The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-26
WILL Vote TOMORROW.
Prospect Of Speedy Passage of
the Repeal Bill.
SILVER MEN WILL NOT DELAY.
Half Q Dozen Speeches to Be Made
Before the Ballefing Begins.
The Bifi May BE Ready Fer the House
Menday-Afser It's Passage No Other
work wuI Be Doae, There Being .
Gsaerai Desire to Return Home.

at the close Of the session OF the senate
this evening we're favorable to voting on
amendments 20 the repeal bill by Friday.
Senator Jones will conclude tomorrow,
and Senator'S Teller. Martin. Allen and
Stewart desire 20 talk. So far as learned.
there will be no other speeches, and when
the last of these is concluded voting will be
the next thing in order
Later inquiry confirms the prediction
heretofore made that some of the amend
ments will receive q sufficient vote 20 in
sure adoption. but it is possible that none
of them will receive so high vote as will
be recorded in opposition TO the bill. The
reason for this is found in the fact that the
silver men do not expect any of them 20
carry and therefore consideri IL unnecessary
TO attempt to have any of them adopted
A majority OF the free coinage men are Of
the opinion that nothing can be agreed
upon that would be advantageous To sill
Yer and many OF them announce their IN
tention of voting only for the free coinage
amendment and of giving no countenance
70 any OF the other amendments. The Re-
publicsns have abandoned all idea of in
Producing an amendment as party meas
ure. Sherman thinks authority should be
given for bonds. but sees the difficulty of
getting such provision through at this
time. and in ali probability viii not at
tempt il.
IL 10 believed if voting on the amend
ments can be begun early Friday a fnal
vote can be reached by Saturday and the
bill sent to the house for action. When
the house shall have acted upon the bill
there Is very little doubt now that ad-
journment will be taken. So general is
the desire on the part of members TO get
away that il would be next to impossible
to hold quorum of either house in Wash
ington City, even shouldi ii be attempted.
AT one time il was believed there would be
an effort to pass the bill for extension of
the Chinese exclusion set. but the proha-
bility has been averted. Senator Perkins
of California asked the members of the
committee on foreign relations to postpone
their report upon the bill until White il
able to take part in the discussion, and he
is led TO believe the request will be
granted. White is detained in California
by important business. Perkins says there
Is sufficient of the appropriation carried by
the Gesry law to send highbinders and
Chinese gamblers out of the country, and
ne thinks there will be nogreat injury TO
any one il they are exported before the
proposed change in the IaS is made.
The arguments advanced by the admin
istration Democratic leaders. which caused
such q sudden about-face in the position
of the anti-repeai Democrats yesterday.
were that mp TO the present time the
Democrats had by no act given counte-
nance to hiibustering, had made no
speeches for delay and had come to the
front and helped make q quorum during
the long night sessions. To continue the
light longer they must take an active part
in flibustering, which, il was urged, with
the record they had made, they could not
afford TO do. Such a course would only
result in giving the Democratic party a
black eye, as it would appear that their
course was prompted by desire to defeat
an administration measure already in
dorsed by the Democratic house. They
were informed that they would not have
a corporal's guard with them in such a
course, and that the party could not be
held responsible for aAy such disgrace as
it would bring on the senate. This had
the intended effect.
Bland went TO the senate this morning
and conferred with the silver leaders. on
ms return he was asked what would be
done when the bill came over 10 the house.
II am. of course" he said. opposed to
that bill and to all compromises that do
not recognize silver as money. The bill
ought 10 be referred to the coinage COM
mit,ee, bat. being g house bill. it can be
taken from the speakers table and the
senate amendments concurred in without
referenee 10 committee. Bland was asked
If the silver men would force the repeal
ers to have quorum. ''Oh, yes" he re-
piled. they will have their quorum here
TO pass the bill.