CHAPTER LXIII.

ATTEMPTS TO STOP THE PURCHASE OF SILVER BULLION. My Determination to Press the Repeal of the Silver Purchasing Clause of the "Sherman Act"--Reply to Criticisms of the Philadelphia "Ledger"--Announcement of the Death of Ex-President Hayes--Tribute to His Memory--Efforts to Secure Authority to the Secretary of the Treasury to Sell Bonds to Maintain the Resumption of United States Notes--The Senate Finally Recedes from the Amendment in Order to Save the Appropriation Bill--Loss of Millions of Dollars to the Government--Cleveland Again Inducted Into Office--His Inaugural Address--Efforts to Secure an Appropriation for the "World's Fair" --Chicago Raises $1,000,000--Congress Finally Decides to Pay the Exposition $2,500,000 in Silver Coin--I Attend the Dedication of the Ohio Building at the Fair--Address to the Officers and Crew of the Spanish Caravels.