The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-09-12

on this question, and therefore he moved to
proceed 70 executive business.
| yeas and nays Haw.ey called out. Tne
vote was taken by the yeas and nays and re-
| suited yeas ST. nays 2S
| SO the senate proceeded to executive bust
| ness and at 40 O'Clock adjourned until to-
| morrow at noon.
| The executive session the result Of the
! desire on the pnrt of the friends of silver to
| give MIR. Stewart who had been speaking
] three and Il haif hours. rest so that he
| might go on with his speech tomorrow refresh
| ed. The vote was triumph Tor the silver
| men.
Then Mr.. Morgan moved that the senate
| adjourn This was antagonized by the repeal
| forces who stated that they thought Mr.. Stew
! art should continue for another hour Mt least
! TIL" yeas and nays We're taken. showing thir-
| ty-siX votes for adjournment and twenty seven
against. 1t another victory for those
! fighting for time. aud when the doors reonened
the silver men were emerging from the cham
| her. smiling over the second victory they had
| Wednesday in the Senate.
Washington. September 6.-Among the bills
| introduced in the senate and referred was one
| by Mr. Cullom to repeal all acts proyid-
| ing for the creation or main. enance CT the
| sinking fund. The committee on privileges
| and elections reported in favor of. allowing to
| the claimants for seats from Montana. Wash
| ingtOn, and Wyoming-undcr appon tment
| from the governors 300 each. Referred
| to the committee on contingent expenses.
| The resolution offered yesterday by Ar.
| Morgan. for the appointment of Il joint select
committee on finance was next laid before
| the senate by til" presiding officer.
| Mr.. voorhees, suggested that the resolution
could not be adopted without its reference
| to the finance committee. and he moved to
! proceed with the consideration of the bill to
/ repeal the Sherman act
| Mr. Morgan will be entirely delicate and
! respectful to every senator when he Is in
| order and | am in order now, and no sen
| aIor has right to the floor to supercede the
| resolution which the vice president has laid
! before the body. am not guilty of any
| indclicacy in asserting my rights under the
| rules of the senate. The senator from In
| diana has given notice of motion to refer
| this resolution to the finance committee. If
| this proposed joint select committee
| not expressly intended to Supcrsede the func-
tons Of the finance committee in both houses
that would be very proper motion. but |
! do not expect that the senator will refer
to the finance COMMITTEES 4 measure which
| has for its purpose to supplement the power
! OF that committee. The actions OF that com
mittce up to this time have not been in con-
| formity with. and do not entirely or proper
| ~ cover, the condition or necessities OF the
country
Mr.. Morgan Speaks.
Mr. Morgan went on To make Il long speech
He had offered the resolution, he said, from
his own conception OF the situation. There
was no human being responsible for it but
great breadth of financial trouble and evils
and difficulties in the United States by the
administration of certain nostrum to
cure Il particular part of complaint which
as being very serious one ami presenting
great many different aspects There WAS a
great deifrence of opinion as TO what shall
take place after the repeal of the Sherman
law; and the object of his resolution was to
put the matter in the hands Of a joint Sc
lect committee to determine what should be
done in the event of the senate's concurring
with the house in the repeal of the purchas-
ing clause Of the sherman act. Would any
necessity for further Legislation after the
Sherman act was repealed? Had any one
limited that that repeal was TO he cure Of
the financial difficulties of the people Of
the United States? Was it proposed to do
anything more than to give mere respite
until The country could right Itself or until
the legislation of congress could be nlaturrd
to bring the country right? y" one had sug-
gested yet the particular remedy that was
going TO relieve the country of all the great
evils that it was experiencing and had been
experiencing for the last two months and
for the last. Therefore, it was necessary not
only to meet public expectations but 10 per
form the duty devoving senator's to fake
broad and general view of all the ain
cultics suggested In relation 10 the finaucnl
it was necessary that joint select com
mittec should investigate fully and complete
y the whole subject. and when it under
stand it bring forward one hl. or several
bills for the purpose Of rectfying the trouble
n" Yet hieasnre of his own.
Mr.. Morgan said he wanted inyestiga-
ton Of the whole subject. He wanted the
country to be informed. Re had no particu-
lar pet measure of his own, and was infu-
enced by no partisan considera tons He
was not Of such, he thanked Almighty God
He willing TO yole for any system or
measure that would make the peoI.e secure
henccforth against such 0utrageS and wrongs.
He cared not whether the measure was to be
republican, a democratic or a populist meas
ure. 1t made no difference. provided only
that it would give relief to the peopie-in ac-
cordance with the cOnstitution--which they
had right TO expect at the hands of con
gress. He was no: going to be iiiiberal. He
" 10 snuahbIy
outside OF the senate chamber wanted it
done, or did not want it done He was not
going to ask of persons without legislative
powers to form joint commission or 10 in
vestigate the question: He felt the necessi-
ty OF broad, catholic, orthodox action in re-
gard 10 finance. If tho senate Wanted to
take the tax off the state banks, and II that
the Judgment of congress, as being one
o. the best remedies. let that be done If
congress wanted TO remonet.Ze silver as
Of restoring confidence and giving n
basis Of credit and redemption, let that be
done. If congress wanted to strike silver to
death. or TO strike god to death, let that
be done. But. said he, let us hold the
reins over our own institutions ana our es-
Establishments Let America furnish to Amcr-
cans the proper currency for circulation. I-et
not be dependent. in regard to our cur
rcncy. on Great Britain, Germany or France
When Mr.. Morgan resumed his seat the
clock showed the hour to- be ten minutes be
fore o'clock. No senator made sign OF
desiring TO occupy the interval OF ten MN
vice president to lay the repeal bill before
the senate as unfinished business
After a short pause Mr.. voorhees, SngSeS cd
that the resolution should go 10 the calendar
and the senate should now proceed WIN the
repeat bill That suggestion met with OPP
noS;tion on the part of MeSSrs. Morgan ana
Harris. 1880,
Mr. Voorhees, moved to take up the repeal
Mil The motion was agreed to-yeas, 81;
NAYS 81, follows: nat.
Yeas-MesSrs Allison, Blackburn Brlce'
CaNery. Cullom. Davis, Dixon, Dolph' fnuik
ncr. FRYE. Ganinger, Gibson. German Haze
IIaw.ey Higgins Hoar. Ilunton' LinoSay;
Nr\Ii,'an. Mcpherson. Henderson. MlJchcH
Of Oregon Palmer. Pasco PettigreW tiili te
ouav Ransom, sherman. Smith Stockbriuee
Vest Villas. Voorhees,, Washburn ana " nl'e
of L0uisiana-3I. prv
Nays-Mrssrs. Allen. BATE , HrrtE'
Coke Dubois, HanSbrou@h. haIIlS,
Irby Jones of ArkamSas' ,, JIn'H
of Nevada Morgan. Pe1er, ierk.ls'
Power Pugh> Shoup. Sdrires, Stewart, leiei'
Walthall and Wolcott--2l
Mr.. Stewart Resumes.
Mr. Stewart took the floor and outlined ms
snepch of Yesterday resuning 1t at the point
where he had left otf-the inconsistency OF
the New York papers in demanding immediate
action on the repeal bill. without further de-
bate while in January, 1891. they had berateu
republican senators for their position on the
force bin and for favoring clOturc. This dlf-
ference Of position he ascribed to the fact
that two wears ago there was no money at
stake" while now, the New York papers were