The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-19
FUR FLIES IN The SENATE.
Morgan Starts the Days Fun by CO.
in6 For Hill.


End-A Strong Demand for Amends
ment of the Rules.
Washington, Oct. 1S-The Senate re-
sumed its session at 10 o'clock this morn
ing in continuation of the recess taken
yesterday. Mr.. Morgan took the floor on
the motion Of Mr.. Dolph to amend the
journal so as to show the presence of Mr..
Allen when the roll of the Senate was
called at $50 o'clock Monday evening,
that senator having failed to answer when
his name was called.
Mr.. Morgan said that while the deci-
sion cited yesterday by Mr.. Hill from IA,
United States supreme court reports,
might be twisted and perverted into
support of his, Mr.. Hills, position as
a judicial decision, it could not be placed
in that category, except by the artfulness
of an astute politician. A fair minded
lawyer could not do it. The supreme
court merely decided that the House Of
Representatives, under the constitution,
had the right to make its own rules for as
certaining and recording the fact that
a quorum was present. There were men
in the world whose consciences We're so
easy that they could follow the supreme
court in all its decisions and who could
bend their consciences to any purpose
that political necessity required at any
time, but such men had no just concep-
ton Of the rights Of the representatives
of the people, and of the United States
Senate.
THE PAPER MONEY DECISION.
Such persons We're ready on any occa-
sion when it served their purpose and
promoted their political prosperity or
their desire to deprive a minority of all
its rights and all its powers In order that
their wills may have supreme sway in the
country. It might suit men Of that class
to follow the supreme court around and
be willing to take an oath of allegiance to
the opinions Of the supreme court to-day
and change the oath tomorrow when the
decision Of the court changed. That, MIR.
Morgan said, did not suit him and he re-
ferred to the decision of that court that
no paper money issued by the government
or q national bank could be legal tender,
which was not agreeable to a great many
persons in the United States There
upon, he said, congress with great liber-
aity, increased the court from seven TO
| nine, for what purpose IL was not for him
| TO say, but the people of the United States,
or great many Of them, believed it was
done in order TO get men upon the bench
who would reverse that decision and de-
eide that paper money obligations issued
by the government were legal tender.
HoAR DENIES THE INsINUATIoN.
Mr.. Hoar of Massachusetts,, said the
names Of the two new judges were sent
to the Senate before the legal tender de-
cision was announced.
Mr. Morgan replied that he might be
wrong in his historical facts but he did
not think he was
Mr. Hoar said he knew that the facts
as he stated them were correct, if he
knew anything in this world. Although
the statement repeated now by Mr. Nor
gan gained currency, it was without the
slightest foundation.
Mr.. Morgan disclaimed that he had in
timated that the two judges were
appointed for that purpose, but so the
people believed.
MORGAN's WAR RECORD.
Referring to Mr.. Hill's reference to his
1Mr Morgan'sl connection with the con-
federacy, Mr.. Morgan said the eleven
states which went out Of the union did so
not to dissent from the constitution, but
TO preserve it. He had more respect for
those who had the pluck to shoulder a
gun and go TO the front than for those
who continually referred TO that
period, but remained at home. He
was not alarmed when he heard one of
1861. No honest soldier who had fought
him in the war ever did. 1t was only
those who hired substitutes, and, plead
ing the baby act, remained at home, who
were in the habit, in the Senate and out,
Of referring to the fact that he Mr.. Nor
gam had participated in the secession OF
the south. He was not ashamed Of the
fact.
THURMAN's RUL ING.
Mr. Morgan characterized the state
ment OF Mr. Hill that Allen G. Thurman,
while an occupant of the chair in the
Senate, had counted a quorum, las one
of those half truths told by the Senator
from New York, which confers more of
misinformatiOn than it does Of fact" II
have taken the pains to inquire how
many senators have condescended to
look at the question in its material
aspects as it appears upon the statute
book, and l have found that very
few have even read the statutes that are
TO be affected by the proposed act But
the trumpet had sounded, the forces were
marshaled, the clock had struck at the
white house and the cuckoos had put
their heads out Of the box and responded
and informed us of the time of day. But
they did not know what they were talk
ing about and did not take the pains to
find out"
POWER OF THE SECRETARY.
the Secretary of the Treasury, said
he did not believe congress could confer
discretion upon that officer to coin or not
10 coin at his will The Secretary in this
respect had but partially executed a man
datory law. Mr.. Morgan urged that the
Sherman act should be repealed out
and out.
Mr. Platt inquired whether the sena-
tor from Alabama believed that the law
as il now existed, gave the Secretary of
Treasury the right to coin the seignor-
age.
Mr.. Morgan believed the secretary had
the right TO coin every bit Of it. To-day
there was a clear trampling out Of the
mandate of the law.
TILT WITH MILLS
In the course Of his speech Mr.. Nor
gan referred TO MIR Mills as the mouth
piece Of another which Mr. Mills quickly
and excitedly denied.
''YOu have o responsibility 70 which |
propose TO hold you, - said Mr.. Morgan.
II am responsible 10 my constituents
and they hold me responsible"
80 viii l."
81 deny that you have any such right"
fufs 10 li. lie