Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-08-24

There are nov but SIS members Of ths
Senxie--ihrce senators sexts being con
tested. Of this number. 4l are for repeal
unconditionAliy--thx is, they VII vote fal
the Y yoorhees bill. with ifs declarations fol
bi-mstallism-ss are opposed TO repeal and
~ili vet. against il. The other II ar
doubtful, of the doubtful ones, seven
have tendency, and strong one at that
tar repeal. " hiie the other four favor free
silver strongly
The Al repeAlers are Aldrich, Rhode
Island Allison, Iowa; Briee. OHIO; CAT
frrv. Louisisna; Camden. West Virginia
Carey, Wyoming; Chandler, New Hamp'
shire: Cuilom. Illinois DAVIS, Minnesota
Dixon. Rhode Island; Dolph, Oregon
FIVE, Maine; Gsliinger, Nee Hampshire
Gibson. Maryland; German. Mary land ;
Gray. Delaware; Hale, Maine: Hswley,
Connecticut Higgins, Delaware; Hill,
New York; Hoar, Massachusetts McMil-
Ian. Michigan: Mcpherson, New Jersey
Mitchell, Wisconsin; Morrill,, Vermont
Marphy. New York; Palmer, Illinois
Plat, Connecticut Proctor, Vermont
QaAy, Fennsy lrsnia; Sherman, OHIO
smith. New Jersey; Siockbridge, Michi'
gan: Turpie, Indiana; Villas, Wisconsin
Voorhees,, Indians; Washburn, Minnesots
White, Louisisna; and Wilson, Iowa
Lindsay, Kentucky; Lodge. Massaehn-
setts.
The free silver men are Allen, Nebras-
Ia; Bate, Tennessee Berry, Arkansas
Blackburn. X. ntucky Butler, South Caro-
ina; Cameron, Pennsylyania; Coouel-
Missouri: Coke. Texas Colquits, Georgia
Daniel. Virgins: Dubois, Idaho; George,
Mississippi; Gordon, Georgia Hsnsbo'
rough, North Dakota; Harris, Tennessee
lrby. South Carolina: Jones Arkansas
Ssnes. Nevada; Kyle, South Douih pake-
ia: Morgan, Alsbama; Paseo, Florida
P,fe-. Kansas Perkins. California; Petit
grew. South Dakota: Power, Montana
i'nxh, Alabama; Sboup, Idaho; Stewart.
Nevraa: Teller, Colorado; Vance. Nort
Carolina; Vest, Missouri; White, Cahios-
nj AMI wolcoti, Colorado
The seven doubtful ones who tend
tow Ari unconditional Yepeal are; Call
Flor.ia: Faulkner. West Virginia Msnd-
arson, Nebraska Ransom, North Carolina
Roach. North Dakota, Squire Washington
and Mills. Texas.
The four doubtful men who tend toward
free silver are Hunton, Virginia; Mitchell,
Oregon: Perkins, California; and Wsiihall'
Mississippi.
If the repealers should secure the seven
4oubtful M no tend toward repeal, they
would have is. or / ! majority with the three
contested seats vacant, or eight majority
ith the eontes;ees seated and voting for
free silver. If the four doubtful men who
ten toward free silver should vote for free
Ill, er. thal is against repeal, there would
bs - free silver men, and should the three
eelipesie.es be seated, and vote for free Eli
vet. ~ they all probably would, the free
eli s.r men would have 40 votes. Ransom
is considered by the repealers as b'irs
alitosi certainly a repeater; Faulkner Is
~! eed in the same crowd; Roach is tsid to
hs e been secured by promises of admins
| t,s ion pa;sonsge; Squire is also couuted
| On; Milis is believed 10 be pretty certain
sv- repeal. by reason of his closeness to the
| ai-istration. Repealers say that Man.
| q. rson viii vote for the voorhees, bill If il
| O., mes TO a scratch. and Call is looked upon
a, ready for missionary work. Hunton j,
| b, il we'd to be al slmos, hopeless case
y .teheil is looked upon in the same way
| V al,hsll il better thought of, and Perkins
/! = not a cause for much hope.
| From the above !, can be seen that there
| J. An improvement III tHt Frfra sNaASafo'
| {: the Senste. Public opiuion Is very eff
| (. tise. ard tie repealers have much hops
I ., iieH the House has passed the Wilsor
II II, as every one--thst rs, almost ever
Z, 4e--befieyes. and it becomes evident u
4e people that the Senate il the only thins
| I at :, anis between tss country and bettel
Times, that there viii be such an uprising
70 nd such pressure brought TO bear upon tbs
: enste that il will have TO succumb-
| The repeaiers have majority, appAr
esily. if they can secure vote. One I'm
| --ortani point gained is the fact TIA
| The Democratic senators who are ei,
| so<ad to repeal viii not fiihnssi
| assiast IT, That this 10 the ess'
there 10 every reason to believe Ever.
one of FIVE Senators, two of whom ver'
| Democrats. nh whom, Your cerresponden
| s,zs talked on TIN. subject, says tsst ua
Democratic free silver meB Will not Joii
the Western free silver men in hisiossser
ing. They. ths, is the silver Democrats
wilI vote sgsinst repeal, but wiil not fll
buster. for they tan vote against the al
| ,tinsstrssioa I.oiscy, but 30 not dare 10 ~
bas.er against it. foG thus they would pa
themselves in ts- position Of haB'iitsgpisii
lie Administration. The Western siare
men .1aad alone, therefore, anj IL there
10 b. fiils9sterisg the viii ha.s 10 6llbusse
by themselves.