The Great Question

Tin' chief interest eind dependence, centers In the action oí Congrega on sihiT. All eyea are flsed wlth intemge anxiety apon t lic Oapitoi. The iirsi posture in finnnciil clrclea has I een tixú i bo see wiiat estímate to:iiíri'ssni"ii pul npoa tte Bituatlotn. Une Lmpression so lar re ceived has been oí Intense chairrin end disappointment. As ,-i rulo representativos of the - people geem to have 310 inore Berious idea iiiaai tliai they are asaembled to debate over and over ágata an airead; argued a ml settled question, and II m;ikc a display oí tiielr orator!, - - 1 1 ,ov.ci-s. lu iicitiicr house does it seem to be reallzed ttoat comgress is Bummooed to éxeoute promptly b BpecHic nul expressly delined betoest troon tour-Hfths 01 Uxe people o( the Cnited statcs. Few members Beem (o onderstand 1 int the countrj hi in the presêni serlously lepressod state by üs Bllver pollcy and that ihi'ir sole business, as unmlstakably preseribed by a Aast majority of the nation, la to prohihit at once the kncrease i sUver money ander tlie 90-Oalled Shorman l:iw. The disposition shown during the p.isl two weeks bo oomsWer altematives .nul compromisee ia place oí tiiis simple rêpea] remedy, and Mie brlfling wlth the public demamd especiklly 11 "the senate, aa dng a discours inent that will rapidly reaolve tsell into a profcnind national exasper1 : aiul i; now remalna to b i Been far I e will really il carry lts deliance of tlhie public will. 'IIi.-h i-nnüiiaud now needs lo be expressed with a torce of personal reprcsrnuit mi froan bbe leadlng centers of the country tli.it will bring n less seofl tors tot lnedT sras-s and the signa are gatJuertng that, in a few days, the popular demand will ii ■ uttered with a majesty that will compel Ure respect of tiose who now dare to set faheir own bheories and petty sectlonal interests in hostillty bo t!;.1 htghest national welfare. The time tor debate and gpeec-h-making display is past. The oonflagratlon llames all ;i ii il its, and wc want no Wiucs to insult the public suiiering. The houi' lias come when the suji-nnc sovci-ciu'ity 01 the American people must be absolutely obeyed : and ii títere shuuld irove to b majonty of the hiuhcr house who dare to dciy it to the last, it will be lalt tor a moment tliat stieh a traitorous excn-ise of tegislative (unetions will be allowed to ]ii-i'ail. IÍ it is possihle i!i:u the country eannot depend vipoo I ite in its hour of BUpreme peril. let tint body dare 10 gay so by denylng tto demand now e thviii ; but salvation trom u debased omrency eould !■ bul inomcntarily deïerri'd by such a presuinptuous folly. Am matten now look, the silvcr sc-sskm is likely to lic come au iutensely exciting one at au early day : and we are [ar trom expecting that, when the public retolutioa becomes properly understood, the s.-nate will persist In i;s present di'iiant attltod . H!;m:v 11. i:vs. ■ lemnnat is in favor oí a convent on of ■■The l'riemls of un.il.'' Captain Allen and probalily McKiiiIcy could Ihï induced 10 come and make "a Kreal spcccJi" ín favor of a hiulu'r dut y .ai wool. It is vcry vvillie duty was not gul high cnouiih in the McKinlcy bill. When ihat Uill was pcndinir, tlie demócrata said that to inerease tlie duty ould lower tihe price, su-h has always been elfecd o! rajsfcng tlie duty. Kut repuW'.iean wool growera would not beHeve them. iThey believed McKlaüiil wool, with the hlghest duly it. lias ever had, is Inner than it has ever been betere in the history of the country.- A. A. Dcitricrat . .Such is the plausible way the demócrata have of putting it. Ilow about the idlo iaetories that should use the 1 vc anytnlng to do aboul the demand tor and price of wool'.1 And are they idlu because oí tatifl on wool? Or are they die because oí a fear that the democratie party will attempt to carry out its tree trade platform ? tiet the country - aseured th.it .ulnoas t.'iriff tinkers in coagreSB will not 1h? allowed to carry out ihcir destructive policy, umi sec how paickly tbe ! 'nctorirs will start up and s ooi be i:i demand and its price go to a poiitit wherc. it is prolitable for larmer , . i -a ;se it. The i'' d tlag ol the anarchlsi is a dangei signal to tlie nat ion. It ineens not only a disniptiOD ol ihis grand union of states, but it means disiiiicurat ion o: all society and its relegation baek to barbarism. It is more to be fcared than the black Qag ol the dynainii er. even thotigh the la tl r may secure the sovernor of a great state accidentally. For he who throws o, dynamite boinb can be secured and punished, but the anarchist is a snake in tho grass. One s lm leeeps wiihin the law himsoli but coDStantly teaching others to detesi and abhir it. Democracy and disaster empty the jxxr ma u's dinner paU.