The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-09-09
.REPEALEBSN NOT CONFIDENT.
Some Will Listen to Talk OF
Compromise.
TERRITORIAL HOME RULE.
The Senate May Oppose Outside
appointments.
Washington Gossip on the Silver Issue
Presidential Nominations sent TO
the scnase-WiIIis VIII Succeed
Blount at Honolulu

WASHINGTON, Sep. s.-The air about
the Senate wing OF the Capitol is full Of
rumors of compromise upon the financial
question, but it is impossible to trace
most of these to any source which ap-
pears authoritative or which Indicates
any organized movement of sufficient
force to produce the results. One was
given with the greatest attention to de-
tails, which bears slight promise OF
fruiticn in case it should prove true, to
the effect that German is moving in the
direction of compromise. 1t is re-
ported that he has been to the executive
mansion with suggestion to the effect
that it would be impossible to secure &C
ton on the part of the Senate until the
repeal forces shall agree to GONE compro-
mise which the silver men will accept.
Gorman's former frier dship for the
white metal and the fact that he is per-
Eonaliy on good terms with the senators
from the silver states, together with the
fact that he has long been one CT the
Democratic leaders in the Senate. caused
this report TO appear very plausible. Not
withstanding the many circumstances
which seemed 10 confirm the report, Cor
man denied the story in explicit terms,
and assured the Questioner that the re-
port was utterly without foundation.
awe sball,'; he said, eight this thing
out to a finish and when the vote is taken
1t will be upon the proposition OF uncon-
dItIonal repeal.
1t was also given out that Faulkner and
Lindsay were working in the interest OF
compromise.
Lindsay said he had nc measure Of
compromise to offer as reported, but
favored the continued use of silver. He
intimated that he would support a fair
compromise.
Faulkner did not hesitate to say to the
senators that while, if forced to do SO, he
would vote for unconditional repeal, he
should first try to get through an
amendment to the pending bill providing
for the coinage of three million dollars
per month uutiI the silver in circulation
shall reach 500, 600, 600, and for the re-
tirement of all bills OF denominations be-
low SO.
The repeal leaders ridicule the idea Of a
compromise, but are no longer so conf
dent of rushing the bill to a rapid conclu-
sioS.
The silver men declare that they can at
any time get safe majority on compro
mise on the line of Faulkner's PROPOSE
ton. The chief obstacle in the way of
compromise appears to be the difficulty
IN formulating proposition upon when
the southern and western anti-repeal
Democrats can unite. There is little doubt
that compromise which, while
repeating the Sherman act, at the same
time repealed the 20 per cent. tax on state
bank issue, would be acceptable to the
southern Democratic senators, but the
western silver senators would doubtless
reject such an offer of compromise. On
the other hand Il compromise involving
silver that would be accepted by the
western senators would probably not
satisfy the southern Democrats, unless
accompanied by legislation to promote
the issue of state bank currency.
1t is hardly probable that the repeal
forces would assent to compromise In
volving concessions on both these ques-
tions, their present policy being appar-
emily to deny any possibility of COM
promise, lest a mere suggestion should
open the field to an avalanche of PROPOSE
tions, and only further embarrass the
situation.