inst two hundred and thirty-six Democrats, and Mr. Charles F.
Crisp, of Georgia, was elected Speaker. The Senate still remained
in the control of the Republicans.

It was during this Congress that the silver agitation came to the
front as one of the foremost issues. Senator Stewart of Nevada,
introduced his bill for the free coinage of gold and silver bullion.
The free coinage question consumed months of the time of both Senate
and House, and finally came to naught.

The Act to establish the World's Fair at Chicago was passed. I
took a very active interest in this in behalf of Chicago. A meeting
was held in the Marble Room of the Capitol, where Senator Depew
represented New York, and Colonel Thomas B. Bryan, Chicago. They
each made a speech. Very much to my surprise, Colonel Bryan's was
the more effective. We afterwards, by all sorts of efforts in the
House and Senate, captured the location for Chicago. The Fair,
when it was finally held, was the greatest world's fair ever known.
There was an almost utter abandon in the expenditure of money, and
Congress assisted by a liberal appropriation. That Fair was a
great injury, rather than a benefit, to the city of Chicago. The
hard times came on, and it was years before the city was restored
to normal conditions.

Toward the end of this session, the Homestead riots were a subject
of debate and investigation by Congress. A Presidential campaign
was approaching, and the Democrats were eager to throw upon the
Republicans the blame for all labor disturbances, the riots at
Homestead in particular.

CHAPTER XVIII
CLEVELAND'S SECOND TERM
1892 to 1896

I have already, in other parts of these recollections, referred to
the National Convention of 1892, and the reasons which induced me
to support President Harrison for renomination. I attended as one
of the delegates, and took a more or less active part in the work
of the convention. Harrison was chosen on the first ballot. No
other candidate had any chance. Mr. Blaine and Mr. McKinley on
that ballot received one hundred and eighty-two votes each, but
neither was really considered for the nomination.

Grover Cleveland, of course, was the principal candidate before
the Democratic Convention, and had no serious opposition aside from
the bitter personal enmity evinced toward him by David B. Hill, of
New York, who had succeeded him as Governor of that State, and had
hoped to succeed him as President. Senator Hill