Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-24
The voorhees, Bill viii Be Passed
Without Amendment.
NO FURTHER EIIBUSFER EXPECTED.
Democrats Would Not Take the
Initiative in Such a Fight.
NO MORE COMPROMISE.

The long fight In the Senate was believed
today to be practically at an end. 1t Is ex-
pected that a vote will soon be taken by
which the Voorhees, bill repeating the sill
yer purchase law Immediately and uncon-
ditionally will be passed without amend
ment
On the surface the situation in the Sem
ate is worse today than it has before been.
Those Senators who are mad with the ad-
ministration for busting the compromise
are apparently still more irritated after a
nights sleep over it.
Under all the disturbance Is a steady
tide set in towards unconditional repeal.
This does not rise from any desire to please
the administration, but from the fact that
every effort to get another compromise has
failed and there Is nothing for the filibus-
ters to fight for. There is nothing for
them at the end of the fight. They might
prevent any action at all, but they do not
want to retain the Sherman law.
Some of the southern silver men are say
ing this morning that they will Join the
hlibuster openly and stand perpetually In
the way of action. but the roll call taken
this morning to test their sincerity was
not very satisfactory to the silver repub-
hcans and the belief Is that nothing will
come OF the fight from the democratic side
Of the Senate.
An End Expected Soon.
The silver republicans have notified the
southern democrats that they do not in
tend longer to take the initiative and that
IL further fight is made 1t will have to be
led by democrats. Mr.. Dubois, Mr. Teller,
MI Wolcott and the rest of the Senators
from the silver states will stand I'D to
the hlibuster as long as democrats will,
but no longer. They have little faith in the
Shaving nj heir
however, and IL is their expectation that
the thing will come to an end soon.
Inc Senators from the silver states think
tndt they Rave no more to get out of the
hight, and that there is no reason for them
10 Keep II UP further alone. They are wait
nag now to see what the democrats will
90. Cockrell, Vest and Harris held a con-
ference this afternoon to decide on their
course, and the situation now depends on
what they do.
NO Compromise by the Republicans.
Senator'S Teller and Sherman held a long
conference last night to try to fix up a
compromise to come from the republicans
upon which they could all agree. The silver
men were willing to agree to a bond issue
II in return they could get some substan-
tial recognition of silver. Sherman was
not willing to do as much for silver as
MI Teller wanted and the compromise fell
through. There Is no expectation on the
part of republicans now that Mr. Sherman
Will o1er any compromise. The republicans
or all factions think that there is nothing
necessary for them to do to get political
advantage out of the situation and they
appear content to keep hands Off and let the
democrats manage it in their own way
The House Special Repeal Committee,
The special unconditional repeal COM
mittee of the House, Of which Mr. Tracy
Is chairman. held a meeting this morning.
The committee Is composed of fifteen radi-
col repeal democrats of the House, but
there were twenty-three members at the
meeting today. They decided that they
would night any material amendment to
the unconditional repeal bill that the Senate
might send to the House. and then they
adjourned subject to the call Of the chair
man.
Unconditional repeal Is getting plainer
and palmer through the fog. The flibuster
can be kept up but short time longer on
the present lines The democrats will have
through.
IL Is stated by some that apparently the
cnief danger Of further prolonged DELAY
would come from mistake being made by
tne administration forces of trying to force
cloture at this time If this were done there
would be another long and bitter fight, in
which men who are now supporting the ad-
mAnistraton would join the opposition.
The Fight Is Over.
The 1libuster in the Senate has collapsed
ditionai repeal is expected. The silver DEM
ocrats after holding conference over the
question today decided not to take up the
filibuster themselves and therefore the fight
Is practically over, as the republicans will
not Keep II up without them. 1t is con-
ce1ed py the silver men that the filibuster
will not proceed and that the Voorhees, bill
Will be passed without amendment The at
tftude taken by the silver republicans
brought the democrats of the same faith
m "a m Nit be- ct
must take up the contest themselves or
else 1t would be dropped. Their decision
was that they could do nothing and this let
thebottom out of the fight. 1t Is probable that
some more speeches may be made before
the fight Is had. but the hlibuster is bust
ed and II Is conceded to be but a matter
Of short time when the vote will be taken
IT may come as soon as Mr.. Jones yields
the floor.
What Mr.. Dubois Says.
In discussing the question. Mr. Dubois
this morning said that the silver republi-
cans would urge as vigorous a contest as
they had in the past. provided their allies
did their share of the work. 1--WE Of the
west said the Senator. believe that un-
conditional repeal would be better for sill
Yer than the compromise that was agreed
upon saturday. Should unconditional re-
peal pass, there would be a reaction In
FAVOR of silver. Hard times would ineyit-
ably follow. and the people would then ap-
RfSSidSc SNc SOOQ tAat comes to them
through the use of this metal as a mart Of
the money of the country. As between
this proposition and the compromise. which
gave US a miserable pittance. We prefer un-
conditional repeal. knowing that out of that
evil good would result. At the same time
We do not want this blow to fall upon our
people. 1t would prostrate our Industries
and paralyze business.
Unconditional repeal, while 1t would
prove the assertions We have made here
relative to silver. would work a hardship
upon the producing states that ought not
To be perpetrated. We ought to be given a
Iair compromise that does something for
our people and that will enable them to
accommodate themselves to the new order
OF Things. The law ought not to take ef-
rect until after about three years, and dur
ing that time about 100000 ounces of sill
yer month should be purchased. BY ex-
tending the time, as / have indicated, the
coming elections would have been held.
ana tne people could have spoken. How
they Will speak the silver men, both north
anu south, nave no fear"
secretary Lamont Back.