The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-20
VOORHEES, FIRST SKIRMISH.
NE Great Repeal Battle VIII Soon Be
on In the Senate.
CONTINUOUS SESSIONS PROPOSED.
nh. srvsritos show No Signs of Weaken
Ing and Intimate That They Ar"
Ready For tho Fray.

fIs senate ttAs ~A"4' N'''f''' ~ 'F
ave notice Of a substitute which
ne intended TO ofrer for the
tu repeating the silver purchase
act and Il was read in full. 1t provides
that the owners Of silver bullion may
deposit it at any mint to be turned into
standard silver of the present weight
and aneness for bis benefit. lie is to be
paid however. only such a number of
standard silver dollars as may equal
the commercial value OF the silver bui-
lion. The did reuce between the nomi-
nal and coined silver Of the silver bull
lon Is TO De retained by the government
as seisnorage. The coinage of silver dol
lars Is not to exceed 4.W00J0 month
and the total not 20 exceed S200,OO0,OO0.
They are 10 bc ful legal tender, and no
silver certificates are 10 Doe Issued.
a resolution 10 pay Hr. Beckwith
5000 for his time and expenses in pros
eeltlug his claim for "a scat in the Sem
ale under appointment from the Cover
rUr 0l Wyoming was taken from the
..lular and ag-eed TO- Also like res-
auuous 90 pay Mr. Mantle from Mon
lua. and 90 Mr.. Allen, Of the state
III Washington. $500 each.
Al 1880 the bin 90 repeal the silver
purchase act was taken mp; and Mr.,
voorhees, made a statement 20 the SEN
ate.
IIe said that in the discharge Of the
duties irtrlsted 20 him Dee had 20 beg the
nlu'eance of the Senate while he made
fen remarks. he thought that IL would
not be misspeut time 20 instruct the pub
c mind somewhat in reference to the
organization of the Senate, the laws which
governed it and the possibilities that
.lrrmnded it-what could and what
could not bee d0ne. I'm doine ~ he address
.I himself t0 Oh. great body OF .utelI-
GENT public opinion as Nc.l as un certain
HHar.er9 20 "a dense and opaque degree
.' ignorance. ignorance in some respects.
innocent and go othcrs malicious. ON the
900 of March. t9 the Senate Of the
nlted states had convened. or endea-
rared to convene. 0oT there We're but
.sht members present. in the city of New
York There was no quorum until the
no OF April. Shortly afterwari. system
0f rules had been reported by % committee
and adopted by the Senate. AS matter
ol curiosity. as well as of enliel enment.
he would read fhe eighth RUE, adopted
On the 10Th Of April
when q question 81 before the Senate.
no motion shall De received except Tor
mn amendment for the previous question
for postponiug the main question, or To-
adjourn" He had uo doubt chat that rule
would De "a surpri to mea inside of the
chamber as well ass fo men outside Of it
The ninth rule was ,He previous Ques-
ton having been moved and seconded,
tle ques .ion C0m else cha sh.I Doe
shall the main Qesuon now Doe nul.
etc.. etc Those two provisions had
Governed the Senate for seventeen years.
$50 Chat there had been q previous Ques-
'on in the Senate Tor sever ZEN years as
lere was now in the House of Repre-
Dt9tiVes m had been borrowed from
he old Eugiish system of closing debate.
lt had been tried fully ana entirely;
mo in lMj-Whiia Thomas Jefferson was !
resident of thc United Sttes-it had /
been deliberately abandoned, and never |
.i in the Senate 90 close debate from |
.at hour to tne present A substitute for |
was adopted iu lNi-that when a. Ques- |
.n is before the Senate no motion shall |
.. received except for amendment, for /
.s.poniug or for a motion 20 adjourn !
.. thereby dropping The previous Ques- /
on and am relation 90 it. lf there was /
nv motion bv which debate could be /
reed to conclusion in the Seuste ID
not written down in che law or
I."e TIE had been arroieno1 bs public
HilIau for not terminating debate ON
repeal bin. Tie might ae well Boz ar
.nei for not terminating the tides Of
te ocean, or the blowing OF northwest
winds. He wished to emphasize The fact
no cloture rule once prevailed I'm the
nate and had been deliberately aban-
i'ned. and hat in Abandoning 10 the SEN
'e had placed it's government on the
se of propriety. the patriotism and
.' regard for the public interest Of every |
1ator and Of the Senate itself with the
.iaihi} that no senator would bc found
abuse the patience Of the Senate or
outrage the public business or the pub
De duty
ior eiehty-scvcn wears that condition
.I THINGS had existed. From 1908 10 the
resent time the Senate had proceeded nm
if rules might he say Of selfrespect.
4 20 Wopriety not 90 speak OF senate
\, courtesy or senatorial dignity. but
y american manhood. OF sense of fair
'' me public. sense OF decencv 10
enjoying on the rights guaranteed |
I. uf ihe consrtuuon-frecdom # liber-
llin on discussion, without the |
OF freedom OF debate OF liberty of
orr he continued. when a question
/" been discussed legihmately ana fair
= ue'a,e. after that IS not an sniov-
'I ot freedom Of discus Ion. but Is
resort to obstructive measures.
eirhty-seven years ne repeated
senate had been a law sufficient
mo itself That was mighty credit
me body. IL had nevsr been found
..Ahs' either in peace or In war. So
h his Judgment the criticisms OF |
I.'in class fell. ard would fall from
senate as they fell from him. so
" as personal criticism Of himself was
'.c"nod. ne might as well embrace tbe
ut opportunity as anoth II 10 say
tney we're met with absolute and
defiance
r voorhees, then, alluding TO the re-
'.ce which Democratic senators Oin-
'Ne leadership OF Mr. Gorman) had
10 the Force hin asked |
ia l'r it was claimed that that bin
'gtn debated 10 death. II had no; {
me said. II had been amplv de-
from Che "a OF December 1S10 IN I
l or January 1891 a period Of fs- :
',f7' during thirty-one Of which A. !
II zen under discussion And what he q
n, p,eame OF that bin A vote mad O
.hNen on displacing IL by taking 40 I
u .'hinent bill; and the force Il
"a MISPLACED. unhorsed. defeated [
10 t'.,it'y vote, under the law of !
majority under the great sies,tc !,
" "lieh governs all llberty-lovlng neo-
,,t force blll had not been talked N | =
" hed been voted 10 death. That
eas,,, V,e' ne asked for the bending | :
n 49,, mere was power I'm the pres I
N Won 20 vote down the repeai ! n
49, ssfed that that power should he | =
h. go, ne Vas ready 20 embrace its a