The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1910-11-19

Virginia. while prominent among the
siiverites and bimetallists were William
Mckinley and Joseph Cannon.
The Presidents message was received
by Congress with mixed feelings. The
Democrats. even the gold Democrats,
were resentful Of this act which threat.
ened irreparable party disruption. As
soon as the clerk Of the Senate com pleted
reading the special message, Senator
Hale, the Republican leader, supported
by Senator Lodge. rushed to the front
as advocates of the Presidents policy.
Senator German. the Democratic and
administration leader, chided them for
their zeal, but it was apparent from the
first that the great victory which the
Democrats had gained in 1890 and in
1892 was but dead sea fruit. Mr.. Cleve.
lands special message of August, 1898,
cut the Democratic party in twain and
it has not since been reunited.
Under Rule of Big Stick
The bill for the repeal OF the purchas.
ing clause Of the Sherman Act was
passed by the House by vote Of 240 to
ITO. The Democrats gave 139 aud the
Republican, l0l of the affirmative vote.
In the negative there were 76 Demo
Gratis. 23 Republicans and II Populists
The majority OF the Democrats who
voted for the repeal did it against their
will They wers under the compulsion
Of the "big stick" in the White House
and in the speakers's chair at Washing
ton, and the demand of pie. hungry
constituents at home. Cleveland and
Crisp let it be known that patronage
and committee appointments would 60
only to those who supported the admin
istration measure. Otherwise the re-
peal never would have passed in that
Congress.
In the Senate the Presidents power
was not so great aud he was able to
control bat half Of his party following.
The repeal bill passed the Senate by a
vote of 43 to 32. or the 43 affirmative
votes. 23 were cast by Republicans and
20 by Democrats, while there were 10
Democrats. 10 Republicans and Popu-
lists in the Negative. Party lines were de
stroyed absolutely. When the final
vote was taken in the House on concur.
renee in the slight amendment made
by the Senate. an attempt was made to
filibuster against the bill. This fiji.
buster was led by William Jennings
Bryan, who had the support of rs
Democrats aud Republicans, one Of
them being Joseph G. Cannon.
Democrats Disorganized
When the extra session adjourned the
Democratic party was no longer a com
pact organization. There were two
Democratic parties. one Cleveland, the
other anti Cleveland. And. as yet,
nothing had bean done toward redeem
ing the promises made in the campaign
with respect to the revision of the tariff.
Chairman Wilson of the Ways
and Means Committee of the
House reported his bill on January s.
1894, several months after the end OF the
panic for which the Wilson bill fire.
quently is held responsible. The party
was torn asunder by the silver question
n na
together ON the tariff. As the bill passed
the House on February /. 1t provided
for substantial reduction of tariff duties,
and included an income tax feature. L,
went to the Senate. and there was
amended beyond all precedent. aud so
changed that il bore small resemblance
to the original measure. In spite OF the
radical amendments by the Senate,
however, it represented considerable
reduction from the schedules of the
Mckinley Act. The great fight came
over the subject Of free raw materials.
aud in the end the House had to sur
render to the Senate. Senator German
had much to do with the course of the
bill in the Senate, and as finally passed
on August l3. the measure was known
as the Wilson-G German bill.
Republican Landslide
Four years before the Mckinley bill
was passed only a month before the
election. The Wilson bill was passed
less than two months before the cleo
ton. The Mckinley bill was repudiat-
ed at the polls before the country had
an opportunity to test it. The Wilson
German bill met a similar fate. The
November elections in 1894 resulted IN
veritable Republican landslide which
wiped out the Democratic majority In
both Senate and House and gave the
Republicans control of both bodies In
the New House there were PAS Repuo'
licans, l04 Democrats and Popuiists.
Yet the tariff question entered out
little into the campaign of 1894 Inc
Wilson German bill was not a iair re-
ao.,o,;o, of the marty platform prom