Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-10-12
NOW THEN, FOR REPEAL.
FiftY-One Senator'S will Vote Against
the Sherman Law.
WASHINGTON, October 8.

the Sherman Law.
WASHINGTON, October 8.
The accurate calculation OF the
situation now in possession Of Sens
ator Voorhees,. shows there are
tlty-one Senators who will vote
for the repeal of the silver purchase
act of the so-called Sherman bill.
A quorum consists of forty-three
Senators. The silver men can insist
upon the presence Of that number
all of the time in. a CONT: ucus ses>
sion.
Out of the fifty-one repealers
there are twelve who may not re,
main in continuous sessions. They
are Morrill,, Of Vermont, in his
84th year; Palmer, of Illinois, in
his 77th year; Sherman. of Ohio. in
his list year; Hoar, Of Massachu-
sets. in his 9th year; Cullom, of
Illinois, in his 64th year; Allison,
of Iowa, in bis 65th year; Wilson,
of Iowa, absent, sick; Frye, of
Maine, in his 63d year; Stockbridge,
Of Michigan, in his 6sih year. aud
confined to his bed by a recent
cable car accident in Chicago;
Davis, of Minnesota, whose health
is not robust; Hill, of New York.
who will not affect his health or
strength in the contest, and Quay,
Of Pennsylvania, in his 61st year.
and in poor health.
A QUORUM CAN ne MAINTAINED.
From the above facts the silver
men deduce the conclusion that a
quorum cannot be maintained in
continuous session. But in this
they are mistaken. There is an
other element to be taken into con-
sideration. There are fourteen anti
repeal and compromise Senators
who will remain in session and aid
in the maintenance Of a quorum
because they realize that this ques-
ton must be settled, and that the
people expect action without fir
Their delay on the part of the Sens
ate, The Senators arc: Morgan, OF
Alabama; Berry, of Arkansae;
White, of California; Blackburn,
of Kentucky; Walthall, of Missis-
sippl; Cockrell, of Missouri; Mans
derson. CT Nebraska; Chandler, or
New Hampshire; Butler, Of South
Caroline; Kyle, of South Dakota;
Harris, OF Tennessee; Coke, OF
Texas; Daniel. of Virginia, and
Faulkner, of West Virginia.
Thus, while there as twelve rec
peal Senators who may not be
able to be present continuously.
but who will be there as much as
possib e, there are fourteen ants
repeal and compromise Senators
who will not absent themselves for
the purpose of breaking a quorum.
1t is therefore not without good
reason that Senator VOORHEES, cons
fdently assumes that a quorum can
be maintained and that the ma
,jority can safely enter upon this
contest on Wednesday next.
CARLISLE CONFIDENT OF VICTORY.
Considerable interest has attached
to the visit Of Secretary Carlisle to
the Capitol on Saturday afternoon
and his extended interview with
the President, Inquiry has elected
the fact that the Secretary of the
Treasury came not with sugges.
tons to cfer, but upon a mission of
inquiry. While he was comforting
with Senator Voorhees,, in the
room of the committee on finance,
he was visited by other leading
advocates OF repeal and learned
from them the exact situation, the
numerical strength, and the pros
liabilities of the contest 10 be ins
~augurated. He did not offer a single
suggestion form the President, nor
of his own volition. His mission
was purely one ofinquiry.
At the conclusion OF his con
ference with the friends of uncon,
ditional repeal Secretary Carlisle
expressed the belief that no mis-
take has been made in definitely
fixing the time for the conclusion
OF the struggle.
AN ALLEGED LITERARY BUREAU.
The silver men are said to have
a literary bureau here, which is a
novelty, particularly at the capital
OF a great nation. 1t is not the chs
jest of this bureau to disseminate
knowledge nor information BY the
means of the distribution of
public documents. It ia a speech
making bureau, the speeches being
ground out by the yard for United
States Senators. Whether or not
the Senator'S are using this literary
work is a matter which it might
not be we'll to asseverate.
One Of the leading Republican
repeal Senators this afternoon said
that the suspicion exists upon the
h3or Of the Senate that some of the
alleged speeches of the flibuster>
ing silver Senators indicated knowls
edge Of the subject far beyond the
supposed ability and requirements
of certain spokesman who have re-
ta.-a o.a.-,ol %Lo 4~ H.