The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-10
But tho SilVeritss Arc Fully Pre-
pared 10 Fight.
TO DICTATE SOME COMPROMISE
n They sheuid Prove To ne the victsrs-
Rumors OF an Attempt to Adjourn
Congress Until Decsmber-compro-
mise Statements to he Taken with Salt.

senate are strengthening their lines for the
battle TOMORROW:
The reporters say that there will DO no
,hirking on their part. and that they will
not show the white feather, but will
stand there Until they can demonstrate
whether or not a majority can lcRislate
in the senate They are fully convinced
that by means OF q protected, continuous
session, II by any means, q vote can be
reached on the repeal bill. Every other
method has been adopted, and IL that fails.
the extraordinary spectacle will be pre-.
sented OF . senate utterly incapable OF
doing anything which Is opposed In any
quarter.
The silver men are now assuming the
attitude Or defiance which leads them
rather TO cburt q test of physical endur-
ance. They may Well do this, since the
fatigue Of continuous session must.fall OF
the majority, which has Ia its composition
a number Of inch who are not in a physical
condition TO endure the fatigue of all-night
sessions. For this reason the general as
sumption Is that q quorum will be broken
and the protrscted session ended without
the accomplishment Of anything.
After this there can be nothing left
but a compromise, and there is some ar
rogance being displayed by the radical
silver men In their confidence of success.
They are saying that the administration
forces will find it more difficult to secure
q favorable COMPROMISE after the test Of
physical endurance has been made and
has failed than they could secure now II
they would agree to enter into negotia-
tions for a compromise at once.
In anticipation Of Wednesdays battle
the southern senator's, who are fighting
against the unconditional repeal, have
been comforting together and have taken
a position Ut resistance, so that II the re-
peal men could hold a quorum in the
senate chamber, the silver forces would
still be sufficiently strong to prevent a
vote during a session ~protracted for many
days. The outlook, therefore, seems to be
more and more certainly toward a com-
promise, and there is a possibility that
within "a hours after the protracted sss-
sion IL started the substantial terms of a
compromise will be outlined and agreed
upon in private conference.
An Exciting Session.
Yesterdays session Of the senate was
given up entirely to considering the Sher-
man act. The question came up in three
separate forihs. The first was a sort of
personal explanation by Mr.. Harris Dem,
Tenn In reply to resolutions adopted at q
joint meeting Of the Memphis committee
and Merchants Exchange, c~ondemning
the course Of the Tennessee senators ON
the silver question.
Mr.. Harris declared his dissent of
threat contained in the resolutions and
said that the maintenance of his self
respect was Of vastly more importance to
him than any office within the gift Of the
people. After that incident came up the
resolution offered by Mr.. Wolcott (Rep.,
Colo.) last Saturday, instructing the
finance committee to put In active form
the bi-metaliic declaration of policy con-
tanned in the VOORHEES, substitute.
Some of the most im~passioned speeches
made since the opening Of the debate took
place on this resolution. Mr.. Wolcott criti-
cised the president for his letter to Gov
ernor Northen of Georgia, characterizing
it as intrusive, offensive and uniting
the relations that should exist between
the legislative and executive departments
Of the government" Mr.. Voorhees, made
the resolution the groundwork Of a
speech defending the repeal bill and ASSERT
ing that the statement that it demonetised
silver, even il repealed a hundred thou
sane times, was not true. He declared that
he was ready, when the Sherman law no
longer disgraced the statute book, to act
promptly in carrying out the pledge
which the bill contained. The Wolcott
resolution was sent to the calendar and
the repeal bill taken up. Upon it Mr..
Cockrell (Dem.) occupied the floor for
three and one-half hours aud had no
GpicbaH vbap the capafa aIio,rnaA
Wild Rumors.
Wild rumors. bearing upon the silver
situation, were current about the Capitol,
the most important Of which includes the
possibility OF an attempt to adjourn con-
gress until December. According to this
story, which annot be confirmed, but
which has come to the ears of various
senators, the president is credited with hav-
ing expressed a hope that the senate
would adjourn rather than accept any
compromise. The silver senator's, in dis
cussing this rumor, say they will oppose
any attempt to adjourn. because they
want action Of some sort. 1t was also
said, upon the authority of a senator,
whose standing is high In his party, that
"A compromise had been practically agreed
upon. All Of these statements were true
with a proper amount OK salt.
In the House.
The debate on the federal elections bill
closed yesterday and the voting will be
gin today. At no time during the dis
cussion has there been much attention
given to speakers on either side Of the
question. Throughout the past 10 days
the attendance In the house has been far
balow the average and the disputants
usually addressed a large array OF empty
seats. Even the last day Of the discussion
was not productive OF much interest.
The principal speakers on the Republi-
can side, were Dolliver of Iowa, Paine Of
New York and Boutelle of Maine. The
latter is one Of t6e>aggressivs takers of
the house. and he introduced some fire
into the debate, but IL soon died nj New
York provided the Democratic contro-
versalists, COMBS, Lockwood and
Fitch being its champions. The latter
closed the debate In a carefully prepared
speech, In which he contended for the re-
peal OF laws providing for the appoint
ment OF supervisors and deputy marshals,
hsat sefo,s .sss v.lc.
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