Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-08-15
lSLIVLEY In SPOTS.
The Debates in the Two Houses
of Congress.
PATTISON CALLED ON TO EXPLAIN

A Change ofOpinion Since the Last Session
That Bothers His Colleague and Jerry
Simpson-Vest Questioned by Hoar and
Palmer in the Senate-Voorhees Has n
Bill to Relieve the Stringency-CapitaI
Gleanings.
WASHINGTON, Aug 15-It was going in
both houses yesterday-the oratory on the
silver question, principally kept going by
the Democrats and the incidents of inter
est being supplied by the colloquies that
took place between members of the major
lty. In the house there was another slim
attendance, but the leaders on both sides
were there: Boatner, Warner (Dem.) of
New York, Layton Dem.) of Ohio, Pat
terson (Dem.) OF Tennessee, Simpson of
Kansas, Snodgrass Dem.) of Tennessee,
Bailey of Texas, Pendleton of West Vir-
ginia, Lacey (Rep.) of Iowa, and Hutch
lnson of Texas all took part in the talk
and Patterson had quite time with his
colleague Snodgrass and Simpson, the
Kansas Populist.
Patterson Had Changed His Views
simpson began the business of badgering
Patterson, who was advocating dollars, of
whatever metal, of equal bullion value,
and opposing consequently any ratios be-
low that which would make the silver and
gold dollar equal. Simpson interrupted
and read free coinage speech maze by
Patterson at the last session of congress,
and asked him to reconcile that speech
with this, Patterson replied that he had
modified his views; hehad gone before his
people and told them that he had so modi-
fed them; he HAD been reelected "Con-
sistency," said Carlyle, ''is the hobgoblin
of legal minds"
Simpson-Then the gentleman admits
that he was in the error.
Then SnodgrasS Democrat of Tennes
see), also interr pied his colleague with
the question: when Grover Cleveland
WIS candidate for the nomination, you
knew all these things. did you notg" And
Patterson admitted that he did
Private Conversations Barred
Then SnodCrass tried to force an ad.
mission from Patterson that the latter
had been Hill man and had talked to
Snodgrass IN Hills interest, but Patterson
refused to hear what he was alleged to
have said, declaring, Il shall not refer on
this f, or to any private conversation
| and myself My colleague shall not
draw me into private conversation
which occurred between gentlemen. |
| am not doing my duty here because was
for Grover Cleveland or anybody else; l
am speaking here for principle"
Bailey of Texas was for BANDS bill.
He vas in favor of paying the public debt
in dads" dollars. Still he would not
vote to coin dollars of unequal value,
holdfngthat free coinage would result in
parity OF value regardless of ratio.
Republican Rings in the Tariff.
Pendleton of West Virginia, favored the
Wilson bill and Lacey Of Iowa, would not
| repeal the Sherman act until there were
S7O0,000,00O silver dollars in circulation,
but his remarks were mostly devoted to
the claim that the financial trouble was
caused by the threat OF tariff tinkering''
resulting from the last national election.
Warner of New York defended the cham
ber of commerce at New York city and
said its members were not bankers, but
business men whose relation to the banks
was the same as it was to the business
men of the west and south. He was for
the Wilson bill.