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Show Ul nine's Speech Washington, 7. Thr announcement announce-ment that Blaioe would peik on the silver question had the ellect of filling the floor and galleries oflhesenate to-day. A, least fifty members of the house occupied sofas and chairs in the rear of the senators' desk?, and the galleries wrro brilliant with fjehion-I ably dresBed ladies. Secretary Sher man and Gf nernl Sherman went among the audit ua on ti- ior. Blaine's speech was liu'eni to wilii clot- at tention throughout, rtud his phiura tiona, with its graceful llu.-iun lo the problem whieh had come down lo us from Abraham'd lime, ''the weight ol silver that shall be the current money with the merchant" was followed by enthusiastic aiinlnuse. |