Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-16
THE BATTLE WAGES.
Vest of Missouri and Bailey, of Tex.
rr as to the Front.

"All day long the battle RACES,
In the mountain down by the Win
ter sea-" -.. a..
-"Sang the poet and his idea of the
sea might be transferred to the Ma
tional Capitol at Washington, and yet
be appropriate" says the Washington
correspondent to the Dallas News.
Indeed it is said that the Senate
chamber and floor of the House of
Representatives resemble nothing else
half so much as an ensanguined field
! of battle, where forensic eloquence and
superior address have taken the place
of physical courage and martial dar-
ring. In that great tourney of words,
where the weapons are airy shafts of
satire, pointed with partisanship, and
seconded by the heavier and more un-
wieldy mace of reason, the champions
on both sides are today engaged, hand
to hand, in conflict more desperate
in character and determined in con-
duct than has ever before been waged
or witnessed on similar ground, in
this great American republic. The
battle cry had scarce been sounded
when the champions of both sides
strobe boldly forward and in stento-
rian tones fought the fight of the peo-
pie, each side protesting that it repre-
sented the blessed people, and in the
Senate, above the voices of the dis
putants, was heard. the pleadings of the
people in petitions asking that the
Sherman law be unconditionally re-
pealed, that under no circumstances
should it be repealed unless there was
free coinage, that it be not repealed
unless there was limited coinage,
that it be not repealed unless there
was this ratio or that ratio or some
other ratio. 7. .a.a.5 .e-,,
Early in the day Senator Voorhees,,
chairman of the finance committee, IN
troduced his bill to allow national
banks to issue bank notes to the full
face of their bonds required to be de-
posted. The passage of the Voorhees,
measure would put $19,000,00O more
national bank notes in circulation at
once, and it is believed that the pres
ent stringency will force tspassage at
a very early day. '' "HAH q"
Mr. Vest took the floor in the Sen
ate, and he was interesting from the
fact that hitherto his exact position
on the silver question has not been
known. At one time he was consid-
cred thoroughly in accordance with
the most extreme men--that is, he was
for the free and unlimited coinage of
silver at a 16 to ratio. Then he was
paraded as q conservative-that is, a
bimetallist with conceding spirit
permeating his whole being. 1t SO
happens that the election of a senator
to fill his place comes up in short
time in Missouri, and Mr.. Vest has
been studying the silver question
through the eyes of his constituents
in most laborious manner. This la
Dor resulted in his becoming an out
and outer as far as silver isconcerned.
He tackled Mr.. Eckels, the comptroller
of the currency, for this gentleman's
article in magazine, and said that
the comptroller was repeating only
the views of Mr. Cleveland. Warming
up, he cut all the lies between him
and the administration, and casting
aside all possible hope of patronage
bounded into the air and scared. The
views of Mr. Vest were not at all
original. He is a master in speech
making, but he only threshed over old
straw. lie did this in his usual,enter-
tanning manner. The senators who
have accused him Of sitting Oh the
fence were struck with his yalliancy
when he got down.
In the House the champion tllter in
the tourney was Congressman Baily,
of Texas. He has become learned in
tho acoustics Of the hall and he un-
derstands the peculiar character Of an
audience of congressman He made
his points strong and clear and did all
calmly and deliberately. lie was re-
warded by applause from the silver
men all along his speech, and when he
was through ho was the recipient Of
handsbaking from those who believe
In his views. II is not any aattery to
him to state that the silver men are
more pleased with his effort than any
made by their side y.