The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-25
KILGORE'S DEFEAT.
How the Picturesque Texan
Takes His Defeat for
denomination.
TILLMAN TO BE U. S. SENATOR.
An Attempt at the True Solution
of Practical Bimet-
tallism.


WASHINGTON, Aug. %. 1S94-There
is very general regret expressed at the
defeat of Representative Constantine III.
Kilgore. popularly known as Buck Kill
gore, for a denomination in the Third
Texas district.
With few exceptions Rilgore has been
one of the most conspicuous members of
the House since the opening of the Fff-
tieth Congress- Tall and straight
sycamore, with a fresh, ruddy skin and
snow-white hair and chin whiskers, wear
ing the conventional Texas slouched hat,
when not in his seat, and with an ami
able disposition and great storytelling
abilities, few men have attracted more
attention than he, or found warmer per-
sonaI relations with a large circle of men
in and out of Congress. AS an objeetor
he takes rank with Representative Hol-
man of Indiana, and members who had
any private little bills to sneak through
always watched till Kilgore left the
Chamber before trying to pass them
by unanimous consent. His celebrated
feat of kicking in the door of the House
of Representatives when it was closed
to prevent the exit of members during
the fight over the Reed rules in the
Fifty-frst Congress, is well remembered.
TAKES IT PHILOSOPHICALLY
Colonel Kilgore takes his defeat phil
osophically. He remarked with laugh:
Its all right so far as I am concerned.
My bleeding country will be the only suf-
ferer."
His defeat is said to be largely due to
his friendship for the President, and his
action in support of the politics which
Mr.. Cleveland believed to be the best
for the Democratic party. He voted for
free WOOL of which his district is
large producer, and for the repeal of the
purchasing clause of the Sherman act.
Mr. E. C. Watts, prominent citizen
of South Carolina, now here expresses
his opinion about the contest for the
United States Senatorship now in pro-
gress in that State as follows:-
TILLMAN TO BE SENATOR.
THE heat has about all died out of
the campaign in South Carolina. 1t is
foregone conclusion that Governor
Tillman will be elected to the Senate
to succeed General Butler. The latter
has made a stubborn fight, but he never
was in it with Tillnan. A great many
CT the Generals friends think he would
have Jared better had he not tried to
plaeate the popu1ist wing of the party
OF i42 IelOEIueISs 5alACy StS iC lACiA-
Sc lves,but instead have planted himself
squarey on Democratic ground and up
he d the administration.
There is bound to be a reaction in
South Carolina sooner or later, but as
it is now the agrarian element is in the
saddle 1t is numerically stronger than
the citizenship of the towns and Cities
and in every one of his fights, Tillman
has had almost the solid support of the
people in the country. The city people
hate him cordially, and think the State
is disgraced in having him in the United
States Senate"
Yesterdays session of the Senate, when
legislative business was conducted in
executive session behind closed doors,
though an unusual was by no means
an unprecedented action. It is not gen.
orally known that the House has the
power under its rules to be equally sec
power under its rules to be equally Sc
cret in the transaction of its business.
when occasion requires. The rule is as
follows:-
Whenever confidential communications
are received from the President of the
United States, or whenever the Speaker
or any member shall inform the House
that he has communications which he
believes ought to be kept secret for the
present the House shall be cleared of
all persons except the members and Of
ficers thereof, and SO continue during
the reading of such communication, the
debates and proceedings thereon, unless
otherwise ordered by the House.
The possibility of enforcing this rule
was discussed at the time of the Chilian
episode. but there was no necessity for
such secrecy. In the Senate yesterday
It was the fear of no quorum which
brought about legislative session with
closed doors.
GOLD-SILVER COINS.
A gentleman named Barnes, hailing
from Brooklyn. submitted to a number of
House members yesterday variety of
silver coins containing a quantity of gold
sufficient to establish the ratio of value.
They were his own production, consist
ing of a Mexican dollar, half dollar and
quarter.
A small part of the coin had been pune
tured, and the opening extended to admit
the desired quantity of gold to establish
the ratio between the metals. He ex-
hibited his. work as an example of what
is, by some financiers regarded as the
true solution of practical bimetallism.