The morning call., 1893-10-24
WAS LABOR LOST.
Democrats Cannot Agree
Upon a Bill.
COMPROMISE HAS FAILED.
Not Even the Leaders Know
What Is to Come Next.
OMPROMISE HAS FAILED.
SILVER MEN IN FIGHTING TRIM.
Nevertheless There Are Indications
That a Vote Will Be Reached
in the Near Future.

WASHINGTON, Oct 23.-The opinion now
ia general among the Senators who will
discuss the question at all that the COM
promise bill, over which they were 80 san
gune Saturday, will never be introduced
in the Senate. The reason for that is the
eompromisers have been unable to get a
sufficient number Of pledges to guarantee
tile passage of the bill. and they have said
from the beginning that unless they could
secure a majority they would not intro
duce it. The most authentic statement Of
The number of pledges makes it thirty-nine,
or four short of a majority. The pledges
are all by Democrats. In this strait The
Republicans who have been appealed TO
to help ont, have all, repeal and silver men
alike, refused to join the movement.
Some give positive refusals and some dip
Iomatically say they must see the bill first.
The repeal Republicans refuse because Of
the failure to provide for bond issue. and
because of the provision for the coinage OF
the seigniorage; the silver men because of
the short time the Sherman law is to be
continued
The prevailing opinion in the Senate
late this afternoon is that the efforts to Sc
cure a compromise On the Democratic side
win not be renewed. There are indica-
tions that there will not be many more
speeches. and when these arei concluded
voting must necessarily begin. The Re-
publican Senators Will make an effort to
agree upon measure which both the re-
peal and silver Republicans can favor, and If
they succeed, which hardly seems prob
able, they will try to get Democratic as
sistance sufficient to put the bill through.
1t now develops that there are eight Demo-
Gratis who have not signed the agreement
for a support compromise. They are
Mills, Mitchell of Wisconsin, Mcpherson,
Villas, VOORHEES,, Caffery and Irby. About
the only definite announcement made after
the compromise was declared off was that
there would be no effort tomorrow at
rlotuIe and silver men have reorgauized
their forces and are prepared to continue
the fight indefinitely. Whether given out
fn earnest or for a purpose. some OF the
silver Senators announced when they
heard that the compromise bill would not
be presented that they would make no
more factious opposition, but would give
way as soon as the prepared speeches
were concluded aud let the repeal bill
pass.
There can be little doubt that Senator
Voorhees, had in mind early in the day,
when he said he would ask for an adjourn
ment instead of a recess tonight, the
bringing up of the cloture resolution to-
morrow. When be afterward allowed a
recess instead Of an adjournment, he cut
off all possibility of taking up that ques-
tiOn tomorrow.
Senators Palmer and Mcpherson and
other repeal Senators had long confer
ence with the President to-day. When he
returned to the Senate chamber Palmer
said he thought cloture would be under
taken soon. 'It has come" he said, "to
be a question of whether the minority
shall rule. 1t is more important even
than the financial question. We shall
have to have that fight out"
1t is believed that Senator Palmer ex-
pressed the sentiments of the executive.
There is no mstaking the fact that many
silver Democratic Senators feel greatly
relieved that the COMPROMISE amendment
is not to be offered. They say they had
surrendered all the convictions contrary
to their best judgment, and they are more
than willing to have the administration
take the responsibility of not accepting a
settlement. Some of the repeal Senators
who have heretofore stood stanchly by
the administration. are also criticizng the
course which has been pursued in the
compromise matter by the administration
The Senators opposed to unconditional
repeal are still laboring to secure ma
jcrity of the Democratic Senators In favor
of a compromise. One of them said TO-
night that they had secured, including
:: Senator Daniel, who signed to-day, thirty
six names.
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