New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-11
NOW FOR THE TUG OF WAX.
SENATOR'S READY FOR TIE PHYSICAL
ENDURANCE TEST"
THE pIGNIFITD UPPER HOUSE WILL BEGIN
TONIGHT ITS BARBARoUS METHOD OF
TRYING TO LEGIsLATE on SILVER
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v-asbinpton oct lO-Political interest here az
the CAPITAL has been naturally centred 'o-ua! III
the organizations being made for tomorrow test
OF phvsical endurance in the Senate py hie'''7
~ which the promoters OF the Silver purchase
R.nesl bill hone TO settle finally the ls'e vi ''"'
long abused and hopelessly niSrnahaseu '"e"9'
The public Is not often treated 10 so iuui''o"7 "a"
exhibition Of boys play on the part OF el'he' VI"
OF Congress az the determination OF great po"-
cal issue BY competition between opposing iac''ohs
in sheer ability to sit each other into a s'a'e u
mental and physical exhaustion. That the Seha'e
should gravely agree 10 adopt this puer"e anu
senseless method Of reaching a conclusion OH ies
islation can inspire. OF course. nothing pu' amused
contemp, for the childish vanity ana utter i"oN
Of practical sense which still control ana govern
tho "0erberatiye branch through its antiquated
code Of rules Still. however pitiabe, from sober
noint Of view NAV BE- this childish exhibition OF
political iInbecity the spectacle OF supposedly
dgnifed legislators OF from fifty TO eighty E'"'S
of age wing with each other in contest VINO"
resembles so closely that OF rival museum IaS'e'S.
or of freaks who est each others ability 10 eat auai
or dry crackers, has in its way nndenapie a'tdc'oH
20 the stated curiosity hunters OF the Capitol ana
the factions which start tomorrow at p. m on
their struggle to exhaust each others physicai
powers will doubtless have as appreciatiVe anu
enthusiastic n crowd Of spectators TO cheer them
on as any contestants who have Inquired on ue
dme-museum platform or in the tan-bark circle.
II is TO be feared however that those VINO eN-
pect sensational scenes in the Senate Chamber To-
morrow or a rapid and brilliant termination OF
the physical contest, Will be sadly disappointed
The programme far arranged conteinp'a'eS Il
rather tedious opening OF the fight and weai'-
some and discouraging slsckening OF interest IN
It as it advances. 1t has been decided that the
anti-repeal leaders will make difficulties about
continuing the session after y. IN. beyond OIL
fering one motion 10 adjourn and thereafter IN
| sisting that the repeal managers snail MAINTAIN
continuously quorum OF their own NUMBER III
the Senate. The usual course OF speechmak!ng
will run along. broken only BY the raising OF the
point OF no quorum If the repeal Senator'S IeaVr
| their seats TO go into the cloakrooms or out OF
the chamber Most OF the anti-repeal men Will
be Oh hand during the evening. ana many or
them will obligngly answer their names on AL
rollcalls BY II II o'clock. however. all but
two or three will go home. leaving the repeal side
TO hold their ground as best they can by furnish
| ing a quorum until morning from their own
forces This stretch from midnight TO "A. m VIII
be the real test Of Mr.. Voorhees, coercive pro-
gramme and he will probably discover. in the
small hours of the morning. just how far the
continuous-session project can be carried ana now
soon 1t, too. like all his other luckless coerciVe
! measures must be abandoned The impending
contes. has had the effect OF bringing back 10
Washington most Of the absentees. whose presence
will be needed tomorrow 10 sustain the continue
us-session movement
| Mr. Voorhees, has all along counted on about
nftv Senator's out Of eighty five 10 support him
in struggling for unconditional repeal Several Of
these friends Of repeal. however are unfortunately
kept away from the Senate by illness. Senator'S
Morrill,, Of Vermont. and Wilson. OF Iowa, have
| been absent from Washington for at least SIX
| weeks. and neither is expected 10 return Tor the
contest Tomorrow Mr. Chandler is also detained
at home by poor health. and has telegraphed that
| he will De unable to be in Washington this
| walk Mr. Stockhridge who was knocked down by
| q cable car I'm Chicago the other day. Is confined
TO his house and Mr.. Gibson is in bed Ill, at the
| Shoreham Hotel here Senator Sherman was called
away to-day by serious illness In his family ana
his presence at the Capitol tomorrow IL doubt
full With these six absentees. the available repeal
| column js cut down TO forty -four-only one more
! than a quorum. There Is little doubt That Mr..
| Voorhees, can have the aid. for time al least
| of Mr. Blackburn. ana perhaps Mr.. Vest, to main
| tain a quorum. but even with their ASSISTANCE
| and that Of other moderate anti-repeal Demo
Gratis his task Of keeping fortythree followers on
hand Will be a most difficult and precarious one.
His success in doing so will depend entirely upon
the cooperation OF the compromise element among
the Democrats and this assistance is likely to be
| Withdrawn when the time seems ripe TO drop the
fight and bring compromise.
COMPROMISE talk is settling more ana more
definitely upon the Sherman Carlisle idea OF CON
tinuance Of the present law for three years WIN
n reduction Of purchases 10 10000 ounces. and
author zation to the secretary OF ,,r ,henS ~
| cold reserve II l. understood that Mt PorlnaI
has taken up this proposition In earnest ahG thh'
he homes finally secure the assent OF the South-
nrn Democrats to the bondssue feature. that
being the only obstacle to an agreement on 'heii
part to the projected plan OF harmohy'