Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-08-10
CONDITIONAL REPEAL.
Proposition Which Ap'
pears to be Gaining.
EACH ELEMENT IS FIRM.
Considerably Less Anxiety Now Exhi-
bited by the Free Coinage Men.

WAsHIYGToY, Aug. l0.-Almost every
Democratic senator was present at the
party caucus held yesterday. The meet
ing was convened ~ 1890 o'clock, and
when the hour Of noon arrived nothing
definite had been accomplished, and an
adjournment was taken until Immediately
after the adjournment Of the senate.
The resolution of Mr.. Hale, which 80
suddenly and Unexpectedly brought the
question of spo edy repeal OF the Sherman
law before {! !r senate, il was thought by
some Democrats, placed them In a posi-
tion where conference became necessary
in order that the policy OF the party
might be discussed and unanimity of ac-
tion agreed upon.
As might te expected, with the Demo
Gratis divided upon this subject as are the
Repu b!ica =. there was a diversity OF
opinion, and a vast amount OF unimportant
talk was indulged In, with the inevitable
result Of nothing being determined upon
when the noon hour came around.
Not Much Gained.
The discussion was decidedly animated
No definite proposition was advanced, and
when the caucus adjourned IL was just as
much at sea as when 1t was called to-
gether.
Immediately after the caucus numerous
conferences were had between the Demo
Gratis and free silver Republicans Of the
same persu sion, the result Of which was
apparent ~ soon as the jou rnal was read.
A motion made to adjourn, and IL
was noticeable that the silver Republ-
cans voted with the Democrats to carry
out that proposition. This was taken as
an evidence of desire for time, and the
caucus Immediately reassembled.
WIN stick to Their Own Views.
The afternoon caucus was almost as
unproductive of results as the morning
session. Most Of the time was consumed
IN the expression OF individual views
which clearly demonstrated that each
element in tie party was firmly welded
TO its own noti MS One senator, who oc-
cupies nigh position in the finance com
mittee and whose leaning toward free
silver is pronounced, declared positively,
you can set IL down az certainty that
the Sherman act will not be repealed un-
conditionally."
Some senat tors who have sided with the
president said rather despondently that
while no tangible advance had been made
toward point where the party could be
regarded as united, they had not abandoned
hope that the efforts in that direction
might eventually result in success.
1t is gathered from this that the condi-
tional repeal proposition is gaining in
strength and that certain Of the ultra sill
yer men are preparing to follow in the di-
rection indicated by the leaders In the sill
yer caucus in the houseyesterday, namely,
towards repeal with free coinage at an in
creased ratio.
1t was rather significant fact that the
silver men appeared TO have less anxiety
than their opponents about the result of
the caucns, as was evinced by their con.
duct while the senators were discussing
the situation, number Of them leaving
the room and going TO the restaurant,
where they calmly indulged in luncheon,
apparently unconcerned as to what was
going on in the chamber above Neither
party in the senate has ever been able to
caucus with com plete success on tho sub
ject Of silver, and the result of yesterdays
caucus was no exception to the rule. So,
after exhausting the posi- bilities of debate,
the caucus fell back upon the oft-tried ex-
pedient of delegating to committee the
task of endeavoring to arrange plan Of
business that should be satisfactory to all
sides.
Committee Under Consideration.
Mr. German, the chairman of the caucus,
was authorized To appoint this committee,
and the caucus itself adjourned subject
to his call, which will be issued as soon AS
the committee has reached an agreement
and Is prepared to submit report for
action. Imm ediately after adjournment
of the caucus Mr.. German repaired to the
room Of the committee on appropriations
and called into consultation Senators
ckburn, Gray, Ransom and Voorhees,.
Senator Cockrell was invited to remain In
the room.
All these with the exception Of Senator
Gray, were members of the Democratic
caucus committee OF the last session, and
although Mr.. German had not made his
appointments at the time of the cousulta-
ton, their presence gave color to the ex-
pectation that they would be named az
members OF the caucus committee.
AT the conclusion Of this informal eau
Gus at 5:l5 p m, Senator German said he
would not appoint the committee author
lied by the caucus until this afternoon.
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