The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-22
SOUNDING EACH OTHER.
Many Whispered Conversations in
the Senate-The Proceedings.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.-Twenty min
utes were consumed this morning when the
Senate reassembled after it's recess in Sc
curing a quorum When the forty-third
Senator was secured Mr.. PETER resumed his
speech against the repeal bill. The cloture
rule was not taken up, because this being
still the legislative day of Tuesday last,
there was no morning hour If there had
been a morning hour the resolution would
have been, in the regular order of business,
laid before the Senate. 1t might have been
tahsn up upon motion. but no such mo-
ton was made. The quorum melted away,
but there was no disposition to notice the
fact, and consequently call of the SEN
ate. There seemed to be, however, an inter-
change of opinion going among the
Senators who were in the chamber. Mr..
Voorhees, crossed the aisle separating the
two hostile camps and took a seat beside
Mr.. Teller, and the two field marshals
were soon engaged in earnest talk. The
other Colorado Senator (Mr. Wolcott)
crossed over to the Democratic side and
talked with Mr.. Faulkner of West Vir-
gina The two chief leaders and their
two heutenants were thus. at the same
moment, engaged in negotiations. Senators
Butler and Stewart and Senators Cockrell
and Bate. all anti-repealers, Were also in
apparently earnest conversation. Mr.. Sher-
man busted himself at his desk writing
but soon Interrupted by Mr.. Villas,
who seemed TO have some important bus
mess with him.
Mr.. Peffer having yielded the floor tenn
porariy, the House joint resolution for the
restoration of the personal property of the
Mormon church in Utah, now in the hands
of ~eceiver-about $780, 900 in bonds-to the
chui n for charitable uses, was reported
with an amendment specifying the uses to
which the fund may be put-for the relien
of the poor and distressed members of the
church, for the education of the children
and for the building and repair of houses
Of worship. but in which the rightfulness of
the practice Of polygamy shall not be in
culcated. The amendment was agreed TO
and the Joint resolution was passed Mr.
Peffer resumed the floor and concluded his
speech.
Mr.. Jones, of Nevada, next proceeded to
address the Senate in continuation of the
speech begun by him last week, and being
the third installment of 1t. He said that if
he should be asked to explain what hard
times meant he would say that hard
times meant falling prices meant monetary
idleness, meant an increasing number Of
people in insane asylums, almshouses and
prisons, meant an unearned increment to
the creditor and unjust exaction to the
debtor, and meant the discouragement of
all business enterprises and projects. Con-
tinuing at some length, he argued that,
even under the operation of the Sherman
act the supply of. money was less than the
wants of the country required, and de-
clared that the repeal of that law would be
mitted against society.
At this point he was asked by Mr.. Voor-
hees whether it would be agreeable to him
to yield, as he understood that he could
not conclude this evening.
Il cannot conclude tomorrow, or in three
more days." Mr.. Jones added. Il hope that
at a subsequent period 1 shall be able to
continue my argument.
Mr.. Harris rising to a matter personal
| to himself, related the particulars of in
| terview had with him some days ago with
| a reporter of a New York journal. When
| he read the report of it he realized that
| either he had made a very bungling state
| ment or that the reporter had utterly failed
| as induging in a threat against the Vice
| President in the event that he should rule
a given way on given question. Another
| New York journal had taken the inter-
| view up and had put him in the absurd and
brutal attitude of declaring that the Vice
| President would be killed in his seat IL he
| dared to rule in given way given
| question. He simply desired to say that
! he had made no such utterance, and that
| no conclusion from what he did say could
| be drawn more absurd and untrue Con-
| tests In the Senate were contests of rea-
| son, not of the prize ring They were con-
| tests of intellect and OF reason and of no
! other character. He disclaimed utterly the
py to be able TO say that the relations,
| both personal and official, between the Vice
President and himself had been of the
| kindest character from the beginning Of the
session till now.
The Senate. at 4 p. m, after a short
executive session, took a recess till 10 a. m.
| Monday next.