The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-21
Senator Voorhees, Explanation.

senator voorhees, Explanation.
The fact that Senator Voorhees, felt 10
necessary 90 explain why it. is that as
+ manager of the bin % repeal the sherman
silver law, he has been unable 70 get the
Senate 20 vote on the bill shows how in
. tense the anxiety is throughout the
country in respect 10 the bill Within
the last few days a disposition has shown
itself i'm the public prints to criucise
/ Senator Voorhees, for not forcing a vote
| upon the bill That he has done all that
/ is possible for any one 10 do TO hasten its
/ progress is evident to any one
/ who is at all acquainted with the situa-
tion in the Senate. 10 has been stated
many times in the public prints that there
is no rule in the Senate by which debate
can be cut off and a vote upon a bill be
obtained AS long as there are senators
who say they want to debate a measure
no vote upon it can be taken.
Senator voorhees, has been uniustly
criticised He has three times asked the
senators who are opposed to the repeal
bin to name a day when they would be
willing for the bill to come to a vote, and
each time he has been met by the state
ment that the anti-repeal senators were
not flibustering, and that they could not
say when they would be ready TO have a
vote taken
1t is asserted that Senator Voorhees,
should have insisted upon night ses-
sions long ago, so as to tire out the anti
repeal senator's Those who take this
position do not understand the temper of
the Senate. Had he adopted aggressive
tactics while it was apparent that the
anti-repeal senator's were not merely
talking to secure delay he would, in all
probability, have brought about a divis-
ion among the friends of the repeal bill
The course he has pursued is the wisest
one, and there are reasons for thinking it
will enable him to win victory in the
very near future.
Senator German is quoted as saying
that he thinks the repeal bill will be in
the hands of the President by the latter
part of next week, or sometime during
the first week in October. He under
stands the situation as well as any man
in Washington, and if he is quoted cor
rectly the repeal of the Sherman silver
law is near at hand, provided the repub-
icans do not withdraw the support they
have given the repeal bill with the hope
of forcing the democrats to abandon their
purpose to repeal the election laws. 1t is
becoming evident that the republicans
are going to make as strong a fight as
they can against the bill to repeal the
election laws. The New York Tribune,
in its Tuesdays issue in a double loaded
leader virtually advises the republican
congressman to withhold all support to
the bill to repeal the Sherman silver
law unless the democrats will
give assurance that the repeal of the
election laws will not be pressed. 1t says:
ut seems a good time to call a halt" in
the direction of the repeal of the election
laws, land if necessary block the way to
all legislation, until assurances are given
that the small safeguards we now have
against dishonest and fraudulent cleo
tions shall not be utterly thrown down
and destroyed" The democrats will give
no such assurances as are called for by
the Tribune. They purpose to repeal the
obnoxious election laws. The Democratic
party was placed in power with the I'M
Outstanding that it would repeal them
If the republicans expect to prevent their
repeal by refusing to assist in repeating
the Sherman silver law they are expect
ing too much. If they block the repeal of
the Sherman silver law they will be held
responsible for the failure to give the
people the relief legislation so earnestly
demanded, and for which the whole coun-
try has been anXiously waiting for weeks
If relief is delayed very long there may
be a recurrence of the panic, and panic
chargeable directly to the republicans
would seriously injure the Republican
party,