The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-26
REPEAL GOSSIP.
There Appears to Be Much Relief In
the Senate Now the Long Fight
Is Over.
Indications That Amendments to the
yooi hees Bill viii BE More Plen.
tiful Than Anticipated.
Even CONGRESSMAN Bland Admits That
the Aat;. Repealers Stand
No Show.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-There was the
usual lack Of a quorum In the senate
when that body met at IL o'clock, but
for the first time for a month there was
no call or suspension Of proceedings to
await the attendance Of the necessary
AZ members. There was noticeable
among those in their seats q general air
of relief that the long silver struggle
was approaching an end. Even n
silver men looked brighter and in bet
ter spirits than for several weeks. Some
doubts are expressed as to whether the
final vote upon the repeal bill will be
reached 80 early AZ the managers of the
bill thought possible.
Plenty OF Amend ments,
The exact time at which this vote
will be taken will depend not entirely
upon the length Of the prepared
speeches, but partially upon the time
consumed in considering the amend
ments. Investigation reveals the fact
that more of these will be offered than
had at FIRST been supposed, and the re-
suit of the inquiries indicate that there
will ts considerable speechmaking
upon several of these. Probably most
| of these speeches will be confined to
five minutes in length, but v if the
5-minute rule is adopted, the limit is
liable at any time to be greatly over
stepped, as it is unusual under such
circumstances that the much vaunted
courtesy of the senate grants an extern
sion of time to those VINO desire more.
Count on Votes. st.
The silver men count upon getting
more votes upon some of these amend
ments than against the bill itself, but
it does not seem probable that any OF
them will carry. The Faulkner, Squire
and Quay amendments are the ones
which are discussed with most favor.
The report of the minority committee
recommending free coinage at the ratio
of 20 to !, and also the amendment for
free coinage at the old ration OF III to l,
will also come in for consideration. II
is believed that each of the three first
amendments mentioned will receive
some votes which will not be
recorded against unconditional re.
peal when the vote on that pro
position is reached, but it ia possible
that while they may gain a few votes
from among conservative repealers
they viii fail to secures the votes of the
Populists. The Populists will; vote fol
the 10 to l amendment, and IL seems
probable that this amendment will alst
get one or two votes from among th'
Democrats who will vote for uncon
ditional repeal. There has been som'
talk to the effect that the Republican
~repealers will unite with tn
silver men on some n o
the amendments, and put
through, but it is mor than likel.
that if this coalition should make itsel
manifest the amendment would lose q
many votes from among the anti-repea
Democrats as it would gain on the Re
publican side. The Republican repeal
ers would in all probability ask tina
authority for the issuance Of bond
should be embraced in any amendment
which they would support, and any bone
proposition would insure the opposition
of the Southern Democrats.
A Resolution by PETER.
Upon the senate resuming its sessioI
, Mr.. PETER effsred a resolution whici
was referred to the committee on judi
ciary reciting the fact that a differenc
, of opinion exists as to the legal affect Q
the repeal of a part of the act Of Febru
airy 28, 1878, by the passage of the &C
of July IA. 1890, some persons maintain
ing that the free and unlimited coinag
, of the silver dollar at the ratio of TO I
i. is still the law OF the land. 1t ther'
fore directs the committee on the jud
, ciary to investigate and report on th
) question at its earliest convenience.