The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-11-02
THE AGONY Is OVER
REPEAL BILL PASSES THE SENATE BY
A MAJORITY OF ELEVEN.
Silver Senator'S Die Hard and Hurl All
Sorts Of Dire Prophesies at the Heads
Of the Majority and Also at
President Cleveland.
ENATE.


at II o'clock this morning entered
upon the thirteenth week of te re g.
ent extraordinary session, consldera-
ton of the bill to repeal the purchas-
ing clause of the Sherman act being
resumed.
Senator Hunton (Va.) in few words
defined his position, saying he would
vote for unconditional repeal and then
stand ready to join with the friends of
silver for fight for that metal.
Senator Cameron (Pa.) read state
ment as to his position and views on
the repeal bill, the essential feature of
which was that the free coinage of
American product of silver was essen
tial to our prosperity.
Senator Morgan (Ala.) then ad-
dressed the senate. The situation in
the senate seemed to him very la.
mentable one and which he could
speak of only with pain and which he
could contemplate only with serious
apprehensions for the future of the
country.
Senator Morgan said the passage of
the bill would be irrevocable surrender
to the demands of the most insolent
and overbearing corporations. He
then read slowly and with great en-
phasis these sentences from Senator
Gorman's speech of Saturday: "We
were compelled to take the terms
offered by the senator from Ohio. He
held the key of the situation" II
thank Almighty God" Senator
Morgan said impressively, 1.-THE senator
from Ohio never had the power to die
tate terms to me as a Democrat. He
may have dictated them to the presi-
dent, to the committee, to the minor
ity of the Democrats of this side, but
he cannot dictate to me-" After quot
ing from Senator Gorman's speech,
Senator Morgan read the sentence as
to Senator Sherman laying down con-
ditions. He laying down conditions
to Democracy said Senator Morgan,
contemptuously, what is the Demo-
cratic party worth to itself or to the
country or posterity when the senator
from Ohio has the key to the situation
and can lay down rules to it? What is
your majority here worth, addressing
Democratic senators) thus trifled with,
thus deceived, thus overrun and finally
handed over to the tender mercies of
the senator from Ohlo2" Senator Nor
gan said he signed the proposed COM
promise in order to have peace and
fraternity in the Democratic party.
Commit suicide" said Senator Nor
gan with much bitterness, because
you cannot get chance to live on fair
and even terms with your friends and
neighbors." Senator Morgan continu.
ing said: "If the presidential policy
was to be worked through gag held
in hand through veto power such an
assumed power would soon SO exceed
the grants of tie constitution the
people would break off from such rule.
If he had told the people of Ala
bama that the first efforts of
Cleveland if elected president would
be to put silver in a position from
which there was no possibility of ex-
trication, that it was to oie in the SEN
ate in the hands of it's friends, or in
the house by his command, that state
at least would never have to cast it's
vote for him. Senator Morgan con-
cluded at $40 p. IN. He left the sub
iect, he said, with full knowledge that
the die was cast. The senate, house
and president had determined the
pending measure should prevail and
there was nothing now to look to as
far as he could see but some vague
promises made in the senate, which
were entirely incapable of being real =
lied.
Senator Vest followed Senator Nor
gan. He expressed sympathy with the
people of silver states and said no czar
or kaiser would desolate an insurrec-
tionary province as congress was about
to desolate the silver states of the
West.
Senator CockreIl argued that at the
last election the tariff question and
not the financial question had been
pressed to the front, and the Demo-
cratic party secured victory. Leading
Democrats had expected If there was
an extra session it would be called to
reform the tariff, but now the election
was over, the tariff was lost sight OF
and the senior senator from New York
(HilD was beheld putting himself to
the front on the silver question. The
lion at one end of the avenue and the
tiger at the other, facing Hill, were
coming together in fond embrace.
Senator Cockrell reviewed the history
Of the repeal bill in both bouse and
senate. He then referred to the pro-
posed compromise. and said that after
some consideration it was developed
that the Democrats could harmonize
/ and agree upon a measure which a
Democratic president and Demo
cratic secretary of the treasury could
approve without one single
sacrifice of their pTin-
ciples or policies. Just as
victory perched on the Democratic
banner the distinguished senator from
Ohio was found entrenched in their
front. ''Our party has practically
united" said Senator Cockrell, land
we thought it would be harmony, but
it was then the incandescent light
non. .partisanship. OF Republican Mug
wump- Democratic coalition was cast
across the pathway and the Demo
cratic administration was revealed in
all its non-partisan perfection with iti
unconditional repeal banner still iI
the hands equally of Republicans
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