The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-25
MORE SPEECHES ON SILVER.
Stewart and Jones Hold The Floor
Most Of the Day.

Kansas and Missouri Credited With a
Much Higher Average of Intelli-
gsnoe, and e Broader Grasp of Public
Questions Than Amy Other Part OF
the Country-Mr. Stewart Asserts
That Silver Has Been Given No Show
by the Administrations for Twenty
Eve Years-mr. Jones Alludes to
Gold as Metal Constantly Increas-
ing in Valuo, and Therefore a None
the Toiler.
Washington, Oct 24.-When the recess
of the Senate expired this morning at
1890 O'Clock it was fifteen minutes later
before any business was transacted, as
the last senator needed to make a quorum
did not appear until lO:45 O'Clock
After some routine business Mr.. Stew
art resumed his speech against the repeal
bill. He said that he had found that
where the slavery agitation was most
violent the human intellect was most ac-
tive, and that in Kansas and Missouri
there was n much higher average of in
telligence and a broader grasp of public
questions than in any other part of the
country, With this preface Mr. Stewart
read a letter from gentleman in Mis-
souri,, sustaining his side of the silver
question.
STEWARDS VIEWS ON FILIBUsTERING.
Mr. Stewart then directed himself to
what he called the charges that those who
opposed the pending bill were thwarting
the will of the majority This he denied.
Al,, Io
The administrations had tilibustered for
25 years against legislation, allowing the
will of the majority to be expressed.
They had used the most corrupt, the most
aggressive, the most outrageous means,
secret at first, public now, to enslave the
majority Let the administration take
off its hands and let the majority express
itself in the Senate" said Mr. Stewart,
land we have nearly to l."
The absence of quorum was suggested
by Mr.. Power. A roll call developed a
quorum and Mr. Kyle, populist, of South
Dakota, moved that when the Senate
adjourn it be TO meet tomorrow at -
o'clock BY vote of II yeas and IL nays
the motion was lost
The Senate bill authorizing the Chatta-
nOoga and Western Railroad Company to
construct a bridge across the Tennessee
river near Chattanooga was taken from
bl4C AhlCAANAaA htAA dANNA uAtlNAAhAlNAV Wbo
passed.
VALUE OF THE GOLD DOLLAR.
Mr.. Stewart then resumed his speech
and at 1:30 o'clock, without concluding
his speech, yielded the floor and Mr..
Jones, rep, resumed his argument against
the bill. He said he desired dollar that
kept parity with a pound of cotton ora
bushel of wheat and not with metal
that was constantly increasing in value.
A dollar which increased in value made
the rich richer and the poor poorer,
whereas if the dollar decreased IN value
the slightest bit there would be a day of
jubilee TO the overburdened debtor.
Mr.. Mcpherson, dem, of New Jersey,
thought if gold had appreciated interests
would have gone up and labor have gone
down, whereas in the past ten or fifteen
years, United States bonds had gone
down from 3 TO 2 per cent, while labor
had gone up in irregular increasing ratios.
If gold had gone up as was alleged, Mr..
Mcpherson expressed his inability to un-
derstand how country on gold basis
could stand those conditions.
A PROOF OF THE INCREASE.
Mr.. Jones replied that he had shown to
the satisfaction of every man who lis
tened to him that one of the highest
proof of an increase in the value of money
VI any hAlANAs anu phA bASAAttAA y III "a htN
and unfinished country, was decline in
the rates of interest. If money were in
creasing in purchasing power, in its COM
mand over land, and over the production
of labor everywhere, and if prices were
falling, who wanted to enter into any
business} When money was increas-
ing in value, and prices were falling,
money congested in the center, when
there was no demand for it in real, legit-
ma 70 bT1cinpce anfarsVpieae Ibn 1-pe11lf
was a tremendous contest, and competi-
ton to get hold of gilt-edged securities.
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONEY.
Discussing the relative merits of
national and international money, Mr..
Jones asserted that with the latter there
would be constant oscillation between ad-
yersity and prosperity, Accordingly as
money was sent abroad or was received
from abroad, there would be contraction
or imitation. All that evil would be
avoided by money purely automatic and
national, natural, which would not be
sent out of the country. He denied the
truth of the statement that free coinage of
silver would place the United States
on basis with Mexico and India. 1t was
the standard of blood and not the stan
dard of money that made difference, not
only between this country and Mexico
and India, but between this country and
all other countries on the face of
the earth 1t had been said that
the silver dollar would find ways immedi-
ately into the pockets Of the laboring men.
He would be glad if it did Certainly the
gold dollar never did. 1t found It's way
into Wall street. The laborer had made
no such objection to the silver dollar and
no petition had come from the laboring
classes asking for the repeal of the silver
bill Of 1890.
THE STAND OF THE PRESS.
Mr. Jones expressed his regret that the
public press should be so intolerant of
those who were attempting 10 do their
duty as they saw fit, and that attempts
should have been made by influence out
side of the Senate TO railroad legislation
through the Senate. Without attempt
ing to criticise any Of those who favored
repeal, he had never heard one Of them
give reason why it wanted the purchas-
ing clause repealed.
Mr. Jones at O'Clock said there was no
desire among those on his side of the ques-
tiOn to consume time unnecessarily, but
as he was tired he would yield the floor
and allow his colleague. Mr. Stewart, 10
resume his speech. and he asked the in
dulgcnce Of the Senate 10 proceed 40 some
other time
Mr. Faulkner, being satisfied that the
remarks Of Mr. Jones correctly stated the
position Of the opponents Of the bill,
moved that the Senate take a recess until
tomorrow morning az Al o'clock, which