The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-04-01
MORGAN'S MANGljVRE.
He Wants To Set the Senatorial Sil.
yer Ball a.Rolling.
CHANGES MADE IN THE METHOD
OF BONDING CANADIAN CARS.

Senator Morgan Trying To Get Democrat
ic Presidential Possibilities on Record
on the Silver Question-Captain Bou.
tel1e on the Congressional Committee
"A Story Told by Mr.. Reed-Othe1
News from the National Capital.
WASHINGTON, March 31.-In the Sen
ate today, Mr.. Morgan offered a series OF
resolutions instructing the committee on
finance to inquire and report as to the eff
feet of the silver act of 1890 on the
prices of silver bullion and as to the
issue of legal tender notes, etc.,
the committee to report promptly on
the matter. Mr.. Morgan started a dis
cussion by stating that it was his pur-
pose to call them up tomorrow and
bring about some discussion of the finan-
cial situation of the United States. He
wished to ascertain the opinions of Sena-
tors in regard to the necessity and pro-
priety of the free coinage of silver. He
wanted to know what the trouble was
that prevented the people of Alabama
from getting fair prices for their cotton,
and whether the cause was domestic and
local OF foreign.
Mr.. Sherman said he had no objection
to the immediate adoption of the resolu-
tions, but if they were merely offered as
the theme on which to base a future dis
cussion, it was hardly worth while to
refer them to the finance committee.
II do not expect TO refer them," Mr..
Morgan broke in. II expect to have the
committee instructed"
4, Mr.. Sherman Thought 1t WAS Right
enough to instruct the committee to in
quire into such and such propositions
and report it's views upon them. But if
the senator from Alabama merely offered
the resolutions as the basis of discus
sion, it seemed better to let the commit
tee investigate the facts and present them
to the Senate before the debate COM
menced. He Mr.. Sherman] took it that
the senator offered the resolutions as the
mere basis for debate. He suggested to
him respectfully that if the Senate was
to deal with the question for the benefit
of the people of the United States and if
they were in such distress and disturb
ance as the senator imagined, the Senate
should act upon some specific measure,
not by holding mere debating school.
He hoped the senator from Alabama
would put in the form of a bill some
which he desired the Senate
to act upon, something that would give
relief to the people of the United States.
Mr.. Morgan said if the senator from
Ohio was ready now to have resolutions
of instruction adopted, he hoped he
would be quite as ready to discuss them
and express his views. He should ex-
pect the senator to be very active in ex-
amining into the question, and in pre-
senting from his great committee in
formation
On which the Country Could Rely.
He wanted to know what the great fin
ance committee of the Senate had to
recommend as to the silver act of 1890.
He wanted to know something about the
effect Of that bill on the prices of silver,
on. the currency of the country and on
the preservation of the country from
bankruptcy and financial ruin. ''When
the senator from Nevada Mr.. Stewart
calls up his motion next Monday" said
Mr.. Morgan, ''to take the silver bill from
the calendar, the Senator from Ohio will
not allow him to utter word on the
subject. The rules forbid it. We have
got to vote aye or no in silence"
Continuing, Mr. Morgan said he want
ed to place on record on the silver ques-
~ Co. okor,, ri, ho1 Il
tial aspirations. He said: sGentle-
horoscope of probabilities when they
imagine the people of the United States
can be deceived any longer by their
lodging the question
Mr.. Sherman-s'If the Senator wants to
find out the position of Democratic can
didates for the Presidency why does he
not take vote in some Democratic
caucus? We have
No Difficulty on This Side of the House,
Mr.. Morgan-''Votes in Democratic
caucuses have reference mere or less
directly-always pretty directly-to the
mere party schemes of the politician.
Votes in this body are not necessarily
controlled by party motives. The restor-
alton of silver to the position from which
the Senator from Ohio tore it down is
not now political question. What APP
prehension have you got? Simply that
one party may make a party question of
it and may intrude it between some one
trying for thePresidency and his sceptre.'' y
Mr. Morgan spoke of MI. Sherman 5 anti
silver policy as having received Demo-
cratic endorsement, so that the Senator,
he said, ought feel easy and quiet. He
asked that the resolutions should 60
over until Modnay. They were accord
ngly laid on the table.