The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-11-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Orr Regular Correspondent

Truly. it is the unexpected that hap
pens in politics. just when ninety.
nine percent of the men in congress,
regardless OF their personal preferences
thought the obsequies OF the voorhees,
repeal bill were fairly under way the
prophesics of DR.. Cleveland proved 10
he true. Instead OF being corpse the
patient sprang up from the bier where
it had been tenderly laid and demon.
strated to all the world that it was
vigorous enough to knock out all OF its
there was funeral, but
compromise was the corpse. Or.
Cleveland was naturally pleased at the
change, but he was not altogether salts.
fed; in the pocket of the patient was
recommendation OF old man silver that
DIR. Cleveland was somewhat averse to
attaching his name to, so he sent his
associate physician, DIR. Charlisle, to
suggest to chief nurse Voorhees, the
ACCESSIBILITY of strangling the now con
val escent patient and putting in its
twin brother which was fathered by
Representative Wilson and which has
already been strongly endorsed by the
house; but the suggestion did not meet
with favor, either from chief nurse
Voorhees, or any considerable number
of his assistants. They decided that it
would be unjust to the patient they had
nursei through such q long seige of
critical illness. just because recon-
mendation which after all will be no
more binding than the average one
given by politician to Office seekers.
Only nine senator's voted for the vii
son bill when the proposition of sub
stituting the Voorhees, bill therefor was
decided by the senate.
Reasons for the failure of compromise
are heard OH all sides, but none of
them are quite so interesting rs those
given on the floor of the senate by
Senator's Wolcott, of Colo, and Cor
man, of Maryland, because they DO Ii
occupied positions which should have
enabled them TO know. Mr.. Wolcott /
said it was the Withdrawal OF the sup-
port which was given the out spoken |
silver men by those who weie NJ
pArently working for repeal; 10y the
democrats who believed the silver men
were right, but who to sustain the
administration were willing to take the
other side, aud by the Republicans of
the east and north, who wanted the sill
yer men to defeat repeal that the party
advantage might be derived by the
Republicans from the spectacle of the
democratic majority being unable to
not contradicted, would have been all
the more interesting had Mr.. Wolcott
told why this mixed support was with
drawn. He contented himself with
saying that it was brought about by
party exigency and other causes. Mr..
German started out by saying that tho
repeal OF tie purchasing clause of the
Sherman law might not give the relief
expected and that it was not such
a bill as the Democrats wanted to pass
and that 1t was partisanship on the part
of the Republicans which prevented an
agreement on measure which would
give the relief the situation demanded.
He tLen became more specific and
declared that Senator Sherman, as the
leader Of the Republicans, and of the
majority of those senators who rep
resented the repeal sentiment, held the
kew to the situation and dictated terms
to the administration and to the senate,
and Ivy his opposition prevented agree
ment upon a measure that would have
done justice to all interests aud
provided the relief the administration
wanted. Much of the above :might be
accounted for on the theory tGat Mr..
Gormvn as shrewd politician wished
to let the silver Democrats down easy,
but no such theory will account for his !
closing words-"During all this fight |
there has not been majority in the
senate in favor of unconditional repeal,
and it was that lack of majority which
has delayed action until this time"
1t is not expected that it will require
more than two days more for the senate
to dispose of oil the amendments to the
Voorhees, bill and of that measure.
That it will pass is now conceded by its
strongest and bitterest opponents, sand
il tho repealers can muster quorum in
the house, which they are working hard
to do, the bill will be in Presidents
Cleveland's hands before the close of
of the week.