Show WHAT WILL THEY DO anxiety as to the cou course of silver senators GATHERING AT washington decline to say whether they will attend republican caucuses reffer peffer opposed to high duties except on articles used by the wealthy and wants articles admitted free that are used by tho tha pool denies ile he has made ft a deal to bo be returned to the senate Wash washington bigton dec 4 there aio now ault a number of senators aho vho ho walked out of the republican national convention in the city senators cannon dubols and pettigrew aie here her slut anil met at al the capitol today but discussed mattera only in a general way there hia big t been je c n so sonic ti i e al speculation e u 1 a t inn a as s t to n these former republican senators w would c u ll 11 u t t ell f future ll 11 t i i e mtv 1 li a n caucuses ono one of oc them han ahn questioned said it 11 bould br be time lime enough for him to decide ahen hen lie was isas inn incited cited to a call caucus and called attention to tile the tact fact thal thai notices always tire are served on oil republican ienn senators that a caucus IS 13 to be held another senator said lie he would not attend any caucus at present and would await developments senator teller ot if colorado and senator mantle of montana have not yet arrived and it is ib quite probable there will avill be tin nn concerted action on the pat pal t of 0 the silver men until the arrival of these senators it Is 19 the impression ot of the silver senators that no tari tariff ft I 1 legislation e als can be passed at tills this ses session sion thre there Is also an expression that republicans and silver men would prefer that noth licit hIng lii lie be hi ought nought to fill issue until after various arious senatorial elections in fix the western states when tile the complexion completion ol of the silver and independent forces in the next senate will be more definitely ascertainable senator pettigrew in an interview b bald id lie did not consider the prospects pacts aror for tariff legislation at the app approaching session very good ile he main maintained bained that he was a and opposed to obstruction 1 I should like to see bee the republicans loans have a all t the b e i protection ro t e c il 0 n t they h ey V want a n t h he e said 1 in lit 0 order r d e r t that il a t t the i ie c country 0 n t r y i might n ig h discover that it li 19 not the want or of protection which Is at fault in the present condition ot of affairs senator baker of kansas also thimios the prospect for tile the passage ofine dingler bill Is vry very meager and ana Is strongly opposed to it senator today denied tile the report telegraphed from topeka that ile he had entered into an agreement in repard regard to the tariff in connection with his campaign for reelection election re the dispatch li 19 wholly untrue lie he paid bald 1 I never favored high duff duties on on any aftic articles lea except luxuries and 1 I have long lone advocated tree froe sugar salt in lumber m and coal I 1 I 1 would levy high duties on all articles used exclusively by the rich and fastidious and this not for protection but tor for revenue As to the articles in universal use among the poorer lasses classes they ought to be admitted tree free it if w we e ar are to permanently maintain a single gold standard I 1 shall favor absolute tree free trade eget rit pt to articles article used only by the wealthy and the profligate |