New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-19
STILL COUNTING NOSES.
THE ADMINISTRATION LEADERS CLAIMING
CONVERTS
50 MANY SPEAKERS SCHEDULED IN THE HOUSE
THAT NIGHT SESSIONS ARE BEGUN-Ar
NO TINE YESTERDAY WAS
, QUORUM PRESENT.
{BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRiBUSE.1

Washington, Aug. ls.-The few Administra
ton Democratic leaders who could be found at
the Capitol to-day continued TO assert that
they We're gaining votes among the men-
beers who have been counted by them in favor
Of free coinage or undecided as TO how they
would vote. One of them appeared TO derive a
good deal of satisfaction from the fact, which h
had just ascertaincd, that Wisconsin would vote
soilly for repeal, fact which was known nearly
week ago BY the free coinage leaders. The
repeal leaders wer' also gratiied by the an
nouncemcnt that Mr.. McCrary, of Kentucky
who was appointed member of the Monetary
Commission by President Harrison. will speak in
favor of unconditional repeal. lie has been set
down ON that side in every estimate OF the Tree
coinage leaders The conversion OF one of the
PENNSYLVANIA Democratic leaders whose status
has been regarded as doubtful is said 10 have
been defined in favor of unconditional repeal
He is Mr.. Hines, new member, and may prob
ably be called gain for the rcpcalers.
There is understood to be some uncertainty re-
pardinc the attitude Of certain Republican Repre-
sent atves from Illinois ard Iowa, several of whom
will vote against unconditional rcreal. The un-
certainty is as whether they any OF them VIII
vote for free coinage at Il ratio OF 20 10 !. The
Iowa men who are said 10 be in some donbt or
this question are Mcssrs. Hepburn and liaccr,
while they, together with McSsrs. Lacey AMI Dol
liver. it is thought, max vote against rcpaA.
1T WOULD BE THEIR DEATH WARRANT.
prominent Iowa Republican, in conversation
with Tribune correspondent, said:
NO Iowa Representative can afford 70 vote
for free coinage at Il ratio higher or lower than
Is to is TO |; 10 do 50 would be for him to SIN
his own political death warrant. But there will
be no opportunity 10 Vote for either Of the ratios
| have mentioned for any other amendment
TO the pending propositions, and ! shall not be
surprised therefore, if several Of the Iowa mem
bers vote against unconditional repeal. II they
do il will I've because they believe that il woul |
be practicable 10 enact some legislation rs part
of the repeal measure which would Mt only
speedily relieve existing depression and distress,
but be safe end conservative in every respect"
One OF the obstacles 10 thorough and com
rctc canvass by the committee appointed by the
repeal Democrats is the absence from Washing
ton OF 50 many members whose attitud" l. I'M
known or uncertain. and most of whom prob
ably will not return until within a short time
before the vote In to be- taken SO apparent
has it become that the debate now in progress
is an ineAcusable, if not criminal, waste Of time
that some of the members are disposed TO try
10 bring il to an end, and force vote early next
il made will be successful In fact, 50 many
members are down for speeches that night Sos
siOns for debate only are to he held from to-
night on. These night sessions will he a worse
farce than the day SESSIONS, which are bad
enough.
When Mr. Siblcy. Of Pennsylvania, took the
floor 70 speak this morning not more than nifty
members were present, and at no time in the
course Of the sitting Wat quorum present.
Mr. Sibley, who Is free coinage man, held tho
floor so long that one uneasy member OF the
House remarked that "hc seemed 10 be talking
rot against time but against eternity. Mr..
SiDlcv is "A man of great physical strength and
bowers of endurance, and did not show any
symptoms Of exhaustion when he sat doWn at
the end of a speech the delivery Of which had
occupied two hours and a half He elected
to Congress as a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ibition-
ist candidate, there being other party in th"
district to nominate him, and his speech today
showed that he fairly represents all thrr" OF the
parties which supported him. Some of his ut
terancps IL would he hard 10 distinguish from
blasphemy, and persons who know something
about the game called draw poker said that
he showed the familiarity OF an expert in ms
use Of the terms which appcrtaln to that came.
1t is perhaps supcrruOus 10 add that Mr.. Sbcy