The morning call., 1893-10-20
CLEANS OF LIGHT.
=
1t Begins to Look Like
...:.. Compromise.
SILVER WILL NOT LOSE.
Yet Neither Will 1t Make Any
Material Gain.
ONLY WAITING FOR GROVER NOW.
If He VIII Yield the Senate Can Get
= Z :. Itself Out of Its Awkward
=, Tangle at Last.

4: WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.-There is no
doubt that the report heard on all sides
q bout the Capitol TO the effect that CON-
:rEoIdise has been agreed upon by the
Democratic Senators is substantially cor
-Iect..yet there is slight obstruction some
where which has rendered the members of
the committee cautious about giving out
:details. 1t is believed that the President
has, not vet expressed his approval of the
proposed substitute. and there are certain
mem bers who desire his approval before
cpmmitting themselves absolutely to the
bill. 1t may be stated explicitly. however.
.that members Of the Senate on both sides
of the chamber regard 1t as settled that a
lmeasure is in course of preparation By tie
Democratic steering committee. the condi-
tlons OF which, except as to details. have
been practically agreed upon by the entire
Democratic side of the chamber. Senator
NooIhees showed by his every act to-day
that be considered the end near, and
when approached upon the subject replied
that he would not be surprised If the day 8
work should produce important results.
The Democrats of the Senate devoted
NEST of the day to the efforts to agree
among themselves. and so many of them
were engaged in this business that there
@wRre very few in the Senate to-day. The
silver men, understanding the situation.
did not suggest the absence of a quorum.
It, is a fact that the steering committee.
W with:the exception of Villas, has agreed
upon the bill and all that remains to be
lione is the missionary work among the
HI EN- bers. The silver Democrats accept
il6 compromise rather readily. though
they are not fully satisfied with the limited
RECOGNITION OF silver, but some Of the re-
peal Democrats are still holding out for
absolute repeal or at least they want the
President first to abandon his stand for
absolute repeal, holding themselves bound
to,Iollow him. II they fail to come over
In" the end, lOwever, it Is believed that
eQough Republicans can be secured to
make certain of the passage of the meas
NE .proppsed.
. The bGl provides for the repeal Of the
Sherman law, but removes the date at
which repeal will take effect until the
list Of January or the 1st Of July, 1895; it
retires all treasury notes below SO; it
coins S54, 600, 000of silver siegniorage now
ION hand, and it makes the purchase OF
i 300, 900 ounces of silver per month man
:datory.
:. There is a wide divergency Of views as
to The bond question, and if Secretary Car
lisle will only say that the parity of gold
and silver can be preserved without bonds
the question will not be touched. II the
matter is handled at all it will be dealt
" with indirectly by confirming the right of
the Secretary of the Treasury to issue
bonds under the act of 1875, limiting the
amount to S200, 600, 900. the interest to 3
.Iiar. cent and the time to FIVE years. and
providing that bonds shall be used only to
strengthen the gold reserve and not for
banking purposes. 1t will not be possible
10 introduce the bill before Monday.
-: An extended conference of Republican
Senators was held last night to talk over
the situation NTH the view Of taking
party advantage Of any mistakes which
the Democrats may make on financial
questions. Only the repeal Republicans
were present. It was practically the
unanimous opinion that the best policy was
to remain quiet. neither helping the Demo-
Gratis out of the present snarl. nor doing
'repeal bill; but, if it becomes evident the
Democrats can do nothing, then to pre-
pare a Republican measure and ask the
Senate to pass it. The majority were In
favor of amending the rules, if necessary.
to get the bill through, though there WAS
some objection to any change which would
help the Democrats in getting the election
and tariff bills through. There were some
expressions favoring a compromise on the
repeal bill.
p When the Vice-P President warned the
people in the galleries to-day that If they
repeated their applause he would have the
galleries cleared, middle-aged man arose
in his seat and said:
:: s'As one OF tbs American people will
90 out" and he began to make for the
door.
.. Immediately there was considerable
stir on the floor and in the galleries OFF,
GERS escorted the man from the building
and he offered no resistance. although he
went under protest. He said he was salts
fed the people were determined that the
Sherman law should be repealed. and the
protest he made from the gallery was only
the beginning of the demonstration which
would be made against the Senate If there
was not speedy &C tion on the repeal bill.
..:NEw YORK, Oct. ia Washington
special to the Daily American says: Sec
retary Of State Gresham said tonight,
after returning from visit to the White
House. that there could not be compro-
mise that would be agreed to by the ad-
mlnlstration. The Secretary said the ad-
mipistration had in 20 wise changed its
position. He would say though that the
PRESIDENT would oppose to the extent of a
veto Senator Gorman's scheme of bringing
about unconditional repeal.
CALLED HILL OUT.