The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1893-09-09
PARTIAL VICTORY
The Silver War to Be
Compromised.
NO CLOTURE POSSIBLE
Theirs Are to Be Important Concessions
on All Sides
THE END NOW IN SIGHT
Probably a Reduced Amount OF
Silver Bullion Will Be Pur-
chased and Actually Col Red
Into Silver Dollars.
THE END NOW IN SIGHT

WASHINGTON, Sept. S.-The last ex-
tremity, cloture, is not to be invoked by
the American senate. A heavy majority
OF members is in favor of unconditional
repeal, but this majority has been care
conditions are not such as TO warrant the
radical departure from tho time-honorcd
traditions of the senate that would be
necessary to secure cloture of debate and
force tho repeal bill 10 n final vote. A
conference daily held between the presi-
dent and leading senators, participated in
almost invariably by Secretary of tho
Treasury Carlisle, has been full Of
promise, not of the passage Of the bill un-
conditionally repeating the purchasing
clause of the Sherman act, but of this bill
amended by such conditions rs to give to
il the. undeniable garb of compromise.
One by ono the senators who have openly
expressed themselves in favor of uncon.
ditional repeal, and they are nearly three
fifths of the United States senate, have
been consulted as to the advisability of
the cloture rule and the result has been
that less than 30 of the Sc senators have
expressed themselves In favor of rcsorting
to such an extreme measure. This start
ling innovation from the traditions of the
senate, therefore. will not be part Of the
record to be loft behind this extraordinary
session.
With the proposition for cloture finally
abandoned, there remains but two alter
natives for the repeal senators, COM
promise or defeat at the hands of fill
busterers not in the open guise Of fill
busterers, but In repeated demands for .
call of the senate and . resort to other
parliamentary proceedings to prolong in
definitely the debate. No ono can doubt
these two alternatives, the one promising
the greater benefit appears likely to be
chosen, and that is for compromise.
A series of conferences 10 to be held
from time to time until tho end Of noxt
week when II 10 hoped q clear majority
will be found welded to o proposition
which will not DO opposed by o minority
with enough vehcmence to lead TO fiji
clustering opposition. The proposition Of
compromise now under discussion and
meeting with the greatest favor, provides
that coupled with the bill repeating the
purchasing clause of the Sherman act
there shall be q law directing the secre-
tary of the treasury to buy monthly con-
siderably reduced amount of silver
bullion and to actually coin this
bullion into money. The secretary
of the treasury is also to be given
ample power to protect all gold and cur.
rency and money Of the United States and
to make il interchangeable. In addition
to this, the national banks Of the United
States arc to be permitted to use natio nal
notes to an aggregate equal to the face
value Of their United States bonds on de-
posit. Concessions to state banks are
also discussed. Four separate and dis.
tinct subjects with which il is proposed to
modify the repeal bill in various compro-
mise amendments thereto, represent
four factions into which the United States
senate may be said to be divided at this
time. None Of these factions would get
what has been demanded by II, but each
would get slight concessions and some
consolation from unconditional repeal,
and each faction would retire from the
conflict free from the onus OF defeat and
with tho laurels Of partial victory to be
placed to It's credit.