New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-30
NOT TALKING FREE SILVEh.
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMEN IN q SUB
DUED FRAME OF MIND.
THEIR ANXIOUS soLIcIrUDE FOR THE WELFARE
OF COLONEL BRYAN ALSO SEEMS III HAVE
VANISHED SINCE THE ELECTION.
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrBuSE.l

VANISHED SINCE THE ELECTION.
fey TELEGRAPH To THE rRIBUSEl
Washington Nov 29-Most OF the Democratic
Congressmen who have arrived In Washington To
attend the closing session of the LNth 'ohsfeSs
still seem TO feel the Christening effects Oh 'ne
crushing defeat of their party In the recent eic0
tons and are not much given TO the onering OF
explana lions therefor. 1t Is apparent. however
that some OF them are doing some deep thihhihs
on the subject which has been nearest 10 'n'r
political hearts and that the results OF ther tniih
ing have been neither satisfactory nor cohsoHs'
one may converse with them by the hour not oh'y
without hearing A declaration In favor or the Tree
and unlimited coinage OF silver without the ara OF
consent Of any other Nation earth" but without
herring the subject OF free silver mentioned unless
he suggests II. II the name OF william D. b'!"''
has been mentioned by any OF them since their ar
rival the fact has wholly escaped oDseTVa'io.'
Only one short month ago they were filed win
anxious solictude in behalf OF the Coionel OF tNe
I'd Nebraska Volunteers and loud and fiery IN their
denunclations OF his alleged ll-treatment az the
hands OF a cruel and tyranncal ADMINISTRATOR
az course these and other facts that might be
mentioned may mean only that the rops are
still I'm n dazcd condition They were cocksure Oh
obt tanning control OF the House OF Representatives,
and for the sake of doing were Wiling 10 pay
'possum" or sail under false colors In the enemy >
country" while they raised high the s'aNud'" ~
free silver throughout the Southern. western anu
Pacific States. II prODaDiy ~ ndru lol Ni'''' ~
derstand why all their losses and none OF ueir
gains were In what they regarded as a rrier"Iy
country; why they lost Delaware and barely heid
their own in Ohio and Indiana, why they ios' an
the REPRESENTATIVES they had In Michigan WHY
Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota and Iowa re-
NAMED solidly Republican; why South DAKOTA an"
wyoming were swept from their Demo-fop moor
inas: why a Republican cyclone swept throus"
Kansas leaving behind Il one solitary Demo- 9p
Instead of the seven they had SO co,,ii.eHn"s
counted on: why Bryan's own Stale ''t.' W q
'rodbug" Legislature which VIII choose o'li ,f
Aliens successor; why even rock ribbed free SILVER
Nevada had been az reed shaken IN me VIII VIII
vhv a Republican gale had made desolate me WIG
waIna Of tones and the illustrious j. iiamili on
Lewis I'm Washington. and not least Why I'LL
champion Mcguire had been laid low IN 'aIlornIi'
ond solid Republican delegation to congress re-
turned from that state 3 ,.,,-o no =
They Justly regard the fate OF Maguire as a
nocrliariv rnournful Before tnat Shndi u.
tnirht set forth from Washington last sufnfrri W
hear aloft the banner OF Democracy ana fopuismi
and various other isms. he packed All niS peIp,s
ngs coniiding to his friends here that roNiIuC,
as he would be required to take UP me duties %,
Governor of California January !; iN,' II "oult
nor he worth his while to return ana tdhr Ii'S S'hS
I'm Congress for the few days that would intervene
between the first Monday In December ana T Hi
christmas adjournment. Alas he VIII pTUoapiiy
do so because the duties OF Governor OF anu
VII dcvolve on another and also because the niue
ago of a Representative from the Golden oIdle
amounts a pretty penny.