St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-03
KYLE KICKS ON REPEAL.
RECENT PANIC NOT CAUSED BY THE
SHERMAN ACT.
OPPOSES NATIONAL BANKS.
The Populist Reads His Speech
to Less Than a Dozen Sena-
tors-TiIt Between Washburn
and Dubois Over the Position
of the Washington and Wyo-
ming Senators.

VI ShO W SOh anu
ming Senators.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.-In the senate
the most interesting incident occurred
early III the day. By means of per-
sOnal statement, Mr.. Dubois. of Idaho,
got up the subject of the vacancies in
the senatorial representation of the
states of Washington, Wyoming and
Montana, and repeated his argument
made when the resolution which he
offered was under discussion few days
since as to the importance of these
states being fully represented when a
vote should be taken upon the repeal
bill.
Mr.. Washburn, of Minnesota, asserted
positively that the senators from two of
the states in questionable. Squire, of
Washington. and Mr.. Carey, of Wyo-
ming-would vote for unconditional re-
peal, leaving the Inference that if the
question was postponed until senators
could be elected from those states their
votes would not aid the opponents of
repeal. When the authority for his
statement was demanded, Mr.. Wash
burn said: The senators themselves"
adding that Mr.. Squire had informed
him that he would vote for uncondi-
tional repeal. The statement created
something of a sensation, and Mr.. Du-
bois declared emphatically that the SEN
ators alluded to We're not in favor of
unconditional repeal.
There were two formal speeches Oh
sthe repeal biIl-one by Mr.. Kyle, of
South Dakota, against the bill, and the
other by Mr.. Mcmillan, of Michigan,
against free coinage.
The senate at IL o'clock this morning
entered upon the ninth week of the
present session of congress with
BARELY SCORE
of senators present, and the attention
of the vice president was called to the
fact. After little delay one more than
a quorum was secured, forty-four sena-
tors responding when the roll was
called, and the senate proceeded with
routine morning business.
Mr.. Sherman (Rep., o. called atten-
tion to a mlsstatement in the recent
speech of Senator White. of California,
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August, 1878, as to the coinage ac; of
1873. There was no such statement in
the Bankers Magazine, he said, and the
whole statement was manufactured
lie from beginning to end. 1t was
worse than forgery-an absolute fab
rication, branded with the brand of
infamy. He did not blame the senator
from California, because the alleged
article from the magazine had frequent
ly been quoted by others.
Mr.. White (Dem.. CALI said he had
taken the extract from a work written
by very prominent Republican, and
had not himself examined the Bankers
Magazine. If the extract was not cor
rect he would omit it from the later edi-
lion of his speech. The silver purchase
repeal was then taken up. and Mr.. Du-
bois (Rep., Idaho. rising to a persona
statement, called attention to a remark
resolution introduced by Mr.. Dubois, to
defer the consideration of financial leg
islation until the
SENATORIAL VACANCIES
in the states of Washington, Montane
and Wyoming were filed, was offered
for the purpose of consuming time. Mr..
Dubois denied that this was his motive,
He had introduced the resolution in the
interest of three states referred to, and
justified the introduction of the resolu-
ton by a precedent which occurred
some years ago.
Mr.. Washburn rep, Minn.) supposed
the object of the resolution was to show
that the opponents of repeal were being
taken at an unfair advantage. He
would therefore state the facts and al
low the senate to reach its own conclu-
sion. Of the the three states in ques-
ton. two were not silver producing
states, and those two states were repre-
sented by two senators who favor the
repeal of the Sherman law. In response
to question of Mr.. Wolcott (Rep., Col }
Mr.. Washburn said he referred to the
states of Washington and Wyoming.
Il would like the senator from Min
nesota," said Mr.. Dubois, Ito state by
whose authority he makes that asser-
tion."
''By the authority of the senators
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Il imagine those senators will resent
that imputation," said Mr.. Dubois. ''I
state that the senators from Washing
ton (Squire) and Wyoming Carey are
not for the unconditional repeal of the
Sherman law. The senator from Wash
ington has offered an amendment in the
interest of silver"
The senator from Washington
Squire told me-" Mr.. Washburn de-
cIared, that he would vote for the un-
conditional repeal of the purchasing
clause of the Sherman act"
This closed the incident, and Mr..
Kyle Pop, S. D y addressed the senate
In opposition to the repeal bill. He re-
viewed the financial history of the
| country and
DENOUNCED THE ATTEMPT
to enlarge the power of the national
banks as dangerous to the best interests
of the country. The banks now had 1t
| in their power to increase or diminish
the volume of currency, and experience
had demonstrated that the power was
used to promote selfish ends. Referring
to the Sherman act, Mr.. Kyle believed
it had no part in producing the recent
panic, and that its repeal would have
no effect in the way of causing return
of prosperity.
After Mr.. Kyle had been speaking
about an hour and half, his colleague,
Senator Pettigrew, suggested the ab-
sence of quorum. Thereupon the roll
was called; a quorum appeared, and Mr..
Kyle proceeded with his speech.
Mr.. Kyle said he would vote to con-
tract the currency, as provided by the
pending bill, if the private and public
debts and taxes of the people of the
United States we're scaled down in like
proportion, if that be 25 per cent. He
| appealed to senators from the South
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