Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-07-21


to-day, and this time was buried so deep |
that il is beyond the reach of the hand |
of resurrection. Consideration was re
fused in the Democratic House by a |
vote of 1876 to 154 (the Democrats con-
tributing "a votes to the latter totaD to
the Free Coinage bill introduced by
Stewart of Nevada, Republican, and
passed in the Republican Senate on the
LIST of July by 80 yeas to rs nays.
The decisive vote of the House to-day
lie accepted by every one-Bland, Bar
tine and all the free coinage extremists
AS finally determining the action of
this Congress. 1t is regarded by all,
except few Democrats from the south
: and west, who are apprehensive that
+, they may not be reelected, as the eX
! pedient as well as the patriotic course
to take.
THE POLITICS OF IT.
II is expected to aid the election of
Cleveland and Stevenson as much as
the passage of the Free Coinage bill,
and its veto by President Harrison would
have aided the election of Harrison and
Reid.
It is not strange that the Republicans
of the House, approaching the situation,
should be endeavoring to appropriate to
themselves the credit for having defeated
the Free Coinage bill, although their
sole contribution to that end was to cast
two-fifths of the vote by which to-day
its consideration was defeated. During
both the hard fights in the House this
SESSION over the free coinage question,
the Republicans Except those who
favored free coinage and who worked
hard to secure it) undertook to remain
neutral until the very last moment, and
then to step in and claim the credit for
the victory, which the honest money
Democrats had already won.
THE REPUBLICAN POSITION.
When the Republicans satisfied them
selves yesterday that the honest money
Democrats, under the leadership Of
Tracey and George Fred Williams, had
practically won the fight, the free coin
age Democrats being discouraged and
discordant, they came forward and an
nounced that they would vote against
the resolution for consideration and
proceeded to claim in advance all the
credit for defeating it instead of ad,
hitting that their attempt to combine
peanut politics and patriotism had given
the free coinage party all the encourage
nlent it had at the very time when tht
anti free-ooiDage men most needed theil
help.
If the Republicans had promptly an
nannced upon tine passage of Stewart
bill by the Senate that they woulC
follow the leader of the honest money
men on the Democratic side in ;
patriotic effort to bury that bill seconC
time in the House there would hav,
been no doubt about the result
HONEST MONEY pEMoCRATsTHEv VICTOR
But they preferred to play polite
again with the hope of getting the Dem
ocrats .'in hole" and so encouraged
the free coinage men to make the figh
they made, leaving the honest none,
men in doubt until yesterday whethe
they would be even present in tn
House when their votes were needed,
Everybody here knows that the tgh
against free coinage in the House, no,
for the second time crowned wit
victory, has been planked and execute
solely by the honest money Democrat
and that they are entitled to all tn
credit for what has been accomplished.
1t was their clever and constellation
efforts, carried on day and night, whic
converted free coinage men into oppc
nents of action on the Stewart bill.
FREE COINAGE MOVEMENT cHEcKEI
The free coinage movement appear
to be checked not only for this Congre.
(for nothing can be done with it at tn
short session., but for five years I
come; for neither Harrison nor Clevt
land would sign !. free coinage bill, an
there is no prospect of two-thrds M;
iority for free coinage in either house
Congress.
The decided change in public sent
ment on the question due largely to Il
educational campaign of the hone
money Democrats IN Congress and re,
istered in the platform adopted by IL
Democratic convention at Chicago, WI
well illustrated by the vote in the llout
to-day, which would have not bet
possible at the beginning of the sessio
now THE STRUGGLE RAN.
At noon Mr.. Catchings Miss fro
the committee on rules offered a rcsol
ton setting aside to-day and the ne
legislative day for the consideration
the Senate Free Coinage bill.
Mr.. Catchings yielded Is minut
of his hours time to Mr.. Bland M
as leader of the silver forces, and friel
and foe moved up closer to catch VIII
he had TO say in advocacy of "
amendments (agreed upon in caucus
the silyerites).
Mr.. Bland said he knew that the
were certain men who claimed to
somewhat delicate on the question of
cloture rule, yet for the last 30 yea
there had been cloture rule in I
House and it had not been protest
against. What was the previous que
ton but cioture?
Mr.. Patterson Of Tennessee said t
Republican party at Minneapolis Ii
rendered the tariff as an issue and t
Force bill as an issue. Democrats We
united against the Republicans on tic
questions and SO far as he was concern
he would cast no vote that would int,
fere with fair, square, stand-up fig
between the two great political parti
Applause.
SPEAKER REED CoSGRATGLATEs.
Mr.. Reed, of Maine, then proceed
to congratulate the Democratic party
what he called its attitude Of repei
ance, and recalled the yearning OF th
party in the last Congress for free sily
The Republican party was not esta
lished for the purpose of obtain
Office. Derisive laughter on Den
cratic side. 1t was enabling by
action the Democratic party to do
better service than a Republican Sena
What the Republican party must
was what was beneficial to the COUNT
and it was ready 10 do it, Applaus
JUDGE CULBERsoS's REMARKS.
Mr. Culberson Of Texas, said it nil