Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-27
Washingto Notes.

ing any expression OF approval or olsap-
proval Of speaker. The Chair announced
that upon any further demonstration he
would enforce the rule and clear the gal
leries ''Then, Mr.. President" came in a
ringing voice from the western public
gallery for men, "then Mr. President, l
as one the common people, who have no
business here, will leave the gallery now =
Such an unusual occurrence as q speech
or retort of any kind from the galleries
created great sensation, and every eye
was turned to the candidate for oratorical
honors. A large respectable, looking man
in a gray suit was seen making his way as
rapidly as possible to the door of the gal
lery, when he was met BY vatchman and
escorted from the building.
Attempts of correspondents to interview
him ended in failure. He was polite, spoke
the Queens English very well indeed, but
refused to say more than that he was from
Pennsylvania, had been in Washington for
six weeks, had grown very tired of the
Senate proceedings, and thought he wsuld
express his disgust in the most public man
ner possible and then 60 home. Alter re-
cording this explanation it is needless to
say that the unknown gentleman from
Pennsylvania was perfectly sober.
The applause In the galleries and the
uproar excited by the man from Pennsyl-
yania were not all of the incidents, by any
means. When Butler resumed it was to
say that it appeared that the friends of the
Senator from New York filled the galleries.
and were disposed to resolve the Senate
into a town meeting. If that were the
case he would invite the Senator from New
York to go outside to the street corner and
have it out. This was said jokingly but
another Senator thought he was in earnest
and made a fuss about.
A compromise was talked of that day
which was to provide for the repeal of the
Sherman law on Jan. l, 1895, and the sell
ing Of bonds to maintain the gold reserve.
On Fiday the Senate confirmed the ap-
pointment of Mr.. Van Allen, of New York
to be ambassador to Italy. Mr.. Van Allen
| is a millionaire He contributed very
large sum to the Democratic campaign
| fund last year, and his nomination by Pres
ident Cleveland has caused considerable
adverse criticism. Both the Senators oi
this state voted for him.
On Saturday Mr.. Cleveland consented tc
a modification Of the compromise submit
ted to him the day before, and there was q
great jubilation that night over the pros,
pect that the end was at hand and con-
gress in a week or ten days would behome-
ward bound. The fine Italian hand oi
Senator German arranged the final con-
ditions to which the administration on one
hand and the Democratic Senators on the
other subscribed their heroic assent. The
bond feature was stricken cut in Difference
| TO the demands Of the southern Democrats,
to whom the idea Of bonds in time oi
peace is more exasperating than the ira
ditional red flag is to the infuriated bull.
In return for this concession the silver
men agreed with wry faces, it is true, and
amid vigorous shower of protests to fix
the date of the repeal of the Sherman Law
at October l, 1894, less than q year hence.
The other features Of the compromise are
the coinage of the seigniorage of bullion in
the treasury amounting to $40. .00O,0 900 and
the permanent retirement of all classes OF
notes, except silver certificates, below the
denomination Of $40, their reissue in the
denomination Of $40 and over. When these
small notes are called in no more to roam,
the use of silver in the small transactions
of life will become inevitable. The steer
ing committee presented this proposition
to the various Democrats Of the Senate,
and before adjournment that night it had
been signed by thirty seven of them. Sen
a.or Voorhees, demurred He took the po-
sition that if unconditional repeal was to
be abandoned greater concessions should
be made to silver; but realizing that poll
tics is the history Of compromises and
craftsmanship is the science Of circum-
stances he tipped his hat to fate and
agreed to the proposition TO take judg-
ment against the Sherman law, execution
to be postponed for one year.
On Monday il was announced that the
President did not approve Of the compro-
mise bill, and that upset all the calcula-
tions made. Jones, Stewart and Fuller
continued their windwork in the Senate.
On Tuesday there was a general break
up in the Silver forces, the Southern Sena-
tors and the Populists deserted the Silver
Senators, who, left standing alone, agreed
that vote should be taken soon. The
end came swiftly aud unexpectedly. At
noon the silver men talked as confidently
as ever. The veteran Senator Harris Of
Ten nessee said, Unconditional r. pea
cannot succeed until h freezes over"
Pugh Of Alabama re-echOed his daily re-
mark Of the last week, that 1.-THE fight has
only begun" The other southern silver
senators seemed equally defiant. Yet in
side Of an hour they all agreed to permit
vote to be taken. Thus in that short
period the whole bottom fell out of the
contest and the silver senators from the
Northw est reluctantly hauled down their
colors.
At o'clock, while Senator Stewart o.
Nevada was talking to the empty seats, the
correspondent met Senator DUBOIS in the
lobby and asked him what the situation
was. He replied: "The jig is up. The
sout hern silver senators have deserted us
arI IN al he ~ 60 %,
cure a vote, and we shall not filbuster
against it. We have done our duty to our
constituents and they can make their own
reply when the next election day. ar
rives"
This was the first intimation that the
battle was over. The news spread like
wildfire over the capitol, and the senators
were besieged to learn what had occasion
ed the sudden break up. As near a. can be
ascertained the causes differ according to
the political faith Of the silver senators.
The Democratic senators from the South
were brought into line by two reasons
First, the demand OF their constituents for
patronage which was being withheld by
the administration, and, second, .fcti-
tious scare which had been inaugurat6d in
the South by administration agencies.
The southern people were told that unless
vote was soon taken, Dave Hill would
have cloture rule adopted, and therefore
when the Republicans again came into
control force bill would be passed by the
aid Of this cloture. The senat ors yielded,