New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-26
TIDE OF DEBATE ROLLS ON.
THE STRUGGLE FOR THE FLOOR OF THE
HOUSE GROWS FIERcER
PLENTY OF LIVELY srEEcnEs YEsTERD>Y-How
THE TWO PARTIES WILL SHOW Ur IN
THE FINAL VOTE on REPEAL
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THE TWO PARTIES Wibb CIV" VI In
THE FINAL VOTE on REPEAL.
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xuo.,,r.,or Aug H-"The Republicans will APP
pear to much better advantage oeio.e 'ne country
than we Democrats will AFTER inns ns"' IN c'e''
was the frank and voluntary aun'ss'oh Oh hepre-
sentative Harter OF Ohio. In conversation WIN a
Tribune correspondent this Afternoon" ne "uueu'
"I mean. of course that this will be natural re-
.ut ~ the fact that larger proportion Of Repub-
,,cans than Of Democrats will vote Tor repeal.
think that Mt least 100 Of them VIII do 3d. The ma
jority for repeal may reach nearly ioV' anu 'hi"h
that the strongest proposition OF the free sh'e'
men will be rejected by majority OF AT eas' ior's
votes.'
The debate in the House To-Day was more n'e'',
the attendance larger and the ih'e'es. "'a"ies'.'
,rh, u,os dre IN a considerable degree to the fact
that tho connection among members VINO deslreo
IN no hoard had become exceedingly intense no.
to say fierce, as well as to Inc iae' '."' '
Democrats who had heretofore been inheNipiy OPP
posed to the repeal Of the silver purchase provision
unless the repeating act should also reS'ore SnVe'
coinage recanted their lifelong opinions and advo-
800 ,noord,,,ona, repeal Two Of them were MT
C,,n,on NJ MARYLAND and Mr. Breckenridge OF
Arxaneas both of whom have always been ardent
and apqressIye friends OF free and. uniimited sh-
yer coinage and voted with Baho anu HIS 'o'''"
ers 80 recently as last February
The great Missouri champion OF free ana uh''ih
tied coinage Of deprecated silver COLLARS was HUI
IN good humor He realizes that his cause IL nope
,. 90 Tor 90 the House of Representatives Is con-
c.rroa and he has begun to lose faith In the
courage and constancy Of Its advocates ana cham-
MONS in the Senate. II Mr. BLAND hao not oeen III
had humor to-day, he would not nave oo)ecteu "
the REQUEST that Mr.. Burrows OF Michisan' DE al
lowed forty minutes in which to submit his views
-. I'c
erv who smoke against repeal, had just enjoyed
the Indulgence OF the House as to time Mr. Bland
afterward withdrew his objection, but he did 80
with an ungracious and reluctant air.
MR.. BURROws's STRONG SPEECH.
Tho .troneest and most effective speeches IN
favor of repeal to-day were delivered by hepoo''-
cans That of Mr.. Burrows was regarded py some
OF the Democratic repeal leaders as the best OF ALL
and II certainly Of the abest that nave peen
heard since the debate began. MI Burrowss 'erse
and striking reviews Of the situation and his logical
and ,nanswerable arguments commanded the undi-
v,ded attention OF the House from the opening
sentence TO the close, and his eoquence was re-
warded with hearty and generous applause. Inc
vivid contrast which he drew between the con-
dition Of the country, as described by fresiueh'
Harrison in his last annual message. In Decem-
ber 1892. when work was never so abundant ana
wages 40 high as at present" with its condition as
ton issued months later convening congress
in specal session. and in his special message dated
forty days afterward. was exceedingly enecuve
Look on that picture and then on this ex-
claimed Mr.. Burrows in dramatic manner lie
| did not agree with Mr.. Cleveland that the pro-
visions of the law which had been in force more
than two years without causing any alarming
| symptoms were solely mainly responsible for the
| financial panic which not felt until after a
| m m trat
not been driven out of work because OF bad money
| Men and women not hiding and boarding bad
money. Mr. Burrows then addressed himself to
what he regards as the chief cause of the existing
| Distress and this part of his speech was as elo-
ouent as it was forcible and unanswerabe. He
quoted from President Harrison's last message the
passage in which regret expressed that the
country must be exposed. for the brief space
| Of three months, to the apprehension and uncer
| tainty incident to a delay in the establishment of
new tariff policy. and he declared that Presden
| Cleveland had added fuel to the flames and in
creased the apprehension and distrust by the con
| Guiding paragraph Of his special message.
| Mr. Burrows's arguments in favor of the uncon
ditlonal repeal Of the silver purchase provision or
| the ground that it is wrong in principle were
| forciby stated and convincing. Before he con
| cuded. Mr.. Burrows paid his respects to Mr.
| Bryan, of Nebraska. whose forid rhetoric charmed
| the House few days ago. and in closing declared
| tnat the man VINO, IN tneSe days OF distress tries
| to array capital against labor or labor against
| capital is IAN enemy of his country" Within the
| last two weeks many other Democrats beside:
Bryan in the House of Representatives have sought
to do that thing the reports OF their speeches II
| THE Record" will show.
ARGUMENTS on BOTH SIDES.
Another strong speech in favor OF repeal wa
| that OF Mr.. Paine, of NewYork. who, as he said
| represents district which is 800 miles from Wal
Street, and three -fourths of whose population arr
engaged in agricultural pursuits. The speech
| throughout was a forcble and effective argumen
in favor of unconditional repeal. and OF a bimetal
coinage an international basis.
Mr.. Dolliver, of Iowa, who is one of the mos
| eloquent speakers in Congress, did not obtain tn
floor until late in the afternoon. but he sooi
| aroused members from the state of hthargy int
| which they had fallen. His argument In behalf o
| repeal and his keen and thorough exposure of tn
fallacies Of the free-silver men. as well as hi!
sarcastic references to the rhetorical fireworks dis
played by Mr.. Bryan and several other free-coihag
advocates, were greatly enjoyed by members oil
| both sides Among the Democrats who advocated
| unconditional repeal Messrs. Springer of Hi
| nois Breckenridge OF Arkansas, Brawley Of Soutl
| Carolina, Sickles OF NewYork, and Compton o
Maryland
"Ex-Premier" Springers speech read from
| manuscript and therefore less effective than /
| might have been. The Sangamon statesman wor
| n sub,lued air, and his argument, able as 1t was
did not appear TO excite much interest. Among tn
| Democrats who spoke in favor Of free coinage
| were Messrs. Dockery, Of Missouri who Is said t
| be ambitious to become Governor of that State
| and Mr. McRae. of Arkansas, who took advantag
| of the opportunity to resent the lecture whicl
| Amos Cummings gave the Southwestern Democrat
| two days ago Mr.. Marsh. of Illinois. Republi
can also spoke on the same side. The presen
attitude OF Colonel Marsh Is not great surprise Il
| men who familiar with. and still remember
his attitude on the silver question when he was
| member of the House Of Representatives sixteeI
| years ago. He voted for free and unlimited silve
| coinage with Bland. Carlisle. Herbert and Mile
| then and when all of them Bland voted
! against the Senate amendment 10 strike out tn,
| free-coinage section Of the original Bland bill
Marsh followed the Missourian lie voted In com
| pany with all OF them TO pass the modified Blanc
bin over the veto OF President Hayes. Mr.. Marsi
| was retired from Congress In 1882 and again elected
In 1892 and he still adheres TO the Views he enter
tanned sixteen years ago.