The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-10-28
AGAINST COMPROMISE.
The Administration Speaks and
the Measure Dies.
CL0TURE Is THE ONLY REMEDY

Now Apparent for Settling the Differ
ence Between the Silver Men and
Repealers Finally---Everythin is
Chaotic and Anything May Happen.
A dispatch from Washington da-
ted Monday night gives the follow
ing account fthe silver situation:
Calm and untroubled as stag
nant pool was the Senate on the sur
face to-day, but underneath angry
passions were raging.
Another compromise bubble-the
most promising and most fully blown
of the series-has been prieked, and
Senators on both sides of the cham
Der were mad about it.
The worst of it was no one could
exactly tell who was responsible for
the disastrous puncture, and accusa-
tions were hurled by the Southern
silver men at the Western silver men,
and by the latter hurled back again
awhile each side united in hurting
them at the Administration
As for the latter, it made no de
nial nor concealment of its opposi-
ton to the compromise, any more
than it has to all the previous com
promises offered
1t is for the passage of the Viii
son-Voorhees bill straight; but nc
more than this, as the President in.
formed Senators who called on him
to. day, it is for an emphatic asser-
tion of the right of the majority of
the Senate to govern the proceed
ings of that body.
1t wants right asserted in order
that the Wilson-Voorhees bill may
pass now, and tariff and other Dem
ocratic legislation later on, without
danger that they will have to be
modified to suit the minority.
What brought direct and final
disaster to the compromise, which
looked so much like a success Sat
urday and even yesterday, was the
dissaffection of the Western silver
men to it, These Senators discuss
ed the compromise very thoroughly
on Saturday and came to the con
clusion that it would be a political
mistake for them to accept it, or lei
it pass. They decided that it would
be better for them, politically, tc
allow immediate repeal to go through
than to have silver purchases con.
tinue to within a month of next
Congressional election.
They so informed the Southern
silver men when they came to the
Senate this morning; and the South
ern Senators were aghast at the
prospects which confronted them
But they took the Westerners al
their word, especially as the admin
istration had again spoken out
against compromise, and for time
it was the general understanding
that the Wilson-Voorhees bill would
be passed before the end of the week
but before night a sudden about
face was executed by several of the
Southern silver men, who declared
that they would not vote for uncon
ditional repeal no matter what comes
that they would filibuster against il
to the bitter end.
But Notwithstanding these decla
rations, it is believed the Wilson
VOORHEES, bill will pass in a few days
1t is not likely the opposition to il
can be got into line again, and if il
is, cloture will be shut off before il
has gone very far
Such is the uncertainty and chao-
tic state of affairs in the Senatorial
ranks tonight that it is worse than
useless to attempt to predict the flu
ture or indicate how the tangle will
be cleared up.
Anything is liable to happen.