El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-09-17
pend on whether there

pend on whether there is a
large amount for sale or a
small amount for sale-in other words,
all depends on the law of supply and de-
mand. But why does he come forward
| at this time? Why should he just at
| the time when. the true exporents,
rush to the front to warn the republi-
can party that silver is the coming
question and that the party which
goes against it's free aud unlimited
coinage is bound to go down?
| There are several hypothesis which
can be INDUCED in as reasons for his
course. Tie first one is that he has
written what he has written, that dem
ocratic silver men may pluck up hope
| and continue their fight againt men,
bers of their own party, and thereby
keep that party in the minority. An
| other Is that he sees that the New
Hampshire voter is disposed to a
change, and the theoretical possibili
ties OF happiness and cOatentment may
be attractive and divertipg to them.
Another is that he sees that the repub-
lican party has about reached the end
of its row, and it is time for wise man
to look around for a habitat other than
the republican tent. During the last
session of congress the attention of the
newspaper man was constantly attract
ed to the presence of Chandler on the
democratic side of the cham Der.
He sat among his political enemies for
hours at time, chatted with them in
| the most lively and best Eumored man
ner. He told stories, and he is no mean
hand at telling stories, and laughed,
and they laughed, and all were as hap
py as PIP in Great Expectations de-
clared himself to be at Miss Havish-
| ans, when they all sat in carriages and
waved flags while the dogs ate out OF
silver p!attars. The presence of any
other man than Chandler on the demo-
cratic side would have passed without
notice. But the presence of Chandler
there did excite notice, comment and
| surprise of the gravest kind. One of
the free coinage democratic senators
told me that he could not understand
why Chandler was making up" to his
old enemies in such way, but he haZ-
arded the belief that it would not take
much for him to quit his old associa-
! tions. But that, at present, is the wild
est of speculations. Gallinger, his
colleague, between whom and Chand-
Ter there has always existed a bitter
feud, is said to be still weaker than
| the latter on the silver question. The
! feud mentioned was to a certain extent
patched up when Gallinger came to the
senate through the instrumentality of
Dubois. The latter was considered by
| Chandler as his friend, and Gallinger
got the two together. They had not
been on speaking terms for long time,
but now they are on the surface
friendly. But that both should be
counted as favoring the ideas of the
silver men, is significant from the fact
that it might indicate that the New
Hampshire people are disposed that
way.
| Something of the character aud past
! of Chandler, now that he favOrs what
the south seems to favor, is of interest.
There never was in the senate or any
{ where else a more bitter and unrelent-
ing enemy of the south and all the south
stands for. No man in public life, and
l doubt if there was ever any one in
public life who can sneer, indulge in
sarcasm, pierce with wit and generally
make himself more disagreeable to an
opponent than this gentleman. Today
there is no man who wants to engage
him in wOrdy encounter in the senate,
unless it be White of California. If a
senator has weakness or the peonle
he repre- sents have a weakness, Chand-
Ter will be about tt e first one to find it
out, and tell it. in a way that will not
permit an answer or explanation, but
which will irritate the subject of his
shafts of sarcasm, ridicule and sneers
Formerly he lost no occasion to attack
> the south. He Kept the senators from
that section stirred up all the time
His method of fight wss not in delibe-
: rate battle. 1t nigh be said that he
forayed. He would come in at the mos
) unexpected places when a southern
senator was making speech and ask
questions, suggest ideas, which would
: discomfort and irritate the speaker III
? would go so far at times IS to initiate
the very voice and gestures of southern
| senators, and many Is the time have
seen him initiate Senator Harris. o
? Tennessee, who had most vigorou
way of talking. In the latter years b.
5 did this In good humOred way to the
( delight of the galleries and the foo
: itself And latterly he has leveled hi
] shafts toward his own side, and tOwar,
8 the eastern states and It's senators par
s ticularly. He reminds me of small
: Irish terrier, Of the kind which ha