St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-27
ceive the voters. The utterances of Mr..
Paterson in the Democratic caucus
would be made 10 commend him to his
nnpStifnapcy
AS A SILVER LEADER.

COICiuolOls wv ouPPOoO IL nOuiN
do a bit OF good if the gentleman from
Maine (Mr. Reed were here now for
| me to make an appeal to him to keep
his hands OFF, 10 told his whip, TO sus-
pend his management OF his party here
upon this question:. Although the gen.
tleman has left his seat. will treat
some of his representatives now present
as standing in his stead, and will make
| an appeal In behalf of Republican MEM
| bers, who, it seems to me, have not had
the courage to make the appeal for
themselves. [Laughter.] The crack of
! the gentlenan'S whip has failed to con-
troll four members of the Republican
! minority here.
! And. Mr.. Chairman. in addition to
these four. there have been five or six
of the most accomplished, well rounded,
| graduated and slippery dodgers that
| ever went on record upon any vote In
any house of congress. Laughter.
Cannot the gentleman from Maine
! (Reed), who is interested more then any
one in the election of the next house,
hold off his hand little while and let
| Republicans here from the silver-pro-
| ducing sections of the country vote their
| own convictions and the convictions of
| their constituents? MIR. Chairman.
have never engaged in the role Of a
| prophet, but am going to do so now.
| The next president will be elected by
the Fifty-fourth house of representa-
! tiveS. If there is any one man here,
especially interested in knowing what
| will be the answer OH the roll call Of
the states at that time. probably it is the
gentleman from Maine. who today and
upon every occasion is standing up here
and elsewhere to be measured
AGAINST MAI. MCKINLEY
fn, unt in,
| When the question comes before this
house the vote of Idaho will be as big as
the vote of Pennsylvania. The vote of
Montana will he as big as the vote of
| New York, each state having one vote.
l say to him now, that when that roll
comes by states he will rue this day
and tie last fifteen days. Why cannot
he take his hand off of Ellis, of Oregon?
Why should Ellis. of Oregon, or Pickler,
of South Dakota, be required TO wind in
and wind out and appear and disappear
as his vote may be desired or not? DO
they believe for one moment. any one
constituents? Let the gentlemen know,
each OF them and every one
of them, that while we are
permitted under the rules OF
this house to bring camera on the
floor TO catch the refle ction Of each ris-
ing yote-that while we are not per-
mitted to carry kodak into the gallery
to catch the fieeting and flittering and
disappearing forms of these gentlemen
as under the direction and domination
| and suggestion of the gentleman from
Maine. they grab their coats and hats
and disappear from this presence-we
do not propose to remain dumb either
here OF elsewhere in describing and eX-
| nnSinn thn ohSnlnTp and nnnn9lItlp1
infamy Of such gang Of hypocriteS as
the Republican minority have been
upon this question.
"Mr. Chairman, the minority seems to
specially deSpise the mugwump. What
is mugwump? My friend from Mon
tana described nugwump here last
| August in poetic language. Let me
tell in plain language what Ii is. 1t is
cross between Democratic cuckoo
and Republican cuckoo. Laughter
and applause If there were no
cuckoos of one kind or the other, then
there
| WOULD BE NO MUGWUMPS 8. =.
What does it mean, Mr.. Chairman,
that here, last Friday, when we came
within two votes of a quorum, and there
were nine Republicans who voted, in
side of three minutes after that hap
pened, the gentleman from Maine
(Reed) and the General Tom Thumb OF
the Democracy Crracey), the Tom of one
side and the Tom of the other, scared
away seven Of these nine Republicans
so that upon the next ballot, if all who
voted should stay, there would still moi
be quorum.
"Mr. Chairman, in the. minute now
remaining to me, l want to reterate
what / said the first time | appeared
upon this floor last August, that the
time is rapidly approaching from day
to day when the producers of the South
and East must unite and act together
must be found before and after Noyem
Der represented by sane men,"
Mr. Patterson Dem., Tenn.), who fol
lowed MIR. Pence, said he would no
occupy much time in replying to the
structures of the latter upon his persona
action. In his Judgment personalitie!
never did any harm unless within tht
limitations of truth. He had no
changed his position. He had MADE {
speech last summer against free coin
age, and today he was still opposed t.
it. On that occasion he announced him
self in favor of coming the seigniorage
He denied that he had offered reso
luton in the Democratic caucus tt
count a quorum. Nevertheless, he ia
vored it. He was not one of those whit
would go back on the Lords prayer be-
cause it was indorsed by the gentleman
from Maine. Republican applause
Proceeding. he said that while he ia
vored this bill lie though that the dis
cussion in the house was having anC
had disastrous effect upon the C ountry
The fight here had produced
A STATE OF ALARM.
Business men were becoming afrai(
of silver certificates. Secretary Carllsl,
had told him this morning that in spit,
of everything he could do to push thes,
certificates out into the country through
the subtreasuries they came fioWins
back to the treasury.
"Do you attribute this to those VIII,
have been trying to pass this bill or Il
those who have been preventing its pas
sage?" asked Mr.. BCatner.
'To those who have been preventing
legislation" replied Mr.. Patterson
Still, he declared IN conclusion tha
inasmuch as this alarm did exist, til,
second section providing for the coin
age of the remainder of the bullion Ii
the treasury should be stricken out ant
the matter ended.
Representative Fithian (Dem., lii.
created much merrimentz by readins
from the speech of Representative Fat
terson in New York city last Saturday
Mr.. Fithiau said the meeting was one o
the "gold bugs" and the chairman wa
a gold big. In the New York speecl
Mr.. Patterson said that Southern mel
in congress were welded to old financia
ideas, and were following old fog!
traditions. Mr.. Flthian said that i
forced to the point of making a choic,
between New York gold bugs and Pop
ulists. the people of the South and Yves
would not be slow in choosing tn,
la l14
gress at present consists in filibuster
ing. 1t consisted in turning the hous,
into "beer garden"
"a bear garden, l mean," added Mr.
Fithian.
Mr.. Fithian continued: "There ar,
three kinds of Democrats in this house
The real Democrats. the cuckoo Demo