New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-08
PROCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE.
Mr.. VOORHEES, INTENDS TO ASK FOR con-
TINrOrS SE,SION on WEDNESDAY.

Mr.. VOORHEES, INTENDS 10 ASN L III wa
TINUoUS SESSION on WEDNESDAY.
Washington. oct. In the Senate this morning
Mr. Wolcott (Rep.. COLI offered the following feso-
luton. which went over till Monday:
Rssov.d That the senate Committee Finance be
directed to erort bill coinage Of gold ana silver
in accordance with the policy ret forth in the Dill le'
ported by the committee August 2s le"" beng MUS -
Representatives bill No J. lIhis releis 10 'h "'V's"'
section Of the Voorhee~ BILL
Mr. Harris Dem. TENN offered a resolution
for the appointment OF select committee OF hVe
Senators TO investigate the Fords Theatre disaster
Referred. ,.
The silver Purchase Repeal bill was then taken
up. and Mr. VOORHEES, Dem. Ind chairman OIL
the Finance Committee. said;
IL desire this morning to state, In the nearing
NJ tho Senate and of the country. that on Wednes-
dav next after the meeting of the Senate snail
ask it TO continue in session uni"
vote is taken the pending measure
and l shall ask and expect senators to nam
tain a quorum for the transaction Of bust
So until the end is reached Of this protracted
struggle might say more, but more is not
necessary. ! give this notice in order that Sena-
tors may govern themselves accordingly In the
performance Of the duty which they owe TO the
public"
Senate against unconditional repeal of the Sher-
man act and expressing desire that there should
be some legislation which would recognize SILVER
As legal-tender money. Mr.. Roach occupied TWO
hours and a half in the delivery Of HIS speech
He was followed by Mr. Allen pop. Neb.). A
suggestion TO procure a Senatorial audience Tor
him was made by Mr.. Stewart Dtep.. New, but
Mr. Allen said that he did not want Senators 70
hear him.
'All right" said Mr.. Stewart, but If they were
here they would learn something
They will learn something whether they are
here or not Mr. Allen remarked and then ne
went on with his speech against the repeal OH.
An amusing coloquy, which took the form OF
a catechism of finance. took place between NY
Allen and Mr.. Dolph Gsepr Ore) az to the Hller-
ence between the actual and the face value OF goa
and silver coins Mr. Allen asserted that free and
unlimited coinage made bullion equivalent to its
coinage value. Mr.. Dolph regarded That proposition
as a remarkable one. and cited the iact that uh-
der the Bland act. when as many SILVER uoiars
were coined in four months as had been coined III
the preceding eighty years the market price OF Sill
YER had fallen far below the average value OF
silver The explanation offered OF that TACT by MI
Allen was that there was a great body OF surpi"s
silver which not admitted TO the nih's' anu
that it was that surplus which broke down the
price. ,.
Mr. Allison Rep.. Iowa. undertook to straighteh
out the tangle He agreed that with the free ana
unr:.ted coinage Of silver In the United states e
silver bullion dollar and the coined SILVER doi-
lar would be Of the same value They would rep
rasent the same thing But If the United states
undertook TO use both gold and silver as meas
IRE OF value then a new question would De raised
the question of the ratio between the two. II Eng
land had a ratio OF Is TO and the United States ra-
,,o NJ 1s TO all the gold would TO the one couh-
try and all the silver to the other
Mr.. White Dem, La also came into the discus
s,on and asked Mr.. Allen how. If the depreciation
of silver had been caused by adverse egisIa,1n IN
~ ,itod States and In India, that evil couid De
remeded by partial Legislation How cou n II co w
done without legislation by all the countries co"-
cerned. -. A.. r-.,.oa c,ates nroduced
1e nor cent of the worlds silver, and That II tnIs
Covernment put the two metals on an equdi..ty
- anxn Tree and unlimited coinage TO them W
anu sar sver bulIjon in other countries would not
sell it at the present price becaus as Mr vae
ma" .hts noint of the discussion Mr. Alien Witt
out comnletng his speech yielded to Inoti9 10 20
odSovyn and the Senate at p. m adJourhed ui
Monday at IL a. m.