New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-25
JONES AND STEWART STILL TALK.
NOTHING DONE IN THE SENATE But THE "NlND'

NOTHING DONE IN THE SENATE bt lh'' "'''-'"
ING OUT OF TWO MORE SILVER SPEECHES.
Washington Oct. 24.-The Senate was supposed 10
reassembe at 1870 this morning to go on with the
,og,sIa,ve dav of Tuesday of last week. but 1t
was not till a quarter of an hour afterwaTd that
forty-three Senators IA quorum had mace 'heil APP
pearance in the chamber. The consideration OF the
silver Purchase Repeal bill was resumed. ana MI
Stewart Rep., New continued his speech pesu"
several weeks ago and taken up at various times
since then He expressed his belief that aGlauoh
and discussion where great measures are involved
are most beneficial The struggle now going on was
not he said 1.-The irrepressble conflict whether he
slaye-owner should call the roll OF his slaves IN te
shadow Of Bunker Hill. but it was whether the col
ossal gold combination could call the roll OF us
slaves in every cotton. corn and wheat field in
America The gold power and 1.-THE cohesive power
of public plumber" at the bottom OF the whoie
trouble. There never had been such ppia ana
aggressive attempt made TO thwart the will of the
people of the United States as the EFFORT IN this
extraordinary session Of Congress to destroy sVer
The most corrupt the most aggressive, the most
Pr. outrageous means (secret at hrsO had been re-
sorted to to enslave the majority Of Senator'S Let
the Administration" Mr.. Stewart added, take on
its hands and let the majority express tsel III 'is
chamber and we have got nearly :wo 20 one
The absence of a quorum was here suggested by
Mr. Power Rep. Mont). and hr. Stewart sug-
gested that there ought to be a quorum present as
he had many important things 70 say. The roi-caii
answered
than quorum, but before Mr.. Stewart resumed
the floor motion was made by Mr.. Kyle pop
s d. that when the Senate Adjourned tc day 1t
adjourn till tomorrow at noon
Mr. Voorhees, hoped that The motion would not
preyail and was informed by the Vice-President
that the motion not open 10 debate.
Mr. Teller Rep., Col) called for The yeas ana
nays The vote resulted Yeas, ) Cameron Ccke,
PETER Stewart and Teller; nays. 50.
There was no quorum voting, as several senators
present were paired. and withheld their votes The
roll was again called and forty-eght Senator'S re-
sponded
Then the question was again taken on Mr..
Kyle's motion, and it was rejected. yeas. Cir.
Teller not voting: nays nays A. ,owa, the Senate
bill TO authorize the Chattanooga Western haii-
way Company to construct bridge across l v..e
from the calendar and passed, ., ouo,,,..
Stewart then went WIZ MS S5sSa aea his
speech ne yielded the floor 70 hts colleague ,bar r
homes had Ref S off Ses TeU assumed MS
In the course Of his remarks dialog9s was
Dem =: j. as the Of the recent ,snS de;
preston in business Mr. Mcpherson or ,sa
effect OF free coinage of silver. and MI. Jones
5sPssd ht tSs there had TX of
free coinage Of silver three or four months ago go
V Wae PURCHASE r act Mr Mcpherson contended had
the same effect free coinage, because II that
S be that the value Of that kind Of money, which
not with good money was IS sonT 10
free coinage and the sherman act except as &C, to
try on a silver basis with the same certainty,
though not so rapidly as free coinage dara dr the
gold supply did not Increase, might nave 10 be
:. abandoned, and the country which first discovered
in career Of unintermtting prosperity r lie re
PEELED with inclination the taunt ihai syyr
as Mexico and India silver money he said had I'd
establishment
3 the standard of blood. not the standard Of money.
people aa Of the United States and the people of
Mexico and India but mat maze mac ne o b
earth He regretted that the newspapers Of the
tors Who nav were attempting to do their duty as
they saw it. There was mot Word S Of tTg,h IN
= wanted repeal II was almost insult. to the
people to that ao the by Pah the FEAR f hs
Z their money not going to be good in quality
y co sns n pe9ps get s
They had had no Tsr dollar as 5G bad NOT fallen
:. Mr., Jones yielded the aoor saying that he would
s with a. sde e int
o proons the any longer than
necessary for them to give their views entirely
audience smsnF senators to-day Than Be- had yes;
speech. but occasionally broke out into extempore
whoe Speech ' was delivered with great energy and
volubility. -.
was satisfied that Mr. Jones's closing remark stated
Z. correctly the position of the opponents of the
BILL ne moved that the Senate take recess. The
motion agreed to, and the Senate at p. m
a took q recess till IL a. m. tomorrow.
~ SENATOR MORRILL, ON THE SITUATION.
x Senator Justin s. Morrill,. Of Vermont, who ha.
Il been absent from the Senate account OF illness
1-lbut who is on his way back to Washington. was
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday He would no,
!. talk for publication. though with his friends he