The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-28
PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL.
Speeches by Silverites and Vote on
the PETER Amendment.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-Promptly at IL
this morning the Vice President raped on
his desk with the gavel and announced that
the Senate had resumed it's session (refer-
ring to that which begun on Tuesday the
18th and has continued ever since) He
then, without an instants pause, announced
that he laid before the Senate the ''unfin-
ished business" being House Bill No.
0he silver purchase repeal bilD. AT this
time there were but few Democratic Sen
ators present, although many of the men,
bers distinguished on the Republican side
were in their seats, including Mr.. Sherman,
who was one of the first to enter the hall
this morning, and Mr. Morrill,, who made
his appearance for the first time since he
left the city on leave of absence about
two months ago.
A joint resolution was offered by Mr.. Gull
lom proposing to transfer the model battle
ship Illinois at the worlds fair to the State
of Illinois as an armory for the use of the
naval militia of that State at the close of
the Columbian Exposition. The resolution
was referred. The absence of the quorum
having been suggested, the roll was called
and quorum appeared.
The debate on the silver purchase re-
peal bill was then. at 11:4O resumed, and
Mr.. Stewart renewed his speech upon BIZ
metallism. In the course of his remarks an
amusing c.lloquy sprang UP between Mr..
Stewart OH the one side and Mr.. Carey and
Mr.. Dolph on the other. For some time
questions and answers came rapidly, but
the senatorial antagonists could not sue
eeed in understanding each other Cues
tioning Mr.. Stewart to his position, Mr..
Carey said: II say you are. silver mono
metallist."
'I say you are mistaken replied Mr..
Stewart hotly. You do not know what BIZ
metallism is.' Uaughter.) Then, losing his
patience, Mr.. Stewart asked: How many
times must 1 tell you d thing before you
understand it?' Oaughter.)
II think L understand it," Mr.. Carey said
land If you understood it more and talked
less we would get along better" daughter
81 think you have talked to the full ex-
tent of your information" replied Mr.. Stew
art and then he drifted into denuncia-
the administration. He referred to the
President, whose law came from Wal
street. and who had been guilty of gross
act OF nulification in the matter of the
silver-purchase law, and said it was the
last time the people of the United States
would trust a Wall-street lawyer in the
Mr. Stewart yielded to his colleague, Mr.
Jones, promising to go on with his speech
afterwards. Before Mr.. Jones took the
floor there was a call of the Senate wher
fifty Senator's responded. MIR. Jones, who
had not as was supposed at the time
the Senate last Tuesday, went on in con.
tinuation of that speech this being the
seventh installment of ii, In the course OF
Mr.. Jones's speech a long discussion tool
place betweeen him and Mr. Teller on one
side and Mr.. Mcpherson on the other as tC
the cause of the diminution in the value OF
cotton goods exported from Great Britain
and the Uuited States TO China, japan anC
India, and of the increase in value of In
dian wheat and cotton imported into Grea
Britain. Messrs. Jones and Teller contendeC
that these changes We're due TO the higf
price of gold, or the low price of silver
while Mr.. McPherson's contention was tha
they were due to natural causes-the large
population of Iodia, its cheap labor and th'
adaptation OF it's land and climate 10 the
production or wheat and cotton. After th'
subject had been thoroughly discussed Mr.
Jones went with his speech, reading Il
from typewriter sheets. He avowed tha
he was and had been a protectionist, bu
he believed i'm protecting all classes, and no
merely some class-all industries, not merely
some industries.
JONES NOT YET DONE
At 3:i5 Mr.. Jones pleaded that he wa:
somewhat tired and said that he would
prefer TO finish tomorrow what little NOR,