Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-10-28
1T MUST RULE.
% Says President Cleveland Re-
garding the Majority.
He Declares 1t the Most Important Ques-
tion Before the Senate, Overshadow-
ing Repeal and All Else-Op-
posed to Compromise.

WASHINGTON, Oct 25.-At no time in
the last sixty days of the silver strug-
gle has the condition of affairs been
more chaotic than it is to-day. Presi-
dent Cleveland has destroyed the last
vestige of hope for compro-
mise by his authoritative state
ment that unconditional repeal is
the only settlement of the question
which will be satisfactory to him.
This coming at the very moment when
the compromisers had framed bill
and had given it to the country as
compromise acceptible to the admins
tration, has demoralized all calcula-
tions.
Senator German stands accused by
number of his associates in the senate
of intentional deception. Only Satur-
day night Senator German in the
compromise plan induced other
ardent friends of Mr.. Cleveland to
sign the agreement for compromise
on the statement that it had the in
dorsement of Secretary Carlisle and the
administration. Within twenty-fou,
hours Senator Germans claim of the
Endorsement of the compromise was re-
pudiated, and throughout the day he
mas been accused on all sides by demo.
cratic repealers of tactics amounting to
a grave public scandal.
On the other hand, the German ele-
nent have answered these charges
with defiance and have met them with
counter charges. They have openly
asserted that Secretary Carlisle was the
one who had deceived them and that he
had given the compromisers to under
stand in the most positive way that
the compromise would be accepted by
him and Mr.. Cleveland. Thus Mr.
Carlisle had been accused of either in
territorial deceit or of such slight ac-
quaintance with Mr.. Cleveland's real
desires as to fully misunderstood his
position.
Senators Palmer, Villas and Mills,
who represent the most earnest friends
that Mr.. Cleveland has IN the senate,
went to the white house Monday after
noon to try and clear up the cloud of
misinformation and misstatement
which has arisen since the COM
promise made its appearance on
Saturday. They We're with Mr..
Cleveland for three-quarters of an hour,
during which time the situation was
gone over very thoroughly. The presi-
dent removed every possible doubt
which existed as to his attitude. One
of the senators repeated the substance
of the presidents views and then
stated the following as the exact words
of Mr.. Cleveland:
1.-The financial question has ceased,to be tho
OF M nna hnfp t1n bod
paramount question now is, whether the ma.
iority of the senate shall be permitted to legs-
| late or whether minority will compel the ma
| jority to abdicate its functions This is vital
| issue involving fundamental principle of our
| government, and IL must be settled before un.
condition repeal, tarif any other subject
to which the majority wishes to address itself
can be considered
The senators came away satisfied
that no compromise giving the slight
| est concessions or modification from
unconditional repeal would be consid-
cred for Il moment by the president.
| He said that he looked upon the least
modification of what the majority
wanted as an admission that the ma
| jority no longer rules in the American
congress, and such a principle was too
dangerous to be permitted to find lodg-
ment in our institutions.
The president also went over the cir
cumstances which led up to the COM
promise of Saturday He said that
there had never been a thought of ac-
cepting such compromise. 1t was
explained to him by one of the
senators present that the name
of this senator had been Sc.
cured to this agreement by the as,
surance that the plan was agreeable &c
Mr.. Cleveland. The president and all
those present thereupon agreed that
the representations We're such a fraud
and deception that they vitiated the
signature and in no way bound the
senator who had given his name to the
agreement to stand by them.