The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-19
THE DUTY OF CONGRESS
Stand By Your Patriotic
President, Says Congress-
man McCrearY.
NIGHT SESSIONS NECESSARY.
Unexpected Adjournment of the
Ssnate-This decided in
Executive Session.
NIGHT SESSIONS NECESSARY.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 49, 1s93.-The silvex
debate was resumed Immediately after
the reading of the journal, and Mr.. Nc
Creary Dem Ky.) took the floor in advo-
cacy of the repeal OF the purchasing
clause of the Sherman Act. An extraor-
binary financial situation, he said, lad
induced the President to convene
Congress in extraordinary session. II
mattered not how gentlemen might
differ in opinion as to what had
brought on the trouble which now
existed. They all agreed that the
trouble was widespread, far reaching
ana full of peril to the whole country.
They agreed also that il was their duty
as representatives to find remedy. Il
might be that the Sherman Act, SO
called. was the prime cause of the
trouble. He had voted against the
passage OF the Sherman Act. That
act had been a failure and a colos-
sal curse. The purchasing clause
of the bill should be immediately re-
pealed. It should be repsaleG uucon-
ditionally. Let the free coinage bill staad
on its own merits. He was not in favor
of holding the Sherman Act as hostage
for the free coinage OF silver. He was
u
the purchasing clause ne repealed, aud
then other legislation could fellow.
RUNNING DEBATE.
The only path 10 tree coinage WAS
through international agreement, aud
the ouly way TO reach that patch was 20
repeal The purchasing clause of uhe Shsr-
man act As a b-meIallst he did not
wish to see this country relegated to i
silver basis.
Mr. Bland (Dem., Mo.,) inquired
whether the gentleman's position WAS
that unless every European nation was
IN favor of silver. he would be in favor
of the single gold standard.
Mr.. McCrearv replied that the gentle-
man had misapprehended his position.
de was today as much IN favor of silver
as was the gentleman from Missouri. aud
ne was in favor of travelling over the
only road which led to free coius0s Of
gold and the free coinage of silver.
Mr.. Bland inquired why the inter-
national monetary conference had post
poned its meeting from May until Mo-
vember.
Mr.. McCresry replied that it had been
postponed in order to allow the policy of
bi-metalIism to grow in England. 1t mad
been postponed in the interest Of BIZ
metRllsm.
Mr.. Bland made another inquiry, and
that was whether the gentleman had
said that the meeting of she conference
had been postponed for the purpose of
demon1tizinG silver in this country.
Mr.. McCreary-I 0eclins to yield to the
gentleman IL he insists on misrepresent-
ing my position. / have already stated
that the postDonement was in the In.
terest of bi-metalliSm,
Continuing his speech, Mr. McCreary
said:-"fhe first duty of Congress was,
without delay, to repeal the purchasing
clause OF che Sherman Act; the second
dpfW ruyon fr lar main
present; Its third day was TO stand by
patriotic President in his efforts to ad-
vance the prosperity of the people and
the welfare of the nation.
A GOOD DEMOCRAT.
Mr.. Catchings (Dsm., Miss.). said that
be would vote for the unconditional re-
peal OF the purchasing clause of the Sher-
mau act, and he would vote against any
proposition, directly or orindirectly, looking
to the free coinage OF silver in this couu-
try at this time. at any ratio that could
be suggested. He had come to this de-
termination after careful consideration
and after careful study OF the Chicago
platform. IL had been said that no DEM
ocrst could vote against fres coinage.
He was democrat. His democracy WAS
as good as that of any man on this floor.
ana he would not allow any one to chal-
lenRe or question it.
NIGHT SESSIONS NECESSARY,
recognlriou in the pending silver debate
have grown to such an extent that in
order to accommodate even a large pro-
portion, not TO say all who desire to
speak on the subject, night sessions will
be necessity, ana they viii. il Is now
Understood, be held. beginning at eight
O'Clock tonight.
NO SENATE SESSION.
The Senate was not in session TODAY.
Rather unexpected, and after refusing to
adjourn over from Friday till Monday.
early in the day, yesterday, the body re-
considered its action behind the closed
doors OF an executive session, and con-
sequently there will be no proceedings
of Interest on the bill today beyond the
speech making in the House. In some
quarters it was suggested that the
terpeGo thrown into the Senate By Mr..
Butler of South Carolina yesterday in
the shape of an amendment to the bank
circulation bill repeating the State bank
tax, chad alarmed the Senators VINO
desired speedy action OF that measure,
aud fearing that the amendment migh6
carry and thereby cripple the national
BANK system. unless full Time were given
to point out the dangers it invoked. they
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