The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-10
DEMOCRATS CAUCUSING
Senators Unable to Agree on a
Mode of Procedure.
LEFT IN & COMMITTEES HANDS

The silver Men Evidently Ubdismayed
by tho suggsstisas In the Presidents
nIcssage-Frse Coinage Men of the House
Stick to their Principles.
WASHINGTON, Aug. Io.-The Democratic
senatorial caucus held yesterday forenoon
adjourned for dinner without an agree
ment. The afternoon caucus was almost
as unproducttve OF results US the morning
session. Most of the time was consumed
in the expression of Individual views which
clearly demonstrated that each element In
the party was firmly welded to its own
notions. One senator, who occupies high
position in the finance committee, and
wheseieaning toward free silver Is pro
nounced, declared positively, You can set
1t down as n certainty that the Sherman
act willnot be repealed Internationally. :"
On the other hand, some senators who have
sided with the president, said rather des'
pondently that while no tangible advance
had been made toward point where the
party could be regarded as united, they
had not abandoned hope that the efforts in
chat direction might not eventually result
In success.
1t is gathered from this that the CON
ditional repeal proposition is gaining in
strength, and that certain of the ultra
silver men are preparing to follow in the
direction indicated by the leaders in the
silver caucus in the house yesterday,
namely. towards repeal with free coinage
on an increased ratio. 1t was a rather
significant fact that the silver men ap-
peared to have less anxiety than their OPP
ponents about the result of the caucus, rs
was evidenced by their conduct while the
senators were discussing the situation, a
number of them leaving the room and
going TO the restaurant, where they
palmly indulged in luncheon, apparently
unconcerned as to what was going o N In
the chamber above.
Neither party in the senate has ever been
able to caucus with complete success on
the subject of silver, and yesterdays eau
Gus was no exception to the rule. So, after
sxhausting the possibilities of debate, the
caucus fell back upon the oft tried expe
dient Of delegating to committee tho
taSk of endeavorinY to arrange a plan ol
business that should be satisfactory to all
sides. Mr. German, the chairman Of the
caucus, was authorized to appoint this com
mittee, and the caucus itself adjourned
subject to his call, whigL will be issued a.
soon as the committee has reached an
agreement and is prepared to submit
report for action.
After the adjournment of the caucus
Mr.. German repaired to tho room of th'
committee on appropriations and callet
into. consultation Senators Blackburn
Gray, Ransom and Voorhees,. Senator
Cockrell was invited to remain in thu
room. All Of these senators, with the eX
ception of Senator Gray, were members OF
tho Democratic caucus committee of tn
sast session, aud, although Mr. GormaI
had not yet made his appoin; ments, thei
presence gave color to the expectation tha
they would be named as members of tn
caucus committee.
The caucus of members of the hous
who favor the free coinage of silve
adopted the following resolution by
unanimous vote:
"Resolv ed, That we will support bill
repeating the purchasing clause of til
for the free and untrammeled coinage O
silver, with full legal tender quality, o.
such q ratio as will provide and maintai
nzikhe parity between gold and silver"
A committee OF seven was appointed 4
draft and introduce such bill, The CON
niittee is composed as follows: Messrs
Bland, Sibley, Boatner, Lane. Bankhoad
Bryan, Bailey and Culberson.
When the caucus met it was estimate
that there wero about forty members @
the house in the hall, but during the tim
caucus was in session about 100 member
were admitted. Estimates OF the nulnbt
in attendance ranged from 30 to 125-th
clerk Of tho caucus fixing the number q
e3 md Mr.. Bland saying he counted owe
100 Many known silver men failed I
attend.