The Lamar register., 1893-11-04
a WORD FROM woLcorr.
He Gives the Senators His View OF the
situation As Affecting Colorado
and the Future of the Re-

situation As Affecting Colorado
and the Future of the Re
publican Party.
VA Saturday during the closing hours of
tne debate on the repeal bill In the Senate,
MI Wolco't OF Colorado delivered the follow
nag speech, which was listened to with the
closest attention BY senators aud visitors He
said:
lew hoursagowe votedg; that amend
nent TO the bill which would give us free
coihige IL vas lost, grcsr ma iorlty of the
senate vouag against 1t All the other
amendments will meet like fate They are
only good In that they arc better than uncon-
ditionG repeal, and It seems Idle to 60
through ths form OF voting upon them. am
iudliieFent whether | vote for them or not;
tor some st them have been introduced by
senators who Intend voting for unconditional
repeal, and their amendments may save for
tnen something Of the appearance of things.
Sooody Is really decctred, however, those
are not the friends of bl-metallism. The
coarse -oI this debate, and the vote of yestcr-
Gay h1ve given Us the names. and the addi-
tlonal foll-calls VIII but serve To emphasize
INC defeat which silver has suffered. We
came here buoyed mp with hope and confident
OF hnsl success. We have met an orerwhelm-
Ing and disastrous defeat, and the reasons are
not far to seek
The light for silver has failed because
Democratlc support aud Republican encour-
agement have been Withdrawn. The true
situation has never been understood by the
publioi II has rcver developed on this floor;
" has never been exposed to the II ight. There
has been talk q closure, and senator's across
the chamber hsse leaped Into sQdden reputa-
tion BY advocating II, have posed as II they
were each Columbus discovering some new
'iand or the Ingenious and adventurous spirit
Nho had found the clue to the Senate maze.
They are landed by the metropolitan press MS
the ucn who we're TO be the sayiors of their
country, and unsayory criticism and bitter
dcuuuelztioa have changed and blended into
aeelsmaIlons and praise.
why, eyoa the newest senator here must
have understood perfectly that closure as ap-
pleable to this measure was IN lmpossihility,
that 10 could hnd no footnold or abiding
b place In tkis chamber. These arguments
have been fer the gallery, for gulliole pub
I lie For ms own part, | should be delighted
! TO sec Il enacted. We have freus the first IN
Eited vote upon Us adoption. The majority
Z VII need II later, II will notbe so ardently
! pEcssed hyGhis side Of the chamber in the
b winter moaths. wbeu the repeal OF the cleo
tion law aai tariff revision come up for pass
age
! when tha, delec,ablc time shall come the
silver stsie senators will no longer be goats
Z While we may not be able to emulate the
I subservleEey recently displayed by this side
WRrtls the administration, shall hope 70
exhibit cur earnest desire for progress ia leg
islation by taking to heart the lesson which
enee At all hours. for quorum and vote.
The oprn and svuwed sentiment OF a large
majority al this body Is against the introdue-
tion here Of the previous question or any foru
OF closure, that the majority believes that the
I privilege of free discussion ds safeguard
which shoGld not be removed and that while
delays may arise, because OF the right of un-
limited debG tc, yet the SUN OF gain II brings
Is Infinitely greater than any Inconvenience
which may1aSe occasioued.
''Nor docs the dignity OF the Senate suffer
by this right Of debate. This Senate loses It's
dignity whenever 1t becomes simply mouth
piece OF the executive viii, and when IL yield.
To Influences which should have Go share In
shaping legislation. Now, II n1y Is we'll be
understood that vaporings here and else
where about closure have had no sort of in-
fuenee on the result Of this debate, and state
without fear q successful contradiction thai
nobody who has advocated it had she slightest
idea IL would pass. Since this measure wa:
first reported ehe opposition TO It has been
based solely on the belief that nncondltional
repeal nnaccompanled by affirmative legisla.
i.iou, would bring suffering and disaster TO the
whole country, and not destnction of the
aselfsre and the prosperity Of the silver state.
only, which would necessarily follow the pass
age Of this bill
at was from the outset d!sIaetly under.
stood thA, II the support of friends on the
other side OF the chamber should be with
drawn. while we feii that irreparxble wrong
would DC Indicted upon US by unconditional
repeal, We should nes ertheless cease TO op-
pose a vote. The ;ine has come when we are
left alone Party exigency and other con-
trolling motives have ed to acquiescence by
lhc other eide IN the inevitable result There
IL not the slightest criticism TO be offered 10
such 4 conclusion For tHo months we have
fought together for the maintenance Of 4
double standard, and we haze lost
s4Some Of the criticism to which we haze
been subjected by Democratic senator's is
misplaced We have been told by some OF
and revolutionary. This sounds droll to
those of Us Who witnessed the contest over
the force bill. senators who are vaguely un-
derstood now to favor closure, aud who have
denounced US, fled out soiemnly again and
again Into the cloak rooms or ensconsed
themselves in the COMMITTEES rooms to avoid
aiding to make quorum. That struggle
lasted as long as has this, and the organiza-
tlon OF the speakers and machinery OF the
contest were perfectly equipped anG oiled,
The senators on the other side have spoken
critically of the speech of the senator from Ne
bra.ka because it occupied Is hours. Iremem-
Der one speech on the force bill, that of the
senator from West Virginia, which occupied
~ hours The distinction between the two is
slight, and the able address Of the senator
from Nebraska will not suffer by comparison
with any other, long or short. which has been
uttered In this chamber. / do not refer to
the force bill days By way OF criticism, but
only TO emphasize the fact that fine distinc-
tions breed nice differences, and to insist that
in view of the few months that have passed
since that somewhat memorable event and
the character of that struggle. some OF the
utterances OF the southern senators have been
uncalled for and out of place We. who are
tafa her IL nr0fuCP1.