The Bessemer indicator., 1893-09-16
SENATORS ARE TALKING.
FACTS, ARGUMENTS, REASONS.
No Danger that the Repeal Biii wiii He.
come n Law for n While Yet
House Preparing Tor
BuzineSs.
rhur.,IuN. srpt. ith.

presented ht'lLlOF, NNlN-- ne 1llu " AS SIX uttl
By every Business man of Durango, Colorado,
praying for the repeal OF the Mckinley law
He said the petition was on the blank form
sent out by the banks for the repeal OF the
sherman purchasing law, lie said in this case
the petitioners had erased purchasing clause
Of the sherman act and Instead the Me
Kinley bill" This statement caused laugh
ter among Republicans,
Nr. No'cott also submitted n resolution
directing the secretary OF the treasury To in-
form the Senate what has bceu paid AS boun-
ties on maple sugar under the law Of October
II, 1880, slnce the passage of the act, showing
ihe states Ia which the payments have been
made Adopted
The repeal bin was taken up and Mr. Stew
ant gave way to Mr.. Nalthall OF Mississippi
who addressed the scuatc lie favored tie
passage Of the repeal bill II the deelaralions
OF policy contained IN the hll wcfc embodied
ia the form VI % binding act He wanted sil-
yer restored 10 the position It occupied before
the act uf iss3 was passed. Mr Stew
art resumed and read article, from
The New York papers which he criticised,
Referring to President Cleveland. Me
stewart said it was Il -ad Thing for the Aheri-
cnn people that In hi, early lie and rlper
manhood. he bad not been surrounded Is
Andrew jackson had been b' the producing
Glasses, by the labotingnien and the 'Artner-,
that he might sympaihze With them. MIR.
Cleveland was reared IN the city hi, Office was
~ lLt WINS NtN OF the very center
Ia the | ntCd states of European influence. lie
-yWp5thlzcd with bis surrounding, and his
-urtouuilng- were unfortunate fof the
American people, MIR Clevelands organs.
said MIR Stewart, constantly praised him for
the u-e of federal patronage Ia secure the lie
-tructlou of all legislation that pointed 10
silver
Mr. Stewart aid there were several other
branches OF the subject Of which he would
treat hereafter laughter, bu, that he would
now close for the present As a matter Of
fact Mr stewart has In his desk -iN more
speeches, which viii consume at least two
days each and he "a ready, whenever the
'lull' about which Mr. VOORHEES, spoke the
other day comes, 10 lump into the breech. Dur
iusthc day the roll was called several times.
Friday. sept. sth.
>ESArE--At l2 a. the repeal ill was tak"u
up and Nj Faulkner democrat, West VIE
sIuial addressed the Seuutc Mi Faulkner
announced his intention 10 vote fur the re-
peal bill tut ln doing 70 expressed his belief
Ia silver as i money neL.l and declared his
lnlcltlon OF bringing IN an amendment to
The present bl'l providing for the coinage Of
g. 90. 900 Of silver per month until there
Nsl- Ss00,OOJ,O)0 coined,
Mr Turpc tDcmocraf. Indiana said the
i-sue here was not whether the United States
should farther coin and use silver as money.
bat the quest zion was whether the purchase
of silver for coinage purposes should be CON
t!uucd. The act Of puichaso itself was dis
elimination l-ains' silver, and Vice in
the scheme placed upon silver the brand
OF bondage. II was unsOuul dishonest
money, degraded hy law.
Mr. Jones Democrat Arkansas said he
lll not believe the present condition of the
country wn- brought about 10y the sherman
act on tho contrary, the llm!ted coinage Of
-llyer had acted n measure Of relief Ia the
financial -trngency. That the strngeucy
AZ. 14t- f. Fgg 80 t.4.
mained to be seen whether thr represents ta-
tive, uf -, 900 COO free people would submit
90 iAoig ja,uicut domination.
|, wac now 80 o'clock and Nr. Voorhees,
-ad he would not ask an unreasonable session
lut a4 thuushl 3 "a an unreasonable hogr To
adjourn. II there were no scnaluf- who de
sired TO speak he would have TO ask vote.
Mr. Hale Of AnlGc urged MIR. Noorhto, tn
press the matter 70 a vote us soou As pos-ibc,
II was apparent Senator voorhees, had not
received Tie remarks of Mr. Hale tn good
feeling lie rose and, In thunderous tones,
said.
