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Show Washington Letter. (PtomourUKiiUr Correspondent; llolh Senate nnd Houso nre in n stnto of suppressed excitement In tho Senate the fight over tho Vorhces repeal bill has reached x.e nervous stage. The attendance ib unusually largo on both sides and it is evident to e ;cn the most careless observer that the Senators are in a statcof expectation. The , crMs may bo on at any moment and they all know It. President Cleveland is taking a personal hand in tho fight, nnd the silver men claim that it is helping instead in-stead of hurting them. Mr. Cleveland has been so accustomed to having his own way that ho Is In In n state of mlud because n majority of tho democratic Senators refuse to sco tho silver question as ho sees it, and it Is said that some warm words were spoken on both sides thlswcekwb.cn several of those Senators attomptcd to get his consent to some compromise, in the sha pe of nn oraend-ment oraend-ment recognizing silver. The nature of Mr. Cleveland's -.vrcr may be judged, from the laughir .murks o( one of tho Senators who called on him "I'll' let that Cleveland railed at rrovldcnce 'for hnvingeont him o gltl baby when ho wanted a boj." |