The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-10-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
nv, ps,p Co,respondent.


ac. OF the senatorial farce Is billed
for this week. Wien the session
Of the senate wnicn opens Wednes'
dav mex. shall close, the curtain VIII
be rung down on the long dra n
out silv-r contest. Only one thug
.eems ab .oluteIy clear aid certain
this writ 9, aud that is tina. the
Voorhees, bill will not be voted
upon. That fast is probably as
clear to Senator Voorhees, as 1t ls
to most other people, but the pres
sure from the White House was so
strong for the holding Of a
continuous session that ne an.
nouuced it for next Wednes.
day and not tird all absent
repeal enators to be on hand. The
contest cannot possibly be a long
one as Senator Voorhees, VIII have
to keep for ore men on the ii ,or
conuuua ~ while the silver men
viii only need two. Tne general
belief i, that the session Will suon
die for lack of q ,orum.
Wn.t al.l tolo~ Is largely a
matter Of conf cture. 1t Is SID py
those Who oppose a:y sort u s.lver
concession aud demand uncoudltlUu-
al reptai or nothing. that fiesldeut
Cleveland wJulI much prefer see
Ing the SENATE al )urn, If 1t cannot
pas. the voorhees, bin, than t. see
1t adopt {. compromise. If the
proposition f r ali urnm ut Is
made by Senator Voorhees, til.
Gu ,nces are that 1t VIII 80 through
Win a .ho"p, as the silver seAA.
tors woul doub less vote soliuly
for It, believing that the longer the
matter ,al he o. poned the strong
er Their side of the controversy
VIII gro" with the people. Strange
as II may appear, 1t Is upon pre-
cisely the 50 ne ground that the
presld. ut favors a )urnment If the
reveal bill cannot De passed. He
bell YES that public opinion WA
have grown so strong ty the I III.
for the meeting of the regular SIS.
sion that the senate will lnen pass
the bill. But there ls auo her aud
a very strong element to be con
5 dered, embracing, perhaps, a
III rlty of the senate, which
wants some sort of silver cotnage
law, something tnat u q lestlouab.y
recogu rs silver money, 10 take the
place of the purchasing clause OF
the Sherman law. Ina. Is the el..
msnt that will work for the present
settlement of the question by com.
promise, and at thus time tne lndl-
cati ms certainly point to the sue
cess, Whatever the actual Result
may be.
The large number of amend ments
like twenty in all
that have been offered TO the Voor-
hees repea b IL, will make neces.
sary an unusual display of parlia
me ,tary tact cs when the voting he.
2 MS, If 1t EVER does. O., course
every body kno.s that each Of the
amend ments will have to be voted
upon before the vote is taken upon
The original b Ii, but VIVA. every.
b ,dy d Des not k ow is the o,der in
which the. amend nents Will BIZ
.aken up AMI voted upon. If
compromise ls reached it is expect.
ID that a | Of the amendments Will
be Withdrawn except that which
provides for the compromise.
The maj prlty Of the house, not
to be outdone by the senate, has got
Itself into a w'aagle over the bill for
The repeal Of the federal election
avs. 1t seems that some of the
Democrats think tn Tucker bill re.
pe'ls too mnch, aud Representative
Fitch, of New YORK, has less
sweeping bill which he wishes to
substitute for it. A Democra i
caucus is to be held tonight to de
eide between the two bills, aud the
friends of whichever Is d. feat.d
nay absent themselves in order to
break quorum and prevent the
Dill being passed tomorrow as
brig nally intended. The Populists
n the house will vote for the bill
when 1t comes to vote, but
whether ey W II help to make a
quorum remains to be seen; their