New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-10
MORE DELAY IN THE SENATE
ASESSION OFTWENTY MINUTES
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS FOLLOWING OFT
THEIR POLICY OF INACTION.

pREsIDEN? CLEvELAND'S PLEADINGs HAVE NO
ErFECT On THE CONVERTS TO HONEST
MoNEY-AN ALL.DAY CAUCUS WITH.
OUT REoULT-ADJOURNMENTU UNTIL
MONDAY THE PROGRAMME.
TELEGRAPH TO THE TkIRUxEn
Washington, Aug. 9-The policy of delay and
lnaction clearly foreshadowed in the speeches Of
Senators German and Voorhees, in Yesterdays de-
bate OIL President Cleveland's financial programme
was put in open practice TO-DAY in the Senate that
body being forced TO an adjournment on Senator
Gorman's motion after a session Of not more than
fifteen or twenty minutes. Mr. Platt, on behalf
Of the Republican Senators, asked for yea-and-nay
vote on the question of wasting another legislative
day. as il is perfectly well known that the Senate
has OIL it's hands two important election cases which
should be settled al once and not held over TO
block the way when the Financial Committee finally
meets and proposes its scheme OF legislation. No
,ublic excuse for delay upon these cases WAS
siyen by Mr. Gorman. and no debate was permissi-
Bile on his motion for adjournment The silver
State Senators gladly joined with the Democrats
TO secure days inaction. and the Maryland Sena-
tors motion was carried by As votes to y, the
free-coinage combination Of the List and Lid
cri .nal strength
One of the incidental objects of the adjourn
ment was, no doubt, to enable the majority 10
renew a party conference which had iust broken
up ia frutless effort to reach some agreement
ON line of policy 10 he pursued toward the
Administrations financial programme. The caucus
of the morning had shown great diversity OF
opinion as TO the Lest course IL follow, and had
developed very active spirit of criticism and
opposition. To many of the old-linc Democratic
Senators President Ccvcland's MESSAGE seemed
inevitably in violation of the partys promises
at Chicago. and not little sarcastic comment
was made on the zeal Of the new Administration
spokesnen, the converted" leaders in the re-
peal movement, who were seeking to commit the
party in the Senate to policy which plainly
stutifed its entire record for the last five years
In view of the feeling shown in the caucus
Messrs German and Voorhees, We're undoubtedly
prudent in preventing all possibility of the re-
newal of Yesterdays financial discussion. The
debate started by Messrs Lodge and Hale had
already nut the majority iii a distressing atti-
tude of ndecision, ard new display of tenporz-
ing feebleness was naturally dreaded by the
Democratic managers. The task of speedily re-
ieving the emblrras>ments of the business Wor"'
set by the President, therefore thrust ASIDE
while the Democratic Senators met in caucus again
and wrestfed with the problem of how to sunr'
sconversion" to repeal with the least possible
sacrifice of personal dignity ami p0litlch con
sistency.
The afternoon session Of the caucus proven a.
conclusively as did the morning one tha' Ms'i'
German and Voorhees,, the Administration spoh''s
men. have IA rather difficult task ahead oil them
in attempting "a drive majority OF the Dehlo-
cratic Senators into line +" "eonverts@ TO uncon-
,Iitonal rcpcal-ur achievement, necessary 10 give
the Administration programme the sanction OF APP
nroyal by the Democratic caucus At heart anu
Inv tradition and repeated public profession 'hc
ore.t majority of the Democratic Senators are at
facbed 10 distinctly anti-Administration theories
of finance and il not for III" persuasive III
fuence of official patronage there wonl" ne ''i'
smallest hope of any rcsp"ctablc hu1per oi ooh
versions" 10 the Presidents financial phHoNoPnN'
Looking the Democratic caucus over lV l. sur
,r,s;rc 70 notc how few of its members, conspicn-
Gus or inconspcuous, nave in theif recent Se'Ni'
in the Senate escaped the tar OF test No'e 'i
t,ao co,naOe OF the senators whose terms extend
back four years more. twenty-siX III ALL on'S
two Mcpherson, OF New-Jerscy, ana "faN oi D'i"
ware have an untarnished anti-iiee-coilase ie'o,u
An tho others tie chairman and secretary OF the
caucus the chairmcn of all the leading commute
and the spokesmcn OF the party on the floor have
hcpn
IN one or more of the various contests preciptated
in the Senate by the silver States Dcmocratic
alliance German, Vooi nccs, Blackburn. llarriS'
Cockrel Ransom. Vance, Vest, Call, Mills, ba'e'
Rerrv Butler. Coke Colquitt, DAME, faulhhcI'
GEORGE ZONES of Arkansas, Morgan, Pa'co' fngh,
Turpie and Walthall-the brains and backbone VI
the nartv-havc all supported and delcndcu '"'
financial bercsics ..hch they are now asXed u
tors,,o.r with the meek humility OF rpcntah'
converts. ,oo,ion
or annointmrnt the Administration has to dra" az
mos entirely for its chief supply oil OrlIlha anu
unspotted anti-frce-c0lnagc nlel-aiihons c;h"nn
Villas Brice, Palmer, Whtc OF EouSiana, iDa, Lind.
of WsrvIand. Caflcry, Smith of Ncw-Jersey, klnu-
cav Mitchell of Wisconsin. ana Murphy Oi New
York Yet in this class are to he 1ouhd u~oiuol, ~
Uunton. Irby and Hill, who Voted ior IIee coi',ae
IN tie last Congress i'oac" 81 ons arc Joubtfml
Allen of Nebraska, whose opinions are Iit"rni' uDu",'
and Martin of Kansas and White Of California,
who will no doubt join the siFcr tmn iorctS om 'i.
6rst ,est vote reached. Political CONSISTENCY -
Tor,rn.tcIv not proof always against The biahu>I-
ments of Prc-i dental persuasion, or Mr. Gori'a"
ord Nr Vnorhces would find themselves III u'1
peratc straits to convert n,e of ,he last four
for free coinage on the records o' inc & ,o' prci
vears into two-thirdS majority Tor 'he , Ii"si-
dents noiy of the total di rse OF silver a. io's ~,
The indications are tna' , ,,,' s"cI as to Justify
an, ;rmediotn attempt of any sor' az u
or even discussion 4 committee was cnes" e line
the caucus TO draw up S9n hack later to the
OF p9icy 10 1f teii committee are Mcssrs Gorman'
fs fs tSt s"d IS
inal antl-siVcr ,n',' Iess pronounced blckshdinG
.ad, 1a mem o' While this steering committee Is a.
work the Senate will probably 'aEo Mondav q
onrnino over from tomorrow 10 No""''
At WORK ON COMMITTEE Affoi'>
Washington. Aug s-speoker crisp ''n n,s hotel
I, the Capitol to-day. but remained a" ,he for.
so,o,,ns the day to the consideration OF 'he 10,
.'. ve ,ho committees. He said that ne saw
M roason for changns or modifying the OPINION
no reaso' a Io' n.hen he first came to Washing-
he haA ADfara