Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-09
THE SENATE.

present at the opening of today's session than
there have been since the exodus to Minneapolis
set in, but among the half dozen were Messrs.
Sherman, Morrill, and Henderson. The chair
was occupied by the Vice President The first
| thing proposed and agreed to was that the ad-
journment today shall be to Monday.
Mr.. Morgan called up the unfinished bust
ness" being Mr. Stewards bill to provide for
the free coinage of gold and silver and said that
the heated term adInonished him that il he
were to address the Senate today he would have
a very inattentive and hstless audience Besides
that he wished to hear from the Minneapolis
convention. Likely enough. said he. the Sen
ator from Ohio will be a conspicuous target
FOR all the arrows of the democracy
of the United States. Whether not that
Senator embodies really, in our political his
tory, the whole movement on the silver ques-
ton from 1865 to the present hour. and whether
the convention shall honor him and the country
by his nomination not. he will still be very
conspicuous mark, at which / will endeavor 10
hurl my little shot next Monday.
More than that. have word to say to my
brethren on this side of the chamber.
THE ALLIANCE PARTY IN ALABAMA.
Mr.. Morgan then went on to speak Of the in
fluence which the alliance party has had upon
the farmers of Alabama, and said that it had
distressed him very much to think that men of
such intelligence and patriotism should be SO
be drawn into that desperate strait.
Alabama bad been Except when it gave its
electoral vote to Grant against Greeley a
democratic state. and was until yesterday. IL
his democratic friends could afford 20 do with
out the electoral vote of Alabama in the
next presidential election. they might pass over
the subject of silver, perhaps, and pay no more
attention to it, but if they could not they
should listen to those who brought arguments
on the silver question to their atten-
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was traceable directly to the fact that the Sena-
tor from Ohio (Mr. Sherman) had been able to
demonetize silver. and that the democratic
party Of the United States had not been brave
enough to remonetize it. Mr.. Cockrell
made a whispered suggestion that the
democratic party had not had the power to do
Mr.. Morgan admitted that as a party the
democrats had not had that power. The Senator
from Ohio had said the other day that the silver
question WAS not q political question; and he
(Mr Morgan) said the same thing; and they all
said it. because. in all divisions that had taken
place in the House and the Senate. gentle
men Of both political parties had coalesced
freely and heartily. deToting themselves
to what they believed the best interests of the
leaders had not had the courage to cooperate
with them.
GREAT AND UNNECESSARY TROUBLE.
On the contrary, some OF the leaders had put
| themselves to great and unnecessary trouble to
break down the movement for the restoration
of silver to its ancient right opolitical party,
therefore, was responsible a political party,
for the destruction of silver the refusal to
restore it to free coinage. But both
parties were afraid that in the existing political
conditions they could not afford to do lin the
coming campaign) without the money Of the
men who controlled the gold side of the ques-
ton. And that fact had prevented
a silver majority in the House
and silver majority in the Senate from pass
| ing some bill on the subject and drawing the
question out of political controversy.
He believed that Senators could serve their
country in the present hour with more success
than perhaps in any other hour of its past his
tory by coming together as patriots and
legislators and doing what the people
OF the United States Gin very
large majority, he thought demanded to be
done, and that was simply to restore silver to
| its character and condition as a money metal
He made these reflections this morning, he
said, with view of calling the atten-
ton of both sides Of the chamber to
| the difficulties that were to be encountered
during the remainder Of this year
and perhaps for years to come. In conclusion
he asked why leading democrats we're not bold
enough to come up and inform the people what
they intended to do on the financial question.
SENATOR JONES ON SILVER
Mr.. Jones ARK. next addressed the Senate
presenting resume Of the facts and votes lead
ing up to the demonstration of silver in 1873.
The urgent deficiency pension bill was laid
before the Senate and passed
The House bills for the admission of New
Mexico and Arizona as states were referred to
the committee on territories and the agricul-
ture and Legislative appropriation bills were
referred to the committee on appropriations.
And then, at 1:20, the Senate adjourned to
Monday next.