The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-02
HAVE FACED ABOUT
Democrats Now Following in the
Footsteps Of Republicans.
After DenOuncing HarrisOn's Monetary
Conference, They Are Now Eager
to Hold Another.
SITUATION In THE SENATE
Mr.. Voorhees, Will Make No Effort
to Hold Night Sessions.
SITUATION IN THE SENATE
Teller, George, Morgan, Jones of Ne
vada, COckrell and Call Yet to
Speak Against Repeal.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WAsHINGToN. Got. 1.-WheD the Demo-
Gratis in the House the other day faced
about on the cloture proposition and
adopted even more arbitrary power for the
Speaker than was ever thought of in the
"Reed Congress-" they did not take their
only back step. The Democrats have been
travelling like the crawfish ever since the
extraordinary session of Congress was CON-
vened.
At one time during the session of the
Fifty second Congress il looked as though
free silver bill could no: be defeated. The
men in the three parties in Congress de.
clared they would not only pass bill for
the free nnd unlimited coinage Of silver.
but that if it was vetoed they would pass it
over the head of the Republican President
The proposition was passed in the Senate.
The House was largely in favor of it,.
President Harrison opposed free silver
coinage upon our own ana independent re-
spcnsibility and 60 told the party leaders
in Congress. He did not say he would veto
q free-colnage bill. but he left that in
ference. He proposed that CON-
promise be effected and that the
future of silver as money be lett
as question for international
agreement. Ho proposed the lnterna-
ti0nal monetary conference. Finally Sen.
ator Sherman led the proposition. and it
went into law. But during the discussion
upon the Sherman amendment. which the
administration Is now trying to repeal,
since an international agreement has failed.
the Democrats in both houses denounced
the proposition for an international or
rangemeDt.
Whom Congress was called into extraor-
binary session Democratic Congressman
predicted that the monetary conference
would be hamstrung, called In. and all
that sort of thing. The tables nave turned.
The situation Is reversed, and President
Cleveland finds himself In much the sltua-
ton as that of three years ago. When they
began to Assem- BILE here in the early part OF
last August the Democrats did not know
the programme. but that did not prevent
them from shooting Oft their mouths They
denounced the IDEA of unconditional repeal
and spoke bitterly against that makeshift
of Harrisons. to refer the matter to q so
called International conference" First
about unconditional repeal. But they con.
tinued to denounce that Harrison idea" OF
an intern ational egreement.
About fortnight since President Cleve-
lana told his repeaA leaders that the inter-
national monetary conference idea must
be revived; that it was the only p0litio so
lution of the problem. 1t wes bitter pill
TO those whO spoke against it under Harri.
son and had denounced IL on the stump aud
in private as 'cowardly makeshlft" But
they swallowed the pill. Scarcely q repeal
Democrat has spoken In the Senate during
the past two weeks who has failed to advo-
cate unconditional repeal as "the only
means by which an international agree
ment can be reached through the proposed
the international monetary conference"
which Is provided for by amendments to
the bill under consideration. President
Harrison and his party have thus. in the
wisdom of President Cleveland and his
leaders. been acting for tine best in every
thing. The Reed Congress was wise in its
arbitrary rules, and so the fire. eaters have
indorsed everything which was so ObnOX-
ious to them only q couple of years ago. A
little time. q reversal of political fortunes
and some official pap; they all 60 to make
any Democrat In Congress change his
mind. There is scarcely thing the Demo
Gratis denounced under the last administra.
tion that they have not since last ADriI
been trying to initiate"