The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-09
LOOKS GLOOMY FOR REPEAL.
Only a BluldeT on the Part Of Silver
Men Can Beat Them.


full.
Washington, Oct. s.-The beginning of
the end of the long struggle over the sill
yer repeal bill in the Senate is at last Wis
ible to the naked eye. Heretofore only the
eye Of faith could see the end Yesterday
Senator Voorhees, gave formal notice that
on Wednesday next he would ask the Sen
ate to remain in continuous ses-
siou until the pending measure should
go on on Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day until after the usual hour of adjourn
ment. Then the tug of war will begin.
Senator Dubois said to me to-day that the
silver men would interpose no objection
to the holding of continuous session.
The programme of the silver men is ad-
mirable for its simplicity, and they expect
it to prove as effective as it is simple.
1t is to keep two men on guard all
the time, one to keep tally and
see to it that the repealers main
tain quorum of their own men, the 9TH
err long talker, like Stewart, Teller, or
Allen of Nebraska. The latter has de-
veloped an ability to talk at length which
ranks him alongside Morgan and Stewart.
These two sentinels on the watchtower
win alternate in talking and demanding a
quorum. The rest of the silver forces
will be off quietly sleeping
REPEAL MEN HANDICAPPED.
The repeal men will do everything in
their power TO reach a vote, but their eff
forts in this line in continuous session will
be handicapped by the same lack of a rule
which willenable them to close the debate
which has brought about the present sit
uation. The only way in which the
majority can get to vote is TO wear out
the minority, Some of the friends of re-
peal believe that this can be done
and some of them fear that it can
not be accomplished. The difficulty
lies in the fact that the majority must
keep quorum OF their own men present
at all times If they do not the fact that
a quorum is not present will be promptly
pointed out by a silver senator. This will
necessitate the calling of the roll, and if
this does not disclose the presence of
quorum, a call of the Senate will have to
be had, during which no business can be
transacted. 1t will be hard to get
quorum as the night wears on, and harder
to keep it after it is secured.
THE COMPROMISE BASIS.
If a compromise be entered into it will
be based on the propositions of Senators
Faulkner and Henderson and will pro-
vide for the coinage of silver with limit
alton as TO the time the law is to remain
in force, and will include also provision
for gold bond issue. This latter viii be
strongly opposed in the House If
compromise bill including il
should get there. This opposi-
tion would come mostly from southern
silver democrats and it is not believed
that 1T would prove effectual. II Is ex-
pected that in the event of a compromise
on the lines suggested the bond provision
would go by the votes of the republicans
and northern democrats, including those
from Maryland, Delaware and some Of
the western border states and a few
votes from the far south. In fact
no compromise that does not provide for
gold bonds, and which does provide
for the continued purchase of silver
bullion in any quantity, or for the coin
age of silver at any probable ratio, could
command republican votes enough in
either House, and especially in the Sen
ate, to be enacted.
SHERMAN NOT HOPEFUL.
Senator Sherman has as much right to
speak for the republican senators as any
man. He says that there is a majority on
the republican side Of the Senate chamber
who favor unconditional repeal, but he
does not believe that a vote on that propo-
sition can be reached. He said further
that be did not think that the republicans
were called upon to imperil their health
in order to force the minority into sub
mission. He thinks the majority party in
the Senate should provide some way of
reaching vote.
Senator Henderson, who favors com
promise but who would vote for uncon-
ditional repeal, believes that the test of
endurance will result either in compro-
misc or an adjournment of congress.
There is a feeling that even with the sill
yer question out of the way, either by
the passage of the unconditional repeal
bill or by q compromise it would be well
to take an adjournment for couple of
weeks
SILVER MEN WILLING TO PERMIT VOTE.
Senator Dubois, who will be one of the
sentinels on the silver watchtower, said
to me to-day that the silver men would
be willing TO permit vote on any reason
able compromise even though they them
selves retrained from voting for it. This
accords with what he told me, as pub
lished in these dispatches at the time,
that he believed the outcome would be
compromise, though it might be one that
the silver men would otoppose while they
could not vote for IL. He takes the ground
that the course of the silver men has
been logical and effective, and not one of
mere obstruction. Both the great parties,
he said, had declared in their platforms
last year in favor of the use Of silver,
and the silver men had taken the posi-
tion that silver should not be stricken
down without direct mandate from the
people to that effect He said that if
either party submits proposition, even
partly redeeming the pledge Of its ma
tional platform, the silver men will not
attempt to prevent vote on IL.
THE PRESIDENTS ATTITUDE.
He says that the silver men interpret
the attitude of the President in refusing
to listen to or consider anything but the
unconditional repeal of the purchasing
clause of the Sherman law as meaning
that he is opposed TO any legislation
which shall recognize silver as money
metal With the President standing in
this attitude toward silver the senators
from the silver states, while not particu-
larly partial to the Sherman law, feel
that they had better keep the law they
have than take chances on one they know
not Of.
To sum up. The outlook is gloomy for
unconditional repeal AS a faithful
chronicler of events it is impossible for
me to hold out bright hopes of the repeal
of the purchasing clause of the Sherman
law. The chances are against 1t. Senator
Voorhees, is in my Judgment leading for