Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-11-05
VOLUME 27.
Senate Proceedings

WAsIISGTos, Oct. 30.--This la,
beeG II field day in the Senate. n.
more interest has been manifested al
any Stage oi the long struggle than
WAS shown % day when the question
at issue was practically decided, and
tho victprs we're simply awaiting the
final vote To register their triumph.
Ectorn Il o'clock the galleries gcre
black with people AID number of
foreign representatives looked doxn
from the diplomatic gallery. The
sucnc on the floor WIS most imprcs
ave, r"arly cvSry seat baiug occupied
"ane hundred Representatives. tom
the Lower llousc wcrc ranged against
the wall. Tho imrrcssivc stiffness
wus broken only by the riso unG fal!
O! the vOices Of the speakers us they
dc!ivcIea their tiDal notes OF triumph
or warning. The Senate and me gal
ierIcs seemed ave stricken, everyone
s"rn:;nS to feel deeply ,ha, the result
of thls srea. parliamentary struggle
was frauGht with momentous import
ancc 10 the country, and that the pol
icy about u hJ iuaugurated WAS for
veal or WOO 10 siNiy-sev1n millions Of
people.
Voorhees, announced Saturday that
ho would call FOR final voto on the
repeal bill! at = l.. II to-day, out as il
wGS known that the bill was still open
TO amendment tins morning there
was much speculation as TO What
proposition might be launched at the
last moment by the silver mcn, who
hud nothing 10 lose aud everything 10
gam 10y sudden onslaughts on the re-
peal forces.
The opening Indications were not
promising for vote rs early us Voor.
hccs anticipated. Several western
Senators had expressed n dosiro To
speak, and ips the time 10 Do cun6@mcl
by each was rather indefinite, final
vote sccmed moro likoIy 10 be delayed
until / or o'clock this afternoon
There VAS n manifest determination
on the part OF tho repeal n,cn 10 l0rco
n vo:cas sooD us possible without vio-
. jnung Senatorial courtesy,
The roli.Call showed tho prescnce
OF i::ty-two memburs whon tho con-
sidc!dtion n! the repeal bill was re-
Rumcd
Hun,on CDom } Of Virginia snid no
woull yo;o for unconditional replal
hnl then be- ready to join his friends
in tho fight for silycr.
Cameron (RcP.l OF Pennsylvania
SAID that neither s!do had malo Il
suggestion which in his opinion WIS
broad enough Therefore lac had
stut!iously avoided voting for or
against the amondments offered.
There could DO but ono Foiution-thc
FREQ coinage Qf tho American silver
prUdIct, which was essential TO our
prosperity. Tho Sonat" could not
with self rcspcCt pnss such measure
nB this. II was argncd IN support oi
this bill that repeal would torcC
"a. Europe to join us in an agreement
for tho use Of silver. That was, cut
ting of tho American market for sill
vcr wonld throw fifty million ounces
per yCnr on the European market, IN
the hUpo OF breaking down tho mar
kcl price. With II deficit Of several
milliOns per month in the treasury wt
would do we'll /! so could keep fifty
mi'liOns 0f gold In tho troasury. W.
hr0 wasting our silver, our gold nnC
our credit. lIo Sould like 10 hav,
this bill referred 10 II select commit
tee with inatructiens to report on fur
ther iacapurcs TO snicly carry into ef
feet tho legislation proposed som {
timo ugo by Morgan Of Alabama.
Morgan (Deu.l Of Alabama thor
addressed tho Scuntc, Tho situation
IN tho Senate seemed to him u vcr,
lamcnlablo one, Of which ho coul,
spoak only with pain and which b,
gould contemplate only with snsious
approximations for tho future welfare
Of tho country. Morgan said tho pas
rage OF tho bill would 10 tho irrevoG.
hUio airrcDdor TO tho domauds %
inost lnsolcnt aud oycrbcarng cor
porntione Morgan thcp read SLOWLY
and with great pmphnsia thcao sen.
tenccs from Gormqn's speech OF Cat
urday: "Wo weto compelled 20 take
tho terms offered by tho Senator from
Ohio" ole held tho kcy TO tho ait
uation." md "You haYo dictated tht
tvrmsto us, ...
If. "I thank tho almighty God" sait
Morgan 'improssiYcly "that tho Soma
tor from Ohio Las mover hqd tho pow
or 10 dictate tptms 10 mo as Dcmo
crat. lIc may have dictated them 10
tho Prosadont, 10 tho committee or IL
tho minority Of Democrats OH thIt
sido, but he cannot dictate to mo-"