The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-21

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vote tor compromise next week. lnts
announcement will surprise no one who
has followed the conduct Of the leaders Of
the nominal Democratic unconditional re-
peal minority from the beginning Of this
debate 10 the present date. The leader Of
this pretended repeal" Democratic faction
Is Senator yoorhees. who has ell his
political life been she advocate Of dishon-
est money. Daring the civil war VooE-
hSes opposed the ereenbaek, because it
sto0d 70. the slnews Of that war. TO which
nc vas bitterly hostile. but the moment
the war was over Voorhees,. Pendietou,
Western conperheads became green
hackers" In 1874 Voorhees, was
blatant advocate of imitation through the
Issue Of unlimited paper money; in 1873
be opposed the resumption Of specie pay
ments: in 1875 he beloved for the Bland
Allison act, and ever since that date he
has on every occasion voted for free
silver ap 10 the hour when he appeared
as the champion OF the silver purchase
repeal bill. Voorhees, Is nothing but fat
money Ethiopian trying 20 wash himself
white: nothing but q leopard advocate of
''wiid cat currency pretending to have
changed his spots.
The sincerity OF Voorhees, leadership has
been doubted from the start. His whole
record has been against honest money and
sound currency. Senator German, the
iieutenaa: Of Voorhees,. has been known TO
be in favor of eompromise from the start.
The truth Is that Voorhees, and German
have never intended to make more than a
dress parade; an earnest pitched baltic
with the opposition they have never at
tempted TO fight and never intended to
fight. Voorhees, and German have simply
meant TO encourage the flibusters TO fight
long enough 10 furnish the repeal man
ayers an excuse Tor yielding aud accepting
aeompromise.
The Democratic managers of repeal have
all along intended 90 defeat unconditional
repeal and substitute o compromise. The
pretense that there II no other way out OF
the situation Is absurd. The vice presi-
dent can force vote tomorrow by refus-
Ing to recognize the minority after he
eU.
Fair debate was exhausted long ago In
previous issue of the fosr-I SrELLIGEYcxR
we have told how Speaker Randall exer-
cfsed similar powers in the house when
the count Oft the presidential vote was going
On under the report of the electoral com
mission of 1877. when there was no rule
for limiting debate or dilatory motions.
Vice President Stevenson could do the
same thing as Randall did tomorrow If
he was made of the same kind Of stern.
patriotic stun
Ex-jadge Cooley, of Michigan. a great
jnrist, writes OF the prese nj situation.
IF i be true that legislation may he
blocked IN the senate &C tile will ol the
minority; that there il no way in which
the majority can force vote. then revo-
luton has ia some manner been effected
IN the g0veTnment--it IL no longer the
government our fathers created, bat IL is
oue so changed by one legislative body
'hat minority In tina, body may At pleas
Mre defeat any legislative measure. We
have no longer. rs 10 that badly, representa-
tive institutions. and that BODY. by n
minority Of It's members. can control both
feel hnmiltated A. an American citizen
more than that feel robbed of liberties
that never would have been voluntarily
surrendered bv the peopie The conStitn-
ton Is violated in one of is most irupor-
tant particulars. and not, so far as We can
sees for once merely. bat tu Ray that for
81 time leaves II ~ the mercy OF . fe "
persons"
Samuel J. Randall vas confronted with
this danger OF a revolution and ne met il,
by assuming the responsibility Of avertlng
IL and taking the consequences. This is
exactly what The speaker OF the house Of
ceeimons aid when en- the morning OF
February 8 1881. he took the exsraords-
nary step OF pQtsinr tae question aud Of
declining 90 listen 10 further debate. The
house VI commons had been in continuous
session from the preceding Monday and
vas making no visible progress Ia firing
out the opposition minority. The speaker
pgelaeed his putting of she main question
by saying that he was obliged 10 do il in
order 60 restore to she commons the power
To de business aud 10 set in motion the
blocked wheels IL legislation. The honSs
of commons subsequently adopted the
cloturs resolution.
The situation in the senate il far more
outrageous than the situation in the house
Of commons So summariiy solved by tina
speaker. OF course, Vice President Sc.
venson Is not Samuel ]. Randall or
Thomas B. Reed. and be cannot ee ex.
peciet 10 ssgze an opportunity to innos.
taliEe himself. bat IL the leaders Of thu
nominal Democratic repeal minority hsd
leea III earnest they would weeks asa
have made motion 10 proceed 10 vote On
the repeal bin without debate. n shevice
president enteytAins IL and "a appeal Is
taken itom the decision Of the char. the
majority can lay The appeal upon the tAh
assa take vote en- the bill SAoald the VICE
president raie thst the motion IS not In
osStsF, tae majority can appeal from that
railing, can override Il and take the vote
that wilt pass the bin. senator German "a
a skilled EaFilameBtAsisu aud knows al
ta5s, Why dad neither German nor Wear.
hees. nog Nilas. nar Er1ce. nor Palmer, nor
any one ct The pretended Democratic
friends ct unconditional repeal II the sill
sss purchase BAL make sals mos.oa and