The Worthington advance., 1893-10-19

WASHINGTON, Oct. live here in
Washington have for the past few
weeks been Of the impression that the
whole world has been standing around
waiting and wondering what the SEN
ate was going to do with the silver
bill. 1 sometimes wonder, as mat
ter of fact, how many people are real
ly, virtually interested, and feel that
if the Sherman law is not soon re-
pealed, that the country is going to
the demnition bow-wows. The per-
centage is very low. The most of the
people who read this will be for long
time interested great deal more in
the price of farm products, the price
of coal, and dozen other matters,
and yet the repeal may have it's infiu-
ence on these very things in the end.
How far the silver question reaches
out into all these matters is a question
that enters the realms of guess work.
Senator Washburn has been getting
into the silver discussion of late with
some very pertinent suggestions. The
"handsome mountaineer," as Cal
Brice calls Senator Dubois, of Idaho,
was about to make great point on
the fact that three states were not
fully represented in the Senate. Sena-
tor Washburn said that the repeal
men would get the additional sena
tors as the silver men, as two of the
states would now vote for uncondition-
al repeal. This made Dubois argu
ment fall flat, and he tried to get out
Of it by by denying Senator Wash
burns statement, thinking that the
man would not have the
nerve to come to the front and break
some old musty tradition of the Senate
~ telling how he knew that these
would vote. But Senator Washburn
vas game, ''they told me SO them
Selves" he replied, and that left the
daho silver man high and dry. He
lad something to say afterwards
lbout breach of senatorial etiquette,
,ot in the Senate, but to others, while
how he got knocked out
he box by Senator Washbuun. It is
oolish to lay very much stress on
enatorial courtesy, when for the
most part senators are saying as hard
hings about each other as they can
nd still keep within parliamentary
anguage Many favorable comments
we're heard upon Senator Washburn's
ction, as it was well known that his
dvirsary intended to push him over
he senatorial courtesy precipice.
What sweet-scented appointment
hat Van Allen selection was ! A man
Who has no use for the United States
II American institutions, who stays
lere as little as possible and only
hen to show people how English he
las become. Of course he paid a
,ood price for the appointment, $780,,
100, but he could afford to do that as
le has no end of money. That he is
ich is no objection to him; in fact it
5 rather an advantage, for we will all
,e glad enough to see our diplomatic
representatives fly high, but we want
hem to soar the American eagle along
With it all. We do not care to have a
lalf-baked English dude represent
ng this country any where. +,
Representative McCleary made a
peech on the federal election law re-
zeal. He said that he wanted to
how the people that it did not spoil
! man for everything else to have been
school teacher, and that he could do
omething else besides teach sch hool.
Very little can be done at this .
pecial session of congress in the way
# special Legislation for the various
ections of the country. 1t has been
that there is no desire
III the part of the administration to
AVE anything done at this special
ession except that for which Congress i
vas called together, the repeal of the I
sherman Wand so far as can be seen,
he administration has not been very
uccessful with it's scheme in that dir
.ctien.
ARTHUR DUNN
Mckinley is not making a brilliant
anvass in Ohio. The people there