Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-12
A SILVER DEFENDER.
The LONGEST Continuous Speech Eyer
kado in The Senate.
sen. ALLEN BREAKS THE RECORD.


wAsHNGros, Oct. l2.-All night
long Senator Allen, Mob, hold the
floor, interrupted by an occasloual ill.
tempered colluquy for roll call, which
dragged the sleeping senators from the
adjoining cloak rooms. The gray
dawn al six O'Clock n. m. found
Allen holding the fort ia the great strug'
gle against unconditional repeal, A. he
had been doing since darkness fell last
night He had broken ali previous
records. For twelve hours and q hait
he had held tho n11r cuntinuuualy'
The longest time auy senator had pre-
vioualy occupied tho floor was ON the
occasion of tie force bill nght la 1891,
when Faulkner remained on guari Tor
twelve hour, thou. h tho latter lad a
Breathing spell during the absence OF
quorum. Allen seemed almost as
itssh az when no began. lis voice
was sull loud and strong aud the great
strain seemed not 10 have ELECTED hlu
physical or mental vigOr
An effort wns MADE shortly aiter by
the auli.silver men 10 feaoh nn ugroe.
ment with the tilvcfitcs for feoosa until
10 O'Clock hut the latter declined the
oder. AZ the hour passed Senator
Alleu's power OF endurance amazed
the audience.
shortly after I Shoup made the
polnt of no quorum. Roll call uu.
veloped the presence Of only forty
members, three snort Of quorum.
These, however, were soon supplied.
Wolcott made the point that iofty-
three was not y quorum, as Idaho, wy
oming aud Washington were only
partly represented and f5r,y.lhfuo
would not be n majority with their
iull representation,
The rulo was then read 10 the effect
that the majority Of senators chosen
and sworn shall constitute a quorum,
Mandouon said the present rule was
adopted under the stress Oi clrcum-
stances In 1864, when eighteen Of the
Southern States were unrepresented,
but contondod that the necessity tor IL
was past.
Vice President Stevenson ruled that
the Senate 10 constituted was com.
poaoi Of eighty-ive mombsrs anu that
ioriy.thfco was n quorum.
Wolcott appealed from this decision,
and Hale moved TO lay the appeal on
the table. The appeal was taOled, IS
10 o, Allen, ManuerHon, Martin, PETER
aud Morgan voting In tue negative.
Then Allen apparently as ffesh ~
when he began fourteen hours ago
resumed his address. u was far from
an argument upon the question At
issue, but II illud the time. Allen
concluded at aquaTtef past eight.
Martin, OF X lnsas, was 10 follow
him, but Voorhees, suddenly inter-
posed with motion 10 lay the PETER
free coinage amendment 10 the repeal
bill on the table and roll call began
thereon. The result showed Two short
ofa quorum, owing 10 the announce.
ment VI stvernl pairs ana the refusal
Of some silver men present TO vote.
Villas made this point Of order that
when senator was present he must
vote unless excused. ROD call vas
ordered showing 40 senators present.
Roll was then recalled ON the motion 10
lay PCiiuF's amendment on thb table.
Only Al senators voted, DuBoies being
tho hTst senator on the roll and present,
who refused 10 vote.
The chair called on him for an OK.
PLANTATION. Dubois lsaid he iconsidored
the amendment too important 10 bs
passed upon without debate. A vote
on the Emotion 10 excuse Dubois re-
suited IN Il ayes and 20 nays.
DubOis'a name was again called
and he still failed TO respond. Then
followed RdiscussiOn whether Du Boies
could be compelled 10 vote, but the
point was soon dropped. In the mean.
tlmO other senators came and at g:lb a
ballot was announced showing my
senators voting. The result Of the
ballot was M follow;
Yeas-Cafrey, Camden, Carey, Cul-
lom, Dayis, Dickson, Dolph, Faulkner,
Frye, Gallinger, Goruou, Gray, Hale,
Hawley, HIN, Hoar, Lindsay, McMil.
Ian, McPherson, Mills, MITCHELL Wis.),
Murphy, PlGtt Proctor, Quay, Ran.
som, sherman, Smith, Squire, VoOr.
hees, Woodburn, Quite. folal-s8.
Nays-Bato, Berry, blackburn, But
Ter, Gail, Cameron, Coke, Daulal,
George. Huntoon, Irby, Martin, Nor
gan, Parco, PETER Vest, WGlthall.
rOtal-l7.
PeGers amendment was laid on the
table.
Voorhees, said Petler's amendment 10
the Voorhees, bill was the only one
pending except that offered by tho
committee ON finance which Is the
Wilson Or the House bill, There were,
however, other amendments proposed
by senators hut not yet offered. rhese
would be IN order when offered. lie
said the finance committees amend
ment was now before the Senate ana
askei that Martin (Kg.) DO recognized
~ discuss the question.
10 was O'Clock when Martin began
n plea Tor the free coinage Of silver.
At frequent Intervals he was inter.
ruptod by demands iOI roll calls, whom
u became evident that quorum Was
not In the chamber.
During one ot the intervals Stewart
read letter warming hun 10 duslat in
Constructing legislation" OT he might
be blown up with dynamite. IN,
reading merely provoked a laugh.
At 1880 Martin was still Hpeaklng.
The program Of the silver men Ia 10
have Teller or Jones follow Martin
and Stewart follow them. They assert
they are In position to 70 on inden,
nitely and that the physical endurance
question having beon forced on them
they are determined 10 carry IL 10 "a
legitimate conclusion.
Stewart, Jones, Pugh, Morgan and
other silver men who were not
present last night, taking their
regular rest, came In Thu
morning, while Teller, Wolnott,
Dubois and others who were In tht
chamber all night vent home 10 sleel,
and rest. They have the best OF th.
ali