West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-11-02

Our Weekly Letter from the Home or
"Unclc SAM"
Special Correspondence Of tho Argus.
WAsnINGToN, ID. c.,
October rs, 1898.


WASHINGTON, ID. c.,
October 2S, 1898.
Senator Voorhees, is proud, us he
has right to be, OF the great VIC
tory he has won, and he is all the
proudcr that it was won without
the uso of cloturo. Unless the Re-
publican Senators shall introduce
some new and unnecessary compli-
cation into the situation the vicious
purchasing clause of the Sherman
Silver Law, for which not ono word
OF praise or defense has been utter
ed during the long and memorable
silver debate in the Senate, will be
wiped from the Statute Books with
in less than week. The silver
Senators, after making as strong
light as was ever made in Congress
Tor anything, to get tho bill amend
ed SO as to continue the coinage of
silver, found that it was impossible
TO agree upon any amendment that
could DO passed, and once realizing
That they announced their willing.
hess to allow vote to DO taken
after the proposed amendments
shall have been debated and voted
upon. These amendments repre-.
sont about all Of tho financial ideas
aud each of them will have special
defenders and will secure some
votes, but it will not DO surprising
II, after having put themselves on
record 10y casting their votes for
what they consider would have inn
proved the bill, four-fifths OF the
Senate should ,on tho final vote, sup
port the Voorhees, Bill. My reason
for expecting such a large vote for
the bill is that nearly every Senator
who spoke expressed the opinion
that the purchasing law should be
repealed.
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Already there are indications on
the part of tho Republican Senators
TO make trouble. Senator Sherman
while protesting to be strong un-
conditional repeater, IS busy trying
to complicate matters 10y getting
supporters for an amendment pro-
viding for an issue of bonds. Inas-
much as Senator Voorhees, had told
Mr.. Sherman that ho considered it
unwise to intorject the bond issue,
which is opposed by many Demo
cratic Senators, into the question,
it looks as though Senator Sherman
was trying to create Democratic
dissention rather than to secure
repeal.
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Many outrageous misrepresenta.
tions have been sent out from Wash.
ington concerning the attitude of
Democratic Senators towards Presi.
dent Cleveland on account of the
failure OF the compromise proposed
by committee Of Democratic Sen
atOrs. President Cleveland has
been consistent all through the long
contest. He has always believed
that the Voorhees, Bill would in the
end be passed and has at no time
even intimated that he would en-.
dorse or in any way help to bring
about q compromise. All state
ments to the contrary are purely
imaginary. The Democratic Seua-
tors who proposed the compromise
were equally honestj they thought
that the President would sign n
compromise measure if IT received
the vote Of Democratic Senators,
and there is little doubt that he
would have done so, but none Of
them ever claimed that the Presi-
dent had told them so. The com,
promise was not endorsed by al Of
the Democratic Senators and 1t was
abandoned. That is tho whole
story without coloring.
Representatives Turpin, Of Ala.
bama, and Black, Of Illinois, arc
working hard TO get report from
the House COMMITTEES on Banking
and Currency IN favor Of the bill
introduced by the former to repeal
the law prohibiting thc lOaning on
real estate by the National Banks,
and they are hopeful Of SUCCESS.
Mr.. Turpin says Bnglish and
Scotch financial syndicstes now
monopOlizo the loaning Of money