Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-09-25
LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT

FOR the Repeal Men in the senAte-They
Are Losing Ground while the AAtis
Gain.
WASHINGTON, D. c., September Pa
The situation in the Senate as day after
day passes fails to show encouragement
for those who are uakinR the battle for
unconditional repeal II is only 3 dis
passionate statement Of the truth TO say
that the repeal forces are apparently
no nearer victory than they were ten
DAYS ago; that il does not appear that
they have made a convert in the
Senate for two weeks and that tha
prospect for unconditional repeal is not
so bright as il was when the repeal bill
passed the House with the Unexpectedly
large majority a month ago. That
startling result gave the cause OF repeal
an impetus which seemed likely TO pro-
woke q public sentiment that would
rush the measure though the Senate i'm
mediatsly by deterring those Sen
atOrs who had been pre-
pairing to invoke the help OF
parliamentary 6hbuSter. But since the
bin passed the House and there has
been no concerted attemps 80 force the
issue 10 the Senate has since every sd-
vance movement o. Senator voorhees,
and every demand OF the chairman OF
the finance committee on day which
q vose be taken has met with the vigOr-
Gus opposition Of the silver Sena-
tors with the plain intimation
that every resource afforded by
the rules would DO invoked by the op-
position, the repeal Senators have aD-
Darently lost much Of their confidence,
and the anti-repeal Senators have
gained all that courage which they
temporarily lost after the passage OF
the measure by the House, and thus 1t
is that the roll calls Of the Senate show
that anti-reDeal Senators present an IN
broken front OF nineteen Senators
ready to resist to the utmost the
measure OF unconditional repeal.
Two weeks ago II was mysteriously
rumOred that the repeal forces might
demand a vote at any hour and rush the
measure through the Senate, now no ad-
vocate OF repeal can be found who per-
dict with any confidence that final
vote will be reached by the middle OF
October. Any yet the numerical
strength OF the repealerS Is strong In
the Senate to-day as IL was three weeks
ago; they have an undOubted majority
probably about three-ffths-and
there can be no question the result
when the final vote is reached. But
when thai vote is 70 come Is the great
mystery OF the future.
In this fight the minority is not an
insignificant one. The opponents OF re-
peal can unQuestlonably muster thirty
| or more votes. OF these men, it is be-
/ lieved that a dozen or more will not
hesitate bv ili0uster IN an attempt TO
defend the citadel against any indehn-
/ ite siege OF the majority.
The indications are that the minority
or a minority OF tha minority, hall
dozen members, sufficient II necessary
/ TO fibuster against unconditional re-
/ peal, and II Is these indications that
/ have given rise once more 70 the dis
/ cussion Of 8 compromise that one be-
| gins 70 hear on eyeay side.
The difficulty, however, will be In
agreeing upon form or compromise
/ Recent developments show that the
present leaning Of those desiring such a
| solution Is in the direction OF the
| Squire amendment, rather than that OF
\ Mr.. Faulkner, which are the only COM
I promise measures so far presented.
/ The radical repeal men still assert that
| the unconditional repeal bill will pass
/ without 3 compromise attachment, but
/ add that subsequent legislation will be
enacted giving to silver suitable recog-
| milton.
The silver mea make very little con-
! cealment OF their present plans. They
say they are in as good condition TO
\ hold the bill of now as when IL first
\ came over from the House, and they
| will certainly be able 70 entertain the
\ Senate and the country at large with
\ speeches pertinent 20 the question until
/ the Elections bill shall be brought over
/ from the House.
No one acquainted with the Vice
! President and his autecedents gives the
! least credence TO the story sent ou'
| from here that he will, at given time.
| recognize Mr.. VOORHEES, for the pur-
pose Of moving the passage OF the bill,
! and refuse to recognize anyone else.