The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-11-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.
trost', Regular Correspondent
WAsHiSGroy, Ger SO, 1893.

z trost's Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Ger 80, 1893.
Editor Post:
Truly, it is the unexpected that
happens in politics. Just when
ninetv-nlne per cent. of The men IN
Congress, regardless of their person
al preferences, thought the o3se'
q,lies of the Voorhees, bill were fairly
under way the prophecies of pf'
Cleveland proved to be true. in
stead of being corpse the patient
sprung mp from the bier where 1t
had been tenderly laid and demon
strated to all the world that 1t was
vigorous enough to knock ont all OF
it's opponents-there was funeral
but compromise was the corpse. Or.
Cleveland was naturally pleased at
the change, but he was not altoScth-
or satisfied: in the pocket OF the pa,
ticnt was a recommendation OF old
man silver that DR.. Cleveland was
somewhat avcrse to attaching ms
name to, so he sent his associate
physician, Dr. Carlisle, to suggest to
chief nurse VOORHEES, the advlsablll
ty Of strangling the now convals-
scent patient and putting in ITS place
It, twin brother which was lathered
by Representative Wilson and winch
had already been strongly endorses
bv the House; but the suggestion did
not meet with favor, cithcr from
chief nurse Voorhees, or any cons'1-
cradle numbes of his assistants, 4hey
decided that it would be n.ust to
the patient they had nurscd through
such a long sciye OF critical illness
inst because of recommendation
which,, after all, will be no more
binding than the average one given
by politician to office seek
ers. Only nine Senators voted '''
the Wilson bill when the proposition
of substituting the Voorhees, blll
therefor was decided by the Senate.
Reasons for the failure of compro-
mise are heard on all sides, but none
Of then, are quite so interesting as
those given on Tie floor of tho Senate
bv Senators Wolcott, Of Colorado,
and Gorman, of Maryland, because
they both occnpicl positions which
should have enabled them to know
Mr.. Wolcott said it WAS the With
drawa of the support which was
given tho outspollcn silver men "
those who were working for ro-
peal by Democrats who believed TIC
silver men were right, but who, td
sustain ;hc administration were Will
ing to take the other side, and Ivy
the Republicans of the east an"
north. who wanted the silver men t.
defeat repeal that the party advaa-
tagc might he derived by the RcpHb-
leans from the spectacle Of the Dem.
ocratic majority being unable to leg
isate. This statement, which va:
not contradictp,l, would have been al
the more interesting had MIR. VOL
colt told why this mixed support was
withdrawn. He co"tentel himsel
with saying that it was brought
about by party exisency ANA other
CAUSES. Mr.. German started ont by
saving that the repeal Of the purchqs
iny clause OF the Sherman law might
not give the rcIiof expected and thai
it was not such Il bill Il, tho Demo
Gratis wanted to pass, and that it wa'
partisanship on the part Of the Re
publicanS which prevented an agree
mcnt on measure which would give
the relief the situation demanded
lie then became more. specific nn'
declared that Senator Sherman, AZ q
leader Of the Republicans, and of the
majority Of those Senator's who rqp-
resented the repeal sentiment, held
tho key to the situation and dictated
terms to the administration and to
tho Senate, and by his opposition
prevented agreement upon Il measure
that would have done Justice to all
Interests and provided the relief the
administration wanted. Much OF
the above might be accounted for o,
! the theory that Mr.. German as 4
! shrcwl politicion wished to let tn.
silver Democrats down easy, but II.
such theory will account for his clos:
ing worls-'' During .a!l This fight
there has not been majority in the
Senate in favor Of unconditional ~.
pea and it vas that lack of a ma.
iority which has delayed actionunti)
! this time -
It is not expected that it will re-
quirc more than two tlaAo: moro fot
the Senate to dispose of all the
amendments to the Voorhees, bill and
Of that measure. That it will pas.
is now conceded by its strongest and
bittcrrst opponents, and if the repeal
ers can muster a quorum in the
Housc, which they are working hard
to do, the bill viii be in President
! ,lnrnl IL. Enn.lr hoHoro tic IL ILL. .