Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-12
ALL PLEDGED TO FIGHT
Repeal Senators Will Stick It Out Until
the President is Satisfied.
It VIII Be Left for Him to Determine
Kept Up-A Stubborn Feeling.

No indications were observable in the Sen
ate today Of any weakening on either side
A quorum was being maintained with re
markable persistency, and the end seemed &
long way of. The calls for a quorum were
made more frequently by the silver men, in
order to prevent the repealers from having
an opportunity to get any rest In the cloal
rooms but each call brought forth the
requisite number Of responses.
The fight has some most remarkable ele
ments Of stubbornness In II. The Presi
dent was notified late yesterday by Senators
on the repeal side that it would be impos
sible for the repealers to tire out the OBJ
structionists. since only a few of the latter
would have to remain in the chamber and
they could be often relieved, while the re.
pealers would have to be present to the
number of at least forty-one all the while
in order to keep UP the proceedings He
was told. therefore. that 1T would be impossi
BILE to reach vote by the methods being
tried. He was told also that neither the
silver men nor the republicans would Offer
any compromise, and that the repeal men
would not do so without authority from the
administration, and that the only way a
compromise could come forth would be by
his suggestion. The object was to get Mr.
Cleveland to relieve the situation by a
proposition of his own, but this failed ut
SShiy, otiu Nuc HCpcdicrS dtiu all Tue rest are
now pledged to do nothing but fight. The
silver men declare that they will make no
motions. and the administration forces de-
clare their intention to simply sit there
and wait. This situation, it Is said, grows
out Of the fact, or supposed fact, that GER
tain repealers who were trying to get a
favorable compromise got themselves under
suspicion by Mr. Cleveland of not being
sincere in their efforts to secure uncondi-
uonal repeal
II this feeling OF stubbornness continues,
the only termination of the session in sight
Is through the breaking of a quorum, and
that apparently only by the absence of
republicans or sickness of some Senator.
1t Is said that no more suggestions Of the
propriety OF compromise will be made to
Mr. Cleveland, and that 1t will be left for him
70 determine without hint from any one
how long the repealers must keep up the
night to convince him that they are sincere,
but cannot win.
Silver Men Still Fresh.
After more than twenty-seven hours Of
continuous session Of the Senate the situa-
tlon does not appear to be in the least i'm
proved The silver men have not been sub
Jected to anything like the strain and
fatigue which the repealers have been call
ed upon to endure. and they are still fresh
for the fight Nothing seems to have been
accomplished by the protracted session ex-
cept to prove. IL such proof was necessary
that the majority have the worst Of it in
test of physical endurance. No progress
has been made and matters are drifting on
toward time when 1t may be impossible
TO hold quorum, the men most interested
In the fight being themselves worn out.
The silver men seem to be SO little
troubled by the continuous session that
they are disposed to be somewhat exacting
as to the nature Of compromise that they
will discuss at all in conference
1t Is said that the silver democrats who
have been helping to preserve a quorum
are slowly dropping out, and that they de-
clare that they will not remain today after
6 O'Clock. The republicans, too. are getting
weary, and 1t is said that they will not sit
through another night without absenting
themselves for a while, at least, for rest