Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-10-28
AT WASHINGTON.
Stewart Again Goes For the
President.
The Silver Men Permit Business
Without a Quorum-The Struggle
Surely Ending.

WASHINGTON, Oct 25.-No quorum
was present at the opening of the senate
this morning but the silver men paid M
attention to that fact and did not, a!
heretofore, demand the legal number
before proceeding to business. There
was general air of relief that the long
struggle was over: extending even to
silver men themselves.
| AS soon as the session opened Peffel
offered resolution directing the COM
mittee on the judiciary to investigate
and report whether the repeal OF part
of the act of February %, 1878, by pas
sage of the act July IA, 1880, afforded
free coinage of silver at ratio OF sixteen
| to one, or whether that law was still In
force. 1t was referred to the committee
on judiciary. The repeal bill was taken
up and Pugh spoke sgaingt 1t.
Stewart then resumed his speech.
He spoke of the gold combination as
having agents IN the capitol to dictate
legislation and as having elected a pres
ident determined to carry through their
policy. The president he said, was now
10 the saddle and congress was helpless.
"The time will come when naughty
tyrants will meet rebuke from the
people"
The democratic repealers of the house
to the number of thirty-three had a
meeting this morning. There was a
discussion of the situation in the senate
and of the methods of the friends of
repeal, but no action was considered
advisable and the meeting adjourned,
subject to the call of the chairman.
The disposition among the repeal
democrats of the house is to concur
with the amendments to the Wilson bill
if it comes over in the shape now known
as the Voorhees, bill.
The recognized leaders of repeal say
there is nothing in the Voorhees, bill
that differs from the Wilson bill except
the declaration to the effect that it Is
the policy of the United States to use
both gold and silver as q standard
money, and if that is satisfactory to the
senate they are willing to adopt repeal.
Republicans say they are willing to
support any bill which the repeal re-
publicans of the senate may endorse.
not to delay the passage of the bill by
asking for conference OF those disa-
greeing with the Voorhees, bill.
Silver men realize that any fight by
them would mean defeat in the end, and
will probably content themselves with
voting against the bill after short de-
bate.
Most of the republicans, the popu-
lists AID many of the democrats of the
senate said they expect congress to ad-
journ early next week, after Opposing
Of the silver bill, until the first Monday
in December. The leaders of the demo-
cratic party, upon whom the decision
will largely rest, are not quite as conf
dent of adjournment.
There is already talk of future silver
legislation. One of the leading advo-
Gates of repeal is quoted tonight as say
ing hat be will introduce free Coin
age bill upon the assembling OF toe
regular session.
Senator Sherman told an Associated
Press reporter that he was contemplate
ing the introduction of bond bill and
that it would probably incidentally
make some provision for the use OF
silver.
MANY other senators have financial
bills in contemplation. The outlook Is,
indeed, good that the regular session
will be flooded with financial bills and
no one need be surprised if the fifty
third congress should develop record
financial discussion almost as important
IS the one now closing.