Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-10
Plans Made for the Battle in the
Senate.
PREPARING FOR A STRUGGLE.
The Minority Seemingly Resolved
Not to Yield a Point.
MR.. DUBOIS AS SPOKESMAN.

Though 1t would seem as II the final strug.
gle to get a vote on the Voorhees, bill in the
Senate had been timed so as to strike Just
when the bill repeating the federal elections
laws Is sent over to the Senate from the
House. there is no probability that the lat
ter measure will have any influence on the
treatment Of the silver question. Nothing
can be accomplished through the federal
elections bill being sent to the Senate which
could not be done just as we'll without it.
Pending the test of strength to occur to-
morrow night, the talk Of compromise has
subsided, and 1t is said on both sides that
nothing can be done in that line until 1t has
been determined which side has the greatest
power of endurance. The administration
men will not talk compromise at all, and 1t
Is understood that they will try to secure a
recess Of two or three weeks If the effort
they are to make fails to secure a vote on
unconditional repeal
The silver men have made a canvass of
their strength for a filibuster and reckon
on the loss of the support Of Blackburn,
Vest, Berry and Walthall, who are ready
10 DO all they can to amend the Voorhees,
Dill, but will not, 1t Is asserted. Join in the
flibuster. The plan of the majority is the
very simple one of merely holding the Sem
ate In session. II possible, until a vote Is
mad. The silver men expect to make but
themselves take the aggressive, and pre-
vent an adjournment until a quorum Is
broken. At s o'clock tomorrow evening, the
usual hour Of adjournment, a motion will
be made by one Of the silver Senators to
adJourn. This will, of course. be voted
down. ard then will follow the declarat tion
OF war. The southern silver men have not
yet quite agreed among themselves lust
what part they will take in the filibuster.
That they will lend their countenance and
aid TO II Is sure. but how far they will
nloe behind formalities Is uncertain still.
Mr. Bubois as Spokesman.
One of their party may make a declara-
ton Of their position. but the disposi-
ton now appears to be to have Mr.. Dubois.
who will speak for the republican anti-re-
pealers. voice the sentiments Of all on that
side of the question. The excuse for fur
ther delay will be that there are a large
number OF important arguments yet to be
presented by the silver men. and they do
not propose to be cut of by the use of
force. Mr.. Dubois will then state that the
antf-repealers have furnished the quorum
which could not have been maintained
without their votes, and that II they should
at any time refuse to vote the administra-
ton forces would be left helpless, as not
for one single day have the repealers had
quorum Of their own men present
Plans Of silver Men.
1t is understood that the silver men will
be on hand and help to preserve the quo
rum until 1 O'Clock. after which they will
refuse to vote or answer to their names.
AS long as Blackburn. Vest, Berry and
Walthall are present they will respond to
their names and will help make I'D the
quorum, but 1t is not expected that they
will be willing to remain all night to do
this.
After o'clock but few Of the silver men
will remain in the Senate chamber, and
those on guard will hold the floor. refusing
to yield to any motion to adjourn or to take
recess until the majority confess that they
cannot hold quorum, and that the con-
tinuous session is a failure. And meanwhile
they will insist upon the presence Of a quo
rum every minute Of the time that their
speakers are occupying the floor. By this
means they expect to enforce the inexorable
decree that in the Senate of the United
States nothing shall be done which does not
please the minority They are defiant and
propose to take the aggressive. Their an
swer to the objections Of the majority to
their course is practically: What are you
going to do about it?''
The Question of u Recess.
They say that they do not know that they
will permit even a recess to be taken, as
the repealers will desire If the effort to
force vote fails, but that they may insist
upon such an amendment to the Voorhees,
bill as will suit them, or else keep this ses-
sion running until December The very
extreme of the position they are occupying
may be the means of weakening them.
The most general estimate of the time
when the test of endurance must end, in
some way, is about o'clock in the mo-n-
ing. though many declare that a quorum
cannot be preserved that long.
Senator Mcpherson made vigorous
speech today In answer to the many
speeches of the silver men. and a petition
signed by some Is 900 merchants asking for
the immediate and unconditional repeal Of
the Sherman law was presented in the
Senate by Mr.. Hill.
The feeling on all sides is getting pecu-
liarly bitter and the failure of all other
important legislation is to be expected if
the minority are to be allowed to kill the
Voorhees, bill.