Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-09-18
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wAsHrxsroy, Sept 1.-THE admins
sration Democratic, and those who voold
Ike to sappcrr the administrator policy
on the silver question. have finally diseos-
cred that IL has been . mistake 20 fssce
the unconditional repeal Of the silver
purchase clause Of the Sherman act II
thsy bad commenced thsir movements
with some regard for the visws'ef the sill
yer advocates. they now feel they would
have been in better shape TO carry through
the repeal Of the pressa; Large purchase
Of silver. The contest. however. has been
carried so far, and has becor.e 50 enoit-
tered that compromise now seems almost
out of the question. and for the present Ct
least, has hesn abandoned
A prominent Democratic senator, vi no Is
an ardent supporter of the president. SAID
today, II can now see where the friends OF
the president in the senate have blum
dered They never should have permitted
the Democratic party to have been led into
such complications as now exist IL II had
beeu suggested 10 the president by Sena-
tors Voorhees,. German, Gray or other
close friends that
some slight Recognition Of silver
should be Incorporated In the proposed
legislation, and he had given his consent.
the repeal would have been accomplished
without deI.y, and the present shattered
condition Of tie party in the senate would
have been avoided"
This senator says that IL Is now too late
to retrace their steps. The president has
declared his position and the silver SEN
aters have taken theirs. and between them
there is now no middle ground The
senators who have been working to bring
about harmony admit that they can see
no common ground upon which the two
extremes can meet. The impression is
now gaining ground every day that the
passage Of the repeal bill in the senate is
so far off that it is practically out OF the
question. When this condition is estab-
lsAed To the satisfaction Of the friends OF
the administration, il is possible, some
say, that the president aud Secretary
Carlisle will reconsider and consent to a
modification Of their proposition. At
least, this is the belief OF many persons
who have given close attention to
The Present Conflict In the senate.
Representative McCreary Of Kentucky,
a member Of the late Brussels commission
who has given the silver question more
than ordinary consideration, conceived
the idea, after his experience during his
intercourse with foreign commissioners at
that conference, that the best method Of
considering tbisimportant question would
he through commission composed of
three senators, three representatives and
three unofficial experts on silver, to he ap-
pointed by the president. After talking
the matter over with the president and
Secretary Carlisle. who thought well Of his
scheme, he prepared bill which he sub
mitted to the house. to look into the silver
question in all its bead hgs and to report
thereon as early As practicable.
In presenting the measure to the house
he asked to have it referred To the banking
and currency committee, and supposed
that it had gone there He asked the priv
ilege Of appearing before the committee
for the purpose
or Explaining Its Provisions,
when he discovered that his bill had not
only gone to the coinage committee, but
that that committee was not disposed TO
allow it to go the banking committe where
it belonged He undertook to make the
transfer, but found that it was mo e
Of task than he anticipated. As
a result he finds his efforts blocked
and the measure Internationally in
nnfrendly hands, Representative Nc
Creary does not intend to be thwarted
in his efforts to solve the silver question
He thereby proposes to appeal TO the
house, which may precipitate conflict
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