Rocky Ford enterprise., 1893-10-19

promise, Dut with what success cannot be
learned. Just before the amendment was
introduced Mr.. Harris talked with Secretary
Carlisle, who came to the capitol an hour,
and has since been comforting with the Dem
ocratic repeal senators In the appropriation
committee room. Messrs Gormon, Gray,
Faulkner, Camden, Cockrell and Daniel were
present.
At II o'clock 1t became very difficult to 30
cure quorum. After call Of the Senate q
quorum was secured at l o'clock.
At :25 Mr.. Wolcott again called for roll
call.
At :45 a. m. the sergeant at arms reported
that two were absent from the city, twelve
had been excused, four answered the sum-
mons by the statement that they were III,
nine In capitol made no answer and sixteen
were reported as absent from their residences
and could not be found.
Mr.. Voorhees, Immediately arose and said:
.'Mr. President feel that l have done my
duty In this matter and without complaint 1
will now move to adjourn"
The motion was unanimously agreed to,
and in an instant the Senate chamber was de-
serted after continuous session Of thirty
eight hours and forty minutes.
HoUsK.-There was u very small attend
ance in the House. Some unimportant busi-
ness was transacted. The joint resolution
providing for elections in the Cherokee Strip
was passed, but not until Mr.. Coffeen OF Wy
oming asked to offer an amendment to allow
women rs well rs men the right Of suffrage,
us Is the case In his state.
The fight In the morning hour came up on
the bill to protect forest reservations, re-
ported from the Committee on Public Lands.
When the House went into committee the
bill was rather vigorously attacked. No nc-
ton was taken on it, and the discussion of
the McCreary bill occupied the balance Of
the day.
Fifty Ninth Day.
sENATE.-senator Vest introduced an
amendment TO the repeal bill which provides
for issuing certificates on the seignorage all
yer now held, the coinage Of the American
product up to $500, ,OO0,O 600, and the repeal of
the state bank tax.
Mr.. Stewart took the floor.
The first suggestion Of the lack of quorum
came from Mr.. Pettigrew of South Dakota at
1918. Eighty-tive names were called by the
clerk, to which there was 81 responses, eleven
more than quorum. Mr.. Stewart expressed
his displcasure at the annoyance which the
delay caused him, and then went on with his
speech.
Mr.. Stewart held the floor all the afternoon
and at q o'clock Mr.. VoorSees again made
known his intention to insist on continuous
sessions until the pending measure was dis
posed of.
Mr. Stewart continued his speech until 8
o'clock when he was succeeded by Mr. PETER.
During the evening an attempt was made to
dispose OF several important amendments but
a quorum could not be obtained as the silver
men refused to vote. At II 80 p. m. a long
wrangle was precipitated by the refusal of
that his duty to his constituents could be best
served by remaining quiet
Mr.. White OF Louisiana made fierce
speech, In which he declared the Senate had
tumely. He denounced the action Of Mr..
Dubois, and even went SO far as TO demand
such action might warrant expulsion.
At IL 80 Mr.. Voorhees, gave up the attempt
to dispose Of the bill, and the Senate ad-
journed.
Ho1rsr An spreement waa reached in the
House to take vote on the Chinese bill at 8
O'Clock on Mondey, and the banking bill,
which was crowded out, will be called i'm
medntely afterward. The House then re-
sixtieth Day.
SRNATE.-The session of the Senate to-day
lasted only six hours. 1t was session Of
much interest. 1t opened with personal
explanation from Senator Morgan (DemocraD
OF Alabama, in regard to recent newspaper
structures upon his supposed hostility to the
unconditional repeal of the Sherman act. He
denied having ever intimated that he would
vote against unconditional repeal, but said he
would vote against unconditional repeal IS
proposed IN the Voorhees, substitute, which
he characterized as very ridiculous, very In
furious and very cownrdly." Various i'm
portant amendments to the rules were offered
and went over till Monday. They propose to
written or printed; to permit the counting Of
senators present and not voting; to disqualify
senators interested In national banks or ma
tlonal bank stocks from voting on any bill
affecting coinage or currency; 10 provide for
closing debate on aEy bill or resolution by
the same arrangement as 10 now In operation
In tho House of Representatives.
A resolution offered BY Mr.. Dolph, refer
ring to the Committee on Privileges and Elec-
tlons the question whether absent senators
and agreed to.
The Senate voted not to excuse Mr.. Dubois
from voting, but he still persisted in refusing
to vote on roll call.
Mr.. PETER yielded the floor to Mr.. Jones Of
Nevada, and he addressed the Senate against
the bill. Mr.. Jones said 1t was denied that
the bill was proposition to place the United
States on gold standard, whereas the very
vehemence Of the denial was IN itself suspl-
cious. Mr.. Jones began his speech shortly
before o'clock. For the first two hours he
confined himself closely to his typewriter
speech, which he had lying on the desk be-
fore him. and he took up page after page and
read very rapidly. His manner In presenting
facts and his high reputation for thorough
knowledge Of the subject which he was dis
cussing obtained for him degree of atten-
ton that had not been accorded to any other
speaker since VOORHEES, made his opening nr-
sixty and seventy senators, about equally d.
vided between both sides, in their seats, all of
them with their chairs wheeled around SO rs
to face the speaker, and when after two
speech in order to meet objections and argu-
ments and answer questions which were put
TO him from both sides, the scene became
quite dramatic and the interest intensified.
Taking advantage OF break In this discus
sion Senator Voorhees, said:
"First, desire to congratulate the senator
from Nevada upon bis splendid contribution
to the literature Of this great debate this af-
ternoon. The speakers pleasure has been
enhanced by the personal affection Of this
body for him. desire to ask II 1t would be
agreeable to him to yield to q motion to ad-
iourn."
Perfectly" replied Mr.. Jones, II am very
tired, will consider 1t a favor"
'"Now, Mr.. PRESIDENT continued Mr..
voorhees,, Sin the 1ast seventy-seven hours
this body has been In session fifty -cigh: hours
and we have been discharging great public
duty. With the concurrence Of and upon
consultation with the friends Of the pending
measure, have . motion to make at this
hour. Before do so, however, desire to
correct any Misrepresentation that may pre-
vail in some minds. There are very eager
minds in certain directions just at this time.
/ remember reading once with great interest
an account of the battle CT the first comman-
der Of the American navy, John Paul Jones,
on the coast Of Scotland, by moonlight, with
the Serapis and her allies When the British
commander asked him whether he surrendered
he said In reply: 4 have only begun to
"If there IL anybody who thinks the friends
and advocates Of this bill have surrendered,