The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-09-20

We're Rejected, the Speaker is Power
less When Members Refuse To Do
Business-In the Senate. Men Who
;; Profess TO Favor Repeal Are knitting
the BiII-Northern Democrats Dodging
the Tucker Bill.
Especial to the Pressl
Washington, September 19.-The DEM
ocratic party sinks deeper into the
Slough of Despond day by day. In the
House they have been unable to do any
business for week past, because they
are torn up into factions, and the Repub-
licans very properly refrain from helping
them out of their plight. The Demo-
Gratis being in a majority,it it is for them to
have their members present and transact
business, butIthey are unable to obtain
quorum, and as the House refused to
adopt the Reed rules and give authority
to the Speaker to count quorum when
members remain silent and refuse to
vote, the Republicans are not compelled
to do anything except to be in their seats
and watch the performance. Today was
again wasted because there was no Dem
ocratic quorum. Many of the Demo-
Gratis purposely remained away from the
House because they are anxious to pre-
vent the consideration of the bill intro
duced by Mr.. Tucker of Virginia to re-
peal the federal election laws. This is
especially so of Northern Democrats,
who care nothing for this legislation, but
are vitally interested i'll the passage OF
Ii 1,.l he, 1ax
the other hand, the men who are press
ing the Tucker bill are nearly all silver
men, and the passage of this bill is as
important to them as the retention OF
the Sherman law. They told their cor
stituents during the last campaign that IT
the Democratic party Was returned to
power the last vestiges Of s'reconstruc-
| tion'' legislation would be wiped off the
statute books, and now they are afraid
to face these same constituents again un-
less they carry out their promises. The.
President is very angry, and so is Speak
er Crisp. Cleveland is furious because
the silver bill is not passed, and because
he knows that some of the Democratic
Senators who openly profess their belief
in repeal are stabbing him behind his
back; while Crisp is furious because he
is being deserted by Democrats and the
Il
Interested in this legislation as is Cleve-
land in the passage of the Wilson bill.
Altogether it is a pretty kettle OF fish,
| the Democratic majority in both houses
| is frying, and the chief Democratic cook
| in the White House is in mortal dread
that the kettle will boil over at any mo-
| ment and epgulf him in the scalding fat.
MILLS DEFENDS CLEVELAND.
| voorhees, Defends Himself, Hoar Threat
ems and Silver Men Defy the Repealers.
| Washington, September 19.-ln the
Senate this morning notice of substi-
tute for the repeal bill was given by Mr..
quire, Republican, of Washington. 1t
permits the deposit of silver bullion by
| it's owner and the coinage thereof into
| standard silver dollars of which he is to
receive only an amount corresponding to
| its commercial value, the coinage not to
exceed $4, 600, 600 month or $500, 900, ,0Oc
in all, the dollars to be legal tenders.
| No certificates are to be issued.
Mr.. VOORHEES, defended himself from ad-
| verse criticism in the management OF
the repeal bill by showing the impossi-
| bility under the rules of making greater
| haste. He asked that day be fixed for
| a final vote.
MI. Dubois, Rep, of Idaho, as the rep
resentative of the silver men, objected in
a bitter speech, defying Mr.. Voorhees, to
| force the ISSUE
In reply Mr.. VOORHEES, said there was no
use talking Of cloture, as the discussion
| of that proposition would take up all the
time of this and the next Congress. He
! therefore gave notice that tomorrow he
| II ha ot n
| longer, perhaps at night.
| In reply to Mr.. Dubois, Mr.. Hoar said
| he would be found to be consistent at all
times, as good Republican. Turning to
Mr. VOORHEES,, Mr.. Hoar referred to the
/ force bill and uttered what was taken to
be a threat He thought it necessary that
something should be done to permit the
majority of the Senate to take a vote.
Mr.. Piatt gave notice of a cloture reso-
LUTON, which he had read at the clerks
| desk.
Mr.. Teller said that if the Senator in
| charge of the bill would call upon him
| he would give him list OF fifteen Sena.
| tors who intended to speak, thirteen Of
/ whom had not opened their mouths. Ii
| he wanted night sessions, Mr.. Teller
warned him that the friends of repeal
| must be present too. He said the Senator
from Indiana would never be able to get
| a day fixed for a vote. 1t would only be
| taken dTGef Ul6 QeDdbo WAS olloCu anu uAS
| holding of night sessions would not i'm
prove the conditions of the bill or ad-
| vance one hour.
Mr.. Mills next took the floor. He said
i the Sherman law was an u iwise law, and
as such should be repealed. 1t had been
| said in this debate that, according to the
| President, we stood face to face with
bimetallism against single gold stan
| dard. That statement was not accurate.
| The President had not made the issue.
The President stood squarely with both
feet on the platform of the, party that
| had elected him and was ready to execute
the pledges which his party had made to
| the people. The men who were attacking
| the President were the men who were off
the platform. Mr.. Mills said he could
not conceive of any amendment to the
repeal bill that could be offered that
| would not impeach the integrity OF the
| President and he would vote against
every one.
THE CAUCUS RESOLVES
| A New Attempt to Get Quorum and Pass