The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1893-09-09
RUMORS OF COMPROMISE
Difficulty for Silver Senators
to Agree Upon One.
FAULKNER GIVES HIS VIEWS.
He Favors the Coinage of S3,ooo,ooo of
Silver Monthly Until a Total Circu-
lation of $500, ,ooo,o 900 is Reached
Administration Against Annexation

WASHINGTON, Sept. S.-The air
about the senate wing of the capitol
is full of rumors of compromise upon
the financial question. But it is i'm
possible to trace them to any source
which appears authoritative or which
indicates any organized movement OF
sufficient force to produce results.
The one given out, with the greatest
attention to details, which bears a
slight promise of fruition, in case it
should prove true, is to the effect
that German is moving in the direc
tion of a compromise. 1t reports that
he had been to the executive mansion
with suggestion to the effect that it
will be impossible to secure any action
on the part of the senate until the re-
peal forces shall agree to some COM
promise which the silver men will ac-
cept. Gorman's former friendship
for the white metal and the fact that
he is personally on good terms with
senators from the silver states to-
gether with the fact he has long been
one of the Democratic leaders in the
senate, caused this report to appear
very plausible.
German, however, denied the story
in explicit terms, and assured the
questioner that the report is utterly
without foundation. "We SHALL" he
said, eight this thing out to finish,
and when vote is taken it will be
upon the proposition of unconditional
repeal
It is also given out that Faulkner
and Lindsay are working in the inter-
est of compromise. Linday said he
had no measure of compromise to
offer as reported, but favored the con-
tinued use of silver, and intimated
that he would support fair compro-
mise. Faulkner did not hesitate to
say to senators that while, if forced
to do so, he would vote for uncondi-
tional repeal, he should first try to
get through an amendment to the
pending bill providing for the
coinage of three million silver
dollars per month until the
silver in circulation shall reach $780,
000, 900 and for the retirement of all
| bills OF denomination below $40. The
repeal leaders ridicule the idea of a
compromise, but are no longer SO
confident of rushing the bill to a
rapid conclusion.
The silver men declare that they
can, at any time get safe majority
on a compromise on the line of Faulk-
ner's proposition. The chief obstacle
in the way of compromise appears
to be the difficulty of formulating a
proposition upon which the Southern
and Western anti-repeal Democrats
can unite. There is but little doubt
that compromise which, while re-
pealing the Sherman act will at the
same time repeal the 10 per cent tax
on state bank issue, will be acceptable
to the Southern Democratic senators,
but the Western silver senators would
doubtless reject such an offer of COM
promise. On the other hand, COM
promise involving silver that would
be accepted by western senators will
probably not satisfy southern Demo-
Gratis, unless accompanied by legisla-
tion to promote the issue of state
bank currency. 1t is hardly probable
that the repeal forces would as
sent to compromise involving con-
cessions on both of these questions.
Their present policy is apparently to
deny any possibility of a compromise
lest the mere suggestions should open
the field to an avalanche of PROPOSE
tions and only further embarrass
the situation.