The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-10

and of pubkc affairs had induced
him 10 feel and know what was the great
power and inhuence of the executive branch
Of the government. He was willing TO die
in the last ditch, n driven to it, but he did
not care to die on the triumphant march of
an executive sunstroke.
GREATER THAN AMY MAN.
The silver question was great deal big
ger than the President, whether the Presi-
dents name were Benjamin Harrison or
Grover Cleveland, and it was never going
to be won, as 1t ought to be, until the Senate
was as great as the question. The Senate
and House ought never to give up gold into
the pockets of the bondholders and to leave
TO Others than bondholders the scraps from
the table. That was the object.
This last assertion brought contradictions
from Messrs. Sherman and Allison, the for
mer stating that fully SO per cent Of the
interest on the public debt was paid in the
shape of checks and drafts which were
cashed in paper money.
To a remark by Mr.. Sherman that since
the resumption in 1879 he had never dis
criminated against silver, Mr.. Daniel re-
piled that he wanted no better evidence of
such discrimination than the conference
bill which had come from his (Mr. Sher-
mans hands.
WOULD PILE UP SILVER
Passing on to further criticism of the
conference bill, Mr.. Daniel argued that
$4,000, 900 worth of silver bullion would be
piled up in the treasury every year for all
the years that the silver stream would be
flowing, and that not single dollar Of it
could be coined to pay the bonded obGga-
tions Of the United States which were pay
able in coin. Such an enormous discrimina-
ton against silver as that had never existed
in legislation except when silver was COM
pletely demonetized.
1t was almost inconceivable to the wit Of
man until the conference bill emanated from
the deft hand which had prepared it.
BETTER THAN NOTHING.
He admitted that It would be better that
the conference bill should become law
than that no bill on the subject should
become law. But it was a mere make
shift, mere expedientfor the nonce. If the
friends of free coinage should abandon the
field now in order to accept the conference
substitutes they would be giving away
more Of the spoils Of victory than any vic
tors who ever won field in military or
civic strife. Sooner or later,
Mr.. Daniels said, congress and the executive
had got to come into collision on the silver
question. If that collision had got to come.
why not let it come now. No one loved
peace more than he loved it, but if he had
got to qnarrel here and now were the place
and time that he always liked to have it
out. If democratic President was in the
white house and was against silver he
would like to have the opportunity to teach
him little true democracy.
GETTING TIRED.
He was tired, heartily tired, of seeing the
people Of the country thwarted in every
game TO play for greater freedom in the
management of their finances. He said to
the friends of silver that If they stood up
to the fight they could win it, and that if
they ran away from it they would lose it.
If they believed in free coinage of
silver, as he did. they should stand
by the Senate bill and let the President of
the United States take care of himself
Much as he loved the democratic party, he
would rather see a republican President
with financial system that would give re-
lief to the whole people than to see a demo-
cratic President treading out and crushing
out las Presidents had done) those great
aspirations of the American heart which
asked for freer atmosphere and fuller
play to their energies, their hopes, their
enterprise and their ambition. He would
have the conference report rejected, and if
possible have the Senate bill, or bill
framed upon its lines, passed and sent to the
President If the President should veto it
congress should then pass it over the veto.
The friends of silver were now on the very
euRe OF VlcUory III tne leaders IN tne OaCtle
would stand up to their followers.
He stated, in conclusion, that while
he was reluctant to vote against any
measure that would put more money
in circulation he could not bring his
mind to assist in the passage of such
an awkward and incongruous resolvent of
proposition which should be scientifically
and judiciously treated instead of being
jumbled up with inconsistent provisions.
Mr.. Morgan took the floor but saw that
he could not finish his remarks to-day.
THE TIME FOR THE VOTE.
Mr.. Sherman proposed that an agree
ment should be made to take the vote at 8
o'clock tomorrow.
Mr.. Cockrell objected. He had no doubt,
he said, that the vote would be taken TO-
morrow, but the hour could not be fixed
now. He knew of two or three senators
who desired TO speak on the bill.
Mr.. Sherman said that he was satisfied
with that assurrance-that the vote would
be taken tomorrow.
The Senate then at so o'clock adjourned.
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