Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-09-07
DER WASHINGTON LETTER
Defeat of Silver in the House, and
Some Speculation as to the
Action of the Senate.
MAsHINeroN. ID. G.. Sent. 4. 1sea.

IL WdS WIFI great SUI plISo llidt IHc ilcc
coinage men found themselves so COM
pletely beaten in the vote on the Wilson
bill, and its amendments last Monday
They may have expected defeat, although
they would not concede 1t, but the over
whelming majority against them dis
heartened them. Its effect was seen ev-
erywhere, and many of the free silver
men now say the passage of the act in
the Senate is only question of time, and
it may not be a long time. The closing
day of debate in the House, was a day
long to be remembered by any one who
was present. The array of talent and
real elOquence that was reserved for the
final day, was large. and in every way
well representative. 1t was field day
for the House, and as the Senate was
not in session, most of the Senators
were on the floor of the House. The
galleries were crowded, and the rip
pies of applause that broke over the
House were frequent. Mr. Reeds speech
was very satisfactory to the Republican
side of the House, and the Eastern Dem
ocrats were very glad of his support and
influence, even if they did not feel good
over some OF his remarks. 1t was a fresh,
strong and scholarly speech. Mr.,Allen,
of Miss, made funny speech, as usual.
There was not much of an argument, but
it was just such speech as one likes
to listen to, after hearing several argu-
mentative speeches. He did not, and
cannot excel Mr.. Pence in humor, but he
was funny, and no mistake. Bourke
Cockran's speech was gem. 1t is prob
ably the best effort he has made since
that 2 A. NJ. speech one morning in June,
1892, before the Democratic Nation
al Convention at Chicago, in which
he proclaimed that Grover Cleveland
could never carry New York. Cochran
is an orator with but few equals in Con-
gress. Bland, the great silver leader, fol
lowed him, and made an able speech
from his side of the question. Wilson
and Mcmillan, Gear and Boutelle, made
good speeches.
Well, the House breathes easier, and
has been working on the Rules for few
days. The new rules come part way, but
do not come clear up to the Reed rules
of the Fifty-first Congress. The Speak
er and ex-Speaker had quite a war of
words on the Rules one day this week.
Mr.. Reed has spoken several times on the
new rules, and he stands by his record,
with nothing to take back. In spite of
all rumors to the contrary it seems the
Ways and Means Committee is going to
commence on the tariff, at once, and aft
or less than three weeks investigation, to
go right to work on new bill. This is
hardly thought to be the desire of the
President, but no one knows for sure.
The Senate moves along slowly. The
Mantle case has been decided against
Mr.. Mantle, and the Senate has gone on
record that the Governor of State can
not appoint Senator in cases where
the Legislature has failed to elect, and
adjourned. This will dispose of three
cases now before the Senate, and the
Governors of the States of Montana,
Washington and Wyoming, will no doubt
call special sessions of the Legislatures
of their respective States at once
Perhaps they have cooled down, and can
now elect. which they could not do last
winter. 1t is worth something to have a
precedent in these cases for the future
Mr.. Stewart, of Nevada. is good deal
warmed up over the result of the
vote on repeal in the House, and he
claims with good deal of vigor that the
gold party, and not the Democratic par
ty, controls the financial question at this
time. He says the gold side of this ex-
traordinary session of Congress, are run
ming things, and that there are more ad
ministration Republicans in the Senate,
than there are administration Democrats
Mr.. Sherman made an able speech last
Wednesday on the pending question, in
which he went over the financial history
of the last twenty years, and showed his
own standing on many of the important
measures He showed how Senator Stew
art voted to demonetize silver, and got
the laugh on the old gentleman by hav-
ing some quotations read from Stewards
speeches in 1872 and 1873, in which Stew
art advocated gold standard. Gordon,
of Georgia, also gave us a surprise
by making an argument in favor of the
act. He also spoke in favor of
repeating the tax on State Banks. 1t
seems queer that Senator Quay should
also favor the repeal of the tax on State
Banks. But it is no secret that he was
in favor of such plank being adopted
by the Republican State Convention at
Harrisburg on Wednesday Senator VOL
colt made an elaborate speech on silver,
and the way he touched up Senator Voor-
hees and Senator Gordon for their flop on
the question, was witty enough. The
outlook is that Senator Morgan will not
assist the free silver men in long strug
gle against time. He is a great loss, if
this is so, for Morgan can talk about as
long as any man the Senate has had since
the 22-days' speech of Henry W. Blair.
But Teller says he has brought his win
ter clothes, and he proposes to stand by
his record, and talk as long as he pleases.
Dan Voorhees, says there shall be no focl
ing, but every one can speak as long as
he pleases. Dan acts little as though
he was running things.
The President and Mrs. Cleveland are
back He certainly does not look as
though he had any dangerous disease
about him, in spite of all the work the
newspaper men have done the last week
to prove him in serious condition.
There is no doubt there was some trouble,
bnt just how much, and just what, is a