The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-10-25
THEY THREW UP THE SPONGE
Silver SGTGamGTS Have Acknowledged
that They are Whipped.
BRIGHTER PROSPECTS AHEAD
PETER and his Mates Try to FIouhder out
ofan Explanation Why they
Gave up.
BRIGHTER PROSPECTS AHEAD
Associated Press.

Washington, Oct 24-At half-past
| twelve Senator Harris, acting for the
silver democrats, informed the silver
republicans that the democrats had
concluded, after taking all the circum-
stances into consideration, that their
best course was to drop the fight
against repeal and allow it to come to
vote. If this decision Is not recon-
sidered and it does not seem at all
probable that it will be, the end of the
present fight will soon be reached, and
the result will be accordance with the
presidents wishes and those of the
repeal forces of the senate. The silver
republicans will not undertake to pro-
long the fight beyond the time neces-
sary to complete their speeches and
will, after that, permit voting to begin
on the amendments to the bill. 1t is
generally believed hat this will take
place before the end of the weeks
Stewart of Nevada resumed his ar
gument against the repeal bill Let
the administration take off IFS hand
and let the majority express itself in
the senate" he said, land the cause
of silver would have nearly 2 to l
majority. At 1870 Stewart yielded to
Jones, of Nevada.
Dubois, of Idaho, who has taken a
leading part in the fight against un-
conditional repeal said this afternoon
that vote would come probably with
in week as there would be no oppo-
sition or any attempt at fllibustering.
The silver men will offer amendments
and debate them and will probably
vote for all the amendments which
promise anything for silver. II was
impossible to say when a vote would
be taken, but he should think within
a week.
At 4 p. m. the senate took a recess
till tomorrow.
Most of the republicans, the popu-
lists and many democrats of the SEN
ate have said that they expected con-
gress to adjourn early next week until
the first Monday in December. The
leaders of the democratic party, upon
whom the decision will largely rest
are not quite so confident of an ad-
iournment. Senator Harris said there
was a great deal for congress to do,
proceed with it's work without inter-
ruption. Senators German and Voor-
hees refused to discuss the question at
all, saying it had not been canvassed
1--WE are ready to go on" said Peifer
and Kyle in unison to an Associated
Fress representative, land could nave
continued the fight for some time with
little assistance, but we were willing
to quit when the old parties did so.
We feel badly to have silver receive
this setback, but politically we view
the situation with complacency we
cannot mourn, for it is not our funeral.
We expect the result to make millions
of votes for the populiSts"
X The silver republicans and the re-
neal republicans have made a mild but
Intellectual attempt to unite their fore
es before the close by bringing Senators
Sherman and Teller together, but they
soon found that they could not unite
upon a measure that would stand any
likelihood of receiving the necessary
majority to insure its passage. The
conference of the silver democratic
senators whose action brought the long
fight to a practical close, concluded
that while their constituents would
Justify them in making as strong a
fight for silver as they could make In
n IeElllIIlilG tillu lObhiebA NNJf
people would not endorse them in re-
sorting to flibustering methods, ana
they concluded to yield at once. SEN
ator VOORHEES, said tonight that ne
was hopeful of reaching the voting
stage by Thursday, and the opinion Is
general that the bill will be disposed OF
before the end of the week. 1t Is not
believed by any one that half OF the
twenty seven amendments proposed
will be regularly offered. There is al
ready talk of future silver legislation.
one of the leading advocates Of repeal
was quoted tonight as saying that ne
will Introduce free coinage bill on
the assembling of the regular session;
Senator Sherman told an Associated
Press reporter that he was contem,
plating introducing 4 bond bill, and
he would probably incidentally make
some provision for the use Of silver
Many other senators have financial
bills in contemplation. The outlook Is
indeed good that the regular session
will be flooded with financial bills, and
no one need be surprised If the 5Srd
congress should develop record OF
financial discussion almost as import
ant as the one now closing.