The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-09-27
The Silver Senator's Must
Give Their Consent
On the Repeal BiIl--Ths Holman lnti
Bribery Bill,
FROM our Res ulsr Correspondent.

From our Res ulsr Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.-It is
now plain to every body that the
silver senators were not idly boast.
ing when they said that no vote
could be reached on the Voorhees,
repeal bill without their consent.
Senator Voorhees, himself has prac-
;lcally recognized the fact by ces
sa,ion of his efforts to force vote,
Just as some of his poorly informed
followers were shouting from the
nousetops that the process of wear.
::::g out the silver men had begun
not to be stopped until vote was
reached. Senator Voorhees, agreed
to prolongation of then debate
until II senator's whose names were
given him, shall have made
speeches. They will not average
more than one day, ard the silver
men agreed that the senate should
sit seven hours-from IL to 6
o'clock each week day. Twist and
turn this as you please, it is victo-
~ for the silver men. If vote
cannot be forced now q vote cannot
be forced two weeks hence. As
the thing now stands the Voorhees,
bill cannot be passed without
the adoption of the cloture
rule, and to do that there
would have to be such reversing
of records az was never before seen
in tho, senate. Without cloture the
repealers will have their choice of
two ways abandon the bill or
accept a compromise. 1t is hardly
fair to repeat the ugly rumors con.
Meeting President Cleveland's name
with the threatened intention of the
financial magnates to put the coun
try through another financial
squeeze in order to bring the silver
senators to time, but they are being
talked about in Washington; hence
this mention of them.
A graduated income tax bill is to
be passed by the house, if Repre-.
sentative Bynum, Of Indiana, au.
thor of the bill and man of in
fluence with the majority of the
house, can have his way. 1t will,
of course, have to have the endorse.
ment of the leaders of the Demo.
cratic party, in and out of congress,
before 1T stands any show of be.
coming law.
"Stiaws show the way the wind
blows" and it is fair TO assume by
the promptness with which the
house adopted the resolution offered
by Representative Loud, of Cali.
fornla, calling upon the attorney
general and the secretary of the
treasury for copies of all instruc.
tions issued by them concerning the
enforcement of the Geary Chinese
exclusion law, that the house does
not altogether approve of the way
the administration has handled this
matter. 1t is expected that the
house committee on foreign affairs
will this week agree TO report
Chairman McCieary's bill, which is
intended aa substitute for the
Geary law, and which will give the
Chinese already in the United States
another chance to remain here by
complying with the provisions
thereof.
Representative Holman may not
have had any particular politician
in mind when he introduced his
anti.bribery bill, but it strikes a lot
of them very hard all the same, and
should it become law might prove
very troublesome to the politicians,
if not specially beneficial to the
public at large. 1t would compel
every man elected or appointed to a
federal Office, from the president
down TO the humblest fourth. class
postmaster, to make oath that he
had made no promises of patronage
or used directly or indirectly money
or any other thing of value to se-
cure his election or appointment
The bill has been referred to the
committee on the election of presi-
dent and vice president and mem
bers OF congress.
Senator Stewart is after Presi.
dent Cleveland with a resolution