Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-26
PLEAS FOR SILVER
Made to the President by Nu-
merous Statesmen.
TIFF sEIGNIoRkeE BILL TEE TEXT

or = Number of Appeals at the White
Ho1se-Indi, atlons That They Were Of
No Avail and the Probabilities in Favor
OF a Vete-Synopsis of What the FSecu-
tive said->nr,mary og the New Treaty
with China.
WASHINGTON. March 25.-The letters ana
te.egrams which FOR the pas; week have
been pouring in ;spon the presiden; in ne
gard to his action on the seicniorage hill
continue TO ill the White Ho',se mailbag.
II anything. in increasing numbers. As
has beea the case from the first these CON-
manicat.ons are very largely appe&l> -
the president Ia exercise the yeso power,
1t i stated in fac; that thege are ten se-
quests tor a veto - one asking the pro>i-
dent to sign the bill. The president may
hold the bill until Friday, March 81, and
on that day return il 70 the house with
his veto or signature, aS the case may he.
The Indications are, however. that there
VIII BE- no occasion - count the exact
number Of koar> or even days, - he pres
.deut vii not allow the 1sn days IL pass
and the bill 10 become Z law without tx
eoutiye action.
silver Men Have an Inning.
The silver men. however. are moi IT al
unhearl because they are not lar-ely rep
resented in the kilograms They an rep
resented IN body before the president in
person. They have fairly >vaTmsl 3; the
White House. There were fifteen of them
present ~ one time, Including Williams.
Fcrnau, and Mcdonald. Of Illinois:
Martin, B.soi,>hirv. AMI NcNaguey.
Of Indiana. and accompanying the In.i-
auis-s Was a S1D Of eN-Ssc1ltary Of 1he
Treasury 1IcCuuoch. who came n . west
e-a h-uS@g L ur-e tte signing Of the bill.
B.yal e Sehrss>ka WAS there 10 urge the
desire 81. the lar northwest that the bill
be gue-i- NcNlllin waS Just hack from a
V.>it - his state which satisfied him. lie
sai3. tsz, q silver veto mean; political dis
a-5er- Black of Illinois WIS also % this
formidable gathering e.: congressional
Leaders
Why General BLACK Wa> There.
Only che - the whole H.-eeu was pos
>ibiy uO5 silver man AID thar was
Back sa was there to ur-e that the
people ~ Illinois wanted the ni.l signed.
The Eres...ent had q cordial greeting Toy
the various silver men auI showed much
gresham after another was heard They
>pYke with great earues-ne,-. No effort
Was made 70 conceal tae feeling that tn
existence Of the present MAJ a,ity IN con
-rt--> depended "a tie signing of The bill
NcCli.pcG. SOFA os tile eA-~ccr-.1rv and
now an Indiana banker. urged THAI the
western banks we're uat airll Of an over
supply Of silver. He iIs-auced his u,sr.
tsnR AZ - Inch. lie >aid, there was q cog
slant call for silver The metal Was never
on hand IN quantities greater tLa: tie
deIaa-d. The people appeared 70 hoard
u o. much n any other class 81 money.
Reply Of the President.
Then President Cleveland replied 70 the
iooI Il oTarory thai had walked ra.
echoes ~ his ollie He SAID lie was aux-
louS To help .Ee can-re~=ueu ard their
people by such action a. would j,- I.->t
Tor the whole country. i was "a question.
above maje-ltie- IA congress or Of any
other personal or selfish consideration
He told them thar they tad his sympathy
and that be earnestly wished tiaJ he 81 -
~ liberty 20 look az the matter and act
solely from their poirt II view IN TACT
nothing would please him more than TO
.eave the matter to he settled ty congress
But congress had turned it over - him
and upon him rested the responsibility.
which he could nos and Would not evade
The performance of his luE duty obliged
him - consider not the Interests ~ this or
that section, but tie welfare Of the whole
people and that du1y he sn1lud eudeayor
10 discharge 10 the bes; Of h. ability.
Looks Like Veto Coming.
To that end he Lad sought information
from all sources and heard all interests
lie intended % take all u the facts into
consideration and 10 base hi, decision
upon the conviction he should reach a, 4,
the interests Of the v hole people The
president spoke feel.n-iy OF the gravity OF
the resp0nsibilitysthUs imposed upon hin.
. by the differences IN various localities
He pointed ont some of the features ur-ctI
against the bill. tie did not say that they
We're fatal defects, yet the tendency of hi.
statements was 70 show that he could net
yet reconcile himself to the views the >.I-
yer men had expressed.