St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-08
UNTIL A VOTE rs REACHED
On the Repeal Of the TroubIe-
some Sherman Law.
CARLISLE VISITS THE SENATE.
He Carries an Urgent Message
From the President.
SOME MORE COMPROMISE TALK.

WASHINGTON, Oct. r. Continuous
sessions are what now confront the sem
ate III the discussion of the bill to re-
peal the silver-purchasing clause of the
act of 1890. Vague intimations of con-
tinuous sessions have been heard for
some time, but this morning Senator
voorhees, gave definite notice that COM
mencing Wednesday next he would ask
the senate to sit continuously until a
vote was reached on the pending meas
ure. and that he would expect senators
to maintain quorum till the end of the
present contest was reached.
Secretary Carlisle made visit to the
senate wing of the capitol this after
noon. Coming at this juncture, when
every one, senators included, is expect
ing the unusual to happen, the visit
created a mild sensation. He had just
come from a close conference with the
president, and it was naturally supposed
that he had some
IMPORTANT MESSAGE
for individual senators or the benefit Of
the body at large. If such was the case,
he did not take pains to furnish the
public with the same information. He
spent about two hours time liz confer
ence with various of the Democratic
senators in the marble room and in the
room of the finance committee, but did
not enter the senate chamber. Among
Others with whom he conversed were
Senators voorhees, and Harris.
A report was soon set in circulation
that he had been sent as the presidents
personal and official representative to
arrange the terms of an agreement with
the opposing forces of the Democratic
ranks in the senate, and there were
senators ready to name the terms which
he had offered. Inquiry. however, de-
veloped the fact that they were mere
dealings in surmise. The purpose
of the secretary's visit seems to
have been just the opposite of
those attributed to him by the
majority. Senator Vance told repre-
sentative of the Associated Fress that
Mr.. Carlisle had gone to the capitol for
the purpose of preventing compromise
and Senator Voorhees, virtually con-
tirmed this statement. After his con-
ference with
he said to the Associated Press repre-
sentative that the administration forces
had no compromise to suggest or ask,
and that they were still determined to
make the fight on the old lines; that the
contest would continue for the frst
three days of next week as it had up to
date. and would be devoted to speech
making; that Wednesday the night ses-
siOns would be begun; that he had had
assurances that there would he aquorum
OF repeal senators on hand; that they
would remain until the bill could be
disposed of, and that there would be no
adjournment until it should be passed.
1t would seem, therefore, that if there
is to be compromise, it cannot come
until after the night session test is tried.
1t is but fair to say that there are very
few of the repeal senators as sanguine
of the success of the night sessions or of
the success of the bill in its present
shape as Is Mr.. Voorhees,. A large
majority of the senators assert that the
bill cannot be passed except in modi-
fed form, and others agree with Senator
Henderson in the assertion that if 10
compromise is reached recess of the
senate until December will be neces-
sary, which would virtually mean the
abandonment of the bill. Senator
Carey, who has not so far identified
himself with either side, said today that
the inevitable result of the night session
experiment would be an agreement
upon compromise bill.