The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-06
A VICTORY FOR SILVER.
4 TEST OF STRENGTH IN THE SEN
ATE WITH THAT RESULT.
The Senate Adjourns with MIR. Stewart
stilI Holding the Fort-A Flnan-
cial Resolution.

| Voorhees, offered resolution that on
Thursday, and until further orders. the
| daily hour OF meeting shall be II a. m. lie
asked that It lie on the table. and said
| he would call II up tomorrow.
Mr.. Faulkner gave notice that ne would
submit some remarks on the repeal bin
| next Friday.
! Mr.. Morgan introduced a concurrent
| resolution for the appointment Of a joint
committee Of the two Houses. seven
| Senators and seven Representatives.
! These together are 10 constitute a joint
select Committee on Finance. The chair
| man is to be chosen by the committee
| by ballot. IL is 10 hold its sessions in the
| Capitol, or In such other places az the
majority may direct. with power to hear
witnesses and to employ stenographers.
Eleven members are to constitute a
! quorum TO do business. The committee is
| TO examine into the financial and none
| tary condition Of the government and peo-
| pie OF the United States. The committee
! is 70 examine into these subjects and TO
/ report upon them The full or partial
| decentralization Of legal tender silver coins,
| and the ratio which should be established
| between them and gold coins; the reVs-
| ion OF laws relating TO legal tender 80 as
| TO prevent unjust discrimination In the
| several kinds Of money; the repeal Of the
| 10 per cent tax on the issue OF State banks;
/ the actual causes OF the present embar-
rassed condition Of the people and the
| national banks. and what further legisla-
| ton is necessary 10 prevent national
| banks from abusing their powers under
| the law The joint committee may ap-
point subcommittee. OF not less than
| four members Chree to constitute a quo
rrm) which may sit in any place In the
| United States and take testimony. The
| resolution was at Mr.. MOrgans request
laid on the table TO be called up by him
| hereafter.
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr.
Allen, calling on the Secretary of the
| Treasury for information as TO the re-
| demption Of silver certificates in coin
was taken up and referred to the Com
| nittee on Finance, as was also the Joint
| resolution introduced by Mr., CocSrell
on the Dist of August for the issue Of
additional gold certificates.
| Mr.. PETER then took the floor and fin
| ished the speech which nc had begun
! yesterday in support Of his amendment
| for the free and unlimited coinage Of
| gold and silver at the parity Of Is TO /.
| Mr. Stewart addressed the Senate I'm op-
! position TO the repeal bill. He began his
| speech with history Of the closing Of the
| Of the European and American mints 10
| the free and unlimited coinage of silver;
| Of the conference held at Paris to consider
| the unifcation Of coins, weights and
| measures. and OF the demOnetizatlOn act
OF 1873. lie intmated that Mr.. Sherman's
vote against that bill was because he
knew It would pass and wanted 60 con
| ceal from the Senate n knowledge Of the
fact that it omitted the silver dollar from
the list of coins. He claimed 20 have
shcwn that the leading members Of the
two Houses who were present during the
consideration of the bin were ignorant OF
the fact that the silver dollar was omitted
I'm the codfcation Of the mint laws.
Coming 10 the platforms OF the Repub-
lican and Democratic parties on the sub
ject Of silver. Mr.. Stewart declared that
he saw no difference I'm the position OF
the two. and could trust neither. The
administration Of President Cleveland
was doing to-day just what he predict
ed I'm the canvass. demanding the re-
peal Of the only law that recognized sill
yer was a money metal. The Sherman act
had. up to this time. inflicted no iniu-
ries upon the country, hut had rather
been beneficial, and had, according TO AIr.
Shermans own claim, prevented q panic
I'm 1890. The bankers panic he said. had
demOnetize silver. The cooperation Of
Gladstone and Cleveland was to degrade
silver-the former by suspending ci0nage
I'm India, and the latter by refusing 10
obey the mandatory law TO purchase
four and a half million ounces per month.
The Vaccinations Of the banks and Of
the bOnd-hOlders had created dire dis
tress IN the country. The immediate duty
Of the hour was TO relieve that distress.
There was an honest remedy; and there
was a dishonest remedy. The honest RENE
dv was 70 resttre silver; or, If that
could not be done 10 utilize the silver in
the Treasury by issuing silver ceriifica-
tes ON Il. and by issuing enough green
backs to relieve the distress. The dis
honest remedy was TO pass the repeal
bin. to sanctlfy the Infamous act Of l7M
and TO fasten a perpetual gold standard
upon the country.
Al one point in the speech, Mr.. Hoar.
I'm his quiet. solemn manner made an at
tempt to correct one of Mr.. Stewarts s.
statements. hut the latter turned angrily
to MIR. Hoar and Informed him that he
(StewarO did not want TO be interrupted
with n lot OF trash.
We'll" said Hoar. Il viii wait til the
Senator gets through" "How can ] set
through" was the rcjOinder 'if you Will
talk2" U.auRhter)
At another point similar attempt, by
Mr.. Aldrich Or. ID was defeated I'm
like manner and was characterized as
"aggravating'
When he had been speaking for over an
hour, Mr.. Stewart noticed that there were
but Few Senators in the Chamber, and
that these were paying not the slightest
| attention TO the speech These facts
seemed To annoy him. and he stopped and
remarked that the Senate was doing
business without a quorum.
"I do not care about that" said he,
'1n my own case, but / give notice that
hereafter, when other Senators are
speaking and are giving facts and infoT-
nation that are so much needed by gem
tlemen in the cloak rooms, | will insist
on having forty-three Senators in their
seats"
"The absence Of n quorum being sug-
gested," said Mr. Pugh 'I move call OF
the Senare."
Tho roll was called, nfty-slx Senators
resi- ,nded. and Mr.. Stewart went on with
bis sICech.
AT 3.+5, Mr.. Stewart, having ClsTosed Of
uat part Of the speech which he had be-
fore him In typewriter sheets made
short pause. Then he said he had great
deal more to talk about. but he did
not rnow whether ne could get through
tonight The hint was not taken, and NJ
eslRtor FASTENED 10 relieve him by
notion TO adjourn or 10 go into executive
setsitn. And So Mr. Stewart went on
with his silver argument. lie moved up
and down in the central aisle pitching
his voice 10 a high tone, gesticGlating
mrCh. aud addressing his remarks nov
10 the Democratic eide OF the chamber