St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-29
The END is IN SIGHT.
SHERMAN ACT TO BE REPEALED ON
MONDAY.
SO SAYS SENATOR VOORHEES,.

Many Amendments offered Wer
Voted Down by No Uncertain
Majority - Senator Sherman
Favors the Sale of Bonds-Gor
man Closes the Debate-Tht
Days scenes in the Senate.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2S.-Mr. Voorhees,
said he hoped to have vote at 2 O'CLOCK
Monday, and certainly not later than 4
on the bill. 1t is intended to hold
continuous session Monday until the
vote is had.
Mr.. Berry's amendment for the re
storatlon of the Bland-Allison law was
rejected by a vote Of SO ayes to 81 nays
the highest vote any amendment re-
ceived.
Mr.. Aliens amendment for the free
coinage of silver at ratio of 16 to l
was rejected-31 ayes to Al nays.
Mr.. Blackburn'S amendment was re-
iected-2S to ~.
Mr.. Stewards amendment, inviting
the republics of Central and South
America to join the United States in a
convention, was rejected-32 ayes to
% nays.
The first section of Mr.. Squires'
amendment was rejected-2O to AZ.
The second section was withdrawn.
Mr.. Butler did not offer, as he had
proposed to do, his amendment for the
repeal of the state bank tax.
An amendment offered by Mr.. PETER
was rejected-ayes :, nays So.
Mr.. Aliens amendment was lost, the
vote standing IS to Al.
Mr.. PETER offered an amendment
which was voted down without resort
ling to roll call.
upon his amendment.
Mr.. Pasco offered an amendment
which was not read, but was ordered
printed with the understanding that it
could be offered on Monday.
The senate resumed its session at II
O'Clock this morning with fitty-two SEN
ators on deck. The urgency deficiency
'blll was considered and passed.
The repeal bill was taken up at II 80
a. m, and Mr.. Wolcott (Rep., COLI ad-
dressed the senate.
THE REAL STRUGGLE
has only begun, he said, and will not
END till silver shall be rehabilltated as
a money metal and standard value.
Some OF US may give place to others
as the light progresses, but whoever
represents our states will stand
ready to sacrifice everything that life
holds dear in the battle for the inter-
ests of the people. speak only for my
own state. l am advised that an adj
1oining state, Wyoming, desires repeal.
The senator from Minnesota made a
protfer OF its vote, and his authority has
mot been questioned.
The action you contemplate is as if
you should take vast and fertile area
of Eastern lands, destroy the structures
upon it and SOW it down with salt that
1t might never again yield to the
hand of the husbandman. These
are grave and sad days tor us.
we shall not eat the bread of idle
ness, and under the shadow of our eter-
nal hills we breed only good citizens.
The wrong, however, which you are
1ntiicting on US is cruel and unworthy,
aud the memory of it will return to vex
you. Out of the misery of it all the
representatives in the senate will al
ways be glad to remember that they did
their duty as God gave them the vision
to see it.
When Mr.. Wolcott took his seat the
gaVel OF the vice president was brought
down several times in quick short raps ,
10 subdue the applause the galleries.
Mr. Sherman rep, Ohio then rose. |
lie expressed his sympathy with the |
senators from the silver states, and said |
At the question did not involve the |
serious interests Of the entire country |
me and those who believed with him |
would be willing to grant their appeals |
and give them all they asked.
Il was believed that the further pur-
chase OF silver and making it standard
OF value would work irreparable injury
20 the business OF the whole country, to
nhe wages and property of every
CITIZEN OF THE LAND.
1t would tend to degrade the money.
of the country. The silver-mining in
aerest, although important to the silver
States, was not nearly as important as
the senators from those states thought
at was. 1t was comparatively small
industry, and did not compare
with any of those industries
which were the foundation of the
wealth Of the country, and it is that in
fereSt which appealed for protection,
even though In substituting silver for
,tHt SldHudIu money ID6 United states
ldetached itself from all the commercial
nations and separated itself in its stand
lard OF value from all the Christian peo-
Ple of the world, except those of North
and South America, and joined the ma
nions of India and China and the South
American states. Mr.. Sherman said silver
would be used more and more and
ought to be used more and more. The
world was not coming to an end because
the purchase of silver was stopped.
colorado would develop her other re-
sources, and the people of the state,
EnoW frightened out of their wits because
they were about to lose one industry,
would ind ample employment in the
development of their soil and of their
mines. so with all the mining states.
Il doubt very much" said Mr.. Sher-
man, whether the bill when it passes