The Delta independent., 1893-10-18
now CpN4S iaG Tug On War.
a SIMPLE TEST OF ENDURANCE.
senator Voorhees, and tive O:hrr Wall
Street Agents IN tho senate Be
s-in the struggle to Throt-
tie the Minority.
Eitty-F.ftit Day.

cuaiIptS blSlllts~ CrltlClslnp Ultfl-
sell ami Senator BATE ior not supporting the
repeal bill. He inLimated tha the knew what
n is constituents wanted better than the peti-
tiouers.i!id. Failure 10 follow his own honest
conv .clisns WINS to forfeit srlf-rcspect, anu the
maintenance OF self-resprct was vastly more
important to HIM than any Office within the
git Of &i,y or all of the people within the
universe.
The resolution heretofore offered by Mr..
Wolcott directing the Committee on F.nsnce
to port a blii ,nitody ing The bimetuliic dec
larntIuu contained IN the voorhees, substitute
for the Wilson repeal bill vas taken up and
Mr.. No!cott addressed the Senate in favor of
its adoption. The peculiar character OF the
debate oD the repeal bill WAS that every
speaker hgd announced himself friend of
silver arG bimc,allist. "A bye-and-byc
mctailsi." -aid Mr.. Wocott. amid laughter
Mr.. Nulco.t said that within the last few days
the worst kpprchcnsions of the friends Of sill
yer as 10 the position of the executive had
been rra!'n-d. The president, while Congress
"as In extraordinary session, convokcd by his
proclamation. informed the country that he
vas astonish Il al the opposition of the Sem
ATE TO the measure mhich he advocated In his
message.
Such an ntierance Is intrusive and Of.
fensvc,n said MIR. Wolcott. land Is uniting
the re ations which should exist between the
legislative and ex' cutive department OF the
government. and II deserves the protest and
rebuke Of every man who values the pe.pe-
luity of Republican institutions. In my own
state" MIR. Woicoti sad, patronage had been
distributed by persons living thousands OF
miles from CUlora'io. where 'utes in Congress
co'nrideh with the financial policy Of the ad-
mnistratIon. Equally uniInportant to the
pending question was the successful attempt
of the secretary OF the treasury to avoid eX-
ist:ng laws 10 the purchase OF silver. 1t is
serious enough and unlawful enough, but we
are powcricss. and we all know that the seat
of the convert il provcrbial, and that the sec
retary Of the treasury is but the automatic
register of the wishes OF the executive. ap-
peal to the senator from Indiana" Mr.. VOL
colt said. no in his heart, / kaow. opposes
the abandonment OF silver as II standard; who
holds the key of the whole situation in his
hands. and shoec single word of approval
would bring us relief and save the country
from the cruel burden OF monometallism to
stand with the people of his own country and
his own flag and against the proposed snrren-
der TO British interests. The only hope for
silver is by amendment to the present bill.
There is no hope tor an independent measure
even If il .houd pass Congress. The step
once taken Will oc irrevokaSie and the Senate
owes IL 10 itself and to the country that 1t
make no cownrdly surrender Of the sacred In
terests with which it Is intrusted.n
Mr.. Voorhees, laid the constant assertion
that the pcndinp bill demonetIzed silver was
not n fact. The pending bill did not take
from Il single dollar Of silver money Its none
tary value.
The senator from Colorado (Mr. Wolco,D
arraigncd him, said Mr.. VOORHEES,, not mere
ly to-day, but at other times, not quite direct
ly, but by amazed periods OF inquiry, or sug-
gestion, or innueudo, as having been false TO
the cause Of silver money: The senator from
Colorado voted for The miserable makeshift OF
1890, which had been the destruction OF silver
money. while he (Noorhees) knew It would
DESTROY silver and so stated. He Was willing
to go before Colorado or any Of the silver
states and meet any of the senators from
those states In joint discussion and prove TO
their own voting population that. they we're
the worst enemy o. silver.
Mr.. Teller criticised Mr.. Voorhees, for his
change Of views on the silver question. 81
do not know what new light the senator has"
said he II have followed him heretofore,
but will not follow him any more, because /
do not know when he will change his mind,
and the influences that change his mind may
not be sufficient to change mine.n
The resolution went to the calendar, and
the repeal bill being taken up, Mr.. Cockrell
addressed the Senate 10 opposition to the bill.
HoUsE.-The closing day Of debate on the
Tucker bill was more interesting than usual.
Mr.. Aldrich opened the debate with vigor-
GUS defense of the Republican attempt to
check the democratic frauds, +" In the city OF
Chicago and put down the Garter Harrison
gang"
can orators Of the Northwest, followed with a
brilliant speech in which he supported the
present laws and defended John |. Dayen-
port. He WAS followed by Mr.. Boutelle OF
Maine who called Mr.. Springer Of Illinois a
"dough-face," which Mr.. Springer resented,
and Mr. Boutellc withdrew it, The Repubi-
cans were raplied TO by number OF Demo
Gratis and Mr.. Fitch Of New York closed the
debate with strong speech. The vote will
be taken tomorrow.
Fifty-sIxth Day.
SENATE.-Mr. Turple Of Indiana presented
petition of the citizens OF Richmond, Indi-
ana, asking that the use Of the mails be de-
MED newspapers and other mail containing
prize fights.
Senator Squire OF Washington proposed an
other amendment to the silver bill under con-
sideration In the Senate. Like his other prop
osition, 1t strikes out all after the enacting
clause and suggests an entirely new scheme,
similar TO that of Senator Cameron. Mr..
Hill OF New York presented a petition, signed,
he said, by 1900 merchants and manufacture
ers of New York, not a broker or a banker
among them, asking for the unconditional re-
peal OF the Sherman law.
The repeal bill was then taken up, and Mr..
Mcpherson of New Jersey addressed the Sem
ate In favor OF the bill. He expressed be-
lief, shared In, he said, by two.thirds Of the
people of the country who had any opinion
upon such subjects, that the Sherman law was
the true and In fnct the only cause operating
TO produce the recent panic. At the passage
of the law, and in fact every day since It's
passage, It has been attlngly characterized by
OuT OWu pGOplC anu W tAC DChI uuhhClhi
minds Of other countries as abhorrent TO
finance, and long enough continued II would
drive or drift us to silver monometalism.
Promptly repeal the Sherman law, give the
nation q chance to get back TO her normal
condition, restore confidence In the ability Of
the government 10 maintain It's financial pol
icy, help the crippled banks to resume, light
again the fires In our furnaces, and start
anew the wheels In our factories. Then let
Congress pause and reflect.
Mr.. Cockrell Of Missouri then resumed his
argument begun yesterday In opposition TO
the bill. He started with the statement that
any international agreement with European
governments was now impossible. ''Interna-
tional bmetallism is 3 mere dream" he de-
clared. I'VE might just as well seek an inter
national language. International bimetallism
was prevented when the language Of the
world was confused at the tower Of Babel"
"Do understand" asked Mr.. HawIey,
that the senator from Missouri claims the
nations Of the world generally are opposed TO