The sun., 1893-10-22
COMPROMISE AGREED UPON.
POWER ~ THE SENATE
VOW ~ SIGHT

Except Flvo III tho DcnOCfhuo senators
Have Pledged Themselves TO vote-It
| Provides that the sherman Act Shall
,'on,inuo In Force Until Oct. 4, 1924 that
| the Seigniornge OF tho Bullion Now DO.
| ppsited In tho Treasury Shall No Coined,
| and that All Grcenbacks and Treasury
Notes OF Less Denomination than SO
Shall He Retired and Silver Certificates
Issued in Lieu Thercof-Tho Popuiists
Only Threaten to Oppose the Compromise
! with Fiibustering Tnctics-The Repeal
Republicans win Vote Against 1t.
WASHINGTON. Oct 2l.-Compromise seems
now an assured fact The victory Is such pc
culiar one that all sides claim It. The end Of
the long test OF lung power in the Senate will
be reached next week by the Introduction Of
the compromise measure. 1t may possibly be
| reached on Monday.
digest OF the "makeshitt" bill has been ~.
ing on q table In com mittee room all day
| long. and the Senate steering committee has
been mysteriously escorting IT embers OF the
Senate into that room to have them sign the
agreement to vote for the new m easure. This
digest was addressed to the Hon. d. W. Voor.
hees. Chairman Of the Finance Com mittee and
included the request that he offer an amend
| ment to the pending bill. This amendment
was set forth In three sections. as follows:
Ilrst-That the Sherman act, including it's
purchasing clause. shall be continued In force
until Oct. /. 1894.
Second-Tnat on and after the passage OF
the amendment there shall be coined all tho
seiGnorage OF the bullion now deposited In the
Treasury OF the United States. and that the
money resulting from tho coinage OF said
scignorage shall be covered into the Treasury.
Third-That on and after the passage Of this
amendment thera shall be no further Issue OF
Treasury notes and Greenbacks OF a less de-
nomination than ten dollars. and all notes Of
less denomination than ten dollars now in ex.
istence shall be retired whom presented to the
Treasury for redemption In lieu thereof
shall be iosued silver certificates.
Tho nominal business Of the Senate was tho
letting out Of another link in an endless silver
speech by Jones OF Nevada and the unrolling
Of a few miles more Of Peffer's idiotic drivel.
1t is only fair to Senator Jones to say that his
speech has been a dignif1ed. rational address,
which 1t has taken him nearly year to pre-.
pare.
The newspaper hurrah about the Voorhees,
closure resolution has been u groat waste Of
printers ink. The absurdity OF magnifying
that resolution into present importance was
made apparent by tho fact that tho resolution
was not referred to at any time to-day. It
could not be taken up under the rules. and no.
c"NS
There is no likelihood that he intended the
resolution earnestly. He simply played that
card to announce to the country that he had
not abandoned unconditional repeal without
axhausting every means at his command. He
knew. as those who clamor for closure should
know. that no resolution can be acted upon
till the day after 1t Is introduced. 1t was in
troduced on Friday. but on the books Of the
Senate journal Friday was Tuesday.
asHa y'a bad L.
day. Tuesdays flag is still flying over the Sen.
ate. and Tuesday did not end In the Senate
until Saturday night. There could be no rec
ognition Of a new day until the Senate took an
adjournment. 1t did that this evening. SO
Tuesday has at last ended. and next Monday
will begin another day. Then tho closure res
olution may have 1tful recognition before
the knock-kneed compromise bill comes up.
though that Is very doubtful
While Mr.. Jones's speech was the nominal
business OF the chamber. the real work OF the
Senate was going on in a mysterious way in
the corridors. This was the business Of Mr..
German. who In the guise Of a spider. spent
the day Turing Senators to his web in the APP
propriations Committee room. There he was
Gotting them to sign the ompromise measure.
He confined himself to Democrats. OF course.
He went at It like one OF those smooth, glib
men. who haunt the corner Of Ann street and
Park row to inveigle passers by into the gam
bling games Of Ann street. Getting signsrs
to IN agreement to vote for measure is
the queer old Senate substitute for closure.
The absence Of businesslike rules in tho
chamber makes 1t necessary for mon to drop
their Senatorial folderol and get together as
plain human beings in an ouside chamber and
agree to whatever they want to do. II enough
Senators can be got to say that they are will
ing to do business that will end flibustering.
The general opinion among all factions in
the Senate Is that unconditional repeal could
have been had IL the light had been In earnest
and had been kept UP only little longer.
Even the less fanatical silver men now admit
that fact. So far us that goes even those sil-
vcrtes who are generally considered insane
on the subject proved perfectly manageable
when the compromsers asked them to desist
from demanding quorum during parts OF
two days while the compromise was being
patched up. The present bill is thought to
show the result Of leadership by an Adminis-
tration whose ieutensnts hated their task.
and OF insistance upon measure whose ad-
herents did not sincerely favor it.
Before evening came the Steering Commit
tee had secured the signatures Of all but fivo
Democrats Therefore tho now measure has
n clear majority. with no fear Of opposition by
the Republicans and only threat OF a little
obstruction by the Populsts. The Democrats
who haven't signed the agreement are Hill OF
New York, Palmer OF Illinois. Caffrey OF
Louisiana. Mills Of Texas. and Irby OF South
Carolina. Mr.. Hill has stood nat-footedly for
unconditional repeal and there arc unauthor-
ized stories afoat that he will metaphorically
die for that proposition. AS such q course would
be hopeless. 1t is not likely that he will pursue
It. Mr. Palmer Is thought to be about per-
suaded to sign. and SO is Mr.. Mills. MIR.
(uilrey OF louisa is rpUOrtsl IA yery gtuh-
born. and Mr. lrby Is still standing out and
his friends say for him that he doesn't like to
knuckle down to the Administration" The
compromlsers are therefore endeavoring TO
convince him that the bill does not mark
Cleveland victory. This will not be very easy
to do II Mr.. lrby has heard Secretary Carlisle
quoted as claiming a triumph. Mr.. Carlisle is
said to have declared that the bill Is practi-
cal victory. because when a man is tried for
murder and sentenced and has a day set for
his execution. tho law Is vindicated.