The herald., 1893-09-30
SENATE PKOoEGDINGs.

Senator Morgan Malxos the Speech OF the
Session on silver.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 In the senate
today Cameron of Pennsylvania pre-
sented the petition from Philadelphia
manufacturers, asking legislation to re-
tain the protective tariff and the in
tegrity of oliver as money metal. here
toiore aelit in these dispatches, EIe said
the signers represented $4,000. 600 cap.
ital and3alyearly product of $3.50, 600 900.
The REPEAL bill was then taken up.
Harris 0Dem.) of Tennessee spoke
againet il. lie declared that it prnc-
tically meant gold standard, as there
alter silver would only be used as frac-
tional currency. He favored the coinage
of all American silver, but hoped Sners
man would join him in rehabilitatinf
the BlandAllison act and going back tt
that amount of coinage, if not more.
Sherman said he believed the con
tinued purchase of silver, either unde.
the Bland-Allison act or the act of 1890
would eventually drive gold from circpl
lation and silver would be the on4
standard. Free coinage would have thl
same result, so he favored the abandoH
ment OF the system.
Continuing, Harris quoted from I
speech by Voorhees, last February. iF
which he said he would have voted IT,
take up the Sherman bill some dayf
prior to that but for the fact that ''its
passage would undoubtedly demonetiz$
silver and leave it supported by noS
one word of legislation"
HsrriH. continuing, said: II thinE
it an outrage to ask men like myself
and others absolutely to sweep froE
under the silver currency every vestig%
of law. That is not what we meant az
Chicago. At that time Voorhees, sai&
that, while he would vote for the repeal
of the Sherman act, it would be in COM
nection with something better. When
the Senator from Indiana (Voorheesl
shall have passed the bill, aH probably
he will, he may find himself utterly
poweriess to enact any other law for tht
use of silver. This is trap in which y
do not intend to be caught"
Harris, in conclusion, said he woulGl
accept any reasonable compromise.
Morgan of Alabama then addressed
the senate. He began by discussing the
probability of securing a treaty witt
Great Britain on the silver question
which he said was very remote. AA
monetary matters was impossible of en-
ecution and almost impossible OF coE-
temptation in q legal sense. In tht,v
critical period it would not do to oife8
such hopes as solution OF the troubles
Referring to the repeal bill, Morgasa
said: "Why this haste? Congresg
would do better to undertake to secure
something within the view Of constitu-
tional power. We had better again de.
clare our independence OF Great Britain
and maintain it, than to undertake.. by
tinesse, cajolery, fattery and the like to
persuade Great Britain to allow us to
legislate for our people in the way
government ought to legislate for itf
people,"
Allison observed that the United
States had four times attempted to see
cure an international agreement.
''Yes, said Morgan. land the sena-
tor is now back from q recent confer
ence and it agreed that nothing could he
done. Alter four OF these disappoint-
ments we want We must
be independent OF Great Britain. The
repealers know there is need OF haste.
They fear the decision OF the supreme
court of the United States on case
pending before that court, case No. l5.-
049 entitled Geo. s. Merritt. ct al. W.
Charles Foster, secretary OF the treas
urer" (the silver brick casel.
After talking for two hours Morgar
suddenly diverged from the legal argu-
ment, that the right OF an owner OF sil.
yer bullion to have it coined free and
without limitation etill existed and
said: mo man, whatever his powers
may be, can exonerate me from the dis
charge of my duty to grant TO the peo-
pie all their constitutional rights. nor
can any man crowd me into silence
when l choose to speak. This is an
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