The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-10-21

WASHINGTON, Oct lh-lne sliEei
men have won the great fight Sena-
tor Voorhees,, leader of the administra-
ton forces, has acknowledged deieat
and no further attempt to repeal inc
Serman law will be made.
The end of The long struggle came
at i:45 Thursd y morning when Sen.
Voorhees,. seeing the hopelessness OF
the contest arose in his place ana
moved that the senate adjourn. Inc
motion was carried without dlssenV
ing voice and thus the great pattle
was ended. The policy dear st to the
heart of President Cleveland was dead
forever. The free silver men had won
a decisive victory and demonstrated
that the sentiment of the senate l. de-
cidedly for silver, for many senator's
who had been counted on to vote for
repeal persistently refused to come to
Voorhees, aid. showing, that their
s;mpathies were really on the other
side.
The friends OF Mr.. Cleveland found
il utterly impossible to maintain
quorum and finally in sheer despera-
ton Senator Voorhees, threw up his
hands and acknowledged defeat. The
sherman law will stand or compro-
n Sc acceptable to the free silver peo-
pie will be passed.
The session has made record as the
longest one in either branch OF the
American congress 1t has made a
record, too, of unexampled physical
endurance on the part OF one individ-
ual. for Senator Allen (Neb.) has
talked uninterruptedly for almost tif-
teen hours.
The early hours of the day brought
frequent incidents 10 stir the senate
and gal cries to activity. II as ac-
curate picture could be painted in
words as would be PRESENTED by a
series Of instantaneous photographs
taken at intervals of five minutes dur
ing this prolonged session of the sem
ate, it might be possible to make the
pu blic understand WHY that portion of
it resident IN Washington should keep
the ca ileries crow ded all night and all
day. The spectacle which the visitors
watch with such unfiagging patience
is one of monotonous inaction; but
it is spectacle that is Continuously
changing. and it has the charm which
appeals to all lovers of the human ace
hat OF test Of physical endurance.
TIE same .; irit which filled he COLI
scum Of the Casars with crow DIS eager
To watch the gladiators butcher one
another to make a Roman holidays:
which wins for picadors and matadors
ana frenzied bulls the enthusiastic
p.audits and the eli OF Mad
rid and Ncxi o, and (which
will send to Roby throngs
Of sports to watch brutal prize-fighr,
eXer s it's influence in filing the
galleries of the cham Der of the senate
90 he ~ I'D
ing citizens behold in desperate bat
tie not young athletes but body Of
men for the most part venerable and
gray. They are battling not with
swords or fists, but with words. They
are fio ling not against the shock of
blows, but against the slow, WEARING
out process of the fight Of time. in.
volving the loss of sleep. the wear
and tear of nerves, the pangs of
hunger. the inconvenience and dis
comfort of an absolute cessation OF all
the normal customs of daily life.
/. is cur Gus scene that this arena
presents at any moment during athis
long succe ssion of hours. For exam
pie, Mr.. Martin Kan. began to speak
at clock in the morning. lie suc-
creded Mr.. Allen, the sturdy Nebraska
populist. who h d occupied the floor
all night. Nr. Aliens performance
had been a remarkable one lie took
the floor at 500 Wednesday afternoon.
He was interrupted for n little more
than an hour by the colloquy between
Senator's Dubois. VOORHEES,, Butler and
Harris, which marked the opening OF
the prot acted session. With this en-
,ception. MIR Allea spoke continuously
until $ o'clock thursday morning.
His only relief was when. at intervals
OF half an hour or so. a silver senator
would note the absence OF q
quorum and demand the roll call.
Mr.. Aliens performance was followed
by no appearance of exhaustion. He
| is a son OF the westel plains, and he
lookedaas fresh and his voice was as
| keen and rasping at o'clock after
| fifteen hours of use as when he began.
| students of oratory might be curious
| to know what Mr.. Aliens long argu-
| ment was, how it was frame and put
| together. what we're his salient points
| and what the atures of his conclu-
sions. But such an inquiry would
be in vain. During the long night
not more than two or three senators
at time listened to Mr.. Allen. His
desk wa piled high with books.
From these he would read long ex-
tracts and connect them with some
| comments of his own. But what they
| were or what the extracts were nobod Y
| will ever know who does not wa e
| through few million words in the
| Congressional Record.
|