The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-25
Triumph of tho Silver Men.

All of The senate's amendments to the
Band silver bill were coneurred IN by the
house yesterday by large majOrites. The
bill now goes to the president in the form
10 which il lett the senate. We have at no
time expected a different result since the
bill came back to the house. The buster
ing opposition of Ewing, Springer and
others to the amendments was buncombe
and bravado, or rather it was their mode
OF advertising that having got part of
what they wanted they intended to demand
more. This question is to be taken into
the fall elections, which could not have
been done with very good grace if the
more violent silver men had acquiesced 10
the amendments. They have accomplished
enough to encourage future effort, and
would be really sorry to lose so potent an
elecuoDeer'ug topic as the demand for un
limited silver is likely to prove in the west
and a great part Of the south. The silver
men could not afford to have the Bland
bill fail by disagreement between the
two houses, as 1t would inevitably have
done had the senate amendments been
rejected. The majority in the senate for
the most important OF these amendments
was 80 very large as TO preclude any hope
that the senate would recede and 10 make
/; impossible to pass the original bill over
tie presidents veto. The house was re-
duced 10 the necessity of either adopting
the amendments or letting the bill be
strangled IN committee of conference.
Its passage is Of too much value to them
us foundation for future operations TO
hermit them to consent to its defeat
Should the president send it back to Il @
house with his objections even the oppo
neDts OF the amendments will give assist
ance enough to insure it's passage over tt e
veto.
We say should the President send it
back" because our Washington dispatches
seem to indicate that he is prepared to
talslty all his past professions, although we
stIll prefer to believe that he will do his
duty and Impose his constitutional negative
But we have no hope that his reasons,
however eOgent they may be, will prevent
the passage OF the till We do not see
how any person who has watched the votes
ana the temper OF the two houses can
entertain rational hope that the veto will
be effective. The subject has been too
long under consldera lou, the members are
100 lully committed, the arguments against
'he Oil have been too fully exhibited, to
expect any changes now The silver men
care more Tor the opinion of their constit
uenis than for the reasons of the President
aud, when the fear of constituents has i'm
PEELED members to favor SO Irrational a
measure they are not likely to change their
votes IN Difference for President HAYES.
We wish we could hope that the final
passage of this bill will be the end of the
reputation efforts.
The country will be glad to accept the
above declarations Of the N. Y. Herald
that congressman care more for the opip.
ionof their constituents than for the reasons
OF the President, or any other government,
official Of high degree. 1t is certainly time
that government officials began to act one,
more upon the recognized theory Of the
government that public officers and repre-
sen'at'Ves IN Legislative bodies are the ser
wants of the people. This idea has bee
.. tate gears SO little acted upon that tn
rising generation are not familiar with tn