The Coconino weekly sun., 1893-10-19
SILVER'S WEEK.
Tho Senate Sure of Another Round
 of Silver Talk.
EVENTS FAVORABLE TO COMPROMISE.
A Patched-Up Measure Likely to Pass That No One VIII Father-Several Speeches Unfin-
 ished.

iShed.
 WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.-The Wilson Voorhees, repeal bill, or substitute for it, will again this week command the exclusive attention of the senate, but the indications now are that this will be the last week for the present given to the subject in the senate. If the compromise does not encounter unexpected obstacles substitute will be prepared for introduc- tion by the middle of the week. It is part of the programme not to introduce the bill until assur- ance of sufficient support to secure its passage is received Consequently, when the bill is once presented in the senate, it will be generally understood that the end is in sight. There will be some brief speeches in explanation if not in defense of the measure and some long speeches in opposition to it.
 Being compromise measure, it will represent no one mans views, and it will not be satisfactory to anyone. It will be composite picture of the opin- ions of Senators Coc<rell, Jones, of Arkansas, Harris, Faulkner, German, Gray, Hill and many other democratic senators with snap shot at the theo- ries of some of the republican senators as well. As consequence no one will see himself in it.
 No more will it be familiar to the liking of any one section of the coun- try, but it will probably go through as introduced and become law. The senators from the silver producing states will be the most vigorous in their expression of disappoiL 1ment Yet it is barely possible that some of them will vote for it. They will do so if necessary to get the bill through, and in doing so will not be inconsistent. They will take the bill as a choice of evils if it should prove to be at all favorable to silver. As matter of fact as the bill is now outlined it is really more favorable to the white metal than the silver men have hoped for at any time since Senator Voorhees, announced his adherence to the re- pealers It is probable, however, that the senators of the silver producing states will not find it necessary to vote for the bill.
 The compromise workers are not yet hopeless of securing the assent of all most all the repeal leaders on the dem cratic side, and of making the substi- ute as party measure, just as under the advice of Senator German, they at tempted at the beginning of the session to make the original bill. If they do not get the support of the entire party in the senate. they will probably get a -ssmcIenU na-.-I~I ofr-otes rIoa, among the repeal republicans to guarantee the success of the bill.
 There are known to be several repub- licans on the repeal side whose unfriend- Illness to silver is of so mild kind that they will be more than willing to see it retain a fair degree of recognition in this country. If, therefore, the bill should come in with limitation in point of time and amount of the silver purchases, with a provision for bonds for the preservation of the parity of gold and silver and without any refer ence to the removal of the state bank tax, as it now promises, it would secure support from the repealers on that side of the chamber if necessary for it's pas sage. The democratic senators who are holding on the most stiffly against the compromise are the personal cham pions of the president like Voorhees,, Palmer, Mills, Smith and Villas.
 The belief is the house will accept almost any substitute the senate will adopt and a majority incline to the opinion the president will sign the bill when it shall reach him. There are a great many members of the house who voted for repeal who desire an opportu- nity to show that they are not so an tagouistic to silver ao their former oto would indicate. They also want the question settled. There is also gen eral belief that when the bill is once signed there will be a speedy movement in congress looking to recess until the beginning of the regular session on the first Monday in December.
 The outlook, therefore, for the sen ate this week is that Senators Jones, Peffer and Martin will conclude speeches already begun; that Senators Voorhees,, Allen and Stewart may also have some concluding words to utter and that the compromise bill will be brought in and while it will possibly be immediately accepted, there will be some more oratory before it is put through.