The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-09-28
A TRUCE.
Only Postponement Of the Fiiibusser-
ing Tactics,
And Not nm Abandonment Of Th"'n he
Federal Election .:ii win fi:.y - star
fart aftcr October l: s"o
Weeks aore OF Talk.

WASHINGTON. Sept 25.--A truce l:s
, been declared on the silver fight i'll tho
senate. 1t is only . postroncn.cnt 81
the filibustering tactics and not III,
abandonment: Of them. Il is u cot;tpro-
mise, but ut tho same time Il defeat log
Senator Voorhees,, who has ALMOST Wal.
lingly played into the hands OF the
southern democrats AMI let tGcm
have all the time they want TO TUX
against silver rcpea, until TIA. ho""s
passes the Tucker repeal OF the fodcr:sl
election laws and it viii come to tho
senate. This is exactly what tho south.
crn men want-thc vote on tho silver
repeal postponed until they can an
tagonizc it with the rc!~al OF tho fell
cral election law, and Voorhees, by he
actions Friday has fallen int" !iac as
quietly and calmly as tho nost at>tcns
silver man could wish.
For about two weeks moro tho sem
ute will do nothing but talk. Voor.
hccs claims TO have discovered that =
was useless to press his motion Tor ale
night Observation-Disclosures IL no did to
silver men could hl!bus.cr all th'v
wished and tire ont the rencalrrs "a h':s
than themselves. This was shown hy
their actions this week. but it II ac-
lenowledgcd here by those VIII" "ndcH-
stand the situation thoroughly that
the now arrangement by no meaua
docs away with the Administering VII .cA
is inevitable. II 1nr,oiy po>t,",nrN il.
After the wccl- or two Y"... ;'y
which the senate will jog "'"ns ~l'a
stated debate haS expired TIC a.
question must hc met again. Thor ~.s
pending amendments to the bill. Ss ~"!!
Us an infinite range OF opportunity rs
amendments yet unborn. Uion each
of the amendments. present and ~
! come, the silver men can argue wish
/ p,ausibility that they have right to i~s
heard.
Added to oil this will be the prcs"n"s
! Of the bill for repeal of the federal cleo.
ton laws on the senate calendar Tho
/ house expects to send it to the ncnata
| ~ October IL, and if it comes to :, t;c;..
place the silver men will Try and CALI It
up and displacc the silver repeal bill.
Should this scheme be succcsnt,,) il
would greatly weaken the chances f"r
repeal of tho Sherman law. h'ron, de-
lay the silver men have everything tn
hope for, nothing to lose. hey tli.''S
that the country may So fur re..ain ~
wontcd prosperity within 7 mont. tl...
people will thin. the S,'trr.i,ln act mob
responsible for the panic, and - NJ
W0lcott announced. the ycHU:li.' r:r~
sure may go The way OF the force i':l.
One thing seems to he assured. <ml
that is for the next week thN;:. will
go on quietly in the senate Ike silver
men, according to the plan ad"ptn'l
Friday night, will be able to talk daily
from II to 6, excepting an hour or SO
which will be devoted to the transac-
ton Of the routine business OF The SEM
ntc, and the repealer., will have t" sis
by and calmly listen to the rcthrcshin:
of old straw.
1t is safe to say that for the next few
days there will be small Attendance
of senators. because during the truce
the leaders will not have to. he on
guard, nor will the senators no co:s-
PEELED to attend as they were when TIC
! war was on.
Meanwhile the president intends to
use this time for work. liz, stated
Saturday morning; ihat he Was AS con-
fdent as ever Of IL direct vote upon the
repeal BILL and that it was only
question OF endurance upon the part OF
the senators. 1t is the purpose OF tho
president and the heads Of depart
mcnts to concentrate everything upon
the senate, and use their Influence to
defeat consideration ot any other buHi-
ness until the silver bill is dispose OF.