The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-09
FUTURE POLICY.
THE SILVER MEN MAPPING OUT
 THEIR WORK
IN CONGRESS.
There is Fear Lest the Old Dominion State should be wrested from Demo
 cratic Control.

adjournment of the extraordinary session of congress and the develop ments immediately following it tended to accentuate the conclusion of the financial question instead of being solved merely in the incipiency of the discussion. The silver senators who stood out for so many weeks against the unconstitutional repeal in the senate appear to be congratu- lating themselves over the fruition of their labors. They state that their long opposition to following the mandates of the administration and the majority served the purpose of calling the attention of the American public to the real ques tions at issue, and to this public they now appeal for vindication of the actions of the silver senators and representatives in congress. They contend the success of the financial doctrines for which they labor can only be achieved by general awak- ening of the masses to the gravity of the situation. Public interest in the question, and the desire of mediocre intellect to devote itself to the study of the financial problem has, they say, been intensified by the long struggle which took place in the two houses of congress. When the house and senate re-convenes December 4, in regular session. It is the plan of the silver men to keep the financial question well to the front at every stage of the session, and it will be foun1 playing a part in the discussion of every great issue between the parties from the tariff question to the repeal of the federal election laws. Now that the silver purchase law is repealed the president is called upon to show his fealty to the spirit of the last Democratic platform by favoring financial legis- lation looking to the restoration of silver to the old time realm. Every stage of the tariff discussion will be punctuated by pertinent queries from the silver men tending to prove that the demonetization of silver and not the Mckinley tariff is responsi- ble for the commercial depression of the time.
 The proposition for issue of bonds to meet the embarrassment of de- pleted treasury, and, indeed, every great public question that comes be- fore the next congress for solution, will find opposed to its consideration a band of silver men who will com bat the adjustment of any and all grievances until the cause of sil- yer receives the attention of the Fifty. third congress. Indeed, the ultimate policy of the silver men may assume the role of organized obstructionists in the attempt to force from the American congress the same consid- eration for silver as Parnell and his Irish followers wrested from the British parliament in years that are gone. Both parties are fully aware of this possibility, and both parties are viewing with increased anxiety the successive moves of those senators and repre- sentatives who, as Populists, Re- publicans or Democrats are all banded together in the great struggle for free coinage or an increased volume of currency. In the states of Virginia, Georgia, and indeed throughout the South gener- ally the Populists or third party are showing phenome- nal gains, and for the first time in history there really appears to be much trepidation in the minds of Democratic leaders lest the his toric old commonwealth of Virginia should actually go for the Populist ticket at next Tuesdays election. In Georgia the Third Party under the aggressive leadership of Tom Watson, is fully organized and al ready preparing for the election of '94, when the Populists declare they will carry the state, defeat Speaker Crisp and elect legislature that will send Watson to the senate.