The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-14
TO HOLD OUT FOR REPEAL.
The Administration Senators Not
Ready to Surrender Yet.

hpdul u OulltHutl I'LL,
They Admit That a Concession May
be Made as to the Time When Re-
peal Shall Take Effect, But Claim
That it viii be Unconditional When
it Does-The Silver Men Full of Ella
ton and Bent on Securing a Favor
able Compromise.
Washington, Oct. 13.-The repeal sena-
tors do not regard last nights work as
surrender or a death blow to uncondi-
tional repeal. A caucus of senator's on
both sides has been in session to-day, try
ing to effect an agreement. A leading re
peal senator told the MORNING News cor
respondent that repeal will be uncondi-
tional repeal, but viii not take effect until
| a year and a half or two years. He said
| the silver men might consider it a com
! promise, but practically it will be uncon-
| ditional repeal. The repealers will gain
| their point without changing the bill. He
! further said this will be a concession on
| the part of the administration, but not a
compromise; that the President has been
/ consulted and says the agreement is per-
fectly satisfactory to him. 1t is not a
surrender by the administration, but is
on the line of the policy outlined in the
| Presidents message, wherein he stated
| that it was not the amount of silver pur-
/ chased or coined that was hurtful, but
the uncertainty of an indefinite law that
! paralyzed commerce.
The MORNING News correspondent also
interviewed Senator Lindsay, who has be-
come one of the parliamentary leaders on
/ the repeal side. He says the repealers
| will on no condition yield, that the silver
men may look on the outcome as a com
| promise but his side will have uncondi-
| tional repeal and Will make no further
concession. He said positively that no
! authority to issue bonds would be
granted The general sentiment on his
side is against rather than in favor Of
bonds.
! THE BILL BACK IN ITS OLD PLACE.
BY the Associated Press.
Washington, Oct 13.-By the adjourn
ment of the Senate at an early hour this
morning the repeal bill resumes its place
| as the unfinished business" in the Ordi-
nary daily routine of the Senate chamber.
| 1t win continue to occupy that position
| unless displaced by some other pressing
measure until some conclusion is reached
/ by compromise or otherwise.
The Senate set to work this morning
/ Just as if nothing had occurred to modify
the situation as to the bill. Mr. VoOr-
hees was in his seat at II o'clock, looking
| somewhat tired, perhaps, but alert and re-
solved to push the bill to the last. At
IL 30 o'clock the bill was taken up on his
motion and Mr.. Stewart took up his
! speech at the point where he had left off
ten hours before.
Notices Of two amendments to the bill
were given by Messrs. Vest and Allen.
| Mr.. Vest proposed Repeal of the silver
| purchase clause of the Sherman act, free
coinage of silver at the rate of 5000, 900
per month until the limit of $500, 600 600
is reached, coinage of seigniOrage into
standard silver dollars (16 to y, author
izing the treasury department TO require
gold payment on any United States obi
/ cations whenever he is satisfied that 1t is
| applied for with view to export gold,
| authorizing the issue of certificates in ex-
change for silver dollars, and providing
for Joint committee of the two houses
on the question of finance. Mr. Aliens
amendment is a free coinage proposition.
ANOTHER LATE SESSION.
The Senate is still in session tonight
at 10 800 clock. On a call for.the yeas and
nays on an important amendment 81
voted, the silver men refusing to vote
Senator Harris says he believes his
party in the Senate is able to devise
bill with sufficient unanimity to put it
through as a party measure. Senators
| Pugh and Jones, leading silver men,
talked in the same strain.
The repeal leaders are apparently as
determined as ever to 20 forward with
the bill unamended.
The following resolution by Mr.. Man
derson of Nebraska, was offered:
Resolved, That the committee on Pacific
railroads be directed to investigate and re-
port to the Senate if the Union Pacific Rail
NgFf cod fVaf. hal IL
a receiver, and If so, by what action and
under what circumstances, and what steps
are necessary to protect the interests
and secure the Indebtedness of said railroad
company to the United States, reporting by
bill or otherwise.
Mr.. Brice chairman of the committee
on Pacific railroads, pointed out the ne
costly that receivers certificates be not
issued and have preference over the gov
ernment's lien on the property The CON
sideration of the resolution was post
poned to allow it to be amended in this re-
spect.
At this hour, IL o'cloCkp p. m, quorum
is still present in the Senate and the
dreary debate is dragging along without
any particular interest.
Mr. Stewart ceased speaking at s
o'clock, and was succeeded by Mr.. PETER,
The galleries are practically deserted.
CLEVELAND STILL FIRM.
/ Inc President remains nrm Tor unCOn-
ditional repeal, and Mr.. Voorhees, will
hold out as long as he can keep a quorum
The failure of the thirty-eight-hour ses-
sion that broke up early this morning,
however, without accomplishing a single
result beyond a demons raton to the
country that the silver men were capable
of STAYING of a vote on the Voorhees,
bill indefinitely has dampened the enthu-
siaSm of the weary and broken repeal
senators, and they have returned to the
fight disheartened and discouraged
Meantime, the efforts OF the compromis-
ers to find a common ground goes on. The
basis seems to be the Harris and Vest
amendments, put there is a wide differ
ence of opinion as to whether a bond pro-
vision should or should not be added.
ONLY TWO COURSES LEFT.
If the President continues to reject all
propositions looking to a compromise
nothing is left but an adjournment of
congress, unless the leaders should de
eide TO go ahead and pass a compromise
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