St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-06

great strategy in bringing this about
| see made com bin alton with every
w nator vino had some pet measure,
! Jlthout his real object being known.
| he result was that he finally succeeded
| n placing it after the tariff, silver and
! the Paddock food bills, and also some
| other measures that would naturally
consume great deal of the time of the
senate.
While this was going on the combina-
| ton of the Republican silver senators
was formed. There were many confer
ences held, and they generally took
place around the dinner tables of
"Chamberlin's." l want to be under
stood emphatically as saying that every
| one of these senators was opposed to the
some time called Lodge bill on princi-
pie, and that believe they would have
voted against 1t on principle alone, for
they were all men of courage, and
| where principle was involved the party
whip or any other influence had no
teIrOrs for them. The subject that in,
volved the happiness of their homes
| and the prosperity of their constituency,
| that had become as dear to them as the
defeat of the force bill was to the South
ern people, was the passage of law that
would put the great products of their
respective states on parity with gold.
This being fact, they could see no
harm in the combination with Demo-
cratic senators, which was like killing
| two birds with the same stone.
The combination, once formed, would
bring about the desired silver legiSla-
ton and also kill the force bill. This
subject becomes new again, for 1t was
| out of the opposition to the force bill
| that the much talked of Sherman silver
| act was born. ii there had never been
force bill in the Fifty-first congress l
doubt very much if there would now be
| Sherman law in existence. The Sher-
| man law was not what the Republican
| senators who defeated the force bill de-
sired, but in such bitter fight as was
going on they were in the position of
drowning men catching at StraWS, so
they accepted it."
Queerly Mixed Votes.
Many Democrats voted for free coin
age who did not believe in it. They be
lieved that free coinage was far prefer
able to the country than the Lodge bill.
There was no other alternative but to
take what they considered to be the
lesser OF two evils.
Finally the fatal day for the force bill
arrived in the senate. On the motion of
! the brilliant young senator from Colo
RADIO, vote was demanded on the
clOIure resolution offered by the able
, senator from Rhode Island, Mr.. Aid
rich. The Republicans were taken co M
| pletely by surprise. Seven Re-
publican votes were necessary in
| opposition to the resolution. with
out the adoption of which the
! force bill would be impossible.
Senator Stanford was unsvOldably alb
sent. Senator Stewart, his most init
mate friend, and for years his c0nfiden-
tial legal adviser, arose in his seat and
| stated that he was authorized to pair the
! California senator against motion for
! clOture. Senator Aldrich, of Rhode
! Island, was on his feet Immediately and
/ challenged the statement Ofathe Nevada
senator. All who were present on that
occasion will remember the sensation
| they experienced as they sat there. 1t
! was trying moment. There was a
| question OF veracity between two Sen-
ators. both honestly believing they were
| right. upon which depended the fate of
the force bill, and also, perhaps, the
! peace, prosperity and happiness of mill
ions of our fellow citizens who had
already drunk the bitter drugs of
a conquered race. A blizzard had
swept over a section of the coun-
! try and the telegraph wires were
all down. Telegrapnic communication
| with New York, where Senator Stan
! ford was at that time, was impossible.
! The vice president, MIR. Morton, ac-
! cepted the statement OF Senator Stew;s
until Senator Stanford could be heard
on the subject. The Republicans who
/ favored the Lodge bill immediately held
J a caucus. They suggested a hasty and
| secret trip of Senator Aldrich to New
| York to see Senator Stanford and get
| written continuation from him of what
! the Rhode Island senator had stated
upon the floor. | accidentally heard of
this, and Immediately informed the
= leaders of the Republican opposition to
the force bill. Senator German, who
had charge of the opposition, sent =
| Congressman Phil Thompson on tHe
same train with Senator Aldrich, while
l was selected to accompany Senator
Stewart on his important mission.
Race to New York.
Senator Stewart had not been IN New
York for twenty years, and he was
| afraid that ne might lose his way to tue
| Windsor hotel, where Senator Stanford
was stopping. He was also afraid that
! Senator Aldrich would get ahead of him.
1t so happened that we were all together
| on the same train, and, OF course, each
knew what the mission of the other was.
| The question was which one of the Sena-
| tors would see Senator Stanford first.
| Arriving at DesbroSSes street Senator
Aldrich concluded that the quickest way
/ to get to the hotel was by the elevated
| railroad. Senator Stewart and took
/ carriage, and made the cabman fairly
| gallOp up Fifth avenue. We peat Sena-
| tor Aldrich some minutes. Arriving
| at the Windsor, Senator Stewart
| was almost Immediately shown
| to Senator StanfOrd's rooms. The
California senator had been out
| driving that morning and an
accident had befallen his carriage. He
was quite severely injured, and that
| was why he had not been IN his seat in
the senate when the important vote was
taken. He simply told Senator Stewart
| that he had properly represented him.
| Senator Stewart had just come down
from Senator Stanford's room to the
hotel office when Senator A ldrich put in
| an appearance, with eX-CongreSsman
Phil Thompson following in his wake.
| Senator Aldrich sent up his card to the
| California senator, and the reply came
back that Senator Stanford regretted he
could not see his brother senator before
tt e next morning. This was the grand
finale to the fight against the force bill.
The matter was never again brought
up.
An Appeal TO the South.
The homes, happiness and prosperity
| of the Western mining states are now
threatened, as were the homes, happi-
ness and prosperity of the Southern
| people when the force bill was
before congress. At least the people
of these states fear that result.
which practically amounts to the same
thing. The silver Republican senators
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