Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-10-23
THE AGREEMENT SIGNED.
A Compromise on the Silver Cues
ton Effected and Ratified.

ton Eftected ana hatlneu.
What will be called a compromise
measure between the opposing forces
on the silver question in the United
States Senate and will be handed
down in the annals of legislative histo-
ry as a hard earned victory for the
bimetallists over their "mono-metalls-
tic" adversaries has at last really been
effected and at last accounts was being
ratified by the personal signatures of
the Senators on both sides. In the
terms of this agreement, however, it
is difficult indeed to see where any
thing like decisive victory for the
silver men comes in. True 1t is that
they have defeated the pet hobby of
the ultra repeal advocates and hum
bled the pride of an arrogant admin
istration. But aside from postponing
for one brief year the threatened evil
of a single gold standard and provid-
ing for temporary increase of the CIR
culating medium, the so-called COM
promise gives neither hope nor prom
Use of lasting good either to the DEM
ocratic party or the nation at large.
The motive which inspired such
prompt action among the Senators in
bringing about this measure was such
as even those grave and potent seign-
iors could not afford to ignore, the
same being nothing less than dire leg
islative necessity.
They saw as plain as men can see
anything that if they did not get
together either the Republicans would
take from their hands the solution of
the trouble and claim the credit for
it, or that Hill would finally succeed
in getting enough men at his back to
override the traditions, rules, courte-
sies and other respected things of the
Senate. Now the senators are very
much interested in this silver question.
Some would like it settled one way
and some another, but there is not one
among the old ones Of that body who
would not rather submit to any kind
of a settlement of it than to see the
rules and traditions and courtesies
and other respected things of the Sen
ate treated with contumely by any
man, especially by such rude, bad
man as Hill of New York.
Such were the conditions under
which the compromise was effected
and which induced the Senators on
both sides, with rare exceptions, to
sign an agreement which provides
that they shall vote for an amendment
to the repeal bill, delaying the latter
from going into effect before October
1, 1894, and providing for the coinage
of all silver to be purchased as well as
the seigniorage accruing and that
now in the treasury, the latter auount-
ing to $58,00O,000. The compromise
also provides for the retiring Of all
paper money except silver certificates
under $40. The signatures to the
agreement were rapid. The gentle
men from the silver states who have
been in the fight declined to sign the
agreement and will vote against the
amendment, but they will not filibus-
ter against it. Hill and Mills both de-
clined to sign, but Mills says that
while he could not do this now he
would vote for the amendment. The
question next arose as to how filibus-
tering could be prevented even II
nearly every man in the Senate made
up the majority, and the answer came
quickly "with the agreement signed
by so many senators before him, the
vice president will refuse to recognize
any one who attempts to iiibuster it,