Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-10-26
| BOTH SIDES ANXIOUS
For a Settlement of The
Repeal Question.
MAY BE A VOTE SATURDAY.
Adjournment of Congress Until Decem-
Der Will Be Next in Order.

WAsHINGroN, Oct. 26,-The vote on un
condition RI. n IN he senate will be de-
layed li'tl op2ar But the delay will
be bri ( % g, aud IL is expected that the
president may have the bill early next
week.
Senator Faulkner canvassed the senate
yesterday after oon with a view uf asking
the senat- iu fix time when the vote
could he taken, but concluded not to make
this request Tor the reason that he was Of
the opinion after getting the views Of vari-
Gus senators that the 80 echmaking would
be expedited by al.owi x the business to
drift.
The result of Mr.. Faulkner's inquiries
was the d scove y MT tae spec ches Oh the
main ques ilu would so n be exhausted.
sent Jones viii conclude today, AMI
Senao,s Teller. Ma tin, Allen aud
Stewart each de i g TO ak from an hour
t. an hour nd q Ia l.. 20 far las learned,
there viii be no uthe speeches, AMI when
the "A t of tue : al ave been concluded
the voting will he the next thing in order
Th,re is still som talk To the effect
that some of the more co servstive re-
pealers would be willing to aid IA prevent
ing unconditional rereal 10y voting for
some of the amendme t., but a majority
of the fr, e COINAGE men are Of the opinion
that nothing ca be agreed upon that
would be adNa ttg Gus To silver, and
mHny of them now announce their inten-
tion of voting only ior the free coinage
amendment and of giving no cJuntenance
to any of the anne 1dneuts. This program
is, of course, subject To change, as so many
other senate programs have changed in the
past few weeks.
sherman Changes His Mind.
The Republicans have abandoned all
idea OF iutrOdu INK a. amendment as a
party measure Mr sherman h a at one
time thought il would b. wise pol cy on
the part of the Republicans to Offer a
measure for ia I'll mrnt of the qucs ton
but he says now that he doubts the ex-
pedicuCy OF iutCrie ing in any way with
the pa sing # the repeal oil rs IL stands
He thinks that authority ohou uld be given
for issuing ouds, but sees the d fficul y OF
getting sue II pr vision through at this
time, and will Ia al probability not at.
tempt IL.
1t is believed that If the voting on the
amendments can he belun early tomorrow
the final vote can be reached by Saturday
at the latest and toe bll sent To the house
OF representatives for its action. When
the house shall have acted on the bill, ad-
jcurnment until the begin ming of the
regular session on the first Monday in
Deceu Der will he IN order. There is very
little doubt LOW that this adjournment
will be taken, although the DEMOCRATIC
managers Ol the senate have not yet given
the subject suflicieut consideration TO feel
justified in making an announcement
They h we, however, b.,n in conference
with Speaker Crisp If the house, who Hd-
vises ad adjpurnment wien the repeal bill
shall be isposed o. 20 general is the de-
sire o. the part uf ,enlto!s tnd mem bers
t. get away that t W uld he n X TO i'm
pos bic 10 hold n quorum of either house
in Washinetpn, eveu should il be at
tempted. !, was at one time believed that
there would he "a effort to pass tie bill
for the eXten 4 On Of the Chinese exclusion
act, but tha probability has been averted