, 1891-05-24

As we have said, the great majority OF
the congress were in favor of unlimited
coinage. Five out of every six of the
delegates had gone home when the vote
wa finally announced. The result was a
profound surprise not alone to the un
limited coinage men, but to the advocates
Of a restricted coinage. THIS is shown
by the fact that even Senator Warren
would not remain over the few minutes
necessary to oount a rising vote. The dis
cussion Of the silver question had been
definitely fixed for Friday Afternoon.
Advocates Of both sides of the PROPOSE
ton had been selected. The discussion of
the arid land question. on which the
Wyoming delegation was a unit. was un-
eIPectedly prolonged through the after
noon and the silver matter was barely
touched upon before the evening session.
For three hours the question was then
discussed reievautlY and irreleyantly. By
II o'clock many of the delegates were
tired of the contention. They all knew
exactly how they wanted to vote and be.
leved that the subject bad been suf-
6ciently aired. However, although 1t was
not generally understood by the audience,
there were yet two men slated to speak.
One of these was Ex-Governor Anthony
Of Kansas, and the other Hon. 7. NJ. Pat
terson of Denver. A motion was then made
to cut of further debate but before it could
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secured recognition. Delegates began to
disappear rapidly from this time on and
empty seats became more numerous than
the filed ones, OF those Who remained
many were hopeful that the discussion of
the question would end with Anthony's
speech but the moment the Kansan sat
down there were cries, chiefly from the
Colorado delegation, for Mr.. Patterson.
This aroused the ire Of a number OF the
remaining delegates. They thought they
saw in it an effort Of the Colorado dele
cation to ride rough shod over the other
delegations and the moment Mr.. Patter-
son appeared and started to make what.
promised to be a really brilliant speech in
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which be advocated was 10 reality lost.
What remained OF the Nebraska deiega-
ton, as an example of others, were al
most without exception unlimited coin
age men. but from this momen there
was a complete change in their feelings
and in the belief that they were flying in
the face of dlctation from the Colorado
men, with the exception Of two or three,
they switched bodily to the other side.
That their belief was unfounded is eyi-
denced by the very small vote cast in
favor of unlimited coinage. The Colorado
delegation alone when tul-and there
were scarcely half of them present at this
time-7numbered more votes than were
cast on the side of the question which
they advocated. But the damage done
was beyond repair. The farce OF voting
the Tag end Of the convention as 40 ex-
preston of the entire body was gone
through with and a pronouncement made
in favor OF the coinage Of American silver.
There were many people present, in the
audience and among the delegates,
who would liked 10 have had the full vote
of the convention on the subject. in which
event we venture to assert the large ma
iority OF them would not haye favored
supplementiDg a demand with a compro-
mise which fell short Of what was actually
desired aud is generally believed to be
necessary TO accomplish the ends in view
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