Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-09

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Il WASHINGTON. n. c.. Ock 7.-tSpecial J.
This Is day of action In the house Aftel
Ia two weeks debate the bill to repeal the
federal election laws Hoes through by q
strict party vote. The Democrats applaud
because it is - measure upon which they
have long set their hearts, and which was
demanded in the platform adopted at thu
.Chicsso convention. The debate, however
has been keen disappointment. Where
as it Was expected partisan feeling would
run high and the floor would become the
scene Of bitter war Of words, the discus
sion has, on the whole, been rather tame
and uninteresting. enlivened only now and
then by brief passage at arms
+ For some reason or other the leaders on
the two sides Of the hall left the fighting
In the hands Of their iieutenants or sub
ordinates. The generals went away to the
Worlds fair or to the fishing streams and
left the privates to fight II out. This indif
ference was especially noticeable on the Re
publican side. and 1t Is remarked here that
the Republicans are becoming tired Of what
is known as waving the bloody shirt
and have become convinced that sectional
issues or arguments no longer have much
weight with the people, Republican leader.
have confessed to your eorrespondent tha,
IL Is too late in the tlay to attempt to tirS
the nor, hern heart with sectional appeals.
The people no longer make those distine
tions between the north and the south
which they did a few years ago.
Firebrand In the Senate.
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TIL. Critical Stag. R.uch.a.
II is confessed ON all sides that the crit.
ical stnre I'm the long and somewhat hitter
campaigu has been reached. Within "A few
davs now the contest must be decided one
way or the other. The managers of the re
neal campaipn must find n way TO force n
vote or thew mnst make terms of compro
mise with the opposition. II the bill should
be sidetracked by this elections measure
that would be the end OF H. IL would never
he taken nm again Mt least not at this ses.
sion of congress Still another alternative
has been presented and NAV be adoptel b,,
fore the week is out That is to have re
cess of congress for two or three weeks. 40
that the senators NAV minrle with their
constituents and ascertain ON their own ac
count what is the state of public opipion.
President Cleveland and some of his on
cjal advisers believe the senators who min.
gle with the people would return to Wash.
ington convinced that nothing is to be done
but to pass unconditional repeal On the
other hand, the silver senators maintain
that public opinion has been swinging in
their direction for some weeks past, and
that senators are sure To be influenced the
other way. There you have 1t, and you may
take your choice.
Why the silver Men Hang On.
It trnnspires that one explanation Of the
bitterness and persistepcy with which the
silver leaders have fought their campaign
arises from their knowledge Of the fact that
IL the existing law be repealed IL will he
absolutely impossible to replace it with
ANYTHING favorable to silver so long as Mr.
Cleveland sits in the White House Fo,
more than three years to come the statute
books would be absolutely closed to any
measure designed to rehablitate the while
metal. Even beyond the term of Mr. Cleve
lands occupancy Of the White House il
would be exceedingly difficult to accom-
plish any silver legislation, though public