The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-21
IN THE SENATE.
"a Good Days Work" Said Mr.. Voor
hees, After Several Speeches.

| "A Good Days Work" Said Mr.. Voor-
hees, After Several Speeches.
Washington, Sept. 20.-In presenting
petition for the unconditional repeal of
the purchasing act, Mr.. Morgan
said it was one of those petitions emana-
ting from New York capitalists, and that
he regarded it as mandate from them,
not from the people of Alabama. After
twenty minutes spent in the routine
morning business, Mr.. Voorhees, moved
to proceed to the consideration of the
bill to repeal the silver-purChasing act.
Mr.. Platt rose at the same moment to
| make a statement.
Voorhees, was impatient at the inter
ruption, but yielded, and Mr.. Platt ex-
planned that as Ex-senator George of Mis-
issippl desired to speak upon the repeal
bill he would not to-day introduce that
amendment to the rules relating to the
closure of debate of which he gave notice
yesterday. He would do 50, however, at
some future date.
REPEAL BILL DEBATE RESUMED.
OMr. George then addressed the Senate
in opposition to the repeal bill. AS he
happened to differ he said from the
! democratic administration on that very
important question, he believed that
large majority of his constituents con
Nhl ltu III IllG AOolblul w HIGH ne LOOK. he
believed it TO be his duty to state, with
some precision, the views which led him
TO refuse his support to the bill now be-
fore the Senate. The passage of that
bill, he thought, would be leap in the
dark as likely to increase as to diminish
the aggregate of the evils from which the
country was suffering. He was con
WINGED that the present disasters were
not attributable in any manner TO the
Sherman law.
Mr.. George, although he had his speech
prepared in advance, delivered it with all
the impressiveness which he generally
gives to his off-hand speeches. He did
not seem to trouble himself as to whether
senators did or did not derive any instruc-
ton from his efforts; for, once, when MIR
Call indicated an intention of calling the
notice of the presiding officer to the fact
! that there were but few senators in the
| chamber he was prevented by Mr.
George himself, who told him thathe was
Indifferent whether senators listened to
him or not.
SPEAKING WITHOUT LISTENERS.
Nevertheless, as he went along. the alb
| sence of senator's became too evident. and
IL required two calls to get a sufficient
I Il mber of them into the chamber to con-
stiUute quorum. The quorum soon went
away again, but MIR. George took no no
! tice of the fact, and he was allowed to 90
on with the reading of his speech with
out further interruption. Much of it was
/ given to attacks upon the national banks
and to a denunciation of the circulation
/ sent out from New York to states whose
| senators were opposed to the bill. recon-
mending that pressure be applied to
them.
/ At AIS, however, an interruption came.
/ IL was from Mr.. Quay. lie said thar he
noticed that while one Of the strongest
speeches was being made in the interest
of the silver states, there wasnot a single
senator from one Of those states present
DIDN'T CARE FOR THAT
THAT makes no difference 10 me-" Mr.
George intarposcd, resignedly
lit seems TO me- Mr.. Quay insisted
that suggestion should be made that
there is no quorum present"
The Vice President directed that the
| roll be called, and but forty-one senator's
answered-two less than a quorum.
just then, however, Mr.. Dubois en-
tered the chamber, making the number
forty-twO. MIR. Teller also came in, and
/ his name was called, but he did not re
spOnd.
Mr.. voorhees, asked that the sergeant
/ at-arms be directed TO enforce the attend