The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1893-08-31
ALL HOPE NOT YET GONE
Is the Opinion Of Prominent
Silver Leaders.
WHAT STEWART AND JONES SAY.
Silver Senators Will Try to Prevent
Action Being Taken on the Voorhees,
Bill Until Senators Are Elected from
Montana, Washington and Wyoming.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 30.-Everybody
in this town is still talking about the
contest in the house on Monday
when the silver men were SO COM
pletely showed under by the votes of
their opponents. 1t was an amusing
victory for the antis.
The most enthusiastic leaders of
the anti-silver forces did not look for
a landslide, though they realized that
they would be victorious in advance.
Those who were most sanguine OF
success in the end were not wild
enough to place the majority above
80. When it went above the hum
dred mark on the first proposition
voted on-the free coinage of silver at
a ratio Of Is to one-both sides were
dumfounded.
From that time on the silver men
were out of the fight. They saw that
an attempt to recover on further pro-
positions voted on would be utter
folly. So then the sponge went into
the air The repeal bill was passed
by 1870 majority, and silver, for the
time being, was crushed.
1t is asserted that the campaign of
the ants was better managed than
was that OF the opposition. There
were the shewdest wire pullers and
the cieverest speakers on the repeal
side. Then everybody admits that
administration influence had a great
deal to do with the unexpected
change in votes. President Cleve-
land is looked upon as the chief
mover in bringing about the result of
yesterday. There was intense inter-
est displayed before the first ballot
was taken. The house galleries were
crowded to suffocation and only two
members were absent, and they were
sick. They were properly paired,
however, so their absence made no
difference. After the result of the
first ballot became known interest
waned and succeeding roll calls were
very tame.
The Washington representatives,
Wilson and Doolittle, voted for l6 to
/ as did Newlands of Nevada. Her
man of Oregon voted no. On the
Wilson repeal bill Geary and Cannon
were the only Californian members
who voted aye All the others voted
no solidly. Cannon's voto for repeal
created considerable comment. Wash.
ington and Oregon representatives
voted solidly against the repeal bill.
It is uncertain what the senate
will do and what will be the outcome
of the fight for repeal. The action
of the house was a surprise to the
friends of silver and many forsook it,
evidently through fear of the admin
istration.
1t is very probable that the senate
having smaller numbers to control
than the house may be able to keep
the line unbroken and defeat uncon-
ditional repeal. This, however, seems
improbable, but not impossible.
Many have gone over to gold who
were formerly for silver, if the re-
ports are true, yet from the silver
members of the upper house | learn
that it is impossible to effect uncon-
ditional repeal without substitute
legislation.
1t is impossible to get good
idea from discussions with men prom
inent on both sides of the fight as tt
what concessions may be made i
there are any. About all the silver
leaders will say is that unconditiona
repeal cannot pass. When asked j
they believed any concessions woul(
be granted by the opposition, they