New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-06
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VOORHEES, CAUGHT MAPPING
EXECUTIVE SESSION FORCED.
UNEXPECTED MAJORITY FOR THE ANTI
REPEAL FORCES.
SENATOR STEWART WAS GRINDING OUT A
OF IT FOR TO-DAY-MR. FAULKNERS
POSITIoN-THE PROSPECTS
OF A FINAL VOTE.
(BY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrBuyE.1

OF FINAL VOTE.
(BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBUSg1
! Washington. Sept. 5-Senator Voorhees, waA
| caught mapping this afternoon by the anti-repeal
forces In the Senate who, by unexpected rity
of seven votes forced early executive session
and an adjournment a means of saving Mr..
Stewards stock of dilatory oratory from exhaus-
tiOn at single sitting The Nevada patriarch
had become very voce-wOrn in the recital OF his
proliX history" Of the demonetizaton act Of
1873, for which act he voted as he says without
suspicion of its true significance. The history"
began about l o'clock and was completed about
4 O'clock and Mr.. Stewart looked appealingly at
the clock as he reluctantly turned the last of his
copy face downward on his desk 4 pointed
hint which followed. that he would like to take =
rest and begin afresh tomorrow, was ignored by
his fellow-Senators, who seemed to he either too
spellbound or too stupcfed by the Nevada states
mans oratory 10 notice his pathetic appeal for
succor.
Mr.. Stewart was disconnected only for moment.
Quickly opening his desk lid he picked out a
bundle of newspaper clippings and began TO read
editorials from the issues of New-NorlS Demo-
cratic newspapers during the winter Of Is00-ol,
in which the deliberativc' character os the a. de-
bate" then running in the Senate AGAINST tho
Election bill enthusiastically defended and
eulogized. After twenty minutes of this sort of
tme-killing effort Mr. Morgan. of Alabama, gall
lantly came TO the hard pressed orators rescne,
and in haf-payful. half-seriOns tone proposed
that Mr.. Stewart be allowed to reserve the rest Of
his valued and highly interesting address for to-
morrow's session. The Alabama Senator's motion
TO 90 into executive session got 35 votes, while
Mr.. Voorhees, and Mr.. German could muster only
% TO keep Nr. Stewart the rack The anti
repeal side reinforced to-day by Senator Davis!
Of Minnesota; Dolph. of Oregon; Perkins, Of
California, and raulkner, Of West Virginia. who
have on other occasions supported Mr.. Voorhees's
policy of exhaustive debate by protractcd sessions.
number of repeal Senator'S were also absent
without being accounted for: so the usual ma
iority Of that side was converted into a sub
stantial balance on the other.
After brief executive session Mr. German
and Mr. Voorhees, attempted 10 get the Senate to
return 10 open session and thus force Mr.. Stew
art TO continue his speech for at least another
hour. The motion failed, however. by vote Of
81 10 so. and motion TO adjourn was then
carried Mr. Stewart will renew his speech. con-
tomorrow afternoon, and will m.
doubtedly bc able 10 tak another session ont.
Mr. voorhees, brought forward to-day the res,ln.
ton. announced for yesterday. fixing the hour of
meeting daily at II c',ock, instead Of noon. and
III IL eAIeflcu 10 ne NOrpl Oh Tomorrow. IL car
red it will go into effect on Thursday morning
To make its provisions of any value, however,
Mr.. Voorhees, will have to arrange for the at
tendance of q quorum of Senators at the hour
Of meeting, for otherwise the point Of no quorum"
is sure to he raised by some anti-repeal Sen.
ator who in this course perfectly legitimate
means of securing delay. and speculation on tho
length 10 which the debate or. the Repeal bill
will be allowed to run il still widely scattering
IN character The more sangune friends Of
zeal in the Senate venture the prediction that
vote will be reached before September 20: but
{ is TO be- feared that this estimate of the speech
making powers of the opposition is far too modest.
The Senators still to be- heard against repeal ill
,ude Messrs Morgan and Pugh, of Alabama:
;eorge. of Mississippi: Daniel, of Virginia: Ifar.
lis. of Tennessee: Cochr,l Of Missouri: Jones,
# ArlIansas: Jones, Of Nevada, and Mitchell. OF
>regon, with Mess.s. Teller. Stewart, Wolcott
md PETER to fill in any chance intervals ~
Hence that may occur This is "a formidable array
( d,bating rower, and its time-consuInng capacity
hOud not be- undervaucd
sir. Faulkner's vote to-day with the anti
cpoal side to relieve Mr.. Stewart from his
m torical distress gives additional interest and
ignitcance to the published statement that he
ill, in his speech of Friday hXt, bring for
Yard "a compromise proposal which he thinks
,ill be generally supported by the moderate
lver Democrats who have been classed so
ar on the side of unconditional repeal, and
nally accepted by the ultra silver men also, ~
le most favorable concession possible To be OBJ
aimed for silver under the present circumstances.
Ir Faullmers reported proposition is to cal in
il notes under 81 o, to coin all the silver bullion
the Treasury and then continue the purchase
nd coinage of silver at the rate Of $1,000 600
month until the volume of silver money in tho
,untry has reached $sOO,oOO,O00 when the
,inage will cease. There is now about $780,
%, ,OoO of silver in the country, including all
le coins of all sorts and tha bullion in the Treas
~. that the proposition would involve tho
timate purchase and coinage of S200,000,-
10 more At a coinage rate of 80 100000
month over five years would be- given TO the
yer industry 10 adjust itself to the Govern
ents change in m lnctary policy, winch Mr.
lulkncr is said to consider ample time o. satisfy
t representatives of the mining interests Inc
Nor Wrst virginia Senator ranks in the Senate
one OF Mr.. Gormans most active lleufenants,
d if the proposition outlined above i aetually
omitted hy him on Friday it will give = novel
d important turn 10 the present stnl,on.
Mr.. Stewards sleech to-day was marked ny an
enscy Qmeruols and pctulant ton'. Though
of the most notorious Of offenders IN the
late. in the way of interrupting the remarks OF
Ter speakers. ne t0-iay 2ruWy f,i",," " ,,''"
questions from Nr. Iloar and Mr. Aldrich,
ling Mr. fIoar, to the great amusement OF mo
,ate that he de clined to yield 10 question be-
lie he didn't want his speech inter-persed with
-ash, rut the Nevada Senator's ba manners
,ud perhaps be charged to the high natural
political temperature prevailing just now in
Senate chamber.
!, STEWART. OF NEVADA, HAD THE FLOOR
HELD 1T, TOO, AND CALLED MR.. HoARs
SUGGESTIONS TRASH AND SAID Mr..
NDRICU WAS AGGRAv,TING
-ashington, Sept. 5.-If any particle of interest
sted I'm the mind OF any Senator i'm connection
n the legislation of 1873, by which the silver
.. .,... dronned onf OF coinage he had AM On