The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-11-01
IRBY ON HIS METTEE.
BE Has Some Bot Words With Senator
harris Of Tennessee About the Late
Compromise of Silver Repeal.
From the New York SUM-

harris OF Tennessee About the Late
Compromise of Silver Repeal
From the New York SUM-
WASHINGTON, October 25.-There is
one other Senator who did not sign the
compromise agreement, who takes great
satisfaction. in the present situation.
This is Senator Irby of South Carolina,
who would not sign because he thought
the compromise much less acceptable
to his people than unconditional re-
peal. 1t is now matter OF specula-
ton among the Senators whether MT.
Irby will not stand in a much better
light with the President Of the United
States than Senator Butler.
Mr.. Irby, in his silver speech, de-
nounced the President officially and
personally and slandered him in every
way possible without violating parlia-
mentary decorum. He refused to go
into the compromise, however, and
held out for free silver coinage. Mr..
Butler, on the other haad,in his speech,
handled the President with soft gloves,
and joined the compromise movement
because he is candidate fer re-elec-
ton and bidding for Populist support.
The attitude of the South Carolina
Senators toward the Administration
cause in the Senate becomes unusually
interesting from the fact that the Fed
eral patronage Of South Carolina has
not yet been distributed, and it re-
mains to be seen now whether Butler.
the compromiser, or Ir5y, the straight
out opponent of repeal, will receive the
Presidential favor.
Senators who have been close observ-
ers Of all that has taken place in the
cloak rooms and committee rooms of
the Senate during the long fghton the
silver question feel relieved that the
strain is over, for more reasons than
one. The Democrats breathe more
freely, because they feel that they have
narrowly escaped serious split in the
party that would have handicapped
them for several years to come, and
some Of them are pleased for another
reason.
This is that the personal relations be-
tween Senators have become so strain
ed of late that it has been feared that
personal alterations would have fol-
lowed a continuance of the long fight.
The very bitter speeches that have
been made from time to time on the
floor of the Senate are mild in COM
parison with some of the things said
to each other by Senators in the priTa-
cy of the cloak rooms, and it has been
only by the most tactful diplomacy
that serious rows lave been avoided.
There was much indignation in the
Senate last week when Senator Morgan
of Alabama made his insulting and en-
tirely uncalled for attack upon Senator
Washburn, and his ungentlenanly
and unsenatorial behavior toward SEN
ator Hill also gave rise to much just
complaint. Senators, however, are
protected for what they say in debate
on the floor, bnt in the committee
room alterations each man is respon-
sible for what he says.
One of the numerous bursts ofiIl-
feeling occurred yesterday afternoon
just after the compromise was declared
off. Senator Harris, the President pro
tenn. of the Senate, who had just been
declaring it to be his intention to fill
buster until the last horn blew, took
Senator Irby to task for declining to-
sign the compromise.
The Tennessee Senator proceeded to
read Mr.. Irby and the Others who pro-
tested against the compromise out of
the party and to announce that he
would never more recognize them as
Democrats. The fiery South Caro-
linian fared up at this, and, turning
upon Mr.. Harris, told him IN no uu-
certain words that he was Interfering
in matters that did not concern him,
and that SO far as he (Mr. Irby) was
concerned heidi not propose to be die
tated to by the President Of the United
States, the Senator from Tennessee, or
anybody else. Mr.. Harris knew what
Nh. Irby meant by this statement and
he subsidized.
It is said by Senators who were
present that, had it not been for the
conservative course of Mr.. Irby, who,
realizing that he was a much younger
man than the Senator from Tennessee,
felt it to be beneath his dignity to fully
resent the words of the latter, serious
trouble would have occurred. The
storm was allowed to blow over, much
to the relief Of those who witnessed it.