New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-30
SENATOR MORGAN II \ PASSION.
He DENOUNCTS THE TuRELIN; PRE~s ANI
CASTS SOME IMrUrATIONs OS CLEVrLAND',
DFMOCRACY-SENAIOE HAEEIs's NrEfCn.

CASTS SOME IMrUTATIONs Of CLEVTLAND',
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. HAERIsS SrEfCr.
Washington. Sept 9Th" duty Of having q
quorum present I'm the Senate this morning was
undertaken by Mr. Doph Ncp. Ore). When the
roll call closed there still six Senator'S lacking
but after fifteen minutes waiting II announced
by the Nice-Presidcnt that there We're forty three
Senators tan exact quorum present. Then the
journal was read. AMI the routine morning bust
ness proceeded with.
Mr.. Cameron K"p.. PENN presented q petition
signed by Wharton Parker. Of Phiadephla and
many business firms Of that city. asking Senators
eeislate preserve the protective character
Of the tariff and the integrity Of silver as a money
metal: and he asked that IT be read and printed
in "The Record" Objection was made and then
it ordered that the petition be printed az =,
document
The Silver Purchase Repeal bill was taken mp at
II :2J and Mr.. Harris dem. Tennb. a member Of
tn" Finance Committee. made an argument against
the b-Mr. PETER having yielded the floor to Mr.
Morgan, and Mr.. Morgan having yielded to Mr.
Harris. He asserted that the Sherman act had no
more to do with the business troubles OF IA.
country than th" lighting OF a friction match had
10 do with cyclone I'm the course Of his argu-
ment Mr.. Harris referred to a statement Of Mr..
sherman when he was Secretary Of the rrcasur,.
as to what would be the effect Of the Eland BILL
Ecr Or THE BLAND. ALLISON ACT.
'The Senator" Mr. Sherman lntofr,luted "b.s
referred 10 statement made by me that the
Bland bill would In my Judgment tend TO make
silver the sole standard ! have TO doubt of il
at all But the remark which the Senator has
quoted must apply 10 what was called the Bland
Allison act. which entirely different The
Bland bill did provide for the free coinage Of
silver | do not see how any one differ with
me in thinking that the free coinage OF silver
would make silver Ohe cheaper metaD the only
standard. But the remark could not be- applied
TO the Bland-Allis0n act. and never applied it,
ON the contrary was very glad to escape from
the free coinage of silver by the Bland Allison
act"
Does The Senator" Mr.. Harris inquired "mean
TO be understood as saying that the limited coin
age provided for by the Bland-Alson act would
bring to the silver standard%'
Il said. was Mr.. Shermans answer that. If
continued too long. 1t probably would"
II have always" said Mr.. Harris. understood
the Senator from Ohio so believing and so
stating As | find that am mistaken about that
Indulge the hope that the Senator will join to
the extent at least. of restoring the Bland-Alson
act and giving the amount OF coinage pro-
vided for In it
81 have always believed" Mr. Sherman re-
peated that the continued purchase OF silver
under the Band-Alson act or under the act of
1882 would unquestionably bring us TO time
when gold would disappear from circulation. and
silver be the only standard The Bland Allison
act was Infinitely better than the Bland act The
act OF 1880 would tend In the same direction and
would undoubtedly In time bring us TO the single
silver standard That has been always my opinion
and therefore 1t Is that. after an experiment Of