The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-02
REPEAL CERTAIN Mass.
Nh. vANcr PRAoz1oaLLrlsRDM,4s IT
IN Hrs SPEECH TO THE SENATE

The Bin Now HAS the Right or Way In enc
Senate, aud 10 r. Proposed 70 Have sho
Senate Meet at 10 or II O'eiook hneh
Day and Remnin In session Day ana
Night Untn the Bin t. Disposed of-sen-
ator Vance Plends for Free Coinage ana
Turns the Batteries OF His W.T.
e.a Sarcasm Upon tho RePeH' mn 'a"
Upon the Members OF HIS Wv" f"rv
who Support It-Mr. voorhees, NHa'"
Reminds Senators that There MUST ne NO
Unnecessary Delay In Coming to n vote.
WAsH1roror. Sept L-senator Voorhees,.
who a. Chairman Of the Finance committee Is
acting An tho leader OF tho antt-silver senators
On the floor of the Senate. succeeded to-day
,,,h tha . ss,st.nce OF Senator Allison. one Of
ths ,e,d,no Republican advocates OF repeal
IN r.t,ing the Wilson bill. with the Voorhees,
eubstitute into such parliamentary shape that
ths substitute will be under consideration
srnr, this time on. At one point in the Sen
ate proceedings Mr.. Voorhees, thought that the
exposition was asleep. and promptly moved
10 proceed to vote. The silver men were on
the alert, however. and interposed an objection.
After Mr.. PETER had proposed somo amend
msnts Senator Cockrell took the floor and
began one Of his vigorous and highly enter
tanning haranGues mainly devoted to ehowing
that the Repu blican Senators are inconsistent
In attempting to- stranRle to death their own
offspring. In the midst OF the entertainment
Senator Voorhees, who realized that Mr.. Cock
roll was simply talking to fill up an interval in
the debate. took him off the floor with motion
for an executive session. No opposition was
made to this. and 30 the doors were closed. In
five minutes they were opened. and the Senate
adjourned until tomorrow. Some OF Mr..
voorhees's colleagues are unable to see what
he gained BY adjourning the Senate early in
the afternoon. Mr.. Cockrell can. Of course. be-
gin his speech to- morrow, or some other day.
Just where he left Off this afternoon and there
fore he and the other silver Senators were
much gratifled by the adjournment
Although Senator Vance admitted. In his
speech to-day. that the Repeal bill was likely
20 pass In tho Senate. no programme has as
yet been agreed upon for bringing the bill to q
vote. Senator Voorhees, and his anti-silver
colleagues realize that they are bound by
Senatorial courtesy to allow Senators who
wish to make speeches to do so without being
dictated to by anybody. 1t is. therefore. IN
derstood that the debate will be allowed to 60
on all OF next week. and perhaps for the week
after. because q sufficient number Of Senators
have already given notice Of their intention to
address the Senate to consume that amount Of
time.
After those speeches have been delivered.
however. AN effort will be made to push the
question to o vote. 1t Is now thought that this
will not be done by an attempt to adopt q
eloture rule. but by the rather more indirect,
but equally effective way of keeping the Sen
ate In continuous session until the silver SEN
ators are tired out and compelled to yield. It
IL proposed when this programme Is put into
operation to have the Senate meet at IL and
possibly 10 o'clock in tho morning. and to re-
main In session day and night until the Re-
peal bill Is disposed Of. Some Of the repeal
Senators are In favor Of putting this pro-
gramme into operation at once. but It has been
decided that tbs would be impossible. In view
OF the existing rules Of the Senate and time
honored precedent and courtesy. and that
reasonable time must first be allowed for de-
The anti. silver Senators on tho Republican
eide are acting In entire accord with their
Democratic allies. and have agreed among
making. but TO do everything in their power
10 hasten matters to q vote. Senator Cullom
will speak on Monday. but only because no
other speech had been arranged for that day.
II any time can be gained thereby.
g. Tho silver Senators claim to be entirely I'M
affected BY the confidence Of their opponents.
and say that they have 1t In their power to pre-
much encouraged o-day By the report. which
eeems to come from Trustworthy source. that
Senator Cameron OF Pennsylvania Is still deter
mined. notwithstanding Instructions sent him
By the Republioa Convention Of his State not
speech In explanation Of his vote and In favor
OF FREQ silver coinage.