New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-05
COMPROMISE IN THE AIR
1T SEEMS TO BE THE PLAN.
SENATOR BLACKBURN AT LAST ANNOUNCES
Ills ATTITUDE.
HE TURNS OUT TO BE no " CONVERT AFTER ALL
-sIGNIFICANCE OF TIE SPEECHES MADE BY
HIM AND SENATOR BUTLER-A CANVASS
CT DEMOCRATIC FACTI NS-ME
GoRMAN'S UTTERANCES.

HIM AND SENATOR BUTLER-A CANVASS
CT DEMOCRATIC FACTI NS-MI
GoRMANs UTTERANCEs
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Washington Oct 4"If Joe Blackburn goes PACK
on us will never have faith again in human ma
ture" said Mr.. Pugh dsconsolately. at the opening
~ IN. present extraordinary session OF Congress-
abiding to the suspicious then current tna' VI"
senior Kentucky Senator had unuer hAo1
pressure become convert 10 'he |'"' 49,,
tion's programme Of unconditional repeal 10
a.. tho bluo old Albanian sat in his seat In the
senate his face wreathed in smiles ana MS soIeN
assailed confidence in human nature re-eS'"''''"'
for after nine weeks of ominous silence .i'e '"
rected convert had at last CHOSEN " oi'9'Pa''
I'll lingering doubts as to his stahchhes' IL ~,
cause OF free coinage. and to reassert puonc'y NE
faith In the teachings of his great colleague be0N
teachings from which other hen'ucka's INV
prominent In public life nave sohe"'"' l.o.a
ously departed. Mr.. Blackburn hi"sen
for time also to have abandoned the political ana
r.rc,.I nh,osophy Of the shrewd Kentucky
sco,chman and with II all the principles ana pro-
>e.sions Of his previous career In congress- ro'
several weeks at the beginning OF the present s.'
s,on he wa. counted confidently as one Oh ,he
.urest converts to unconditional repeal ana h's
action on the National Bank Circulation Dill con-
a.r.d In the Senate during the early part OF Aug
ust seemed to point Enthusiastically to thicK-aho-
thin support on his part of the PRESIDENTS en'ire
policy. .
Washington almost continuousy-much OF MS tme
ho,rg snent in his native State-and during MS
absence his attitude toward repeal became more
and more problematical. To-day perhaps no one
cou,6 have told in advance with any cer'aih'! Oh
what side his influence would he publicly cast IN
the contest over repeal. and his unqualified an
x,,rcsusnt Of opposition the Voorhees, bill In MS
sn-eoh this afternoon therefore the most SEN
sational and significant incident Oh thls "eeA
proceedings in the Senate. Mr. BLACKBURN spce."
was not so much an argument against uncondi-
t,onal repeal or for free coinage as IL was an
EARNEST and passionate plea for compromise OF
some sort which would conciliate all interests anu
offer an escape from the Illuminating Perp'eA"e
of the present deadlock The necessity ana ue
STABILITY of compromise were ursed WIN ali Vi
Mr.. Blackburn's well-known oratorical fervor ana
effectiveness and his intimate personal rea'iohs
with Secretary Carlisle his friendliness with .he
Administration and his political ASSOCIATION VII"
Mr. German and the ruling powers OF the Deno
cratic steering committee gave to this nrs' open
advocacy in the Senate of compromise an interest,"
and significance which Senators on botn sizes Oh
the chamber were quick 10 see and appreciate
That so close friend of Secretary carlisle as MI.
blackburn should have appeared on the MOOT Vi
tho Senate as the defender and apoiogist Oh uie
compromise policy of Senator German was natur-
a,lv interpreted as the first open step toward
launching the scheme of Cancellation within the
party toward which all secret influences IN the
Senate have been tending for several weeks past
Mr. Butler of South Carolina. who spoke BEFORE
Mr. Blackburn. had also made compromise the Key
note of his speech the pending BILL and the con-
c,rrenca to-day Of these two orators both repre-
sentine the moderate rather than the radical wing
of the silver element the Democratic side III the
publicly expressed view that compromise Is the
only practicable and certain way out OF 'he uii-
fculties Of the existing situation, marks PERHAPS
the beginning of a more advanced stage In the ue-
ve,opment of the Democratic policy, which Is to re-
suit sooner or later In the displacement and aoan
donment of the Presidential programme OF uncondi-
tional repeal. ,,
Mr. Blackburn's announcement OF his attitude
toward repeal. with Mr.. Calls which followed ana
Mr.. Buffers, which preceded. also greatly Charmed
the situation by making possible distinct division
of the Democratic majority on the lines OF compro-
mise and anti-compromise sentiment counting MI
Martin. Of Kansas as Democrat 'here are az
nresent forty-four Democratic members OF the de
Lucrative branch" OF these the foowing-twenty-
one IN all-are unequvocally opposed 10 "uncon-
ditional repeal" end therefore disposed to accept
a compromise If 1t em5odies any suostanuai con
cesslon to silver: Daniel, Vance. Butter. lrpy 'aiI
Colquitt Pugh, Morgan George Wathal OK
Jones Berry, Harris. Bate, Blackburn CockreiL
yeet Martin Roach and White, OF California
Twelve Democratic Senators only are apparently
committed to unconditional repeal and against all
compromises They are Mcpherson. Smith. Gray
Lindsay Brice Palmer Mitchell. Villas Gordon
may be cassed as friendly TO repeal, but anxious
to substitute a compromise for 1t under eNlstng
conditions are German Gibson. Faulkner 'amue'
IIunton Ransom, Voorhees,. Turpe and Pasco-hihe
IN ALL The attitude of Senator's Hill ana Murphy
as between compromise ard unconditional repeal
70 the last ditch may be fairly said to be doubtful
II will be seen, therefore. that the compromise
e,euont In the Democratic party In the senate
numbers about thirty-a two-thirds majority or all
while the strength of the really radical repeai OF
Administered ton element IL not more tnan tweIVe
Under these circumstances all the chances neces-
sarIly poInt to the adoption OF compromise az a
distinctly Democratic policy. the triumph OF tnat
nocy being douby guaranteed by the reni0 o
rnent OF from ten twelve Republican Votes from
the Western silver-producng States ,.
sirniAcant sidelight was thrown upon ,ne stu-
alton In the Senate to-day by some remarks nlaue
Nv Nv German 10 a delegation OF Baltimore DUST
ness men This deegation-eighty strong-caine
~ the Capitol to-day to urge the 1mTnedhte pas
sage OF the repeal bill. Mr. German receiver ms
Constituents in his blandest manner. but iounn J.
necessary to explain TO them before they went
away that the prospect OF unconditional repeal was
Far from fattering Closure: he told mem was
impossible and the physical exhaustion test 10
reach a vote mpractlcabe. He could NOT unuer-
take he said In conclusion. 10 name Day wren d
vote would be reached. and added tnat II wouiu
he very difficult reach vote az all ufesS a
Compromise recognizing silver in some way could
be agreed upon.