The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1893-10-27
CIR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WAsHINGToN, October %, 1893.

WASHINGTON, OCTOBER 70, 1870.
President Cleveland and the democratic
Of them-have found that COM
mon ground upon which all democrats can
stand without sacrificing either the party or
their individual principles concerning Tie
treatment of silver by the govei nment Read
ers Of this correspondence will not need to be
tod that have never for moment during
the long and sometimes seemingly endless
controversy in the Senate doubted for mo-
ment that the final result would be slch
compromise. TO repeat backneyed phrase,
.lhe logic of the situation" pointed from the
first to compromise as the only satisfactory
end TO the contest, from democratic point OF
view.
The compromise which has been accepted
by the Senate committee that has been Wrest-
ling with the problem ever since 1t was proven
that Il vote upon the Voorhees, bill was an lm
possibility under the present rules OF the Sen
ate and approved by Secretary Carlisle as
President Cievciand'S official representative,
provides for the repeal of the purchasing clause
oi the Sherman law to take effect October !.
1894 for the coinage from time to time OF the
silver purchased and of the seigniorage in the
Treasury and that to be accumulated by future
mn clases and for retiring all greenbacks and
Tre,sury notes below $40 and the issuing OF
silver dollars or silver certificates in place OF
them. II was at first proposed to include au-
thorilv for the issuing Of low interest bonds
lo repIenlish the cold reserve at the discretion
OF the Secretary of the Treasury, bnt some dem
ocratic Senators We're So much opposed to this
that Secretary Carlisle suggested that II the
Durchase of silver was not continued for more
| Ihan a year longer lie thought the bond issue
| would be Unnecessary, 50 The bond issue was
| LEFT out.
| 1t is hoped and expected that this compro-
| mise will lie put through both Senate and
| House this week and an end be put to the un
certainty. If it is not it will not be the fault
| of the democrats. The republican Senators
! have given no Indication of how they regard
the conn romise, although before it was agreed
| upon a number of them stated that they would
| support compromise that did not lnclude
| the issue ofbonds. The pop,.ists Senators do
| not like the compromise even little bit, but
unless they are assisted by the republicans
| they can do no harm. If the republicans join
| them in voting against the measure and Sena-
| tor Irby of S. G., votes with them instead OF
| the democrats the compromise may be Jeop-
| ardized if not actually defeated.
The business of the House is in such a con :
| iition that the silver compromise can be at
| once taken up if it passes the Senate this
week. Should it finally be disposed of this
| week, it is altogether probable that Congress
| will take 4 recess, as many of the Senators and
| Representatives are anxious to take part in
the closing days ofthe various state campaigns,
| and the new tariff bill is not expected to be
| ready to be reported to the House much If
| any before the beginning of the regular SEES
| sion. President Cleveland is also anxious to
| take a short vacation before the beginning of
| the regular Sessions
| Senators Voorhees,, Hill and others are so
| anxious that the rules of the Senate shall be
| so changed as to allow majority to order a
| vote upon any measure after thirty days have
| been devoted to its discussion that the reso-
| luton of Senator VOORHEES, providing for the
change may be taken up as soon as the silver
compromise is disposed of. Should that be
done there will be very lively debate, en-
tirely outside of party lines, as it has friends
| and opponents in both parties, and the result
will be doubtful. the chances favorin@ defeat
Four democratic Senators-Martin of kans,
| Hill of y. y, Vance Of n. c., and Irby of S.
C.-voted against the confirmation of the nom
! iu,tion Of Mr.. J. J. Van Allen, to be Ambas-
| Sador to Italy, bat as 10 republicans voted for
| confirmation the nomination got through by a
| vote of 1910 %. No Senator. either demo-
crat, republican or populist, believes that there
was any truth in the charge that Mr.. Van AL =
| len had been nominated as the result of a bar
| gain and in payment for his having made
| large contribution to the campai Oh fund of
| the party. The democrats who voted against
| his confirmation did so for other reasons.
! From the hest obtainable information here
| the attempt of the populists to Capture Virgin
! ia Will result in democratic majority in that
State little if any short of that given Cleveland
and Stevenson last November
The legislative day of Tuesday October II,
VIII be a long one. From That day the Sen
ate for the purpose of lessening tilibustering
has taken recess every afternoon, instead of
| adjourning, so that the legislative day of Tues
day is still gong on in the Senate and will
probably continue until the silver compromise
is finally disposed of.