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Show vtfiiiuiri - WaM"gton Letter. (I'ronipur Itrgitlar Corrotpomlctit) silver is 011 top In tl 0 Senate. It got thero by 11 series ot moves that were as surprising to many Senators as to tho outsiders, hut having gotten thero the silver Sen toisexpresscontidenee In bo-iug bo-iug nblo to Keep it there until the Bland bill for tho coinage of the scigi 1 lorn go is passed, and tonio of them say that a substitute providing for free coinage may bo put through In its place. Tho first of theso moves was mado by n caucus of lepubllcnn Beiiatoia wnlcli determined to get tho Bland bill before tho Senate mid to keep It there for two months in cndri to delay the consideration consider-ation of tho tiuiir bill. (Senator Stewart Stew-art made the next n.iv by preventing the Bland bill hemic referred to thu finance committee, This put tlio demo cratic leadets in a bote and after n tew day'a consultation the) concluded that tlio best way to block the game of their political opponents wan to go them one better by not only agreeing t the immediate imme-diate consideration of tlio Bland bill, but by pushing it through beloro tlio tariff bill gets lieloro the Sonata; nnd, asnmattcrof fact, the hill was in on ace of being pasted Wednesday afternoon. Tlio silver men are all well plunged with the situation. It the Senate i not on tlw evoof 0110 of the gieatoet scandal in its history somebody ought to bu soul to jail for criminally libelling four or Ilvo Senators by charging Hum with so manipulating the information given ut from tlmo to time concerning what disposition the Finance committee would mako of tho sugar schedule of tho Wilson tariff bill. Tlien- cnarges have Usen made In a vaguo sortot waytur since the bill Iiiih been in thu hands of the ommitlee, but sillce the jump in the pute of sugar that followed tho imt to Wellington ol tlio president 01 ihu miuir mist tboy have been boldly inndi , t mi to the oxtcnt ot giving thu amount inalo by 0110 ol tliceo SeuntoiH on tin1 lu of the jump In tho price ot sugui . I lonett men both In and out of the Bennl. , 1110 beginning to tiilknf an Invintin"! 1 t" establish tho Until or faulty -'i thi charges. If theroiwo men in tin- nm 1I0 who lira willing to;naU use oi il ir poNtluiw to speculate on information known only to them the public iiuea light to know who tboy aio. Two" ot tho mjiator Yost, ot Mo., and McPlieru di of N, J. Whoso names have been connected with Hiom charges Imvo mado pi twind explanations explanat-ions on the floor ut the f. 1 it Mr. Mcl'liereon said that li ' 1 m did purcliaso 1,000 abarts". 11 -' ' k l"r hbn, but that it w.ib done uiioii an order given months ago and that a Boon as ho wat Informed of lb. i.m iJ In-diuuled that tho nt.iilv L - I I nnd no nmro bought for bun. Mr. t duin.d hav-iug hav-iug speculated at all, |