St. Paul daily globe., 1891-01-09
FINANCIAL FINESSE.
Senators German, Ingalls, and
Call Talk Around the
Subject.
The Former Would Gladly
Have the Measure Post
poned Just Now.
MIR. GpOsVenoP, in the House,
Discusses Our Merchant
Marine.
Indian Agent Roger is Sum
marily Dismissed by
Noble.

WASHINGTON, Jan. SIN the senate
the finance bill was taken up, and Mr..
Stewart asked unanimous consent that
vote should be taken OH the bill and
amendments at o'clock Saturday. Mr..
German expressed his surprise at the
proposition. The amendment offered
to the bill by the senator from Nevada
(Mr. StewarD had been described by
the senator from Ohio (Mr. Sherman) as
one OF the most revolutionary measures
introduced i'll congress, and that Sena-
tor had said that, if the amendment was
agreed to. the financial structure of the
eountrywould probably be overturned.I If
the senator from OHIO were correct in
that matter, senators ought to have time
to deliberate-time to ascertain what
was necessary to be done. On the other
hand. the senator from Nevada (Mr.
Stewart) had stated in the most
tions of the senator from Ohio to the
committee on finance were more de-
structive to the interests of the people
than any proposition ever presented.
If either of those senators were right,
(he trusted they were Doth wrong) the
senate ought to have time TO weigh and
consider the matter. There ought to he
some
Time TO Deliberate.
There ought to be disposition on
both sides of the chamber to come to-
gether and consider the matter calmly
and carefully, without regard to party.
The haste displayed in the matter by
the senator from Nevada seemed to him
most extraordinary. There had not
been more than eight or ten hours dis
cussion of the bill, nearly all of it on
the Republican side. although the SEN
ate had been for weeks meeting at 10
o'clock, thus precluding all possibility
of attending to the work of committees.
There was no desire on the Democratic
side to protract the consideration of the
bill unduly. After a tedious discussion
| Mr.. ingalls, said:
81 realize fully and to the utmost the
force of the suggestions of the senator
from Maryland, that on subject of the
gravity and Importance of this measure
action should not be precipitate or i'm
prOvident, and that debate should be
deliberate and sufficiently protracted
to permit all aspects of the measure to
be considered. L will venture to ask
unanimous consent that general debate
on the bill shall close with the adjourn
ment 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 adj
journment on Wednesday,"
The proposition was agreed to. Mr..
Turpie addressed the senate in support
of Mr.. Stewards amendment for the free
coinage of silver, and in the course OF
his remarks declared that it was impos-
sible I'll at the senator from Ohio MIR.
Sherman) could take a fair. impartial.
judicial view of that amendment. Mr..
Call next addressed the senate, and the
bill was then laid aside. The vote to-
day passing the house bill for public
building at Davenport, To-. was, on mo-
ii on of Mr.Vest, reeonsidered, amended
and again passed. Mr.. Coke, from the
committee on commerce, reported back
house bill to promote the construction
of safe deep water harbor on the coast
of Texas giving authority for that pur-
pose to the Corpus Christi and Padre
Island company, with an amendment,
and it was placed on the calendar.
After brief executive session the SEN
ate adjourned.