Show SILVER IS DEFEATED the business busine ae for which congress wall wag called together in extraordinary suasion session on the ath of august has hag at last been accomplished abe repeal of the purchasing chaute of the IS berman law has been decluer upon by coth brau of the nati national oual legislature in some respects this session has been the most notable and interesting io in all tur ur legislative history hl etory the senate particularly IRs ithell for abundance ot of speech Ull torl olfaction of action vacillation in leader ship pertinacity for filibustering sod obstinacy reson the bouee by compari BuD auD has fairly carried oft the boucre of f sobriety and dignity over the upper branch the president comes out of the struggle with all the credit that belouss beloi ige to unfaltering falte lug purpose and uncompromising firmness in a cause accuse right or wrong for to all appeals to recede from bis bin demand t or lor u unconditional repeal appeals that must have been surely the greatest temptation ever party chief was at mailed with he returned an emphatic and undeviating refusal all in all we are ar bound to regard the question at issue and the session itself as h living having developed high sincerity associated with patience and determined courage coupled with conviction the Tha sympathies of this paper have been with the minority and so long aa the latter janer gallan gallantly bly contested their ground within the legitimate limits of debate we applauded them when they went beyond twoie limits arad and fought not dot in the hope of converting converti ug any one ode or changing the inevitable but simply to retard and concu a we the will ol of abe majority we criticized them legislative contests oon teats are not settled ettlel that way reason is the only legitimate weapon in such warfare it that fails ails once it if must wait for another opportunity in america the majority rules and add he who would dweak the honest will of the majority must be deemed an benom enemy to tur ur not that the its is for far from it the minority of today may insy be put in power tomorrow our battory tolt tory is in lull ot uch tuch t changes almost so rapid as ae the passing of two days toe the teple are not long in finding out oui what they want and ana lu in doing lhoir part toward getting it you vou cannot foul all the people ull all the time s our con confidence fi deuce is ie that the people a majority of them anti ami at no distant atte a majority of their representatives will coats to ite slue aide of the present minority in this matter of silver we believe I 1 f furthermore urther more tuat conversi convere iou oti will be hastened by the now taken I 1 ju other worde that the quickest way to tilt litt silver up is to strike it ruthlessly ruthlee ely down there never has bas neen a an attraction lor for us ua in the proposition to cum compromise promise to resort to thau thal would be oa 08 but bui to post postpone the issue now we e know where we stand the majority think the country can travel better on OB the golu gold path aney have elected to try it inthe result L hall 1 rove that they boy were right we were properly detested defeated it not our triumph will be the sooner our justification the liao more complete if there is ia any merit in our causes it will not be lout lost through being delayed an analysis of the vote on the question of repeal gives little inde brouna for rejoicing among the adherents of any party lie bention Bec tion tation rather than politic determined the re ault generally speaking the be east was wan for it the west against it but there here are exceptions exception to this division the south made its passage possible by abandoning the ob st ruction policy to which it had formerly erly acceded this however without abandoning a fun duess for or the he willbo metal the honors of the closing debate on the negative side aide clearly belong to the aud and nearest neighbors noigh bors can do be mentioned with pride nothing more could be imagined than we the last appeal made by senators teller of colorado jones of nevada and dubois of idaho while wolcott and steward will need noue none other than their record on OB this bil to entitle af to a warm place ju in western remembrance no alq 10 reading their speeches can doubt the sincerity of these men we ars are glad loaf thir thill fact was waa made prominent in IB the jaad boaire ho it is in full of promise for the future and takes away much of present apprehension and regret |