Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-10-27

fighting to increase the value Of his
earthly possessions.
PETER, another of those engaged TO
ill up gaps Ia debate; has voice that
would give an ordinary man the Jim.
jams If forced to hear him regularly
or continuously. He has a thin, pip
ing, rasping voice, aud very little of 1t.
His talk is of the widest character, is
invariably interspersed with resolutions
of the Grange, the Alliance, printed
pamphlets of Alliance lectures and
letters from bis Alliance friends ia
Kansas. He is the worst bore In the
senate. Jones of Nevada made by long
odds the ablest speech made in the in
terest of silver. He is a man of great
strength.
Senators Vest aud Cockrell took an
active part in the proceedings from
start to finish. Itlwas Senators Vests
speech at the beginning of the session
that set the pace for the silver men and
endowed them with courage; it was
Senator Coekrell's aggressiveness and
persistency that prevented many of the
Democratic silver men from yielding to
the influence of the administration long
ago.
The strongest speech made for repeal
was that of Senator Mills. The ables
for silver was that of Jones of Nevada
and the most brilliant of the anti-repeaI
speeches was that of Daniel of Virginia.
rhe speeches made by Walthall of Mis-
sissippi against repeal are considered
by some of the repeal senators as the
best argument in many ways on thai
side of the question, Walthall always
speaks we'll and never comes before the
senate unprepared.
The venerable Senator Palmer of Illi-
nois, perhaps the oldest man in the
body, was one of the most active men,
bers of the senate during the contest.
He never missed roll call and held his
ground during the entire contest as
gayly and cheerfully as any of the
younger men.
THE ENFANT TERRIBLE.
The enfant terrible of the silver men
was Dubois of Idaho. He was a
smasher of senatorial dignity, although
the newspaper men have dubbed him
''rhe Defender of Senatorial Dignity !"
a title which pleases MIN immensely.
Dubois is youngster. He graduated
from Yale College and is a native of
! Spring field, ILL.,, where his father, we'll
known as "Uncle Jesse Dubois" was
for long time prominent Wing and
afterwards Republican politician.
Dubois is nephew of Senator Voor-
hees and, perhaps, for that reason, he
was put forward by the silver men tn
affronting that senator. The uncle
and nephew got along very amiably.
They had no severe spats, although
they exchanged some pretty sharp back
talk from time to time, but always with
a courteous string attached 10 it, Du-
bois made good deal of character dur
ing the contest; he proved himself
well up in parliamentary knowledge
and debator of first-class capacity.
Being the youngest man among the sill
yer men, he undertook the brunt of the
fight. He has never been absent from
his seat night or day since the real con-
test began. He was the man to make
things unpleasant for the majority. 1t
was he who made objections to unan.
imous consent; it was he who opposed
adjournments and recesses; In fact, he
had to perform all the rough duties
that the filibusters had to engage in,
but he believed in his heart that he
was serving his people and his state In
doing 80, and he enjoyed his work. He
never lost temper from start to flush.
was always smiling aud agreeable and
good natured in the heat of every fight.
HILLS BIG HIT.
Perhaps the man of all Others who
made himself character during the
last week of the contest was Senator
David p. Hill of New York. Every
body expected, of course, that there
must be something In Mr.. Hill or he
never could have reached the height of
that he enjoys in New York
state, but the belief was pretty general
here that Hill was merely a cunning,
willy politician without any great abil-
ity, aud that he had only the courage
OF the fox. That belief has been very
successfully dispelled. He stands at
the present time in the front rank of
the senators, with character that IL