The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-03-10
COMPILATION or THE SENATE.
Abortive Attempt of silver Men to Secure
Control of 1t.


Washington, March 9.-For more
than two hours this afternoon the dem
ocrats of the senate endeavored to
reach some conclusion upon the ques-
ton of the reorganization of the sem
ate The conference was fruitless in
results The republicans presented
solid phalanX of forty-two votes that
will stand by each other through thick
and thin. Opposing these are the di-
vided ranks of gold standard demo-
Gratis, silver democrats, boiling silver
republicans and populists. The prob
lem before those seeking to take con-
troll of the senate from the republicans
is, how may these various factions be
solidified? No satisfactory answer to
this question has yet been proposed,
and the more the discussion proceeds
the less appears to be the chance of
definite action by reason of the inabil-
ity of these contending factions to CO.
here into one determined party of OPP
position.
Caucuses and conferences have been
numerous since the new senate conven-
formal caucus, have agreed among
themselves that they will support any
plan that may be endorsed by the DEM
ocrats. So, too, the silver republicans
those who bolted the st. Louis plat
forn-have agreed to stand by what
ever policy may be inaugurated by the
stronger of the bodies in opposition to
the element now in control of the SEN
ate committees.
When the democratic caucus was
called for to-day there was no distinc-
tion made between the men who en-
dorsed the Chicago ticket and those
who stood upon the Indianapolis plat
| form. Notices of the caucus were sent
| to every democrat. OF the gold men
only Mr.. Lindsay of Kentucky attend
ed Messrs. Gray of Delaware and Caf-
| ferry of Louisiana were absent. The
absence of Mr.. Gray is not looked upon
as significant, for the reason that when
ever the senate adjourns over he al
| ways runs UP to his home for the few
days at his disposal Mr.. Caffery the
second absentee, was the permanent
| chairman of the indianapolis conven-
| ton, and his absence may have some
/ political significance The situation
was discussed in a rather informal
| manner, and the only result reached
was the appointment of the old steer
| ing committee, with Senators Faulkner
of West Virginia and Smith of New
Jersey substituted for Senators Bryce
and Blackburn, whose terms expired
1 last Thursday.
/ The effort to take the committees
Hess, Joseph Coyne, Arthur Seaton,
| some of the leading democrats for vari-
Gus reasons. Mr.. German thinks the
scheme to consolidate all the factions in
| the senate by combination with the
silver republicans and the populists
would be dangerous and would result
in the establishment of a precedent that
4 might prove embarrassing in the fu-
i ture.
Mr.. Jones of Arkansas, chairman of
| the national committee, is understood tC
| be opposed to it, because the demo-
Gratis have not sufficient votes with
| those of their allies to do what is pro-
posed to be done. This conclusion is
based upon the assumption that Sen
ators Lindsay of Kentucky, Gray OF
| Delaware and Caffery of Louisiana
| each of whom supported the Indiana
/ ticket, are not democrats. Mr.. Jones is
supported by several of the more radi-
cal silver men, who thus hope to en-
| phasize their disapproval of the course
| of these senators. These men also ap-
preciate the fact that if they had pos
| session of the committees they would
be Handicapped by the republican houss
and by the president, and would be un-
able to consummate any of their own
| plans of legislation. The result of the
two hours talk, therefore, was con
| centrated in the appointment of the
| committees mentioned.
The republicans do not expect any
serious results from all the talk of set
ting aside the present organization OF
| the committees. They have so far fail
ed to see just how the contending ele-
ments in the senate will be able tC
/ agree upon a plan of action. At the
same time the republicans realize thei1
| importance, as they have not more thar
forty-two votes, and there is little hope
of their having the two senators ap-
| pointed from Kentucky and Oregon.
/ The belief on the part of the leading
| republican senators is that the silver
democrats cannot count upon the votes
of the gold democrats in a plan thai
contemplates the organization of the
committees by the silver vote of the
senate They also believe that the va,
cancies in the various committees viii
be filled by agreement between the re.
publicans and democrats and until sucf
| agreement is reached it is very certain
the vacancies will not be filled. It can.
| not be verified but it is stated tonight
with much positiveness. that Senator
| Teller of Colorado was at the caucus.
The scheme for the reorganization Of
the senate on silver lines contemplates
the election of ex-senator Dubois o
Idaho as secretary of the senate, il
! place of Mr.. Cox of North Carolina, ant
| the retention of Colonel R. Bright a!
sergeant-at-arms. A note was sent to
night to each republican senator urging
him to be in his seat tomorrow noon.
Yale Defeated in Hartford.
Hartford. March 9.-The Yale basket
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