The morning call., 1893-10-15
THEY WILL AGREE
Compromise Now Seems
Certain.
YIELDING ON ALL SIDES.
Probable Lines of the Measure
That Will Pass.
YIELDING ON ALL SIDES.
VOORHEES, TALKS OF DEFIANCE.
But 1t Is Probable That He Will
Come Down When President
Cleveland Calls.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14-To-day was
pregnant with rumors OF compromises
and agreements on the silver question.
Enough is known to lead to the conclusion
that mutual concessions have been made.
and that the statements OF Senators JUS
tify the hope that before next week has
passed there will be movement toward a
settlement of the question. Just what the
compromise will be cannot be said, but the
idea that meets with most favor contem-
plates about the same provision as the
Harris amendment combined with bond
provision.
The session of the Senate to-day opened
with a personal explanation from Morgan
of Alabama. He denied having ever IL
timaled that he would vote against uDcon-
ditional repeal, but said he would vote
against conditional repeal as proposed In
the VOORHEES, substitute, which he charac-
terized as "very ridiculous, very Injurious
and very cowardly."
Various important amendments to the
rules were offered ana went over until
Monday. They were as follows:
By Lodge of Massachusetts-lt shall not
be in order for Senator to read speech,
either written or printed; also. when the
Senate refuses TO excuse Senator from
voting and he still declines to vote, he
shall be counted as present for the purpose
of making a quorum.
By MIR. Stewart of Nevada-That no
Senator interested in any national bank
shall vote upon any question affecting the
coinage or issue of currency by the Gov
erDment or through the instrumentallty OF
national banks.
By Gallings of New Hampshire-When
a majority OF the Senate submits request
in writing through the chair that the de-
bate close on bill or resolution reported
from a committee, such papers shall be
referred TO the Committee on Rules. whose
duty it shall be within five days TO report
an order naming day and hour when the
vote shall be taken, and action upon such
reports shall be had without amendment.
The resolution offered by Dolph yester-
day referring to he Committee on Privi-
leges and Elections the question as to
whether absent Senators may be COM
pelled to attend was presented and agreed
to.
The silver purchase repeal bill was
taken up at 2:45 o'clock and the Vice
President set about disentangling the
parliamentary twist into which the
Senate got itself last night over
the question as to whether Du-
bois should be excused from vot-
ing on the question of allowing
PETER to have document read at the
clerks desk. By a vote Of % to 81 the
Senate refused TO excuse Dubois. The
name of the Idaho Senator was then
called aud Dubois remained in his seat
silent. There was rolcall because at a
like stage of the proceedings last night no
quorum had voted and no less than
seventy-two responded-twenty-nine more
than quorum-and by far the largest
number that has appeared on rollcall
during the session.
After some more parliamentary pitfalls
from which the Vice-President skillfully
extricated himself. the question was put
whether the documents should be read
from the clerks desk and it was decided
in the affirmative-ayes SO, noes 80. The
document accordingly was read as part
of PETERS speech.
PETER then yielded the floor to Jones of
Nevada, who addressed the Senate in op-
position to the bill. he was interrupted
by VOORHEES,, who made a motion for an
adjournment and Jones assented. Voor-
hees said that if there was anybody who
thought the friends and advocates of this
bill had surrendered or had it in contem-
plation, he desired to answer him in the
language of the immortal hero, Paul Jones',
that 1--WE have only begun the fight"
At LOS the Senate adjourned until Mon