Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-19
TaE MOST RLrRKMB or FEEE
COINAGE SCH EMEs.
A DISREGARD OF PARTY LINES
sEN1 RON BOLOOTr SHARPLY CR4Ts
IOIsES THE PREslDGNT.
Had the President showed His
HRaud BEFORE Election sac would
Never Keen Chosen -SenatOr Gray
Votes May and Senator Higgins
l'nired Win nn Aye senator.

slde.trBck ~, and the extreme silver propot
sition rn5aed pust IT express speed Tire
mains now for Speaker Reed to 500 whether
he nRn control ths House tt as 10 ptcvent
Its doing tho same thing. Heed thinks he
can; but the extreme silver men In 'Gs
House think he cannot, exeept by some dos
perately ingenious twist Of ths rule4 Aith.
erto unttied.
Reeds confidence rests not Only on his
own poWerE, 5ut on PIeailent Harrl6un'a
statement to the silver senator's. which
showed That ne would vote free coinage
legal tender certificate bill. OF course u
Il impossible thar the silver men could
carry u bill over the Presidents veto. hut
the Republicans fear the effect Of the veto
on their party Ia The west. Reed thinks
they will NOT run against a veto, but will
finally accept Ia conference what the Presl-
dent offered them. Reed has accomplished
wonders; but he has never tackled such
complicated problem AS this,
YouSG woLoorr LED THE BREAK.
II was Wolcott of Colorado the tall and
handsome silver. tonguel young orator,
VINO broke the administration alliance In
two and rallied all the anti administration
Republicans by his admirable maiden
speech In the Senate this afternoon.
summed up the free silver Arguments and
tha opposition to the administration most
cleyerly, and made a marked impression
on tho senators.
Mr.. Woioott criticising the unfrisndy at
tltudo of the administration toward the
silver question, said that wnsn MIR. Harri-
son was nominated his record was searched
In vain for my noteworthy act or saying;
that the Latin sHntepcA, Stat magnt nOmini5
umbra, applied to him; that the Republican
| leaders of the west had made great efforts
among the farmers and miners, and had
secured the SUCCESS OF the ticket; that the
| President had not exactly matsrlAliz3d on
|
Ing had Deen rather rude. He yertured
| the opinion that II the Presidents position
on that question had been announced be-
! fore the last election not asingla Bta,e west
| II the Missouri river would have given a
| Republican majority-not because a ma
s statss were me not R rue and staune sa
and earnest Republicans, but be-
cause they would have wished to rebuke
overwhelmingly party thet selected as Its
| standard bearer one who was unmindful of
| the interests OF the country and disregard
full OF the will OF the great majority OF the
| members OF the party. An open Zoe WAS to
| be preferred TO Il secret enemy. But who
could foretell tho future, or ''gather grapes
| from thisiles7n '
As Ingalls, saw the majority OF the SEN
atots on both sides thronRng to congra u :
| late Wolcott after he got through--With
/ Mckinley and other representatives who
had come over from the House-he men
/ tally determined to postpone his promised
1 Grafton until more convenient season,
\ whom he would not have such hard man
TO follow. For the time being tine Senate
was too busy saluting Its new orator 10
| listen to its old one and Ingalls,, who
always has an eye to effect, was quick TO
| see It,
Wolcott fairly sbone with delight In his
! success--deilght which was reflected In the
heRming face OF his bride, who rat In the
| gallery opposite MIN and followed his
speech with interest. Wolcott was nervous
because he knew he was breaking through
tao traditions; but It only showed in his
rapidly OF his utterances, for his voice WAS
clear, strong -nd silvery, But II was what
he said, and especially what he said about
the administration, which pleased the
Senate, with whom Harrison Is unpopular.
he skilltuily drew tie anti-auministratlon
feeling to head, so that when he got
through the administration compromise
was dead,
TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.
Another thing which seemed dead so'fai
as the Senate was concerned was the
Federal election bill which WoiGott waved
aside 80 contemptuonaly. The "friendB OF
the administration, Ii it has any" Wolcott
said, and the enemies Of silver said very
little during the day.
Edmunds, In a notable lIttle discussion
washed his hands Of "the delusion," as he
ciGl1d II. and took occasion Incidentally tc
praise the 'wise, brave and patriotic" CON
duct Of President Cleveland in keeping
free silver ut bay for four conduct
for which honor him"
Plumb took the full responsibility for the
Republicans and the majority Of the fePub
licHh5 present Endorsed MIN. So Edmunlt
got up, laughed rather wildly nj PUNT
and went down to his committee room, hi
face patio and his white eyebrows working
with excitement.
Blair OF New Hampshire mads manly
fight against the deluson. and the fla
money proposition to make certificate
leRhl tenders WIS opposed by EVArts nnC
Sp1oner. George Gray demonstrating it
unconstltutionality most clearly.
Perhaps the happiest man III the Senat,
chamber CWoleott not exeepted) was Blanc
OF Missouri. who sat most OF the Afternoon
LOOKING on with delight while the Senatl
committed itself fully to his doctrines.
pRoyteIoEs or THE BILL.
AS passed by the Senate the Free CoinRgJ
Silver bill makes the present STANDARD
dollar, gold or silver, the uult Of value AMI
u full legal tender; provides Tor free coin
nge OF gold or silver bullion into dollars OF
bars IN deposits OF SIu0 or more; con
sttues section 3 Of the Bland Silver bil 0
1873 TO DO applicable to this act; provide
tor gold and silver certificates OF 81 Il
SI00 ID denomination, redo nable ia stand
ard coin; IepeHls the old ga 900 900 Il
{4,0O0.0U0 a month obligatory treasury pu
chasing limit as Applied to silver bul!iaL
makes tae gold aud silver certificates lagH
, tead3t tor taxes, aud all debts, public &At
pirate; provides coin or ia equivalent Ii
exchange for bullion deposited MT the mint
10 be ooi ed. and ilagllY directs, upon tn
final passage of this act, q method for on
yeytng into tha treasury Tor cancellation
: such bank circulating notes as may com
into the treasurer'5 possession IL carrying
out thli act.
WHAT WINDOW MAY 20.
Secretary Window said tli3 afternoon, Il
: answer to an Inquiry un The aubject, tina
I he, had besn advisad 10 place premium o
the gold bars in the Nav York su0.tteasur
Withdrawn for export, in order 10 check II
apparent tendency On tho part OF certai
European countries TO absorb some OF on
god hut that ne had not yet reached
0 conclusion IN the matter. But" he adds
0 With u slniie, "as tbs Senate mas decided Il
tGyot VI q freq coinhgb u SILVER, there ma
! ba no necessity for my putting premium
I or gold"
TOu the vota for final passage OF tn
Z silver bitl senator Gray voted nay. Senate
2 Higgins was paired with Senator Pettigtel
Q aud would have voted nay
o A EsnnHrupt Firm i'm Court.
MEnGA. Pa, June l7.--In the suit brough
! by the Farmers and Mechanics aud Trade;
4 Eiens banks against Rhodes h Brother III
/ insolvenr manufacturers nj Ashton Mill
/, for $1,000, brought to test the interest {
u Samuel Rhodes In the firm, Judge ClAy.o
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