The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-10-21
LONG WINDED PETER AGAIN
He Treats the Senate to a Few More
Yards Of IdiOCy.
MEN ARE AZ ours
They Cannot Agree among Themselves
ON the Compromise Proposition
and are BADLY Disorganized.

Washington. Oct 2O.-In the senate
today Voorhees, gave notice OF an
amendment to the rules to the effect
that when bill or resolution is pend
ing as unfinished business and shall
have been debated on for thirty days
ana any senaor may move to fix a
time for taking vote thereon. Such
a motion shall not be amendable or
debatable, and, IL passed the pending
bill or resolution shall be voted on at
the time fixed.
The president has sent the senate q
message transmitting the report of the
secretary of state in reply to Dolph's
resolution of inquiry concerning the
| attitude of China in regard to an ex.
tension of time for registration of Chi
nese laborers. The report says "while
the government of China has not for
mally requested that the time for the
registration provided for in the Geary
law be extended, and while no formal
assurance has been given that, If the
time is extended, the Chinese laborers
In the United States will take out cer-
tificates, as provided by the act, the
Chinese minister has more than once
given an assurance that the additional
opportunity to register would afford
his government great satisfaction"
Ii looked ut O'clock today as If the
terms of the democrats compromise
on the repeal bill were settled. AT
O'Clock, however, 1t became apparent
that an obstacle was in the way which
would bring the matter to a climax
There was a disagreement over the
hnn1 al
at which the repeal of the Sherman
act should take effect. 1t appears that
the administration members of the |
democratic steering committee discov- |
cred when these points were reached |
that they could not accept them as
provided in the document. 1t Is con-
sidered probable that they made an
effort to have the time for the expi-
ration of the Sherman law fixed at
the 1st, 1894, instead of January list,
1896 1t is asserted that the treasury
officials said that If the purchase OF
silver bullion should cease in July next
year, 1t would be possible to preserve
he parity without action upon the
bond question, and as some of the
repeal democrats are op-
posed to the bond proposition. It is
that there will be an effort in
hat direction, reducing the time for
he future existence of the present
aw and the elimination of the bond
proposition altogether The conference
anne to an end without reaching any
agreement but with the understanding
hat another effort will be made, prob
IDLY tomorrow. Some of the silver
democrats said that II the steering com
nittee did not reach a conclusion by
Monday they would Join with the re-
,ublicans and rsG5 senator Quay's
mendment which extends the Sher-
nan law until January, 1896, or a year
onger than the best offered to silver
" the democratic bill. On the other
iand, Hill says that he has already
eceived assurance of a large vote for !
lis proposed cloture resolution on the !
side as soon as it becomes
pparent that the steering committee
annot agree.
PETER, of Kansas, occupied most Of /,
he time in the senate today in ,
peech against repeal. At s o'clock he
ielded the floor and the senate took |,
recess till 10 o'clock tomorrow. ;