The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-25
GAVE UP THE FIGHT
Complete Breakdown Of Silver
Democrats in the Senate.
No Further Combined Opposition to Be
Made to the Passage of the Silver
Law Repeal Bill.
MAY BE ADOPTED THIS WEEK
Senator Voorhees, Says the End of
the Struggle Has Come,
And that He Has Strong Hopes of Send
ing His Measure to the House
in Few Days.
VICTORY FOR CLEVELAND
For Which He Owes More to Re.
publicans than to His Party.
Effort to LiOnize the "Tall Sycamore
How the Change Was Brought About
and What Members Say.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.


WASHINGTON, Oct 24-Compromise is
dead: conditional repeal is dead; free coin
age is dead-all slain by the hand of Grover
Cleveland. At least that is the way it looks
tonight. The silver Democrats have been
whipped into line with the administration,
and unless they prove truant to their
promises the unconditional repeal of the
purchasing clause of the silver act is GER
tain to be accomplished The free-coinage
Democrats held a conference to-day and
concluded to give up the fight, and so noti-
fed the Republican Senators from the sill
yer States. Although Senator VOORHEES, had
nothing to do in bringing about this change
Of front on the part of the anti-repealers,
there seems to be q disposition in certain
quarters to give him all the credit for
passing his repeal bill-and there is little
doubt that it will pass.
1t was stated to the Journal correspon-
dent tonight by a Hoosier member of the
House that the friends of Senator Voor-
hees intend to get up a demonstration for
the purpose Of according to him the credit
in public estimation for the success of the
measure. The idea is to impress Senator
Voorhees, constituents that it was the per-
sonal influence and masterful management
Of the chairman Of the Senate committee
on finance that brought order out of chaos
and secured success in the jaws Of defeat
He is to be lionized. Just what form the
demonstration is to take is not known. 1t
may be a dinner; it may be a serenade.
Tbs Indiana Senator may be asked to de-
liver an address in New York, or in his
own State, at which he can tell how he did
it, and the people who believe it was he
who brought the filibusters to their knees
Ill
q measure demanded by the public will be
given an opportunity to kiss the great
hand. In some way the Hoosier Senator is
TO be ionized. deified, when the repeal bill
is passed
Anything of this sort will be simply ridic-
| ulous to those who have watched the battle
from the Senate galleries. Two factors de-
serve all Of the credit. First, the Repub-
lican Senators who have been in favor of
| unconditional repeal, two to one in greater
| proportion than the Democratic Senators,
and without whom success was impos-
| sible; and. second, by Grover Cleveland,
| who has browbeaten and dubbed his own
party members into line and stubbornly re-
| fused to accept partial success or anything
| short Of the unadulterated article The
| chairman of the finance committee has
| been only an instrument, an unwilling
means for the end He has done no more
than Vice President Stevenson. who has
| refused to swerve a hairs breadth from the
| letter Of the antiquated rules in governing
| the Senate.
| The condition in the Senate to-day car
best be set forth in the following state
ments which have been made by the Sen
| ators named. who represent the two fac
tions in each Of the parties:
Mr. Voorhees,, chairman Of the financ,
| committee and manager Of the bill: ''Th
| end is in sight, and it will be unconditiona
| repeal. / believe the vote will come tn
latter part of this week, and there is
probability of 1t coming even earlier. Tn
| vote will be taken the bill now befor
the Senate and / am sure the House will
| concur"
Mr.. Harris, leader of the silver Demo
| Gratis the finance committee: 81 am al
at sea, but 1 believe the end of the fight i
| near will not be party to obstructiv
tactics. / am anxious for a vote on tn
| amendments, and would take it to-day /
possible. Then, when they are out of tn
way, 1 want to see the vote taken on tn
| bill itself as soon possible"
Mr.. Aldrich. Republican repeater: 81
looks as If the Senate would come to
| vote WllnlH a very SHUT lline. lHc hepuD
licans will be found where they stood a
the outset-ready and willing to vote 70
the bill as reported to the Senate by MI
| Voorhees,"
Mr. Dubois, Republican siverite and on
of the most earnest workers against re
peal: '"The silver Democrats having see
n to abandon the fight hardly think tn
silver Republicans will feel justified in re
sorting to obstructive methods. They wi
probably insist that the debate shall be cor
tinued until all have spoken who desire
also, that there shall be full debate on tn
various amendments"
The Populists were heard from throug
Mr.. Allen, OF Nebraska, who said: 'It be
gins TO look as If the end was coming.
for one will never give up until the WACO
runs over me- OF course, 1 recognize tn
fact that cannot carry on the fight alone.