Evening star., 1893-10-26
Mr.. Sherman Said to Have Decided
Not to Offer His Bond Amendment.
fHE WAY NOW CLEAR FOR ACTION.
Short Debates Probable on the
Pending Amendments.
THE STU ALTON TODAY,


some Of his fellow Senators who are greatly
interested In the matter that he will not
present his bond amendment to the Voor-
nees bill. but will leave the bond issue to be
treated In a separate measure. This re-
moves the only real danger Of disturbance
tnat has appeared since the silver men
threw up their hands. Some efforts are be-
Ing made to get the silver republicans to
join In a plan to further complicate the sit
uatfon. but they decline to do so. and now
appear to be more anxious to have the mat
Ter out Of the way than are some Of the
men who have figured on the side Of re-
peal There is. Of course, great deal of
gossip and scares are raised here and there.
but they are nothing more than surface
asitations that amount to nothing. The
unconditional repeal is as certain as 1t is
possible for anything to be that has not
happened. and the only question Is that of
the exact time when the voting will begin.
1t may be this afternoon. tomorrow, or the
next day; no one can say with certainty,
but at most 1t is only a matter of a very
few days.
DisposinR of Amendments.
There are a great number of amendments
Of which notice has been given, and they
have to be disposed of. Other amendments
may be offered and they will have to be got
out Of the way before the bill itself can be
voted on directly. There is also some talk
of abandoning the Voorhees, substitute and
passing the House bill without amendment.
In order to avoid any complications in the
House. This is not at all likely to be done
and no great trouble is likely to arise in
the House when the bill gets there.
Mr.. Voorhees, could. If he desired. move to
table the twenty-five or more amendments,
and this would cut OF all debate on the
amendments. Such course would be irri-
tating, perhaps. and is unnecessary, and
therefore the consideration of the amend
Ments will probably be under rule S-fve-
minute debate and no Senator to speak
nous consent this time may be extended.
and there will be probably some latitude al
lowed, but the progress through the various
stages Of the proceedings toward vote is
expected to be steady and uninterrupted.
The silver Republicans.
The silver republicans show no further
disposition to cause delay unnecessarily,
and they do not care to make any effort to
amend the bill Their general disposition is
to vote against all amendments except that
for free coinage OF silver, and the impress
sion Is that that will get the largest vote
and the Faulkner amendment next Mr..
Quay wants to press his amendment to ex-
tend the time for the repeal to take effect
to January. 1896, and 1t is said that it would
have the support of eight republicans not
among those classified as silver men, and
that 1t could easily be adopted II the Sena-
tors from the silver states would vote for it,
The silver Senators are not disposed to vote
for 1t, however, and there is now no indi-
cation that any sort of amendment to the
bill will be adopted The men from the
silver states prefer to let the unconditional
repeal go through since they cannot get
anything substantial and to make the issue
before the people on that.
The Morgan Amendment
Mr.. Morgan is trying to work up a ma
tority to vote for his amendment repeating
the whole Sherman law, instead of merely
the purchasing clause, his idea being that
this would restore the free coinage law of
81. The silver state Senators take no stock
IN this. however, and have no desire to so
into the scheme. Senators who are learned
in the law say that there may be an open
question as to the validity of the law of
81. but that 1t cannot be affected by this
bill, and will be no more a question after
the repeal of the Sherman law than it
has been since the act Of rs.
Under all this talk there is apparent no
serious obstacle In the way of the very
speedy repeal OF the Sherman law. Whep
the bill gets to the House 1t will be for 1
majority to decide whether it shall go to a
committee or the Senate substitute accept
ed at once. No trouble Is anticipated in
following the latter course.
No Delay In the House.
There will be NO delay of action upon
the silver bill in the House when that
measure reaches that body from the Sem
ate. because of the want of a quorum
Gen. Tracey. chairman Of the steering COM
mittee Of repealers in the House. has been
looking into the matter with the aid of the
House officials. especially the postmaster
and assistant sergeant-at-arms. He made
q count last night, which showed the pres
ence Of 26l members of the House in the
city This was surprise, not only to him.
but to the others The highest estimate OF
the number Of members In the city yes
terdAy was LIS.
RunaOrs of the Morning.
Today's session Of the Senate did not con-
vene without the usual accompanying ru-
NOR relating to something which had
transpired over night This time it took
the shape Of a rumor that there had been
u conference of republicans at the resi-
dence Of Mr.. Sherman. which had been at
tended by Senators Hale, Dubois, Mander-
son and others. The purpose Of this alleged
conference was to consider the proposed
bond amendment Of Mr.. Sherman and fix
up coalition between the republicans and
exploded by Mr. Manderson, who said there
was no truth in 1t. Concerning the bond
of Mr.. Sherman, Mr.. Mander-
son said he did not think it would be in
troduced- There ought to be an issue of
bonds, continued MIR. Henderson, but the
suggestion Of action in that direction ought
to come from the other side of the cham
ber."
The Bond Question.
Mr.. Sherman himself does not make the
positive statement that he will not intro
dGce the bond amendment. He said this
morning that he had not yet made I'D his
mind Before the Senate convened Mr.
Sherman was in consultation with Mr.
voorhees, in the finance committee ROOM
and 1t is believed that Mr.. Sherman was
again told that any proposition to saddle
bonds on to the repeal bill would be taken
as an open declaration of unfriendliness to
the biI- Other Senators who are members
OF tne finance committee are said to have
stated to Mr.. Sherman that they would
look upon such action as a breach of faith.
inasmuch as the bill reported to the Senate
was the result of the joint action Of the
members OF both parties. The democratic
members went so far as to say that when
the time came they would provide for
oonds. II II was necessary and that GER
tainIy no attempt would be made to pass
sucn Dill until the matter had been Off
claiy called TO the attention of the Senate
oy tne secretary of the Treasury himself
or tne Executive. When Mr. Sherman
pointed out the necessity for the issue of
DOndS he hy ba do,,ao-, or