The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1893-10-23
DEMOCRATIC COMPROMISE BILL.
An Effort Will Be Made to Pass 1t as
Party Measure.


cratic steering committee virtually
comp pleted its labors on the compro-
mise silver repeal bill yesterday. 1t
extends the provisions Of the present
silver purchase act until October l,
1894, and provides for the coinage Of
silver now in the treasury and the re-
tirement OF all paper currency except
silver certificates below $10 There is
no reference whatever in the bill to
the bond question. Opinions differ
as to the time when the bill will be
presented in the senate. 1t may be
handed in on Tuesday or even earlier,
if it shall prove acceptable to the ma
jority. The bill also provides for the
coinage of silver to be purchased in
the future. Republican silver men
are displeased with the shortage limit
for the Sherman law to continue in
force and will promptly oppose the
bill solidly. The Populists are also
displeased with the bill for the same
reason. The bill will be tackled on as
an amendment to the present law.
When the committee completed its
sittings yesterday thirty seven Demo-
cratic senators had pledged them
selves to support the measure, and
the managers felt assured of a suf-
ficient number to bring the total up
to forty one, leaving only two more
necessary to insure the passage of the
bill by Democratic votes.
The senators holding out against
the bill are said to be Mills and Villas
of the repeal side and Irby OF the sill
yer side. Some of the repeal men
have not yet actually attached their
names to the pledge, but it is expected
to secure the names OF all the Demo-
cratic senators and the compromisers
will then rush the bill through as a
party measure and without calling
upon the Republicans for help. Most
of the Republicans hope the Demo-
Gratis will succeed in this, for the bill
is one which does not commend itself
to either the repeal or the silver fac
tions in the Republican ranks. The
repeal men are pleased only with the
clause limiting silver purchase to one
year, while the silver men find in this
reason to hope for further extension
OF silver purchases, and think it better
than unconditional repeal.
The committees recommendation
will be put in the shape ofan amend
ment of the Voorhees, bill and will
probably receive the support of most
of the silver Republicans as an amend
ment, while the bill will as amended
be opposed by them. This is where
the probability comes in against the
passing OF the bill. It seems more
than probable, however, that if the
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their entire party in the senate the
Republicans will make no effort at
united action. The silver men, If all
parties are pleased, will accept the
bill.
AS at present arranged the bill will
expire in the midst of the next con-
gressional election, and there will
probably be an effort to amend the
amendment extending the purchas-
ing time year, and silver men think
it possible they may get Republican
support to put this through, but all
the circumstances considered, this is
hardly probable, one OF the advan-
tages which the silver men find in
committees amendment of the orig
inal bill being that it gives them
ground to stand or from which the
silver fight will be waged in future.
They say the entire silver fight is in
reality only begun; that the present
bill is only stipulation for a brief
time, and the fight will be prosecuted
vigorously in the regular session.
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