The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-10
HARRIS DRIVEN TO BAY.
The Senator Irritated by the CenSure
Of Constituents.


cises the Attitude Of the President
in the Silver Fight-voorhees De-
nies That the Pending Bill Demon
etizes Silver.
Washington, Oct, 9.--When the Senate
met, Mr. Harris, dem, Of Tennessee, had
read the resolutions of the Memphis cot
ton exchange and the Memphis mer-
chants exchange, in favor of speedy ac-
tion on the repeal bill. Mr.. Harris said
the resolutions criticised in terms more
or less severe his colleague, Mr.. Bate,
and himself, and charged der
ELECTION of duty on their part
to their constituents in opposing repeal.
With great Difference to the opinions of
the exchanges he had the vanity to be-
lieve that he knew his duty to his con-
stituents as well or possibly better than
they did. He believed that if the whole
people of that state were appealed to,
they might possibly repudiate the author
ity of the exchanges to represent
them upon the subject. With the utmost
respect and with no feeling of resentment
he begged to inform those exchanges that
the threat contained in their resolutions
had no terror for him. To fail to follow
his own honest convictions was to forfeit
his self respect, and the maintenance of
self respect was vastly more important to
him than any Office within the gift Of all
of the people within the universe.
woLCoTT's SUBSTITUTE TAKEN UP.
The resolution heretofore offered by
Mr.. Wolcott directing the committee on
finance to report a bill embodying the
bimetallic declaration contained in the
VOORHEES, substitute for the Wilson repeal
bill was taken up, and Mr.. Wolcott ad-
dressed the Senate in favor of its adop-
ton. The peculiar character of the
debate on the repeal bill was that every
speaker had announced himself friend
of silver and bimetallist. "A by and by
metallist," said Mr.. Wolcott amid laugh
ter. Mr. Wolcott said that within the
last few days the worst apprehensions of
the friends of silver as to the position of
the executive had been realized. The
President, while congress was in extraor-
dinary session, convoked by his proclama-
ton, informed the country that he was
astonished at the opposition of the Senate
to the measure which he had advocated
in his message.
INTRUSIVE AND OFFENSIVE.
Such an utterance is intrusive and Of
fensive, said Mr. Wolcott, and is uniting
the relations which should exist between
the legislative and executive departments
of the government, and it deserves the
protest and rebuke of every man who
values the perpetuity of republican insti-
tutions. The letter of the President to
Gov. Northen changed the entire aspect
of the question. Surely the friends of
silver who advocated repeal solely as a
stepping stone to the recognition of that
metal would not follow the exective fur
ther
II appeal to the senator from Indiana
Mr.. Wolcott said, "who in his heart, ]
know opposes the abandonment of silver
as a standard, who holds the key of the
whole situation in his hands, and whose
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 against this proposed sur
render to British interests
VOORHEES, REPLIES.
Mr.. Voorhees, said the constant assert
ing that the pending bill
deamonetized silver was not
fact. The pending bill did not take
from a single dollar of silver money its
| monetary value. Without full consider
| alton, he had said in February last that
the passage of bill repeating the Sher-
man law would absolutely demonetize sill
yer and leave it unsupported by any word
of legislation. In saying so, he was mis-
taken. Mr.. Voorhees, then defended the
declaration of the policy of bimetallism
contained in the Senate substitute, say
ing that more had been accomplished by
| Just such declarations than by positive
| laws and he cited the declaration of in
dependence as an illustrious example.
Mr.. Morgan, dem, of Alabama, in
quired why the language of the House
bill pledging the faith and credit Of the
United States to the demonetization of
silver had been changed to a mere dec
laration in favor of bimetallism
Mr.. Voorhees, regarded the question as
an imputation and declined to yield.
When the Sherman law no longer dis
graced the statute books, he was ready
to act promptly, and with all the energy
and force he could command to carry out
the declaration made.
VOORHEES, CHANGE OF FRONT.
"If gentleman's word is not to be
taken upon the tioor,'' said Mr.. Voorhees,,
''let US drop the controversy"
The senator from Colorado (Mr VOL
cott) arraigned him, saying that he (Mr.
Voorhees) not merely to-day, but at other
times, not quite directly, but by amazed
periods of inquiry, or suggestion, or in
nunendO, had been false TO the cause
of silver money. The senator from Colo
rado voted for the miserable makeshift
of 1890, which had been the destruction
of silver money, while he (Voorhees)
and so stated He was willing to go be-
fore the people of Colorado or Of any of the
silver states and meet any of the senators
from these states in Joint discussion, and
prove TO their own voting population
that they were the worst enemy of silver.
Mr. Teller criticised Mr. Voorhees, for
his change of views on the silver ques-
tion.
sHERMAN's REPEAL BILL.
Mr.. Cockrell declared his belief that
Senator Sherman had introduced his bill
of the last congress for the repeal of the
Sherman law for the purpose Of in
fiuencing the action Of the Brussels CON
ference, then IN session. At any rate,
the introduction Of the bill was used for
that purpose.
without concluding his speech, Mr..
CockrelI at ) 80 o clock yielded TO a motion
for an executive session.
Mr. DOlph offered a resolution, which
went over, calling upon the Secretary Of
State for information as 10 whether
China has requested an extension Of the
time for the registration Of Chinese la
borers in this country, as required by the
act OF May 3, 1892 or has given
the United States any assurance that
II the time for such registration should be
extended Chinese labOrers would regis
ter and take out certificates. Mr.. Dolph
said subsequently that he understood
that there had been no such request or