Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-10-21
The SILVER DEBATE
lynopsis OF the Discussion in the United
States Senate.

ued his speech against the repeal bill He
yielded the floor to MIR Smith dem, N. J),
who spoke in favor and MIR Irby dem, S c.,
who spoke against the pending measure, Mr.
Cockrcll concluded his speech at 5:l5 o'clock.
Mr. Allen (pop., Nebl took the floor to con
| tnue his speech. AT O'Clock Mr. Dubois
| rep, 1daho) announced that the hour had
| come when the senate usually adjourned
| Mr. Voorhees, dem, Ind) said he felt 1t his
| highest duty not to move for an adjournment
but on the contrary, 10 ask the senate to stay
| together in continuous session until the pend.
| ing measure should be disposed of.
| Mr. Dubois said this announcement OF the
| senator from Indiana meant THAT the senate
| Is TO be held in continuous session until n vote
| Is reached on the pending bill or until it L.
demonstrated that n vote cannot be reached
! This legislation should not he rushed through
| by yinhuman,efforts'anu brute force You know rs
| well when you start aS when you emerge from
the struggle that you must fail" He said bill
| was US likely to pass for the free coinage OF
| silver as to absolutely destroy silver He added:
| "lf you conclude TO abandon appeals to reason
and sense and to risk n settlement of this great
| question to q test of which side can stand the
most punishment, we desire to give notice now
| that we shall protect our side by every means
| in our power. We shall insist that you furnish
| the quorum and that you keep it constantly in
| this chamber II IL takes innumerable rollcalls
| The responsibility for what is to follow must
| rest on you, as well as its physical effects on
| individual senator's"
Mr. Voorhees, suggested to Mr. Dubois the
| wisdom of the saying: LET not him that
| girdeth on his harness boast himself rs he that
| putteth it off. I'VE will see who fails in this
| transaction before we are done" said Mr.
Voorhees,. II feel that my feet are on a rock
| and there shall stand and vindicate great
| and mighty principle. But before l say word
| upon that subject will ask the senator from
| Idaho whether he will fix day to take vote?"
Mr., Dubois said that there were distinguished
| senators who had not talked on the subject,
| and he could not nor could any one else say
when the debate would probably close.
Mr. voorhees, replied at great length, saying
that eff there could be day named by the
opponents of this bill we would come to an
understanding directly 1t is because OBJ
struction is resorted to, pure and simple,
against legislation, that are in the at
titude we are now. We regret exceedingly to
have TO resort to the methods now before us"
He said he would rather be carried from his
desk feet foremost and put TO sleep at his home
in Terre Haute forever than to yield the princi.
pie that the majority has right to govern.
They had reached the question whether or not
We have government that can administer
itself lie would not iniure the minority but
| asked should the majority govern: He stood
there not talking compromise but for the rule
of the majority. If he went down it
would be with his flag nailed to the
masthead. II a compromise was TO take place
on the principle that the minority had the
right to dictate, it would be by others, not by
him. He continued: In default of any an
swer when vote can be reached, invoke the
spirit OF wisdom, fairness, patience and man
hood on both sides and we will proceed have
no doubt of the result"
Mr.. Allen continued his remarks during the
night, interrupted by frequent roll calls to de.
termine the question of quorum being present
On the 18th Mr. Allen pop Neb) concluded
his remarks at s a. m, after which, on motion
Of Mr.. Voorhees,, the PETER amendment was
laid on the table-37 to las follows:
Yeas-Canery, Camden, Carey, Cullom, Davis.
Dixon. Doiph, Faulkner, Frye, Gallnger, Cor.
don, Gray, Hale, Hawley, Hill. Hoar, Lindsay,
Mcmillan. Mcpherson, Henderson, Mills,
Mitchell tWis.), Murphy. Platt, Proctor, Quay,
Ransom. Sherman, Smith, Squire, Voorhees,,
Washburn, White Ga)-33
Nays-Bate, Berry. Blackburn, Butler, Call,
Cameron Coke, Daniel, George Huntop, Troy,
Martin, Morgan, Pasco Pefer, Vest Nalthan
liz.
Mr.. Martin dem, Kan.) expressed the opin.
ion the time had come for democrats to act to-
gether and arrive at some agreement-see
whether they could do anything TO relieve the
party and the country He read the newspaper
reports OF the meeting between Secretary Car
Isle and the New York bankers at the house of
President Williams of the Chemical national
bank, and said the reports were convincing tes-
timony the panic had been made TO order and
had been manufactured expressly for the oc-
casion. 1t had two purpOses-one to force
the government TO issue bonds, and the other
to destroy silver as n money metal He
Quilted Mr.. Carlisle of any completely in the
conspiracy. He discussed the question OF ma
tiOnal banks and asserted the wisest and best
thing for the democratic party to do would be
TO wipe out every vestige Of the national bank
ing system. He regarded The repeal bill as so
bad, wicked, so cruel, remorseless, so un.
Just he felt justified in resorting to every con-
srtutional right to defeat it,
AK frot
q speech begun the previors week, but yielded
the floor with the understanding that he could
resume on the 18th
Mr. Stewart rep, Nev) then took the floor.
He said that within year, probably sooner,
the country would rejoice that there had been
those in the senate who had the courage TO call
. halt on the attempt TO establish the single
gold basis II silver countries would be true to
themselves the gold countries would have to
change their policies in order to trade with the
more powerful countries Mr. Stewart con-
tinued his speech till after midnight, subject to
many interruptions for inquiries as TO the
presence of quorum.
After report by the sergeant-at.arms at
1:40 O'Clock the morning of the 18th to
the absentees, Mr. Voorhees, said. in view of
| such report, it was evident no further business
| could be transacted and he therefore moved an
! adjournment to which motion there was no op-
I position, and the senate adjourned until IL
o'clock.
| On the 18th after the Introduction of amend
ments by Mr. Vest dem, MOI and Mr.. Allen
| (pop, Neb) the former providing for the re-
! peal of the purchase clause of the Sherman act,
I the issue OF coin certificates, the coinage OF ma
tive silver, deposited by owners, up to 1900 00O,-
; 00O the repeal OF the 10 per cent. tax on state
hanks, etc; and the latter providing for the
| free coinage of silver-Mr Stewart rep, New
resumed his speech and debated further
! against the pending repeal measure,
Mr.. PETER (pop., Kan.) took the floor at p.
m. and continued the argument against repeal
An adjournment was had ut 1880 for want OF
| q quorum.
On the l4th Mr. Jones rep., New spoke in
| opposition to the repeal He said the pending
measure was u yelled attempt to impose the
gold standard upon the people of the United
! States. The very vehenence and universaity
of the denial was Of itself suspicious. 1.-The
| lady doth protest too much, methinks"
In reply to question by Mr. Villas dem,
| Wis., as to whether he (Mr. jones' did not fear
a serious monetary disturbance If free coin
age were given to silver at the rate of 10 to l.
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