The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-08-09

hands by increasing the length Of the
working day, and thus decreasing the num-
Der of DAYS that must elapse before the
adoption of the legislation which the Pres
ident recommended. If the Senate were to
take a vote on August %. as proposed by
Lodge, and which he thought two-thirds
of the Republican Senators would favor,
10 o'clock would pe batter hour to meet
than II. but he was willing to let it stand
at IL. He did not propose to have vote
taken upon it now, but would move its
reference to the Committee on Finance.
He hoped the Committee Of Finance would
get together to- morrow and could report a
joint resolution repeating the purchase
clauses of the Sherman act, and the Senate
could get to work upon it on Thursday.
German resented Hale's remarks as be-
ing made to gain partisan advantage. 1t
was small politics" that had suggested
the resolution. The Senate dare not, as
the Senator from Maine knew, dispose Of
such question in haste. Senators on
both sides were divided in opinion as to
the proper remedy to be applied. He
trusted that all Senators would arise above
mere partisanshiD and would settle the
question to the interes. of the country,
and he hoped that nothing would be done
on the Republican side of the chamber to
excite party feeling on the Democratic
side.
VOORHEES,, chairman Of the Finance Com
mittee. said that the committee would be
convened on the day after Tomorrow.
Several Republicans: why not to-
morrow"
Il shall issue a call Tomorrow" said
VOORHEES,, "for the committee to meet on
Thursday to take up the great question as
it must be taken up. far away from the
speeches of cheap demagogues such as we
have been listening TO. The idea Of deal
ing with the question in hop-skip-and-
jump style suggested by the Senator from
Maine is amazing in the Senate Of the
United States, particularly in the case of
Senator who is now forward to undo what
he has helped to do. The Senator from
Maine forgets that every curse of the
Sherman act comes home to rOost in that
side of the chamber, not on this. Not a
single vote on our side was given for that
miserable act. The idea Of the Senator
from Maine appealing to me to make haste
TO undo the infamy and fraud which he
himself voted to fasten on this country is
about the m ost refreshing thing that have
witnessed in thirty years of public ife."
Laughter and handclappng on the floor
and in the galleries.
Sherman said that the act which was
now sought to be reversed had been caused
by the imminent danger of the two houses
agreeing TO a bill for the free coinage of
silver. On this subject Sherman went into
some details, which have been frequently
published.
Vest said that the Senator from Ohio
had made extraordinary statements. which.
in justice to all Democratic Senators. ought
to be now considered. The Senator had
stated that the Sherman act had been en-
acled in order to prevent the passage Of a
free silver bill.
''To prevent greater evil" interrupted
Siberian. -.----.-.-.--l--a~v
us that a correct statement?" asked
Vest.
THE House," said Sherman. provided
for the monthly purchase Of S4, 100000
worth OF silver, which would now buy
$500. 900 ounces. To defeat that measure
and also to prevent the passage of the free
coinage bill as passed by the Senate this
compromise measure was agreed upon"
Teller said the discussion would not be
closed on the 22d of August. A question
Of so much Importance could not be dis
posed of properly in thirty days or in
sixty days.
The discussion here closed, Hale's reso-
luton and Lodges resolution both lying
on the table till tomorrow, when they
will be again laid before the Senate, and
the Senate adjourned.
Before adjourning, however, the creden-
tials of George c. Perkins, under appoint
ment of the Governor of California, in
place Of the late Senator Stanford, were
presented, read and the oath of office ad-
mnistered to the new Senator