Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-16
KELLOGG HOLDS THE KEY.
The Result on the Silver Bill Hinges on
HIS VOtc.

HIS Totc.
Washington Cor. (Feb. l0) New York Herald. I
The vote on the Bland bill, with the Senate
amendment giving the profits of coinage to
the treasury, will, according to the best at
talnable information, stand thus
For the Republicans Messrs. Allison
Booth, Bruce, Angus Cameron, Don Cameron
Chaffee, Conover, Dorsey, Ferry, Howe,
Ingalls,, Jones, of Nevada; Kirkwood,
Matthews, Mcmillan, Mitchell, Oglesby,
Paddock, Plumb, Saunders, Spencer, Teller
and Window; and Democrats Messrs.
Davis, of West Virginia; Eustis, Garland.
Gordon, Grover, Harris, Hereford, Jones,
of Florida: Johnston, Maxey, McCreery, Nc
Donald. Merrimon, Morgan, Ransom, Sauls-
bury, Thurman, Voorhees,, Wallace and
Withers, with Davis, of Illinois, independent
in all 49.
Against the bill-Republicans-
Blaine, Burnside, Christiancy, Conkling,
Dawes, Edmunds, Hamlin, Hoar, Morrill,,
Rollins, Sargent and Wadleigh; democrats
Barnum, Bayard, Butler, Dennis, Eaton,
Hill, Herman, Lamar. Mcpherson. Randolph.
Whyte-in all "a.
1t will be observed that in this list twenty
three Republicans, twenty-five Democrats
and an independent vote for the bill, and
thirteen Republicans and eleven eDmocrats
vote against it. It will also be observed that
two Senators Patterson and Sharon-are
left out as absent, and that the name of
Senator Kellogg does not appear on either
list. If the vote should stand as above re-
corded nine to twenty four without
Senator Kellogg, bis vote cast on either way
would decide the question; and people who
have been studying the Chances of the
bill are now busily asking how Mr.. Kellogg
Is likely to vote. So far no one appears to
have got satisfactory answer to this rather
important question. Mr.. Kellogg has not
yet committed himself. He has not spoken
on the bill and he did not vote on the Mat
thews resolution. He left his seat while the
vote was taken, and did not re-appear until
it had been declared. Whether Mr.. Kellogg
enjoys the situation is not known, but un-
less his reputation as cunning and adroit
politician is utterly false he will see to it that
his own political aims shall not suffer by
reason of this accident of his holding the kew
of the silver chest.
both parties square across the middle. It
does even more. The President is supposed
to have small party of his own in the
Senate, consisting according to the best at
tainable information, of Senators Hoar and
Matthews. But even this party, which is
not too numerous to walk under one moder-
ately sized umbrella, is fatally divided on
the silver question. Nor is this all. There
is no question likely to come before the
present Congress, except that of contested
election. on which both parties will not split;
and it might be added that contested cleo
ton is the only case in which partisan vote
is impossible. Take Mr.. Woods Tariff bill.
1t is distinctly Democratic measure, but it
will not get the whole democratic vote, and
it will get Republicanlvotes in both Houses.
"Why don't you hold a caucus?' Demo
crat was asked the other day, and he replied
at once, ''What is the use? Everybody now
votes as he pleases. The republicans held
some caucuses while ago, but they could
not agree on anything" And that describes
the exact situation-everybody votes as he
pleases, the Republicans in the House main
tanning, however, somewhat better discipline
than their opponents, because they have a
few watchful and influential leaders whom
the rank and file at the last session grew ac-
customed to obey.
The weak point of the republicans is that
they are afraid of their shadows, as was
shown in very droll way just before the re-
cess, when Democrat offered bill for
universal amnesty. Mr.. Garfield, the leader
of the Republican side, remarked that if it
was amended so as to grant amnesty to all
who would apply to the Attorney General
for it the bill would doubtless be passed unan-
imously, as the republicans would support
it. The democrats at once accepted this
amendment. whereupon the republicans
faltered, tilibursted awhile, and finally almost
the whole of them voted against it, including
Garfield himself.