The zeal Of the senator from Maine fOr
the repeal of ihr sherman act and his desire
to assist the senator from Indiana i deeply
appreciated. 1t would be more so. however,
Il Ia these six weeks lie had been IN his seat
more than one week ir.ire TO -ay To him
and 10 all concerned that The senator from
Indiana expects To discharge his duiy as he
sees H. and not according to the desires OF the
senator from Muiue'
The eoilUquy between the two continued
several minuics
senator Dubois Republican. Idaho sad
that hlr Hale did not represent all the Re
pubiicans 1t seemed dltlicult for Mr. Hale
to realize the fact that the Republicans had
lo-i control Of the Senate.
The Senate then adjourned after Mr. Teller
hal announced that he would speak tn-mof-
ruw,
saturday, sept, otIi
SENATE Several changes In committee as
sgnmeuts we're made Mr. PETERS resolu-
tion to Investigate The New York banks WAS
taken up aud discussed by MIR PETER No
action wa taken upon 1t and the repeal COM
Ing up Mr. Teller addressed the sruate upon Il.
Mr Teller complained Of the attempts OF the
Eastern pfess 10 lntlmldatc Western senators
md shut OF debate, >liverseuator- were asked
not 10 vote because thrlr constituents were It,
.ere-tcd In silver, but he had never heard a
senator from a manufacturing state refuse 10
vote on the tariff question. referring 10 the
published statement that the President had
sent congratulations to Mr WilsDu on the
passage through the House Of the repeal bill
Mr Teller declared u impossible thai Mr.,
ClryclBud had been guilty Of 20 gross y breach
Of public dignity. Mf Teller said he repeated
the challenge mndr ln recent speech FOR
anybody " show thar the sherman law was
responsible in any degree for the present con
tllIlbn DT tie tpuulIAtN- which tAIFttl NlFl
Congress assembled The act, said the senior
senator from Colorado, had been made the
scapcgOat No senator had declared that In
his judgment, the present drplorable coudi-
lion was caused 10y the sherman act, II was
puslllanimous to Yield to public clamor got
ten up by the Interested parties. aud repeal
an act that senators admitted had nothing TO
do w tn bringing about the condition.
The prosperity " the country during 1880.
1891 and ls!E md until q reCcnt time, was
an absolute rcfutatIoC " the charge thar the
act iIau brought disaster ~ business enterprise
Ia thi- country The present distress was not
confined 10 The Emitted states II hg- been
frlr la Great Britain, Germany and other
countries Before Mr Teller had concluded
the Senate adjourned.
10 ursE.-A joint resolution providing for
the erection Of a storage building for the use
OF The Senate, at cost Of 1900, was passed,
bat here business, hy unanimous consent, was
stopped, cutting OIL a resolution by Mr..
Mleklelohn Of Nebraska, calling for iniorma-
ton q, to the administration Of the pension
law Of 1880 and the recent Suspension order
u Commissioner Lochren.
Nr Pavutcr Of Kentucky made Il report per
hitting Representative Beiknap Of the Filth
Michigan district to make contest Tor the
seat held by Mr. Ricbardsgn aud giving him
Alvty day. in which to take testimony
The House then adjourned until Monday to
await the report Of the committee on account
ion for clerks Is made the committees Of the
House are unable to proceed with their work.
Monday, sept. I'm.
SESATE-Mr. stewart submitted a resulu-
ton FOR the creation of committee Of live
senntors to ascertain aud report whether
any Senator IA 4 stakeholder or is interested
In any national bank. lie said the organs
Of Wall aud Lombard streets had for several
years been charging senators representing
LID with yOfIDU uuftpr- In llcl
they were personally Interested. lie had
not for fifteen years been Interested IN any
respects personally in any silver mine OF
bullion.
Mr.. Hnl democrat, New York; thought
the resolution was not wise one, and he
could not believe that the senator from
Nevada was serious In presenting H. 1t was
an unprecedented and unheard-of resolution.
eSir cannot resist the conclusion" said
Mr.. nh, in tones Of gravity, that the iu-
PRODUCTION of this resolution Is To some extent
a reflection upon the Senate, the intimation