The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-08-09

now seems TO be in every ones mind
that while the silver question may be TO
some extent sectional one. it is not
political one. that parties are divided on
1t, not by 1t; that il has its adherents
and its opponents in the democratic and
republican ranks alike, that all populists
are not for free coinage and that all
greenbackers do not indorse il as the
best solution of the financial crisis Mem
bers discussed this anomalous situation
as they assembled in the two chambers
and seemed to derive such qualification
from the fact that, in any event, par
tisanship would be subverted TO calm
reasoning. in the long days of counsel
that all feel must follow before the ques-
tiOn is solved.
Long before the hour of convening
members began TO gather in the hall of
the house of representatives and those
who had served in previous congresses
took the seats they occupied in their
former days of service. One of the first to
walk down the aisle and take his seat on
the republican side was the dignified Mr..
Belden of New York. He nodded good
naturedly to Mr. Bailey who entered
moment later. but the New York capital
list and the Texas flibusterer. have no
conviction in common on the silver ques-
ton. Mr.. Funston Of Kansas, who sur
Vived pOpulist fury in the Vast congress
siOnal election, entered erect and justly
proud of the victory achieved after one
Of the hardest fought battles in political
history He grasped the hand of Mr.
Livingston Of Georgia, as warmly as
though no impossible chasm separated
him from the great silver agitator of the
South. Mr.. Hopkins OF Illinois. who en-
joys the distinction of being the young
est republican member Of the ways and
means committee, smiled gaily as he
asked Outhwaite Of Ohio whether the
democracy would redeem its pledges and
repeal the 10 per cent. tax on state bank
nh. I.te
piled that it is "a condition and not a
theory that confronts us" the Illinoisan
Joined in the hearty laughter that greet
ed the repartee.
Jerry" simpson Appears.
man who looks like Sol Smith Rus
sell walked down the republican side
| and jostled another man who looks as
Phil Sheridan did before he began to
accumulate avoirdupoids The frst
man is Jerry Simpson of Kansas, who
| has shaved off his mustache and the little
( man is John DalzeH of Pennsylvania, who
many of his friends feel some day may
be the L. S. senator from the Keystone
| state. Where are the rest of you?'
shouted Brosius of Pennsylvania, tocOse-
~ to Mr.. Simpson. and the sage of the
| peoples party gravely responded that
they would come several hundred strong,
and control the house of representatives
two years hence if the republicans and
democrats failed to restore silver as a
money metal. A conspicuous figure on
| the democratic side was Congressman
William NJ. Springer of Illinois. As he
grasps the hand of Bryan of Nebraska
| he assures the young lieutenant of
| Chairman Bland, of free coinage fame,
| that there Is nothing in the rumOrs that
| he (Springer) is TO lose the chairman
! ship Of the ways and means committee.
and congratulations follow. A grizzly
| bearded, storm-bcaten political vetera n
| reached his seat on the republican side.
| after shaking hands with q score of DO
| ttical admirers. 1t is Joe Cannon of Hi
| nois, who regains his seat in congress
| after two years of private life. rein
| forced by the cyclone of 80. John Allen
| OF Mississippi river, private of the con-
| tederdte army, crosses over to Mr. Can
| non and tells "A story which illustrates
| that the Illinoisan may become a better
| man after having once passed through
| the cleansing fires of defeat and mOrti-
| ficatiOn. n robust individual, with a
| broad breSt and a stentOrian voice that
| rings with good fellowship, shouts across
| the house to O'Neill of Massachusetts,
| the inquiry whether the tariff is still the
| paramount issue. and bows profoundly
| when the Massachusetts, man responds
| that Truth crushed TO earth will rise
| again"
The robust gentleman is julius Caesar
| Burrows of Michigan, who has thrice
| rejected Speakership hOnOrs proffered to
| him by Jerry Simpson of Kansas under
/ a projected alliance of all the silver men
| Of the house, regardless of party. George
| Fithian Of Illinois, whose shipping bill
| has made him famous enters the hall
/ in an absent-minded way, but is stopped
| short by a colleague who presents him
/ TO Cohen Of Wyoming. the first demo-
| cratic congressman to be elected in the
| great grazing state
1 Other Members Arrive
A man crowned with all the honors
| that his party can give him, the caucus
nominee for the speal6ership enters
from the speakers lobby, and is in
stantly surrounded by a score of felic-
| itating friends. It is ex-Speaker Reed,
| the "czar" of the Fifty-first congress,
but a man whose despotic rulings are
just now being gravely urged by many
democrats as proper for the incorpOra-
ton in the rules of the present con-
gress in order TO expedite legislation.
There is a Slight manifestation of en-
thusiasm as man of sturdy stature
| and the determined features of Ulysses
S. Grant enters from the rear and
| AdkeS his seat on the democratic SIDE
1t is Richard p. Bland. for many years
| chairman Of the committee on coinage
whose deposition is now threatened, but
a man destined in any event to be one
| Of the most conspicuous figures in the
financial contest that is now opening
He is calm, imperturbable and reso.
| lutte, and seems to appreciate in al
| it's solemnity the life 'or death battle
| that is ahead for the silver cause. A
man crosses over from the republican
side and grasps the hand of the silver
| chieftain warmly, and converses con.
| fidentially for a few minutes. The re.
| publican is Newlands of Nevada. but or
| the financial question he is united with
| the Missouri representative on a com.
mon platform. Representative Sayres
| of Texas is pointed out as the possible
successor to Watchdog" Holman
chairman of the appropriations commit
| tee, but Mr.. Holman seems undisturbed
| by the rumors that are afioat Bou
telle and Dingley of Maine attract at
tention as they appear.
A handsome young man, plying. a
| huge fan vigorously, walks over tC
Springer of Illinois and compliments
him on his healthy appearance The
| young man is Durborrow of Illinois
the Apollo Of the house, who reapet
| distinction in the last congress as the
| chairman Of the worlds fair commit
tee. A tall, smooth-faced man on the
| republican side leans over several seat.
to shake hands with DolIiver of Iowa
and tell him that Governor Mckinley
will sweep Ohio In the fight for tn,