Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-25
REPEAL NEAR AT HAND
Silver Senators Give Up the
Fight and Will Allow a Vote.
EARLY ADJOURNMENT EXPECTED.
The RepeaIers Hope to Get Vote by
Thursday or Friday of This week-The
House Majority Said to BE Ready to Pass
the Voorhees, BIZ.


WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-The fight for re-
peal is about over. Unconditional repeal
will probably pass the senate this week.
Possibly the vote will be taken today or to-
morrow
There was an easy going and conserva
tive air about the senate which has not
been observed in that body since the repeal
bill was taken up for discussion in August
last. The announcement of an agreement
to let vote be taken had no more than
been made and come to be generally under
stood than the senate resumed its wonted
manner OF going on with business without
regard to the presence of a quorum and
with due concern for the bodily welfare of
members by closing its labors early.
During the afternoon senator's exchanged
pleasantries with one another, for which
many of them have had little time of late
and some of them less inclination, owing
to the strain imposed alike upon patience
and physical organism. After Senator
Faulkner moved a recess two hours in ad-
vance of the usual hour most of the mem
p bers remained in the chamber, chatting
among themselves and with those who
CHANGED to stroll in as if they had just re-
turned from a long journey and had not
yet had an opportunity to talk it all over,
or as if they had become accustomed to the
long hours and had become so attached to
the chamber that they felt loath to leave it
earlier than usual.
Planning an Adjournment.
When at last they got out and found the
sun still shining, an unusual experience
with them of late, most of them drew n
long breath Of relief. They realized appa-
rently for the first time that the end was
really near and began to make plans for
the future. They asked themselves whether
they were going to adjourn until time for
beginning the regular session. Apparently
they had not thought to discuss this vital
question among themselves while in the
senate chamber and when there might have
been an interchange of views which would
have been OF value.
Left to himself and with only his own
personal convenience and comfort to con-
slider, each senator would probably decide
in favor of adjournment Immediately after
the passing of the repeal bill. Most of the
Republicans and the Populists and many
of the Democrats said that they expected
congress to adjourn early next week until
the first Monday in December.
Senator Faulkner, who has acted as Sen
ator Voorhees, principal aid in the long
battle which has almost closed, said when
spoken to upon the subject that he believed
adjournment would soon follow.
There is nothing" he said, Ito be gained
by remaining here now. There is no legis-
lation pressing. The ways and means COM
mittee of the house will not conclude its la
bors upon the tariff bill and have it in shape
for presentation to the house before the
goth of November, if then think congress
might as well adjourn and let that COM
mittee continue its work. Most of the SEN
ators came here expecting to remain only
two or three weeks, leaving their affairs at
home in bad condition. Naturally they
wish to return and have few weeks to put
things in order before taking up the work
of the regular session 1t would be hard
work to hold quorum. Consequently
think we shall adjourn soon
The other leaders of the Democratic party.
upon whom the decision will largely rest,
were not quite 50 confident of adjourn
ment Senator Harris said there was a
great deal for congress to do, and he did
not see why it should not proceed with the
work without interruption. Senators Eoor-
hees and German refused to discuss the
question at all, saying it had not been can