Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-09
EXTENSION OF TIME.
The Financial Bill Not to Be Voted
On Until Wednesday.
INGALLS, SECURES THE DELAY.
a Warning Against Free Coinage Sounded
by Sherman.
VURPIE TALKS FOR 1T NEVERTHELESS

WASHINGTON, Jan S-The finance bill
was taken up in the Senate to-day and Mr..
Stewart asked unanimous consent that a
vote should be taken on the bill and amend
ments at 4 o'clock on Saturday.
Mr.. German expressed his surprise at the
proposition. The amendment offered to the
bill by the Senator from Nevada (Mr.
Stewart) had been described by the Senator
from Ohio (Mr. Sherman) as one of the
most revolutionary measures introduced in
Congress, and that Senator had said that if
the amendment were agreed to, the whole
financial structure of the country would
probably be overturned, If the Senator
from Ohio were correct in the matter Sena-
tors ought to have time to deliberate-time
to ascertain what was necessary to be done
On the other hand, the Senator from Ne
vada (Mr. Stewart) had stated in the most
emphatic way that the recommendations OF
the Senator from Ohio to the Committee on
Finance were more destructive to the inter-
ests OF the people than any proposition ever
presented. If either of those Senators were
right (he trusted they were both wrong), the
Senate ought to have time to weigh and con-
slider the matter.
Deprecating Senator Stewards Haste.
There ought to be some time to deliberate.
There ought to be disposition on both sides
of the chamber to come together and consider
the matter calmly and carefully without regard
to party. The haste displayed in the matter by
the Senator frem Nevada seemed to him most
extraordinary. There had been not more than
eight or ten hours discussion of the bill nearly
all of it on the Republican side, although the
Senate had been for weeks meeting at 10
O'Clock, thus precluding all possibility of at
tending the work of committee. There was no
desire on the Democratic side to protract the
consideration of the bill unduly.
Mr.. Sherman, referring TO an allusion made
by Mr.. Go1man, said that the practical control
of the bill had been taken out of the hands of
the Finance Committee. The proposition for
the free coinage of silver was so much more
important than any proposition that could be
passed, that the committee had felt disposed to
surrender the control of the bill to the superior
authority on the other side (supposed to be in
favor Of that proposltion), together with the
few Senators on his side, and to let them exer-
else their authority ana the House exercise its
suthority.
Standing Against Free Coinage.
There was where the responsibility rested at
least as the matter now stood. He expected to
stand in opposition to the free coinage PROPOSE
ton, because be thought it a practical financial
revolution of the whole system.
After a tedlus discussion, Mr.. Ingalls, said:
AZ realize fully and TO the utmost, the force of
the suggestions of the Senator from Maryland
that on a subject of the gravity and in port
ance Of this measure, action should not be pre-
cIpitate or improyldent, ana that debate should
be deliberate and sufficiently protected to per-
init all aspects of the measure TO be considered
will venture to ask unanimous consent that
general debate on the bill shall close with the
adjournment on Tuesday next, and that on
Wednesday debate shall be resumed on the bill
and amendments under the ten-minutes rule
the final vote to be taken on the passage of the
bill before the adjournment on Wednesday.
The proposition was agreed to.
Mr., Turpie addressed the Senate in support
of Mr.. Stewards amendment for the free COIN
age of silver, and in the course of his remarks
declared that it was impossible that the Sena-
tor from Ohio (Mr. Sherman) should take
fair, impartial view of that amendment.
Mr.. Call next addressed the Senate, and the
bill was then laid aside.