white metal and the fact that lie IA
persOnally on good terms with the
senator's from the silver Alatos, together
with tho fact that he has long been one
Of the Democratic leadem Ia this Sen
ate caused this report 10 appear very
plausible. Notwithstanding the many
circumstances which seemed 10
confirm tho report. German denied
the story In explicit terms, and assured
the queslioner thnt the report was
utterly without foundation, 1--WE
shAli,O h1 said, "nght this thing out
10 finlsh aud when the vote 10 taken
II will be- upon the proposition OF un.
conditional repeal"
IL was also given out that Faulkner
and Lindsay were working in the
Interest Of compromise.
Lindsay said he had no measure OF
compromise TO offer rs reported, but
favored the continued use Of sllver.
He intimaied that he would support u
fair compromise.
Faulkner did not hesitate 10 say to |
the senators that while, II forced 10 do |
10, he would vote for unconditional re- |
peal, he should first try to get through |
nm Amendment 10 the pending |
bill providing for the coinage OF three |
million dollars per month until the |
silver In circulation shall reach $780,
100000, hud for tho retirement OF all
bills OF denominations below $40.
The repeal leaIors ridicuie the idea
OF a compromise but are no longer 80
confident OF rushing the bill to rapid
conclusion.
This silver men declare that they can
At any time get n safe majority on COM
promise on the line OF Faulknct's
proposition. The chief obstacle In the
way Of compromise appears TO DO the
difficulty Ia formulating PROPOSE.
lion upon which the Southern
aud Western anti.Tepeal Democrats
can unite. There u little doubt
that compromise which, while
the Sherman act, at the
same time repealed the ten per cont
tax on state bank issue, would be Rc-
eeptable TO the southern Democratic
senators, but the western silver sena-
tors would doubtless reject such an
otier OF compromise. 90 tho other
hand c0mprCmise Involving silver
that would be- accepted by the western
senators, would probably not satisfy
the touihern Democrats, unless nc.
by legislation TO promote
The Issue OF state bank currency.
II IL hardly probable that the repeal
forces would WAent TO compromise
Involving concessions on both thvss
questions, their present. policy being
apparently TO deny any possibility
o. compromise, lest mere
suggestion should open tho field
10 an avalanche OF propositions, ana
only further embhrrAss the situation.