New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-09
THE CHANCES OF REPEAL.
LEADERS IN THE HOUSE PREPARING FOR
FINAL ACTION.
HOW THE PUBLIC WAS NIsLED AT THE EE-
GINNING OF THE sEssION-HEADERS OF
THE TRIBUNE WARNED OF
THE UNCERTAINTY.

THE TRIBUNE WARNED OF
THE UNCERTAINTY
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
Washington Oct $50 strong and general -
the belief among Representatives that uncond-
tional repeal will fail In the Senate and that COM
nrou,se measure of some sort will be passed by
that body that the leaders in the House OF Repre-
sentatives are already discussing and laying plans
with a view to obtaining final action py 'he ia''ei
body with the least possible delay. IL may not
be amiss to call attention to the fact that under the
ru,es Of tho House any substitute for the Wilson
bill IL II requires an appropriation OF pubic money
must be referred to the Committee OF the "hoe
upon the demand OF single member ana De there
considered. II the substitute could command the
support of two-thirds of the House IL coulo DC
passed under suspension of the rules after thirty
minutes debate on any day when a motion to sus-
pend the rules in order There are TWO such
days in each month On the first Monday any
member who obtains recognition Is entitled 10
make the motion. and the third Monday the
motion can be made only by a member authorized
by q standing committee and the committees are
called In regular order for that purpose. During
the last six days of a session a motion to suspend
the rules Is always in order, whenever member
can obtain recognition for that purpose.
The rules of the present House provide another
way by which a bill can be taken from the Com
mittee Of the Whole from the Speakers table,
we'll from the calendar. and brought 10 a
vote at a specified time, and that is through a re-
port from the Committee Rules. That method
was adopted in the of the bill now pending
in the House ito nullify the XIVth and ANth
Amendments the Constitution" The Committee
on Rules can report special order at any 'Hie'
and only a majority vote is required to carry IL.
1t is probable that this plan will be adopted II
necessary prevent unreasonable delay In the
Committee of the Whole. provided the Senate shall
adopt substitute requiring direct or indrect
appropriation of pubic money or property VI
course II the bill pending in the Senate should
be sent to the House substitute for the wilson
Sill, 1t could be sent to the Committee or the
Whole point of order and would probably
be promptly passed. In any event. therefore, what
ever may be the action of the Senate long delay
need not be feared, If 1t shall be found expe-
dient necessary to send the compromise bill,
If one shall be passed. to committee Of confer
ence, as was done in the of the Silver Pur-
chase bill of 1890
While the tedious delay in the Senate has been
and Is exasperating, it should not have been un-
expected, and probably would not have been If
expectations of more speedy action had not been
excited by overzeaous advocates of unconditional
repeal, who were not well Informed as they
ought to have been two months ago. 1t is probable
that the publication Of delusive tables showing
how Senator'S and Representatives stood, In every
one of which majority was figured for uncondi-
tional repeal not only retarded action. but con-
tributed somewhat to the present conditions. which
the friends Of repeal regard the reverse OF
promising The readers of The Tribune were not
mised In a Washington dispatched published or
August I, the day which Congress assembled
it was said that there Is grave danger that those
persons who hope for or expect speedy acton VIII
be disappointed" and that cit is never wise TO
underrate either the strength or the resources OF an
opponent now doing In regard 10 'nis
matter" President Cevelands message had not
been sent TO Congress when that dispatch was
written, but the opinion was expressed that the
chances however are a thousand to one that MS
arguments will leave the controversy ABOUT de II
stands to-day, far the opinions ana preluuices
of the extreme silver men are concerned, anu
therefore that a great legislative battle is I'M
nsrdny not only on the question Of unconditional
repeal but also over the enactment OF afrma-
tive legislation in regard TO coinage ana 'he cur
rency" Then, now. the air was hiled with 'aih
of a compromise, and the statement was MADE that
"many Senators and Representatives believe uat
that will be the final outcome as also was '''e
following
"rhe enactment Of any compromise measure
vbatever would be regarded as a victory py .he
silver men, and IT is the most dangerous propa-
b,,,tv or possibility the situation. Perhaps this
.,.r,snt NJ danger will be removed by the message
which President Cleveland will send to Congress
Tomorrow or Tuesday" The outlook, SO lar as
the Senate concerned, was mus uesciioeu
.Nost of the accounts agree that the Senate is fair
~ evenly divided-the friends of repeal CLAIMING
a majority of TO g. and its opponents claiming
majority of to T. 1t is easy to see that in leg
;s,atva bodv like the Senate in which the pre-
vious question is unknown and the privileges of
discussion and amendment are virtually unlimited
and where the friends and opponents OF Dill po'h
claim matorities so SLIM the prospect of speedy
action must be exceedingly vague and uncertain
II will be seen, therefore, that the prospects OF
speedy unconditional repeal are by no means SO
fair or certain its friends could wish or as some
of them seem disposed to believe.
On August The Tribune also published THIS
editorial admonition to persons who expected d
prompt or speedy settlement Of the question, nat
will President Cleveland say in the message wnich
he will transmit 10 the Congress ne mas cai carr
together in extraordinary session. IL Is possi,pl'
that he may suggest solution OF the mn hs
makes extra session necessary Which WIN "a ~,
satisfactory TO men Of all shades OF opinion, anu
which will be promptly accepted by ,he can
hope for this. 1t is of the remotest or posi-,
biities. The chances are that his message WI,
bitter Solutions of the question without number
viii doubt be pToposed IN aSc not ees tfan
100 bills on the subject will be introduced IN the
House alone while the silver men ARE ssnate
The session promises, therefore, 10 be q iois one.
That it will be fruitful no one can P dcrt sna
nerplexing problems of the hour and restore con-
ndence and prosperity TO our financial ana business
In another editorial published the same day
this sentence will be found; Many oDserVeis ~, IN
Sisnosition of the majority that nothing can be
done without a compromise AT the END OF nlle
weeks 'ne than did when that
written but then it was apparent TO p,, every
Intelligent and unbiased observer In Wash r
n Il shall be destroyed by the action OF the senate
this week the surprise of the friends OF uC on
ditona repeal will be exceeded only by their JOY
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