New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-23
OUTLOOK IN THE SENATE.
COMPROMISE LIKELY TO GET A MAJORITY
WITHOUT TROUBLE.
DEMOCRATIC SENATORS WHO HAVE NOT sIGNEu
THE STEERING COMMITTEES HARMONY
CIRCULAR" - INFLATI ONISTS AND
NOT SILVER PRODUCERS GET
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Washington Oct. 22.-The Democratic steer.
ing Committees compromise Is expected 70
reach the Senate in some formal shape to-
morrow. although of course its presentation
may be delayed by some unexpected turn OK
events until Tuesday. OF its acceptance by the
majority as a party measure there can be no
possible question. in view of the preponderatinS
number and influential character OF the signers'
who have already put their names to the agree
ment OF the forty-fve Democratic Senators
only seven are still unpledged to the COM
promise, and among these seven is no Senator
of anv length Of service or any considerable
standing and influence in the body. In the list
of missing names are Messrs. Hill, New-York:
Caffery. Louisiana; Mills. Texas; Palmer.
Illinois: Irby South Carolina: Mitchell, Wilson's
sim and White. California.
Messrs Mitchell and White have been ao"
sent from Washington for several days, ana
have thus been prevented from attaching their
names to the letter Of instructions TO MI. |oor'
hees Mr.. White is silver Democrat ana con-
sstent opponent OF unconditional repeal HIS
approval OF the compromise scheme Is there-
fore practically certain. Mr.. Mitchell. OF WIS"
consn is a friend of the Administration. but
did not take very active part In the hghe
for unconditional repeal He Is also counted
upon as a certain supporter Of the compromise
which his colleague Mr.. Villas. a member of the
Steering Committee" has helped to construct
as a means of party salvation at the expense
of the financial interests of the country.
ONLY THREE MORE SIGNATURES NEEDED.
or the other five Senators, only three are need.
ed to give the compromise the support OF tho
requisite ma jority Mr.. Irby, violent silver
man and savage critic of the Administration.
has withheld his consent to the compromise, on
the ground that it comedies too much to tho
President and the unconditional-repeal inter-
est As. however, the Steering Committees
substitute was drawn and managed chiefly by
the silver element in the party, and is sup-
norted bv it without hesitation, Mr.. Irby Is
more than likely to fall in line with his free-
coinage associates and take the Steering Com-
mittee's" plan as the largest concession to silver
that can be obtained under present conditions
Mr. Mills declared In a speech few days
ago that during all the earlier part OF the
present session he favored compromise policy.
and worked for 1t. He does not oppose
compromise now principle. therefore. but
rather in a spirit of bitterness and peevshness
at the success Of the Democratic managers in
the Senate who rejected his own earlier ad-
vances and preferred to bring the Administra-
ton to terms in their own way and at their
free-coinage man, to judge from some of his
recent utterances. and his whole course In the
contest for repeal has been inspired by personal
friendship for the President and Secretary
Carlisle. rather than by any devotion to tho
policv of honest money which they have been
supposed to uphold and embody. Mr.. Mills
has violent prejudice. however. against COM
promises and chickering's of any sort, ana ne
may not choose to swallow with much grace
the pill which the Steering Committee has
sought to sugar-coat for the Administration
Democrats in the Senate.
HOW SENATOR PALMER STANDS
Mr. Palmer has been a cheerful and volublO
advocate of the policy of dying in the last
ditch of unconditional repeal, but. as he ac"
knowledged yesterday In voluminous inter"
view. he is only private in the corporars
guard of Administration followers now left In
tho Senate and cannot be depended upon to
| continue To fight after the chiefs of the squad
| have hauled down the colors he was on ina
point Of being persuaded to-day TO come over
to the majority, following all his other Demo-
cratic colleagues from the West and his name
| is fairly sure TO be on the paper di.
rected to Mr.. Voorhees, when 1t is ready
for presentation
No one seems TO know the exact
reason for Mr.. Caffery's reluctance
to accept the compromise plan. He
| Is a new Senatou wing come here last winter
by appointment nom the Governor Of Louisiana
to fill temporarily the vacancy caused by Mr..
| Gibson's death. He made a speech In August
in favor OF unconditional repeal, in which he
| said that he feared he took his political life
| in his hand when he declared himself an outs
! and-out anti-sver man. Having risked his
political fortunes this anti-sllver ISSUE hs
| Is perhaps averse to the issue vanish in
| the dust raised by compromise.
MR. Hill NOT LIKELY 10 SURRENDER.
| Mr. Hi is looked upon as the single eXemplar
In the unconditional repeal ranks Of the spirit
of the old guard which died but never sur.
| rendered. Having by his harmless pantomime
| the question Of closure conquered at one
stroke the unstnted regard and lavish affec.
| tion of his lifelong and virulent newspaper
critics In New-York. Mr. Hill Is not dsinclined
| further to disarm these foes. and incidentally
| to help along the candidacy Of his friend May.