The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-10-28
NErhENHHR UFTHE SILVER
SENATORS.

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the Democrat III TT Senators. that i
Those Opposed 70 tie repeal Of the oiier-
m.a:s :aw. VI surrendered. Senator
Harris. \ 5iseir representative. yesttr-
,3ay informed i-e silver Republicans
/; nj the i;~rntnerat< viio have lately
.,@ait acf.a- wi:h them could 10 longer
~,-o,5-.ate. au.I had COME 10 tn con
c.asi NJ iilsc iiseg l,e>1 cause was to
,Itop Tie Fight against tile repeal hill
..ual allow il IL CONE Ia q vote. The
silver Republicans are t." fea in num-
bsr ;o kee:s up tie fight alone. and al
.f.oRgl fniss ut The details are yet de-
t|c:n.irea nu. uusi no date fixed it j.
nar9 ~seftirl that the question OF repeal
Will III. vo:ed on AZ an early day. aud
al conrse II i equally evident that re-
peal wlil be carried iy large major
iry.
Fnr this victory President Cleveland
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aud but for his ~tiirness a surrender
would probably have been made to the
minority. TIE latter had every all
vantage III the parliamentary fight.
aud ii was Snon evident that there was
no way With the Senate rules i'll
Operations. ~ beat them. Aware u
this fact tie majority became dem
ralIzrd, and compr,mise was suggest
I'd. The silver Senators seemed 50 de-
telmined that tller. was 40 hope of mn-
wing them from their position. and there
was nothing TO he dore with them par
liameutafils. The outlook was quite
unpromising FOR the Democracy. Con
sresS had teen called Ill extra session
to decide this matter. and is was evil
dent that the country expected it ~ do
something. The people were growing
FESTIVE under the long delay. which
acted 30 ~unfavorab!y on business, and
from the ~mutterIugs heard showed
that the people were disposed to hold
the Democracy as the party iii full
control af legislation, responsible for
the failure to settle this great prob
LEM. Thus urged to do something.
steps were taken by the majority to
arrange 4 compromise as tile best that
could be done. and 1t was quite p.ob-
rieti out rad not Mr.. Cleveland de-
clared 80 empha;ically against 1t, and
aniDI nce1 that ii would not have his
approval. For a time the situation a
gain looked gloomy: bat the trouble
is happily ended by the uncem
Of Senator Harris that the Democratic
silver Senators will no longer keep up
tie fight, but will allow a yote to be
taken Oh repeal at an early day. Tie
strong denunciafions ofthe press have
probably led them to this decision.
The press has been very strong en-
this subject. and growing stronger
each day. and no matter What tier
views were as 10 silver, or even as to
repeal, the papers have declared in fla
vor of a cote. Moreover, it was point
ed ont so clearly that the action of the
minority would be fatal to the Democ-
racy that the Democratic Senators
could DO longer maintain their posi-
ton.
We do not see how anyone but an
extremist OF the widest kind can do
otherwise than welcome this decision.
1t would have been most unfortunate
to the country to have tolerated and
encouraged the idea that a small mi
norIty in the Senate can control that
body, and defeat the will of the ma
jority and the people. The long hitch
in the Senate, which blocka1ed bust
ness and paralyzed legislation. has
been a serious evil to tue whole coun-
try and has caused more or less COM
mercial and financial depression. The
settlement of this question ought.
therefore, to have a most beneficial eff
fect.-Times Democrat.