The sun., 1893-10-26

Upt it's merits. Th,. tiresome discussion
VAS q ntinued in the senate and no prog
ress WAS made.
The remainder of the week i'll Il c
house promises to be exceedingly dull
1t was decided to postpone consideration
of the bankruptcy bill Until next week
and to-day after the disposal of the reg
ular morning business the house went
ahead with the consideration of the
printing bill. During the first morning
hour Mr.. Wolverton, from the committee
on judiciary, called up the bill to reduce
and regulate the fees and work of United
States district and circuit courts and
te'ms made by district attorneys
marshals and commissioners. 1t was
p&SSrd.
WashiL gton, Oct. 2O.-The Democrats
of the senate are again devoting their
time almost exclusiN ely to the effort t.
reach an understanding among them
selves, and consider that they are in a
fair way to agree Upon a bill to be
brought into the senate at the beginning
of next week. They have, indeed, been
devoting their attention so exclusively tC
the compromise question that but very
few of them remained in he senate dur
ing the session. There were, however
no suggestions upon the part of the sill
YER men for the want of quorum, for
the reason that they understood the sit
uation, and were willing to permit the
compromise work to go on uninterrupted
Some of the repeal Democratic senators
are still holding out for absolute repeal
and it is with this class that the com.
mittee are now labCring. The opinion is
expressed that if the majority fail in
bringing these objectors over. the vote
necessary to put the bill through will be
found. among the silver men on the Re
publican side. The bill which will be
brought in, as now contemplated, will
be very simple measure. 1t will ex-
tend the provisions of the present silver
purchase law until the list of January,
1895, with o reduction of the monthly
purchase to $2.5OO,O0O of silver per
month. 1t will also provide for the coin.
age Immediately of the seignorage of the
silver at present in the treasury. 1t Is
asserted that it will not include any
provision for bonds, but that point is not
yet dete rmtned definitely. The day in
the senate was devoted again to speech.
mai ing, and no radical move WIS made
by either side.
The house did nothing except to agree
to %cte on TIE bankruptcy bill sonla
lay next week.
Waslil, eton, Oct Ex-senator voorhees,
gave notice of an amendment to the rules
when the senate convened. 1t provides
that when a bill or resolution pending in
the senate as unfinished business shall
have been debated thirty days, any sen
ator may move to fix a time for taking
a vote thereon. Such motion shall not nc
amendable nor debatable, and if passed,
the pending bill or resolution shall be
voted upon at the time fixed. This :a
considered to mean that the fight of the
repeal men will be continued AMI that
by closure rule will secure the passage
of the repeal bill. The compromise me:l
arc said to be at sea, being unable to
agree upon the bond question and when
the Sherman act is to be dispensed with.
A bill was to have been fixed up iHst
night but it failed to materiaiize. The
most of the Jay was spent by the senate
in secret session. The nomination Of Van
Allen us ambassador to Italy was con.
firned.
Seven or eight Democratic senator's Wis
tied Secretary Carlisle and submitted to
him a proposition to take the place of the
repeal measure now before the senate,
which they thought practically all of the
Democratic senG tors would support. Sec
retary Carlisle dissented from some of
the terms of the proposition and showed
wherein they would in practical operation
be objectionable. There is excellent rea-
son for saying, however, that before the
middle of next week the repeal bill will
pass to take effect rot later than Oct. 1,
1894, probably with n provision author
izing the secretary of the treasury to
issue bends not exceeding $20U,000,OO0
and coin the seigLoIage new in the treas
ury. This, it is said, would not be con-
sidered a surrender by the administration,
and it is stated on reliable authority
that the bill passed in this shape would
not be objectionable to the president.
Nothing of iu,por taIce was traHsa cted
in the house.
Washington, Oct. 23.-The silver ques-
tion will probably again this week occupy
the attention of the senate to the eN-
be some minor matter like the confirma-
tion of presidential appointments Even
though the compromise bill be brought in
there is little prospect of concluding the
consideration of the question before q
week has passed. There Is a possibility
that the compromise may fail, though all
the probabilities are in favor of it's sue
cess. If it should fail the throttle will
be thrown wide open again, and no one
can foretell what the week might bring
forth. Such a state of affairs would be
almost certain to force the senate into
a fierce fight over the rules. 1t is proba-
BILE that Senator voorhees, will make q
summing-up speech during the week if
the compromise amendment is introduced.
The course of events in the house
will hinge upon the result of tho effort
to put through the compromise at the 9TH
cr end of the capitol. If the compromise
should reach the house before the consid-
Grafton of the bankruptcy bill, which is
made a continuing order beginning to-
day, is disposed of, that order win be
vacated to the end that prompt action
may be had on the financial measures.
1t is not expected, however, that the
compromise bill will reach the house un-
der the most favorable circumstances
until the latter end of the week. Unless
it becomes apparent that there might be
unreasonable delay In the committee the
bill will be referred under the rule to the
coinage, weights and measures commit
tee. IT there Is a disposition to hold it
there a motion will be made to concur
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