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Show lose every eastern . state and gain nothing noth-ing in the west. We will lose the presidency, the senate, the house, free coinage, tariff reform and everything." Senator Vest also favors silence and non action on the silver question, saying; "We can take up the question of free coinage hereafter if power can be wrest ed from the republicans." Senator Cau-lisle Cau-lisle is in line with Mills and Vkst on this policy, and there is no doubt that a determined effort will be made to ignore silver both in congress and in the national na-tional convention. Will the supporters of free silver, with an bverwhelming majority in the house and a clamorous constituency behind them, permit themselves them-selves to be gagged and muzzled on this great issue? And what about the tariff? Which of the two policies already outlined will the party accept? Can it really agree upon either? It will certainly not go down well with the average tariff reformer re-former to have to content himself with nibbling here and there at theMcKinley duties when he represents a preponderating preponder-ating element that is irrevocably committed com-mitted to the policy of attacking the "iniquity" in its entirety There is nothing more certain than that the house, when it gets thoroughly warmed up, with a full head of steam on, will be prolific of surprises. i"; THE KIFTY-.SKC'ONU CONGUKSS. ., ' ThoJ 1'ifty-scoond congress of tho , United States met ut noon today, and there are stirring times ahead. As Si IIknkv Wattkiwox very aptly said, Vi the house is 'dangerously democratic" U aud the pnrty is not pulling together ly . any means. One of the bones of con- t tention promises to he the silver ques- y lion. What would be likely to happen V : should a caucus be called to decide whether the silver issue should be kept . out of politics until after the presideu- tial election, and whether the tariff should be attacked in detail or all along the line? I The entire south and a good part of I the west would be up in arms I against the proposition to post-I post-I pone the effort in behalf of y free silver until another congress should have been elected. Yet so dis-V-lnKuished a leader as Mr. Mills has vvjd: "If we press the issue of free coin-Ve coin-Ve of silver; in my judgment, we will |