Show SILVER IN CONGRESS we should be very glad to believe that the apparent ease with which the silver bill passed both houses of congress might be taken as a guaranty that substantial lal jaulice was about to be rendered the fair v v hite bite metal many reasons exist however why no such hope can be indulged at the present time it Is admitted that expediency contributed tri buted more than sincerity in the obtaining ol 01 the majority by which the bill passed the house speaker heeds reeds attitude was one proof in point the amendments offered to the original measure were another the record of the men by whose vote come some of these amendments amendment were killed and others adopted is another if hypocrisy for partisan ends ever showed itself in plain colors it was during the discussion and on the passage orthis bill in the senate similar proofs bare have been given the real friends of silver in the upper bouse house are we believe abler more influential and tn in proportion to the membership more numerous than at the other end of t the lie capitol they have undoubtedly improved the bill by their amendments As it passed yesterday it probably comes nearer being a measure calculated to restore silver to its rightful position than when it 1 reached their bands hands bat but this very fact is ominous of its defeat for has been made more explicit the house will find reason to insist on its ambiguity and in th abe 9 give and take of a conference committee preferences wilt will undergo mu much e h patching and concession will but bat end in I 1 emasculation from first io to last the attitude of the administration and of congress cag has ten hesitating and disappointing the campaign on the part of the silver men hag has been brilliant and unceasing but they had to encounter odda odds which precluded any other hope than of partial suc success ceas and of nation a ai al education the latter they will have undoubtedly accomplished the 0 former is bat a shadow badow ft a straw if you will but as nueh such a eure sure sign of 0 greater successes in the near future |