New-York tribune., 1890-06-17
NO END TO THE SILVER TALK.
THE FIVE MINUTE SPEECHES LONG
DRAWN OUT.
AN EFFECTIVE 1MPRoMPTU SPEECH BY Mr.
.1rrsoy-pUMoRs OF "DEALs"-PoSITIoW
OF THE FREE COINAGE MEN

AII1sON-RUMORS OF DEALS "-POSITICN
OF THE FREE COINAGE MEN
THE DEBATE.
Washinrton June 16 (special-The Senate failed
again today TO reach a vote on any Oh uc amehu-
ments TO the silver bill, even to stem enectVciy
the destructive tide of general debate, wnlch was 10
have reached its hlghwater mark as long ago as last
Friday As on that day, this afternoon there
was "unanimous consent that the fveminute rule
should 20 into effect at O'Clock, but once more the
agreement was violated Mr. Vest, Of Missouri, repeat
Ing Mr.. Stewart's discouragng performance Oh last
week. The five minutes TO which the Missouri Sena-
tor should have restricted himself were Iengthened
out to over an hour, and with this demoralizlng
example before him, senator Teller, the next speaker
ovcrran his allotment almost as badly. The presiding
officer ruled that he had no power TO prevent the
repetition Of similar offences, and the Senate in despair
finally took refuge in an executive session. An
effort made to reach another understanding
which should limit tomorrow's discussion strictly to
fveminue speeches. but satisfactory Agreements
could be reached Mcssrs. ingalls, and Wolcott will
probably address the senate at length, and after
they are through the flow of oratory may, or may
not, be brought TO a stop.
The protracted delay over the bill. caused chiefly
by the dscursvcness Of the radical silver in
the senate has furnished basis for all sorts Of
about attempted deals and compromises both
creations of fancy has been widely heralded
Administration compromise which consisted in
dropping the present bullion bill and simply crlargng
the scope OF the existing coinage law, making the
monthly minimum Of dollars coined S45O0OO0. in
stead Of a. 100000. This. IL announced. was to
be substituted to-day for the Senate bill and put
through at once as party measure. No such ready
made solution OF the silver problem offered itself,
however and the Senate will probably have to strug
Gle aiong the old lines toward legislation this
question. The whole story, no doubt, grew out OF
chance remark made in debate last Friday by MI
Stewart He was attacking the Treasury Department
for having coined only the minimum OF silver dollars
under the Bland act. and said that II the maximum
had been coined for the last ten years silver would
now be :" at par He then incantiously admitted
that the present law If enforced 10 the point Of maxi
mum coinage would be about as effective as his own
favore expcdent Of opening the nints unrcstTcteoy
10 silver Mr. Platt OF Connecticut, thercupon asked
Mr. stewart why agreement could not DO reacheu
on that basis At this point the matter was dropped
There have BEEN Of course. many efforts maze on
the Republican side TO get together" party meas
ure dealing with silver, and the more sangtlne and
jealous of the Republican senators will not give up
the hone of final agreement until the last rolcall on
the pa ssage of Sendng bill has been oeeun' bu
so far little substantial progress has Deeh Haue vi
the attempt to bring the radical silver men 70 aceep'
tho moro moderate and reasonable views held by the
great majority on the Republican side. inc extreme
s. friends of silver from the Far West seem disposed
TO toin with the Democrats tn put free coinage meas
ure through the Senate trusting for generous conoes
sions afteryard in conference committee, rather ah
IN Weld beforehand and accept bill when thc ma
ioritv of the Republican Senator's can support III
suggested Bland law compromise Is no more s"NN
factorv 10 them than is the House bill amended.
and il is unlikely that the senate Finance 'ohHI'e
will abandon its present bill for any otheT proposition
until the actual defeat Of the pending measure u
patent TO everybody. The committee has given no
cnunenance so far to outside suggestions, aud prom
inent member of it, when asked to-day about tlc
predicted substitute did not seem TO nave hearo
that such project in the air or course il u'c
freec coinage senators modify their pretensions, ana
are willing 20 accept and generally SATISFACTORY
measure the chances for its immediate adoption by
the Republican leaders are bright Inc hee-oo'n"re
Republicans however, still show disposition l" Su'A
out for their original ultimaunl.
Tho debate TODAY was notable chiefly foT an OF
hand but able and effective speech oy MT' AhN"ii !"
defence Of the pending bill Mr. Allison Is al eaF''''
advocate Of the Of silver as money ana womb Wv
for free coinage If the time we're ripe lor IT, h"u "'
made today n most convincing argument against Lee
coinage under present conditions, showing bei ohn Phe
ton that the United states could not SUCCESSFULLY
undertake this vast experiment without some co
oneraon from the other great commercial nations Oh
the world His views were, on the "hoIe sohc"inO
similar TO those expressed last week by Mr. EVarV+
Mr. Allison was bombarded with inquiries from All
directions during the greater part OF MS speech out
he turned of all his critics with extraordinary ease
and skill.
Mr. Vest was proser than he often IS In his AT
tempted rcjoinder 10 the Iowa Senator. lie mahc
LITTLE stir BY attacking Mr.. Cleveands silver pocy ana
calling the leader Of the Democratic party sec
tionalist" on that issue Then, coming back U inc
free coinage argument proper, he managed to start
- fixp
Mr. Edmunds, who is as sure marksman on the moor
20 the senate as on the Vermont Canadian lakes,
easily brought tumblng down one by one MI
Fdmunds's enjoyment Of the sport seemed 10 Please
every one but Mr.. Vest, who Is stronger on strcty
constitutional than practical questions Ike finance
After Mr. Daniel had finished the speech he began
last Friday Mr. Allison addressed the Senate The
II,rse brI he said was substantially the bill pro
nosed ny the Finance Committee when II made its
report originally. with the exception that osc Rouse
had added to II provision for redeeming IN Duihoh
and a provision relating To free coinage when silver
should come to par These were the two vital
an endnents made to the hill as IL was originally
reported from the Fnnnce Committee As he had
sssented to the original report he expected to vote
for that report substantially he believed II was
tho wisest and on the whole. the best solution
OF the question. The bill having becn re-
ferred TO the Finance Committee for the second
time the committee had reported back two
amendments, one striking out Section Of the bill
relating'to free coinage after certain pont and
one inserting provision that the act shall terminate
at the expiration Of ten years He would support the
amendment IN strike ont the sixth section but he
wonld not support the amendment limiting the opera
ton Of the bill 10 ten years He regarded that Inita
ton as unnecessary, and imperilng the efficiency
Of the bill lie did not believe that the bill @Ould
last ten years, or anything approaching ten years.
He had agreed to that report two grounds. one
Of these was that II necessary TO increase the
currency under the present exgency and situation.
That necessity from the fact, first. that the
United states had by IL. legislation and by its public
policy. taken entire hold and control Of the paper
money Of the country; and there was no disposition
anywhere to allow to be relegated to the States the
power to issue paper money. Therefore the United
States having taken under It's control and disposition
the entire question OF the paper Of the country
ii the duty Of Congress to provide reasonable