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Show j IN TI1K SKNATK. i It is tho unexpected that always happens, hap-pens, and tho abandonment of the election bill after a protractod debate, while not wholly unexpected, is nevertheless never-theless surprising. Eight republican senators from the extreme west united with the democrats to bring about this result. We do not bolleve that all of those eight republicans object to the election bill on principle; in fact but two of them, to wit, Stewart and Wol-eott Wol-eott placed themselves on record in opposition to it, but as between that and tho silver bill they prefer to push the latter. This practically disposes of tho election bill, but it by no means ensures en-sures the success of the silver bill. As ever, wo believe a free coiling i measure cannot beeomo a law this session ses-sion of congress and if a bill to that cf-fect cf-fect should go through tho senate it will be killed in tho house, where its friends are not so numerous and enthusiastic as in the other body. Tho only hope we havo is that the senate will stand by its caucus bill, modified perhaps in some particulars, or, if it pass a free coinage bill, that in conference it will compromise with the house on gome such basis as tho senate caucus proposed. pro-posed. We wish we could secure tho passage of a free coinage silvor bill through congress and tho executive. But even tho blind can see, if they don't blind themselves to tho fact on purpose, that this is at present impossible, and the question is more than ever narrowed down to this: Shall we havo a partial but prompt relief or none whatever. The events in the senate within the next few days will throw sorao light upon the subject. |