The sun., 1893-10-11
THE GREAT SENATE FIGHT.
sLUMBER ROBES PREPARED FOR SEN
AToRS FOR THE ALL-NIGHT SESSION

No One Can Predict Truthruiiy How tho
Grent Struggle Will End-The Silver Men
Seem to Be tho Moro Conhdent-Mr. Car
Isic's Ineffective Work TO Secure Hnr-
mony - Speaker Crisp Wants SIX
Weeks Adjournment should n Vote Bc
Tnken-The Programme OF Each Side.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 10.-Although the Tucker
bill. providing for tho repeal OF certain Sec
tions OF tho Revised Statutes relating to
Federal control OF elections. was sent to the
Senate this afternoon within an hour after its
passage by the House. no action will be taken
upon 1t until the fight In the Senate over the
question OF silver repeal Is brought to close.
With the passage OF the Tucker bill. how
ever. the important fact is developed that
Speaker Crisp Is now In favor OF having
Congress- take a recess for five or six weeks
as soon as tho Silver bill is out Of the way.
If this should be done the date for the reas-
sembling Of the two Houses seems to depend
mainly upon the rate OF progress made by tha
Ways and Means Committee in tho prepara-
tion OF its Tariff bill. When the committee
closed It's hearings. a few weeks ago. and
Chairman Wilson distributed the keys TO the
little room in the basement where the work OF
constructing O constitutional tariff Is under
way. a SEMI i-offlcial announcement was made
that the new bill would be ready to be reported
to the House by the first OF November. Now.
however. that time has been extended.
Speaker Crisp and the House leaders are
rather In favor OF a recess until about the 18th
Of November. 30 that Congressman mar go
home. participate In the cam mpaiGn. and return
here ready to spend the winter and get ready
for an early adjournment OF Congress.
The Speakers programme. Of course. de-
~ In Ip
struggle in the Senate over the Silver repeal
bill. II the programme Of the repealers to
force the bill to q vote. which they will begin
tomorrow evening at o'clock. comes to
naught. there will probably be no opportunity
fora recess either long or short: but should the
long contest end soon. either in the defeat Of
the silver men or In the adoption OF q COM
promise. then the effort to secure q recess
while the Ways and Means Committee 10 pro-
pairing its bill will be made.
Neither the repeal Senators nor their op-
ponents seem to know what will happen In the
Senate tomorrow evening when the attampt
is made to prevent the usual adjournment at
dinner time. but both sides seem to be abso-
lutely determined to fight the battle to tho
end. Secretary Carlisle Is still actively en-
gagged In the attempt to bring the Democrats
together on some common ground OF agree-
ment but he has made absolutely no head
way. All that he has accomplished since he
the task has been to bring dozen
or 30 Senators to the Capitol on Sum
day afternoon to talk over the situation.
That conference resulted in nothing but hui
conference was composed altogether OF South
ern siver Democrats. with Measrs. Vest Of
Kentucky. representing in an informal way the
desires Of Mr. Carlisle. The conference was
HT %ss al sns S s, Se hs ss
displayed toward the President and the Score
tary OF the Treasury, which cuminared in
Tell Of %issouri.p rpsiie lie cbarsed dA Mr. Gar Car
Isle, with having changed his views since
facilitating 10 his financial Views than senator
Voorhees, himself, which. Mr.. Cockrell the ought
efa hs
having accomplished anything but the devel-
9pment Of the bitterness Of feeling between
Yesterday y Mr.. i Carlisle Visited some of the
Senators who attended the Sunday confer |
thep To Of xe
did not say that the Administration would |
listen to any talk OF compromise. he intmated |
ess for him to make any compromise sugges- |
tion. for the reason that silver Democrats !
It is undoubtedly a fact that no proposition |
lor & &coHnpronisse npro e. bll has YET been submitted
,ently ere to be believed Mr.. Cleveland is in |
'avor Of bringing the question to a vote and |
the syes understeed hn fur{her
rot tho PresideEt, thinks It would be Is, we'll n
All to have Gonnress take reeess until after
election. So that the Senators may go home
md consult their constituents, and g come @ back
n n November ready to pass the bill that they
The p1sS1ns oPinien on both sides Of The
o prolong the session tomorrow beyond
lay or two at the outside, Tho silver Repub::
Jeans are the only ones who seem willing and
position that repeal cannot succeed. but. nn-
oubiicans and the silver Dem ocrats have not
rot come to an understanding as to what
HEY S SILVER
post effective way to fight would be to have all
he silver men except one or r two absent them.
Iuorum constantly In the chamber. Some Of
he silver
lisposed TO Withhold their support from such
,utriGht alibHsterlnS and they intimate that
he other side: OF course. II the silver Demo.
rats follow this plan, there viii be constant
aasft Or sIuftns oIY dsSase T%e antl-sePealsrs
,1oess that they have Large number q
essn%s % several days in iegitimate debate
Iftor the era Of business" shall have been
it Is understood that the Democrats who.
or or ~uncohditionaI repeal. but who believe that
n favor OF allowing the Secretary OF the Treas
lry to prepare new PHI. after consllting with
to s Ss
the to SSse II ths
;st :, the credit Of whatever compromise
a: Ds GSssfS snsS y sSp0f sads ets S'in g..
niniRtratiOn n and Otn0rA In the Sonata |