The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-10-10
EMBARRASSING FOR VOORHEES,.
WoIcott Wants TO Know Why He
Now Opposes Free Coinage.

Now Opposes Free Coinage.
WASHINGTON, Oct. Gin the Senate
Harris of Tennessee replied in caustic
terms to the resolution of the Memphis
Merchants Exchange in taking himself
and his colleague, Bate, to task for oppos-
ing repeal. He believed that if the whole
people of the State of Tennessee could be
appealed to they might possibly repudiate
the authority of the exchanges to repre-
sent them on the subject With utmost
respect and with no feeling of resentment
he begged to inform those exchanges that
the threat contained in their resolutions
had no terror for him.
Wolcott of Colorado spoke on the resOlu-
ton directing the Committee on Finance to
report bill embodying the declaration of
the policy contained in Voorhees, substi-
tute. lie severely criticized the letter of
Cleveland to Governor Northen of Geor-
gia. which he characterized as one of the
most remarkable pronunciamentos of this
generation. he also spoke of the extra
ordinary activity of the administration in
forcing its views on Congress, and con-
demned the act of the Secretary of the
Treasury in not purchasing the amount OF
silver required by law.
WOlcOiL SdIu ludL AILIlIu LuO pdSb lew
days the worst apprehensions of the
friends of silver as to the position of the
executive had been realized. The Presi-
dent, while Congress was in extraordinary
session, had informed the country that he
was astonished at the opposition OF the
Senate to the measure which he had advo-
Gated in his message. Such an utterance
was intrusive and offensive and uniting
in respect 20 the relations which should
exist between the legislative and execu-
tive departments of the Government. and
it deserved the protest and rebuke of
every man who valued the perpetuity of
republican institutions.
II appeal to the Senator from Indiana"
Wolcott said, who 10 his heart know
opposes the abandonment of silver as a
standard-who holds the key to the whole
situation in his hands. and whose single
word of approval would bring US relief
and save the country from the cruel bur-
den of monometa llism-to stand with the
people of his country and his own flag and
against this proposed surrender 10 British
interests. The only hope for silver is by
an amendment to the present bill. There
is 10 hope for an independent measure,
even if it should pass Congress"
Voorhees, said the constant asseveration
that the pending bill demonetized silver
was not the fact. The pending bill did
not take from a single dollar of silver
money its monetary value. Voorhe es
then defended the declaration of the policy
of bimetallism contained in the Senate
substitute. When the Sherman law no
longer disgraces the statute books he
would be ready to act promptly and with
all the energy and force he could CON-
mand to carry out the declaration they
made.
The resolution went to the calendar, and
the repeal bill being taken up. Crockrell
Dem) of Missouri, addressed the Sem
ate in opposition to it. He declared his
belief that Senator Sherman had intro
duced bill during the last Congress for
the repeal of the Sherman act for the pur
pose of influencing the action of the Brus-
sells conference, then in session. At any
rate the fact of the introduction of the bill
had been used for that purpose. He crili-
cized the action of the last Secretary OF
the Treasury in redeeming In gold the
silver certificates and he was surprised
that Democratic Secretary of the Treas
ury had pursued the same course.
Luz QlsCuSSlUu udfus W lHc
general subject of the redemption of silver
certificates, to settle the question Teller
offered resolution, which was agreed to.
calling for information as to whether sill
yer dollars or silver coin certificates had
been redeemed in or exchanged by Treasury
Department for gold or paper which was
By law or by the practice of the Govern
ment redeemable in gold. Without con-
Guiding his speech Cockrell yielded for an
executive session.
Dolph (R.) of Oregon offered resolution,
which went over. calling upon the Secre-
tary of State for information as to whether
China had requested an extension of time
for the registration of Chinese laborers in
this country, as required by the act of May
g. 1892, or had given the United States any
assurance that il the time for such regis
tration should be extended the Chinese
laborers would register and take out certi-
ficates. Doph said subsequently that he
understood there had been no such request
or assurance.
After an executive session the Senate
adjourned.