Show THE BLOW HAS FALLEN silver la Is defeated blanda bland la propositions in the nature of substitutes for the repeal bill were voted down one after another by majorities which by many in this country will be drone frightful the news newa from washington today will hardly excle excie interest let alone surprise aur prise in this part of the world it was a clear case of coming events ants casting their shadows before and the very few who permitted their hopes to bolster up their waning belief to the lost last m sy y experience a feeling akin to disappointment but the ki can not be very close the present extra session was called for the purpose of repealing the sherman law or so eo much thereof as an provides Dro vides for the purchase and thereby the independent recognition of silver as a money metal this to be without condition A great number of the members who lett left their homes and who may be yet have changed front temporarily at least and converted what at first appeared to be a majority for silver into one for gold As to whether they will be strong enough be to secure a law looking to the rehabilitation of the now despised and castaway metal ven even it if not permanently in the gow mens menh it to Is premature to speculate certain bertal a it is ie hat but they have not nol a two thirds majority and fur for all practical purposes might as ae well have none Silver 81 ivor Ifor lor the present it if not altogether la in over the line and out 4 10 the senate senal has baa not yet been tried it ii Is ier tru nt ni r has baa the sun arisen tomorrow mu morning if this similitude is deemed too loo immediate tor for appropriate iu in view ot of the dilatory and other buraus ot of resistance taace which the western c u resort to in the upper boque we will change it the recurrence ot of the anniversary of the nativity with its sacred mam memories ries and general joyous ess a is in not yet at hand but are there any rational doubts louba that after a brief brabon st it will t 6 bert almost t hs certain la Is it that the will vote vole silver down I 1 u ne e turm furm or another aiu other by a majority as large tn in proportion to membership as that irk in the abe house at least by a majority sufficiently large tor for all practical pur boses and tho then whal we have as a nation at ae amsy m nev from the beginning and exi deptin cepal ng the abu iba twenty years with wah out restriction it II may n t be b so ao easy eaby a performance to ajust just ourselves oure elvea to the tb changed banged condition as ae some borne may aravine not our general adaptability r und and elasticity nor do we look for such results and nard hardships ships as ae many have pointed out uncertainty la Is a poteat element la in prolonging di scour aging conditions a d this at least we shall be rid of and able to proceed thereafter with understanding and defini definiteness keness bo let us not prefer the gloomy hide bide ot of the be picture until it i is upon w cufr perhaps persapa it way may never be we can at least hope so without additional caiet the NEWS la is not of those who ascribe corruption to those members who changed their minas minae on the silver question nor does it believe such imputations we do believe that most of 01 them looked at in this way president cleveland is responsible for the successes and fail ures urea of his bia administration and he be ue sires to cut loose from silvey were we to resist him we would simply be ob in the way of nis nia policy being carried out and have ourselves to bear the burden of any discredit or lose that might come uj uon on the government let the responsibility go where it belongs belonge and while we do not agree with the president in this matter he be la is entitled to his bie way let him make hia own experiments experiment and if they prove benea ben ecial well and good it not we hereby declare ourselves oura elvea ezon exon aerated crated while this way may not be the way all of the converts oon verta look at it we believe the majority of them are in such position Losi tion the NEWS iff hope fu and advises its readers to be in the same ame irame frame ot of mind |