Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-09-01
THE FINAL STRUGGLE.
How Long the Silver Debate WIN
Last in the Senate.

Last in the Senate.
The silver debate in the Senate Is
beyond a doubt, to be resolved into a
simple test of physical endurance and
members, Of that staid and digniiiod
body, will strive, as the righteous
strive for duty, to "fill the world with
words" So, at least, say the leaders
of the silver forces and the assertion
is backed and attested by the Senators
from the Silver mining States. In
deed Senators Teller, of Colorado, is
reported as saying that he has brought
his winter clothes with him and will
wear them before unconditional repeal
shall pass. The Senators from the
silver states stand alone in this deter
mination. They will not be aided to
any great extent by the free coinage
men unless Mr.. Morgan of Alabama
should take hand and, according to
the standing Senate joke, "set his
mouth to going and walk away and
leave it," In that event Mr.. Morgan
would prove q powerful ally, for his
resistless flow of talk could be relied
on to last for many days, but most of
the free coinage Democrats, it is be-
lieved, agree with Mr. Hill that to
filibuster on this question would be to
lower the character of the Senate and
diminish public respect for its delibe-
rations.
Threats analogous to those assctib-
ed to the silver men have been heard
before in the Senate on other public
questions, but after two or three weeks
talk and almost continuous night ses-
sions q compromise has been reached
and an agreement entered into for a
vote to be taken at a fixed time.
Little doubt is entertained that this
will be the result in this instance.
The supply of ammunition of the sill
yer Senators is not inexhaustible.
They have been prodigal of its use In
the debate as heretofore held. Even
granting that they send to the Clerks
desk and have read the speeches
which Democratic Senators have
made in times past in favor of silver
coinage, as it is said they propose to
do, this resourse will come to an end
in a day or two. Tables of statistics,
though they held to pad out the cree
ord" cannot well be read aloud on
the floor and mere wordy eloquence
has its limits as has also the capacities
of the vocal organs. Should the de-
bate be unreasonably prolong the con-
test may be transferred from the sill
yer question to the amendment of the
Senate rule SO as to permit of cloture.
With the retirement Of Edmunds
from the Senate the most influential
opponent of change of the rules was
Withdrawn. Mr.. Sherman and other
prominent Senators who once agreed
with the Vermont Senator have since
changed their views and il would not
require proVocation to induce the
Senate to take up in dead earnest a
proposition to impose some other
limitation besides Senatorial courtesy
on an endless and profitless debate.
The tone of bitterness infused In
the debate in the House on the adop-
tion of the rules, seems to render it
doubtful whether the new code can
be adopted soon, as there are many
amendments to be offered. AS soon
as the rules that are to govern pro-
ceedings are agreed upon, the intro
duction Of bills will be in order. 1t
will then not take long for the House
chopper" to be filled quite as full of
bills as the Senator, inasmuch as by
the rules bills do not have to be off
cred in open House, but can be hand
ed to the speaker for reference to the
proper committees, or in cases Of pri-
vate bills or river and harbor bills, can
be,droppsd into the petition box. Then
with the committee mills in full grind
ing and gist of the bills work on II
will be hard to keep off general legis-
lation to sustain the movement for an
early adjournment, and especially so
as the House will have to await the
Senate's action on the silver question.