Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-02-07
lFrom our Regular COrrsspOndent. J

tors WHO VOteu against tue liz
coinage substitute for the bond
bill also vote against the proposed
free coinage amendment to the
tanf1 bill, which the most Of them
as party men, are anxious to de
feat? And will the fifteen republic
CANS who voted for the free DIN
age substitute, because their con
stltuentS favor tree silver, vote fol
the free coinage amendment to tn
tariff bill, which they, as part.
men, want to pass? If the demo
Gratis who voted against, and the
republicans who voted for th'
silver substitute vote the same
way on the silver amend ment tC
the tanff bill, what will be the
result? Surely these three qnes
tons ought to tnrniSh The lovers O.
legislative puzz'es all the Occupa
ton they wish for few days.
The answer to the above ques
tons generally gwen by those best
Informed, including men of all
parties, silver and anti silver men,
is that the vote will be different on
the silver amendment to the tariff
bill. 1t is believed that the lively Q
democrats who voted against the
silver substitute will also vote
against the silver amendment, and
that enough of the fifteen re-
publicans who voted for the silver
substitute will vote against the
silver amendment to defeat it, be.
cause they regard their votes on
the first as sufficient for a record
aud are anxious as a matter of
party policy to have the Senate
send the tariff bill to the Presi'
dent just as 1t passed the House.
1.-THE bill is to be vetoed, and as
a rule the republicans believe and
hope that it will be, they do not
wish the President TO have the
free silver amendment as an excuse
for his veto. They wish to put
him on record as refusing the $780,
900, 900 annual increase in the re-
venues that Congress will ofer
him IN the tariff bill.
1t is for the popuIist Senators to
say whether Mr.. Dupont shall take
his seat as Senator from Della
ware, the democrats and fepubli'
cans having drawn the party line
on the report from the Election
committee, which favors Mr..
Dupont. Although none Of the
ropullst Senators have auth orlze d
any statement of how they will
vote, the impression prevails that
enough of them will support the
report to seat Mr.. Dupont.
Hnmbuggery and absolute sell
fshness have got strong foothold
in the Senate. A coterie OF the
Oldest Senators are out for every
thing ID sight, and they are never
at q loss for a hlgh-tOned argument
against any change that threatens
to deprive them other possessions.
An instance of this was given when
several OF the republican members
of this cOttre AMI Ounced that II
would be undigni6ed for the
Senate to show al incllD alton to
grab political spells, and that they
were therefore opposed to making
change in the offices Of the Ser
geant.at-arms and Secretary OF the
Senate, but in favor of electing a
President protein. None OF the
populists have been in the Senate
long enough to get admitted to
this coterlr, bat they know enough
not to swallow that story, anG
that it would he to their interests
20 have a change in all the Senate
offices, so they informed the re-
publicans that they must III lage al
Or.none. The secie, OF the position
Of these republican senators Is lnat
they haye more of their friends in
Office under the democratic secle
tary and Sergeant.at-Aams than
they can possibly keep in if new
men are put IN those offices. Ali
of which indicates that becO ming
a Senator does not change a mans
nature.
At first glance it seemed that
the Cuban resolution rep rted
from The Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations Was a good
thing for the reyOlutlohists, and
ought 10 be pushed along by the
friends OF free Cuba, bat when all
that mass of verbisge which max
up the resolution is carefully gon g
over its goodness for The Cubans
or for anybody else Is not appar'
e1t to ordinary eyes. In fact, II
looks very much as il The gentle
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