The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-07
IN THE SENATE.
Mine-Owner Wolcott Attacks the Presi-
dent and Admits SIIyer,s Defeat.

mIne-OWnef Wotcott ATTACKS tno Proo1-
dent and Admits siIver's Defeat.
WASHINGTON CRY, April 6.-After pre-
liminary morning business in the Senate
Morgan at 1890 called up his silver resolu-
ton offered yesterday and yielded to
Mr.. Wolcott, who proceeded Immediately
to address the Senate on the subject of
silver, beginning with Blount's statement
that silver had been put to sleep in the
House and the Senate might as well get
the truth on the silver question
Apparently the subject has lost inter-
est for the public, for, although the
senators present listened with fair de-
gree of attention, the galleries contained
the usual number of scattered spectators
Wolcott soon launched onI an attack
upon the administration. He ad-
mitted that the silver men had
suffered defeat in both houses
and charged that it had been COM
passed by the administration, the first
great force, which had left no stone I'M
turned in its efforts to defeat the
silver bill. 1t appeared to desire to
avoid embarrassment of action up
on the question before the national
convention was held. He asserted that
sA'O Nv PabA''oh PoAtls WIN hC6dtiNc I'LL
animity, would renominate the present
executive because no other man of greater
stature could be found to stand, because of
the blow that struck silver aside. 1t had
become equally manifest that the Demo-
cratic party would present the
apostle of tariff reform, whose
visions saw no other issue
and who is willing to be consecrated again
to public Office. So the great mass of the
people were unrepresented by any party.
He (Wolcott) charged that the admins
tration had cracked the party lash and had
succeeded. but there would be tomorrow.
1t was Illuminating spectacle, and the ad-
ministration should at least have allowed
congress to express its opinion without
duress. A vote had to be prevented if
possible, and SO the miserable work began.
Offices had to be parceled out; the party
lash cracked, and the wavering
members gained. The work apparently
had been effectively done, and yet there
was always tomorrow. Nobody was de-
ceiyed, but it would be graceful
act in the outgoing president to
have permitted the two houses of
congress to have voted according to their
own inclination on measure of national
Importance. The spectacle, humilitating
as it is, showed an amazing change of
front by great section of the Democratic
darty. During the last session that party
stood manfully to its party traditions of
hard money. A clear majority of its
members have taken the stump before
election and pledged the members to vote
for free and unlimited coinage. The
sudden change would be ridiculous
II its results were not tragic. One prophet
OF Democracy announced that tariff re-
form was the slogan, another insisted that
being Democrat was the test. Wolcott
wound up his speech with an eloquent
peroration. and was applauded by the
senators and spectators.
Morgan's resolution went over without
action. They are still on the calendar.
The Senate resumed consideration of the
Indian appropriation bill, and was ad-
dressed by Voorhees,. who went over the
circumstances of the Sioux outbreak last
year, attributing it. on the authority of
General Miles, to hunger.