The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-17
TIE COUNT OF THE SENATE.
4 MAJORITY KNoTy TO NE OPPOSED
q. TO UNCONDITIONAL REPEAL.

4 MAJORITY KSOTy 10 ne OPPOSED
TO UNCONSTITUTIONAL REPEAL.
Senator Gormnn'- Policy Endorsed by the
rre,iaent and Hi- Cnbinet-A Poll OF the
Hens. shows u Majority OF Twen'y.seven
{. Favor oi Unconditional Repeal OF the
Pprchnse Clause Tn the sherman Law.
W,su1SGroS. Aug. 10.-The publication in
THE SuN OF Tuesday OF tho canvass made Dy
tho steering committee OF the Senate. showing
that A majority Of tho Senator's are opposed to
IN, unconditional rcrsal OF the sherman act,
md The further statement in this mornings
dcspaiches that this fact Is so fully recognized
tbnt ,be terms OF n compromise bill nre al
rn,dy heinz ARA nged. have caused deep inter-
eat in the Senate ana have been tRlkeu over
THOROUGHLY by Senators IN both aides ot the
.h,n,brr Tho figures quoted as the result OF
tlat canvass arc as accurate as 1t is possible
.or them to bc made ir advance OF an actual
vote. and This Is shown by the fact that not
single Senator has said that his name was set
=. In. wrong column. although they have all
been porsistcnty urged I" do 49, Another '"ct
OF grea, ntrrrs; has been developed to-day.
New ork paper this morning contained n
W,shinntop ,est atch saying that there Is
cl,nr majority Of senators in favor OF uncohdi-
,iopal repeal ialthouGh yesterday tho same
.a,,rr said that til. majority was "n the o'her
.ilrL and annouEced in large tyne tnat the
Administration II not in sympathy with Mr..
tiorman's policy ~ lo'aY and comrromtse' it
added that there is tho highest authority
for saying that President Cleveland and Sec
retary Cnr.isl, arc willing and anxious to have
nm Immediate vote in the Senate on the repeal
Of IN, silver purcl.asc Of the sherman act. Inc
meml rrs ii tho Administration arc in lhvor OF
no .u,h courso ~ this. for they know. AS we'll
"a Senator German knows. that IL n vote were
taken today In the Senate on the question OF
uprondi.i, nal rel cal 1t would he defeated ny
n larHe majority.
I'd demonstrate that this fact Is known hnd
fully appreciated. and that tho course OF Sena-
for Go,mnn and his so-cnlled steering com
m;tee In seeking to delay n vote In the Senate
until an agreement among the Democratic
seprtors can he reached is endorsed by the
Admin strntion, 1t Ia only necessary to quote
the words of Secretary Lamont who repre-
sents II any man in Washington does. accu-
rately and authoritatirey the opinions OF the
President. Secretary Lam ont does not hesitate
to say that the Administration fully approves
the course TINT Is being pursued by senator
German and his associates on the steering
committee OF the Senate, who are fighting the
preliminary battle In tho conference room In
more over. adds his testim ony to the statement
that the Administration and Senator German
are thoroughly I'm accord In their views on the
financial question. and thinks that the coun-
try should know that those Democratic lead
ers have thorough understanding as to the
needs Of the situation. Secretary Lamont has
had sufficient experience with Senators and
other classes of public men to know how diff
cult Il is to secure their unanimous approval
OF o party measure. and he and the President
fully renlize tho importance of the work that
is now being done by Senator German and his
associates to avoid a serious row among the
Democrats Of the Senate and one TINT IT. might
''f fhers is little doubt that when President
Cleveland called Congress together he was OF
the opinion that 1t would not be li fficult to Sc
cure favorable action In both Houses Of Con:
twas only n day or so before he left Washing
ton that he BECAME aware OF the very unsatis-
si p,ai that time he has been kept thoroughly
Informed as to the efforts OF the Dem ocratic
leaders Of that .ody to secure vote IN iay9r
harmony. To-day the hope Of success In this
regard Is less atterng than at any time since
Searsy enaorsef by the Ami
regarded as the REPRESENTATIVES of the Presi.
dent in the senate. very well know and DO not
The fxecutIye Committee of the anti silver
forces in the House. appointed at the confer
ence In at night, held meeting this afternoon
for cons ultntOn. A poll Of the House has cen
practically com pleted by the canvassers which
Ia said by one Of the leaders to show an i'm
pregnahle majority Of ~ in favor OF uncon-
ditional repeal OF the slver-purchasinG clause
OF the Sherman act. Ms provided in the Wilson
hill. There Is substantial agreement Of oDin-
ion among the silver and anti-silver leaders rs
to what Ia to be the real test OF the strength OF
the two parties on the several questions to be
voted on ut the close OF the present debate.
hut u wide divergence exists as to the number
of votes that will be cast by the two sides
thereon.
Mr.. Harter estimntes that II tho House sue
cessfuly passes what he calls the danger
point the vote on free coinage at a ratio of 20
to l. the majority for tho Wilson bill. which
will present the naked question of repeal or no
repeal. will re 100 or more. On the other hand
Mr. Bland says that there nre REPRESENTATIVES,
who may vote against the coinage OF silTer at
abolish the use OF silver as a money metal
which would he the effect. he says. of the pas
sage Of the Wilson bill.
II there are any Representatives from q all
yer district who would thus VOTE said MIR.
Bland. they had better make terms with the
their people"
vote on the proposition to coin silver Mt ratio
OF 20 to l is said to he duo to nforma-
ton conveyed to the anti-siver Executive
Committee that there are upward OF forty Re-
Jubicnns who will vote for free coinage at
that rntio Mr.. Bland. however. believes that
the ratio Of ~ to ] will be- stronger in the
House than any other. despite tho reported
forty Republican votes for 20 to l.