The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-09-23

on the table for the present. It pro-
vides tina. the unit OF value shall BIO the
dollar OF 4l25 grains of silver or 25 $40
parts Of gold and such dollars shall be
legal tender for all debts public and
private. Any owner of silver bullion
may deposit it in any mint and have it
coined into standard silver dollars for
his benfit, less 10 per cent. seignorage
which Is to be coined and covered into
the Treasury. 1t also repeats the
Sherman act.
Cookrell introduced resolution call.
ing on the Secretary of the Treasury for
information as to gold, silver and Treas
ury notes. After it was read the Vice
President put the question on it's adop-
ton. AS there was no response on
either side the Vice. President ruled
humorously that the vote being equally
divided the chair would vote no. The
first deciding vote of the presiding
officer caused general laughter,
The cloture resolution offered yeste1-
day by Plat was laid before the Senate,
and Wolcots took the floor to speak on
1T. He said that If vote on the previ-
GUS question or on cloture were desired,
the Senate could have 1t in o very few
days. In his opinion, he said, cloture
was not necessary, for there had been
no factious delay on the pending
measure.
Teller argued against the cloture rule
and wound up his speech by saying that
he would resist every m sthod, obstruc.
tive and otherwise, the adoption in tho
Senate OF a rule which should limit or
obstruct debate lie took his seat a few
minutes before 3 o'clock. If he had
spoken till the resolution would have
gone TO the calendar, but Turpie eX
pressed an intention of speaking on the
resolution to morrow and that saved it.
Notice was then given by Mcpherson
that after Turpie shall have spoken to
morrow the resolution must 20 to the
calendar, il not. be referred to the CON.
mittee on rules. The repeal bill was
then taken up.
George continued the speech against
it which he had begun on Wednesday.
he denied that the Demo tic platform
demanded the passage OF the repeal
bill. The platform denounced the
Sherman law as makeshift-not a
part of it, but the whole. And yet the
bill repealed only single clause of
the act, leaving the other parts-siX
sectiors-in full force.
Free coinage, he said, was necessarily
q repeal of statute providing for linn
tied coinage only. In that sense alone
the Democratic platform had com mitted
the party to the repeal of the Sherman
act.
This was the first time in over thirty
years. he said, in which the Democratic
party had had the power to enact laws
to shape the policies of the country.
What excuse would that party have
IN IL failQ6 10
to give the people free and unlimited
coinage of silver-the money of the
constitution.
Hansbrough (Rep., N. d. then took
the floor and spoke against the repeal
bill. Hansbrough closed at $50, and
then Stewart proceeded to deliver an
essay on what he called the elementary
principles of money and finance. AS
soon as he began there appeared to be
division of Senators into converse tional
groups. The central group was com
posed OF Voorhees,, Faulkner, Harris
and Villas, and it was joined from time
to time las some fell away by others
Senators Frye and George talked to.
gether, and so did Senators Gibson and
Mcpherson, and the two Virginia Sena-
tors-Daniel and Hunton On the Re-
publican side of the chamber there was
a general indication of uneasiness.
In the meantime regardless of his
surroundings, except 80 far as to ask
that the conversation be not quite SO
loud, Stewart went on with his dis
course, largely composed of quotations
from books, editorials and reports. In
about quarter of an hour after he
started Dolph whispered an inquiry to
him whether he did not want to stop
and was rewarded by the abrupt reply:
mo, don't want to stop" Soon after /
wards Mr. Teller, quietly approached /
with Ike suggestion, but with no more 1
success. Ten minutes later Dolph re-
newed his propoBition, but was again re-
PalsedASteWart saying that he had half
a dozen speeches to make vet and that
he wanted tO,get them off Qaughter.1
However, he consented to stop and said
helw0Bld finish Ihisiargument on some
ether. casionn9r as sgalouX 20 s15TUi
Then yoorhees rose and slowlY and
very, eliberatelyt made this, announce
ment to the Senate: ~ may say that a
conference Consultation has taken place
this afternoon between nj yself and Sen.
alors on this side and Senators on the
other sideo the chamber, friends and
opponents Of spending measure which
has resulted substantially, as I-under-
stand, in an agreement to the hours
which. we, will occupy at least for some
time to come in debate. Without going
into details am warranted in moving
that on Monday, and from after, that
date the hour Of meeting Of the Senate
shall be IL o'clock instead Of 13, with
the understanding that an ad journment
will take place at Sill ia1 " 9Af, i,tH
II am assured that there are ten or
twelve Senators who desire to discuss
tbs question Of whose good faith1 have
noright to ,hAye5apy, suspicion and have