The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1893-10-04
Oregon's Goldbug Senator AIRS
His Views.
DISCUSSES POLITICS, NOT SILVER
Meeting of the Pan-American Bimetallic
League at st. Louis-Organizat1on
Effected and Speeches Made Showing
That the Question is not Sectional.

WAsHINGToN, Oct. 3.--When the
fall of the vice presidents gavel an
nounced the senate to have met this
morning there were only a few Re
publicans in the chamber, and not
Democrat being visible. The lack of
quorum was called to the attention
of the chair, and after delay of fif-
teen minutes quorum was obtained.
The vice president laid before the
senate communication from the
secretary of the treasury, giving
detailed statement of the exports OF
silver for the months of July and Au-
gust.
Dubois introduced bill enabling
the states OF California, Colorado,
Montana and Idaho to support state
school of mines.
Morgan offered an amendment to
house bill No. /, Wilson repeal bill,
declaring the act of January Is, 1887,
to be in force.
The bill to repeal the Sherman law
was then laid before the senate.
White OF California said he had ex-
amined carefully the Bankers Maga-
zine of August, 1873, and had found
the statements made by Sherman yes
terday concerning certain article in
that magazine to be correct, and his
quotation from the publication erro-
neous. White also read from the Con-
qressionai Record to show tnat the
statement. as he had given it, was
made as early as 1878.
Dolph took the floor and continued
his speech begun yesterday in support
of the repeal bill, and quoted from
the message of President Cleveland OF
1885 urging the discontinuance of the
purchase of silver for free coinage
under the Bland-Allison act. Dolph
characterized this a stronger argu-
ment against the use of silver than
he was now able to offer, and said he
had read it for the purpose OF show
ing that the Democrats who advo-
Gated the retention of the Sherman
act were not in accord with their
party leaders. He declared the sue
cess of the Democratic party with
such candidate and on such a plat
form abundant evidence of the fact
that the American people did not de-
sire to continue the coinage of
silver under the existing conditions.
Teller interrupted Dolph to ask him
what chance he thought there was of
securing any recognition OF silver
under the administrator of a presi-
dent who holds views expressed by
Cleveland.
Dolph replied that he did not ex-
pect there would be any legislation
concerning silver under the present
administration while the conditions
remain as at present. He did not
know of single utterance of Cleve-
land that heshad changed his position
in opposition to the further purchase
and coinage of silver dollars. He did
not expect to secure any legislation
without an international agreement.
Dolph quoted from a statement of
minorities radical and majorities con-
servative, which he used in illustrat-
ing the naturalness OF the change of
the Democratic party since it had
come into power. When the Demo-
cratic party was in the minority it
could afford to favor free coinage, but
now that it had a majority it had
necessarily become conservative on
this subject.
Teller asked Dolph if he had any
reason to suppose the president had
taken any steps looking to secure the