The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-19
be found at that time favoring the issue
of circulation by state banks.


state banks was plank in his party's
platform. If the states were permitted to
exercise power over the banks he had no
doubt that there would be less danger
from that sort of circulation than there
was to-day from the national bank circu-
lation. The great objection which he
had to the issue of currency by the gov
ernment was that it would be almost i'm
possible, under that system to have an
equal circulation all over the country.
Inc discussion was broken into by Mr..
Harris, who sent to the clerks desk and
had read the Washington dispatch in
one Of to-day's New York papers with
the headings, Voorhees, casts a dissenting
vote in the finance committees Senator
Harris denounces him as traitor-Un-
pleasant words spoken by all the silver
senator's" etc.
UNTRUTH OF THE DISPATCH.
Mr.. Harris declared emphatically that
there was not one single word of truth in
the statement of the proceedings in the
committee room. There was not an un-
kind or disrespectful word used. And
the vote was not taken on the bill yester-
day (as stated in the dispatch), but was
taken this morning
After some further discussion of the
bank bill Mr.. Aliens amendment was re-
jected-yeas IL nays, 49, There were
good many pairs announced. The Sena-
tors voting for the amendment were:
Messrs. Allen, Bate, Berry, Coke, Irby,
Jones (Ark.), Kyle, Martin, Mills, PETER
and Roach. Messrs. George, PUgh and
Vest said that they would have voted aye
if they had not been paired.
The next question was on the amend
ment offered by Mr.. Cockrell for the re-
demption at their face value and accrued
interest of such per cent. bonds as may
be presented for redemption and to issue
greenbacks to pay for them.
The amendment was opposed by Messrs.
Mcpherson and Sherman.
Mr.. Cockrell advocated it.
VOTE NOT REACHED.
Mr.. Voorhees, interposed motion for
an executive session, remarking that it
seemed impossible to get vote on the
bank bill tonight
The Senate then went into executive
session, first allowing Mr.. Butler to offer
an amendment to the bank BILL repeating
the ten per cent tax on the notes of state
banks.
At 43O o'clock p. m. the Senate ad-
journed until Monday.
NEW MEMBERS FORGING TO THE FORE.
The new members of the House continue
to come to the front
The star speech of the day was deliver
ed by Mr. Sibley, of Pennsylvania, the
only member of the Keystone state who
is opposed to placing the United Ststes
upon single gold standard and who is a
firm advocate of bimetallism. He is
about SO years of age. gifted with fine
voice and vast fund of wit and great
flow of language. He Immediately took
his place among the orators, the logieians
and the humorists of the House.
On the other side of the question there
appeared another new champion, Mr..
Everett, of Massachusetts, who succeeds
Mr.. Lodge. He is a fine speaker, and at
tracted the attention of his colleagues.
He, besides having good delivery, has a
keen appreciation of humor, and COM
manded an interested audience.
SILVER DEBATE IN THE SADDLE.
The silver debate was resumed immedi-
ately after the reading of the journal, and
the floor was accorded to Mr.. Sibley,
dem, Pennsylvania, who is in favor Of
the bimetalliSt standard. He spoke in
support of the proposition suggested by
Mr.. johnson, of Ohio, providing that the
holders of United States bonds might de-
posit those securities with the govern
ment, receiving therefor treasury notes.
The time had come when the clearing
dominate and control the policy of the
67, 200, 900 workers of this land. The BIZ
metallists were as anxious as the gentle
men on the other side to put speedy end
to the present depression, and this end
could be attained here and now by
enacting into law the Johnson
proposition. There were various
causes for the present panic. One of
these causes was that the gentleman
from Ohio (Harter), the eX-congressman
from Massachusetts, Geo. Frederick
Williams, and Others who had howled in
speech and through the magazines had
howled necessarily for a single gold
standard and had predicted disaster.
THE NEW YORK REFORM CLUB.
The gold men called the bimetaliists
"calamity howlers," yet if there had
been more bimetallist calamity howlers"
than there had been on the other side,
he did not know where in the page of
history to find them. Another cause of
the panic was the Reform club of New
York. He thought that the speaker
knew something about the Reform club,
TLaughterl That club had attempted to
fix up the tariff before the meeting of
congress TLaughterl The members of
that club made the responsibilities of
representatives, and their labors, light
TIlaughterl Another thing was response
Bile for the panic and that was the New
York bankers. The advocates of the gold
standard said that the bankers of the
east had come to the relief of the govern
ment. He who hath eyes and had noted
recurrent events knew better than that
Laughter and applausel.
WHO HAD DEMANDED AN EXTRA SESSION?
Who had demanded that congress
should be called in extra session. No
body of agriculturists had demanded it;
no body Of laborers had asked for it. The
demand had come from the absorbers of
the country. 1t came notfrom the 67,000,
600 of American citizens, but from $4,000
who had acquired one half of the national
wealth, and wanted as soon as they could
get ii, the balance of it. Laughter and
applausel.
He stood by the democrat who had
respect for the man who toiled as well
as for the man who absorbed lApplausel.
He stood by democracy as eXemplified by
the first Democrat the democrat who
said that the man who was naked and
hungry and sick was his brother Ap-
plausel. That man had been crucified
because he had entered the temple of the
living God and scourged from it the
money lenders, [Applausel
THOU SHALT NOT STEAL.
Since he (Sibley) had been in Washing
ton he had been asked why he, comfortably
off in this worlds goods and coming from
Pennsylvania should take the position
that he now had. His reply was that the
people of Pennsylvania could still read,
write and think. They read their Bibles