St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-22
IN THE SENATE.
The Aged Mr.. Morrill, Occupies the
Attention of the House of Lords.

The Aged Mr.. Morrill, Occupies the
Attention of the House of Lords.
WAsHINGTON, Aug. 21.-The veteran
senator from Vermont, Mr.. Morrill,, oc-
cuDied the attention of the senate today
with an argument in favor of the bill
fayoring the discontinuance of the pur-
chase of silver bullion. The speech,
which was at the same time witty and
serious, was read from printed slips,
and occupied a little over an hour. The
billewas then laid aside, and the case OF
the Senatorship from Montana.Was then
taken up. Two speeches were made
against the claim of Lee Mantle,
and against the constitutionality of
state governor to appoint to the senate,
save only in cases of vacancy happening
by resignation or otherwise during the
recess OF the legislature. The first was
made by Mr.. Vance Dem., N.C.l, chair
man of the committee on privileges and
elections, who wrote the minority re-
port, and the other by Mr.. George
(Dem., Mss, who Joined in the minor
ity report. The report on the resolu
tion to seat Mr.. Mantle was postponed
until Wednesday at p. m.
The bill to aid the mid-win ter inter
national exposition at San Francisco
was passed.
Among the numerous petitions pre-
Sented in the senate this morning was a
remarkable specimen as to orthography,
writing and ideas. which was put for
ward by Mr.. PETER. of Kansas. 1t gives
the views Of some of the agriculturist
and
LabOrin@ Class
of a nelghborhood in Illinois on the
subject of finances. 1t was referred, as
all the others on the same subject, to
the committee on finance.
Mr.. PETER also offered a substitute for
the bill to increase national bank circu-
latiOn.
Mr.Chandler Republican, New Hamp-
shlre), offered resolution, which was
referred to the committee on privileges
and elections, declaring that there was
! no lawful election of United States sem
atOr in Kansas by the joint assembly
which met on Jan. %, 1898, and that
John Martin is not entitled to seat as
| senator.
Mr.. Stewart (Rep., New offered a
| resolution which was agreed to calling
on the secretary of the treasury for
! statement as to the silver bullion pur-
chased in July, 1898, with the prices,
and as to the silver bullion offered for
sale Ill the same month, with the prices
| asked.
The finance committee bill (reported
last Friday dIscontinuing the purchase
OF silver bullion was then taken up, so
as to afford Mr.. Morrill, (Rep., Ver.) an
opportunity of addressing the senate in
favor of the bill. He first, however,
asked and obtained indefinite leave of
absence, remarking that he was in the
Senate Chamber
today against the advice of his physi-
clan. He then proceeded to read from
slips his speech, bearing the motto,
Sound money cheats nobody" Among
other things he said: In the language
of Burke, "a wise and salu-
tary neglect' is the highest serv-
Ice we can now render to silver
The crucial test is whether we are or
are not to drop the bimetallic standard
of gold and silver, and maintain on a
parity to the dangerously crippled
| standard of silver only, and thereby
limit to an inferior currency the fore
| most business nation of the world. The
grave responsibility rests upon Demo
cratic administration now in full con-
| troll of both branches of congress, as
we'll as of the executive department.
| No government can be sustained which
does not fulfill its pledges in good faith.
The public debt, national and state, and
all other contracts, by our recorded
pledges, are payable in legal tender on
a parity with gold. The honor of the
country may be in peril. Whatever
policy will relieve the public distress
will be my policy. Whatever party ia
vors the public credit will have my
favor. Whatever measures support
public honor will have my support.
At the close of Mr.. MorrilFs speech,
which occupied little over an hour in
its delivery, Mr.. VOORHEES, DemocraD
presented the letter addressed to the
secretary of the treasury showing the
probable cost of coming silver at a
changed ratio, and had it read by the
clerk, saying that he deemed il his duty
to lay it before the senate and the coun-
try. The letter was sent out last night
and had been published this morning.
Mr.. Vance, chairman of the committee
on privileges and elections, suggested
that the vote on the
Lee Mantle Case,
which was to be taken at 5 p. m. today,
should go over to the same hour tomor.
row, but as Mr.. Voorhees, expressed a
desire to address the senate tomorrow
on the bill to discontinue the purchase
of silver bullion, it was agreed that the
vote Oh the Lee Mantle case should be
taken at o'clock on Wednesday.
At the request of Mr.. Voorhees,, the
bill reported by him this week from the
finance committee in aid of the Cali
fornia mid-winter international exposi-
ton was taken up, and Mr.. White, of
California, stated the objects and pur-
poses of the bill. 1t simply permitted,
he said, the removal of dutiable goods