The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-01
SESSION OF THE SENATE.
Value of the Legal Tender Dollar-One
Of Harter's Petitions Bobs Up.

Of Harter's Petitions Bobs Up.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 29.-In the Senate to-
day. among the petitions and memorials
presented and referred was one from the
Charleston Is. c. Chamber Of Commerce
against the free coinage Of silver; one from
/ Canton. No., to the same effect, and one
from Cass county, Missouri, in favor OF the
! free silver coinage bill.
Mr.. Stanford introduced bill 70 deter
mine the value Of the legal tender dollar.
IL was laid on the table for the present. It
provides that a value Of % $40 grains Of
gold shall be the standard by which shall be
determined the value Of the dollar; that all
dollars shall be received and paid
out in the discharge OF debts.
both public and private, at par,
measured by that standard, whether the
stamp Of the government making the dollar
be on the gold. silver. paper, or any other
material; also that the legal tender value Of
each dollar issued by the United States
shall depend alone on the stamp of the gov
eminent, and that there shall be an ob1ga-
ton on the part Of the government to ex-
change one dollar for another.
ONE OF HARTER's PETITIONS.
Mr.. voorhees, in presenting a petition
from Stillwel post, Grand Army of the Re-
public, for the defeat of free coinage of sill
yer, made some remarks as to his personal
position on that question. 1t was the first
communication Of the kind. he said, which
he had ever received from Indiana. HIS has
traced this petition. however. TO zone
Michael d. HRrter," who sought to alarm
the soldiers of the war for the union on the
subject of their pensions This refers to
Representative Harter Of Ohio.
Mr.. VOORHEES, then proceeded to make
free silver coinage speech. When he had
concluded, the Idaho election case was
again taken up and Mr.. Claggett, the
claimant, resumed his argument, begun
Friday. in support Of his claim to the seat.
THE CLAGGETT CASE.
Mr.. Claggett did not succeed in getting
that degree Of attention which marked his
Fridays speech, partly because the novelty
of the occasion had been worn off and
partly because his speech dealt with dry
details. There were very few senator's in
the chamber, and only a small proportion
OF them made any pretenss Of listening
to the argument. He spoke for little over
an hour and was followed by Err.
Dubois, the sitting member. In the course
OF his remarks Mr.. Dubois read a telegram
received by him yesterday from j. w.
Jones Of Idaho, member Of the democratic
national committee, saying that he (Mr.
Dubois was unQuesti onablY the choice OF
the people OF Idaho, who felt that the law
was on his side, and rsjoced to know that
the Senate would 30 find. All the people Of
Idaho would rejoice when the Senate said
LET the peoples will be DONE"
PUGH DEFENDS THE REPORT.
Mr.. Pugh. who had signed the majority
report in favor of Mr.. Dubois, made an
argument in defense of it. While he was
speaking, the chair Of Mr.. Vance, who sat
close to him, broke down, letting the North
Carolina senator fall to the floor with some
force and much noise. As Mr..
Vance picked himself up. appar-
entity unhurt, be said with a laugh,
" l beg your pardon for interrupting you"
to which Mr.. Pugh rejoiued that he had not
supposed that his argument would be so
overpowering At the close Of Mr.. Pugh's
speech the Senate went into executive ses-
sion, after MIR. Mitchell gave notice that he
would ask the Senate to "sit outn the Idaho
case tomorrow, and at 4:4O o'clock ad-
iourned.