The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-10-22
.THE TERMS OF THE
COMPROMISE BILL.
Democratic Leaders View Them
with Great Favor.
BOTH WINGS WILL LIKE IT.
1t Will Probably Be Given Right of
Way in the House.
BOTH WINGS WILL LIKE IT.
Four Days After 1t Reaches the House 1t
Will Be Passed, When Congress
Will Take Recess for
Several Weeks.

Washington, Oct. 21.-The terms Of
the proposed compromise in the Senate
were the subject of great deal of
discussion in the House this afternoon.
The. fact that the authorization for
bonds was not a feature brought relief
to many of the Republicans and west
ern Democrats.
The Democratic leaders are in favor
of the bill, and when it comes to the
House there will be a suspension in
order to give the compromise a right
of way. The Democratic leaders seem
to feel certain it will find favor with
both wings Of the party in the lower
House. The prevailing opinion is that
ultra-silver Democrats, in view Of the
necessity for show Of party harmony,
will content themselves with voting
against the measure. A goodly portion
of the silver Democrats will probably,
however, vote for the compromise if
their votes are needed to secure its
passage.
The Republicans will be governed
largely by what their political brethren
in the Senate do. When the bill
committee on coinage, weights and
measures, unless there is an indication
that an attempt will be made to hold
it in that committee for too long a
period, in which case motion to con-
cur in the Senate amendments would
be made without it's reference at all.
There is a concensus of opinion, how
ever that it will be referred under
the rules and returned to the House
within two days at the most.
Four days after the bill reaches the
House it is expected it will have passed
and Congress will have taken a recess
for two or three weeks.
When the committee completed its
sittings today, thirty-seven Democratic
senators had pledged themselves to
support the measure, and the man
ayers felt assured of a sufficient num-
Der to bring the total up to Al, 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 silver
side. Some of the repeal men have
only recently attached their names to
the names of all Democratic senators
and will rush the bill through as a
party measure and without calling on
the Republicans for help. Most of the
Republicans hope the Democrats will
succeed in this, for the bill is one
which does not commend itself to
either the repeal or the silver faction
in the Republican ranks. The repeal
men are pleased only with the clause
14,aos% ill I, 70 .
while the silver men find in this rea
son to hope for a further extension Of
silver purchases, and think 1t better
than unconditional repeal.
The committees recommendation
will be put in the shape of an amend
ment of Voorhees, bill, and it 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. There is a prob
ability against passing the bill. 1t
seems more than probable, if the
Democrats get the concurrence of their
entire party in the Senate, the Re
publicans 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 prob
ABLY pc an EFFORT 10 amend the amend
ment extending the purchasing time
to a year, and the silver men think
it possible they may get Republican
support to put this through, but all
circumstances considered this is
hardly probable. One advantage
which the silver men find in the COM
mittee's amendment of the original
bill is that it gives them ground to
stand on while the silver fight shall
be waged in the future. They say the
entire silver fight is in reality only be-
gun; that the present bill is only a
stipulation for a brief time and it
will be presented vigorously in the
regular session.