The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-01-17
MR.. GoRMAN's EXPLANATION
He Denies Democratic Responsibility
for the Finance Committees Bill. and
Charges obstruction Against
the Republicans.

In the United States Senate on Wednesday,
during the debate on the Silver bill reported
by the Finance Committee, Mr.. German said :
The Senator from Ohio in his speech yester-
day attempted to place the responsibility for
this legislation on this side of the chamber,
when the fact is, Mr.. President, that the
course of that Senator and his colleagues in
the committee, who have had entire control
of determining what proposition should be
presented here for consideration, did so with
out comforting with us on this side of the
chamber, notwithstanding the public offer was
made, and the private suggestion on numerous
occasions, that in the present emergency we
would be glad to co operate with him and his
party in aiding to frame and pass some con-
sentative measure which would not shock or
disturb the financial interests of the country;
that offer has been rejected; and the bill that
is now before the Senate, coming from the
Committee on Finance-and if the published
reports be true, and have no doubt they are
was the result of the effort of the other side
of the chamber as a party, and the consider.
alton of the bill in the Committee on Finance
WAS practically the deliberation of one side
| politically.
Therefore, he having excluded us from his
council, and prevented US from participating
in the determination of the provisions of the
u
| the country now and hold us responsible for
| its enormities or its failure to meet the great
question with which we are dealing.
The Senator from Rhode Island Mr.. Al.
drich has attempted to make the impression
| that the Democratic party fsr the first time
| supported free coinage and as following the
Senator from Nevada Mr.. Stewart. | am
persuaded the Senator did this for the purpose
| of making the impression, that is not borne
out by the fact, that there is some arrangement
between us and the Senator from Nevada.
Mr.. President, long before the question now
pending every Senator on this side of the
chamber who voted, except three, at the last
session of Congress, voted for the free coinage
of silver without any reference to other mat
| tiers that are pending
the Democrats in this branch and elsewhere
took their stand and voted for the proposition
they believed to be right, and we believe that
it was one Of the reasons why we had the
overwhelming victory in November last.
! But, Mr.. President, it appears, according
to the speeches of the Senator from Iowa
| Mr. Allisonl, he Senator from Ohio Mr..
| Sherman and the Senator from Rhode Island
! Mr.. Aldrich that they brought in here bill
containing the mixture of views, not agreed
| to by anybody apparently on the other side,
certainly the members of the Committee ON
Finance differing as to the various sections oil
the bill that is brought here, Mr.. President,
as | believe, for the purpose of obstructing
and preventing any fair legislation that would
meet the wants of the country. I have no
doubt that behind it all was the intention, the
belief, the knowledge that such bill so con.
structed, without an attempt to harmonic
the views upon the different sides of the
chamber, would result in no legislation what
ever