The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-07
BOTH HOUSES YESTERDAY.
Senator Stewart Adds Three Hours to
His Silver Speech.


Draws Him Into a Long Speeeh-The
Repeal Bill Debate Participated in by
But One SenRtor-In the House a Mo
tion to Substitute Reod's Fifty first
Congress Rules Voted Down, and the
New Code Then Adopted Without
Division-RecessT Taken in the Lower
House Till Saturday.
Washington, Sept. 6.-Among' the bills
introduced in the Senate and referred was
one by Mr.. Cullom to repeal all acts pro-
viding for the creation or maintenance Of
sinking fund.
The committee on privileges and cleo
tions reported in favor of allowing to the
claimants for seats from Montana, Wash
ington and Wyoming (under appointment
from the governors) s., 800 each. Referred
to the committee on contingent expenses.
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr..
Voorhees, for the daily meeting of the
Senate at II a. m. was laid before the
Senate by the VicePresident.
PASSED FOR THE PRESENT.
Mr.. Voorhees, said that he desired to
make brief statement. After full and
careful consultation with the friends of
the repeal bill on this side of the cham
Der, " said he, sin whose Judgment ! have
been accustomed TO confde and whose
wishes I cannot disregard, will ask that
this resolution GO over for the present,
believing that if we occupy the time of
the Senate carefully and Conscientiously
we would make as much speed, perhaps
as by its adoption, until at least a later
day"
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr.
Morgan for the appointment of joint Sc
lect committee on finance, was next laid
before the Senate by the presiding officer
REPEAL BILL RESUMPTION MOVED.
Mr.. Voorhees, suggested that the reso-
reference to the finance committee, and
he moved to proceed with the consider
alton Of the bill to repeal the Sherman
act.
Mr. Morgan notified the senator from
Indiana that he could wait for his bill un-
til O'Clock.
Mr. VOorhees-Whne that is true, the
senator from Alabama with exceeding
delicacy takes two senator's from the
floor, the senator from Nevada (Stewar3,
who wishes to conclude his speech, and
| the senator from Texas (Mills), who has
given notice of hiSRintention to address
| the Senate. That is AL ! wish to say.
Mr.. Stewart lin an undertone and with
| smile)-Oh, will pardon him.
THE ALABAMA SENATOR'S INsIsTANCE.
Mr.. Morgan---I will be entirely delicate
and respectful to every senator when he
is in order, and am in order now: and
no senator has a right to the floor to su-
persede the resolution which the Vice
President has laid before the body. am
not guilty Of indelicacy in asserting my
rights under the rules of the Senate. The
senator from Indiana has given notice of
a motion to refer this resou-
ton to the finance committee.
If this proposed joint select committee
were not expressly intended to supersede
| the functions of the finance committee in
| the House, that would be very proper
motion; but l DO not expect that the
| senator will refer to the finance commit
| tee measure which has for its purpose
| to supplement the powers of that com
| mittee. The actions of that committee
| up to this time have not been in con
| formity with, and do not entirely or
| properly cover, the condition or necessi-
ties of the country.
HE DROPS INTO EXTENDED REMARKS.
Mr.. Morgan went on to make long
| speech. He had offered the resolution.
| he said, from his own conception of the
| situation, There was no human being
| responsible for it but himself. An at
| tempt had been made to cure a great
| breadth of financial trouble and evils and
difficulties in the United States by the
| administration Of as certain nostrum to
cure a particular part of q complaint
| which the people of the United States
recognized as being very serious one and
| presenting great many different aspects.
| There was a great diversity of opinion
| as to what should take place after the re-
| peal of the Sherman law; and the object
| of his resolution was to put the matter in
! the hands of joint select committee TO
determine what should be done in the
event Of the Senate concurring with the
House in the repeal of the purchasing
clause Of the Sherman act Would any
body undertake to say that there was no
| necessity for further legislation after the
Sherman act was repealed
ONE BILL OR SEVERAL BILLS NEEDED.
Had any one limited that that repeal
was TO be a cure Of the financial diIficul-
ties of the people of the United States
| Was it proposed to do anything more than
to give a mere respite until the country
could right itself, or until the legislation
of congress could be matured TO bring the
country right No one had suggested as
yet that that particular remedy was going
TO relieve the country of all the great
evils that it was experiencing and had
been experiencing for the last two months.
or for the last year Therefore it was nee
essary, not only to meet the public expecta-
ton, but to perform the duty deyOlving
upon senator's to take a broad and general
view of all the difficulties suggested in re-
latiOn to the financial and monetary situa-
ton of the United States. 1t was neces-
sary that Joint select committee should
investigate, fully and completely, the
whole subject; and when il understands
1t to bring forward one bill OF several bills
for the purpose Of rectifying the trouble.
REPUBLICAN, DEMOCRATIC OR PoPULIsT.
Morgan said he wanted an investiga-
tion Of the whole subject. He wanted the
country to be informed. He had no par
ticular pet measure of his own, and was
influenced by no partisan consideration.
He was not of such, he thanked Almighty
God. He was willing to vote for any sys-
TEN or measure that would make the peo-
pie secure hencefOrth against such out
RACES and wrongs. He cared not whether
the measure was to be republican, a
democratic, or a pOpulist measure II
made no difference, provided only that it
would give relief, IN accordance with
the constitution, which they had
a right to expect It the hands Of congress.
He was not going 10 be illiberal He was
not going 10 inquire whether somebody
outside Of the Senate chambe wanted it
done or did not want it done He was
not going 10 ask Of persons without legis-
lative powers to form Joint commission
or investigate the question. lie felt the