The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-18

~ ppCIkcT tnc b9mDcTnlS fHIl IuoI uiuO wan
any rules. They wanted TO Go along as the
pleased. All right I said: I don't want an
rules other Lots 90 right along withou
them.' SO We went along and / recognize
whom I pleased. and did tho business wante
10 do. Then tho Democrats. who didn't lik
tnat sort Of thing rs much as they thought the
would began to clamor for rules. Well. wa
very glad TO have some rules. because kns,
that by the ond OF the session would mako
great many enemies and have n good deal o
difficulty. SO sntd all right. wo will hny,
h rules And after that we had tho rules. and
was able to shit my responsibility upon thu
rules"
In concluding this informal talk Mr.. Reet
said quite charactcristically:
oh. the sum and substance OF 1t nll is. II thu
y Vico-prcsidont has majority behind him he
can do what no pieases."
AZ rHa SILVER MES SEE THE SITUATION.
II il only fair to say that there Ia n totally
different view OF this situation. and II Is found
In the minds and assertions OF the silver Sena-
tors They refuse to consider them selves dis-
orderly. or to admit thai there 10 any vice or
crime In resisting the will Of the majority in
fact, they don't acknowledge that the majority
10 against them. IL Is a pity that THE Sun
cannot name the Senator who ia the best
spok esman for this side OF the case. His Is such
the whole people. II what follows here was
said by him In tho Senate. or written BY him TO
the press over his signature. 1t would gain i'm
menso value.
Il have read to-day's SUM-" said this Sem
ator. and while / do not think its news ar
ticle upon the Senate was intemp eratc. / do
think that the man who wrote 1t misconceives
and exaggcrates the situation. lie calls 1t an
extraordinary situation. and intimates that It
,L.tA~ ~. -
ment l assure you that It is not
80. No wrong is being done here
No harm is coming to the people There is
nothing unusual or peculiar about it. The
history OF all important legislation is being
followed and repeated in this long debate. II
1t leads to victory for either SIDE It will not do
go until there has been argument commensu-
rate with the Importance OF the subject. II 1t
leads to compromise. say to you that the
history OF all great legislation is repetition OF
compromises. All great movements have been
made through compromise.
Tho reporter OF THE Sun fails to perceive
that the silver mon have moral majority be-
hind them. l could more easily say to you
that they have n majority OF the people behind
them than could prove the assertion. l will
not, therefore, say that. although believe 1t.
because know WI a. the silver men tell me
about the communications they receive from
their constituents. You only read about the
memorials and petitions that come from the
bankers and the chambers of commerce and
the business men into the baskets Of the re-
peal Senators. But say to you that an equal
burden Of equally hearty. anxious. and ardent
communications are piling in upon the silver
men. They themselves are nstonished at the
backing they are getting from all over the !
country.
Il know OF recent case in which an anti |
silver man felt himself obliged to tell New
England Senator that he had been through the |
South. and that tho people OF the South were |
solidly for free silver. And know OF many |
remarkable cases where men who have been
opposed to free silver are now writing TO their |
Senators commenting them for their course |
against repeal. telling them that they find |
growing sentiment for free silver. and that !
this delay has given them the opportunity to |
study the question. and forced them to be-
lieve 1t a very serious and important one. we'll |
worthy OF deliberate and patient debate.
But to return TO the Senate While We
have nota voting majority behind us. we feel |
the influence OF moral majority. l cannot
stand up in the chamber and say that Admin
tstretion men and monometalists who are here
to vote for repeal are privately assuring me
that they hope We silver men will succeed. l
cannot say publicly that know pronounced
repealers who tell me they want the silver men
TO persist In their course in order that COM
promise may be the result
The reason / can't say that on my feet in
the Senate is that il did so some one would
ask me to name these men. and that / could
never do. but tell you that 1t Is true that
great many Senators who are committed to
vote for unconditional repeal are secretly urg-
Ing us to keep up the fight for silver. The
same is true OF some OF the Administration
Democrats.
We feel this moral majority behind u.s. and
i insist that there is always that feeling Of
great support OF general backing behind men
who are placed as We are Without that feel
Ing no man would dare to flibuster in the face
OF a nation. But for our consciousness of
strength we could not stand alone or with our
little following and make this battle
The case was the same when the fllihu ster.
Ing againstithe Force bill took place. Oh,
this is not a new thing in politics. There is
nothing exciting or startling about this. In
that flibustering against the Force bill the
Democrats went to the extreme length OF fli-
clustering. Much further than we have gone
n this silver fight The weak spot
N the argument Of the Democratic
senator's against our ilibustering now
the fact that in the Force bill
light they taught us how to dlibuster The
Democratic Senators who-are to-day the con-
'pAsuoeo ouNoSotcS Vi TIC Tepeul OI tne SD0r- |
nan act and the devoted friends OF the Admin.
stration are the same men who but two yeara
ago were sitting in their seats refusing to vote
md occasionally running out OF the chamber
into the cloak room and corridors In order to
break quorum when a Republican majority
was endeayoring to pass the Force bill legisla-
lion.
How. for instance can Senator Gray Of
one OF the ablest Democrats and one
d. the most conspicuous OF the repeal Sena-
ors. now ask for closure rule. when two ,
'ears ago he used all the ability at his COM ,
nand In opposing Just such mode OF reach ,
NC Q voter How can all the other Dem ratio {
who stood for days and nights and ]
weeks hlibustering against that measure OF
he Republican party and llibustoring al ainst
he Republican proposition for closure. now ]
complain II the silver men who then learned
low to apply obstruction tactics in their most c
ctcntinc form utilize that knowledpe2 r