The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-13
End Of the Continuous Session Of
The Senate.
VOORHEES, HAD TO BACK DOWN.
At lao This M orning He Moved an Ad-
journment, and it Was Carried with
out Opposition = sixteen Senators
Could Not Be Found.

was no thursdays meeting or the senate.
Yesterdays proceedings will appear as a
o~ontinuance of Wednesdays s~ession.
Practically and from a business point OF
view. however, 1t was one of the most i'm.
portant and pregnant sessions that have
been held since Aug. z last. 1t began
when the press dispatches closed at about
3 o'clock in the morning. The Populist
senator from Nebraska, Mr.. Allen, was
then about two-thirds through his speech
against the repeal bill, and he finished II,
with intermittent rollcalls, ut 8 a. M, hav-
Ing then occupied the floor for IA "a hours.
After he had retired from the scene an
amusing little interlude took place, turn
Ing around the parliamentary puzzle of
how TO make u senator vote in spite of
himself.
Mr.. Dubois Rep.. Idaho) played the
principal part, and although the senate
voted not To excuse him for Withholding
his vote, he withheld IL all the same, the
only penalty imposed on him being the
official entry Of his recalcitrancy on the
journal Of the senate.
Two other little episodes were played.
One was the presentation by Mr.. Stewart
(Rep., New of a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
letter sent to him from Baltimore, and the
other was a notice by Mr.. Voorhees, Dem,
Ind that IL half-hourly r~ollcalls were
kept up for the purpose Of forcing the
continuous attendance Of repeal senator's,
he would resort to some means to compel
the attendance Of ''the notabilities" on
the other side.
A Defeat For siiverites.
The curtain fell about 10 a. m. upon the
0rst act of the main drama. One of the two
pending amendments to the repeal bill
was laid on the table by a vote Of 33 to II,
and thus Mr.. PETERS free coinage amend
ment was eliminated from the question,
AZ least temporarily. This left only one
amendment pending to the house bill,
being the one reported from the finance
committee, and which, in addition to the
repeal section, makes a direction
that it is the policy of the United
States to continue the use of both
gold and silver as standard
money and to coin both gold and silver
into money of usual intrinsic and ex-
changeable value-such equality to be Sc
cured through international agreement,
or by legislation. There are about a dozen
other impending amendments Of which
notice has been given, but only one of
tuth Cdn NC OltTtu anu ptuuilk ~ tn6
same time, as it will be an amendment in
the second degree. All of them, however,
may be offered, each in it's turn, until a
iinal vote is reached on the bill, IL it ever
be reached.
The debate on the bill was continued by
the Democratic senator from Kansas, Mr..
Martin. He began his speech against the
bill at $40, and about 2 o'clock he apollo
gized for having allowed himself to be di-
verted from the main current Of his argu-
ment and promised to devote himself to
the subject in an orderly manner for the
next 10 hours.
The threat contained in the promise
turned out, however, to be an empty one,
for at 4 o'clock Mr.. Martin yielded to ia
tigue n left the floor, SO that he could
seek another opportunity of addressing
the senate.
After Mr.. Martin the floor was taken by
Mr.. Teller (Rep., Colo.), who continued a
speech against the bill which he began
last week.
Stewards Chatter.
About s o'clock last evening the situa-
ton in the senate took on a new aspect
and at that hour it appeared that the sill
yer men had assumed the aggressive, even
to the extent of compelling the presence
of their enemies. The visible signs Of
WEAKNESS on the countenances of the SEN
ators were increasing with the passage of
each hour, and every time the sharp double
ring of the electric bells called for a
quorum they rose from their lounges and
came into the chamber reluctantly. MI.
Sherman went home after dark, declaring
that be would not do more than 10 hours
Of such work continuously.
At $50 Senator Stewart got the floor,
nd, intoxicated with the exuberance of
his own verbosity, and stimulated by the
sight of the tremendous audience in the
galleries, be calmly replied, when appealed
to to yield for a motion to take a recess,
that he proposed to talk until Sunday
morning without intermission. Hope was
entertained In some quarters, however,
that Mr.. Stewart could be induced to de-
sist before midnight.
About Q o'clock Secretary Carlisle again
made his app earance at the Capitol and
was soon closeted in a committee room
with several repeal senators.
At 10:45, when Mr.. Stewards voice was
showing evident signs Of weakness, MI.
Colt made the usual reference TO the alb
sence of a quorum, and Mr.. voorhees,, after
the r~oll.call had disclosed only 80 enators
present, asked that the names of the alb
seutees should be recorded.
The names excluding the senator's ex-
cused) thus blacklisted were as follows:
Messrs. Aldrich, Allen, Blackburn, Butler,
Call, Cameron, Carey, Chandler. Cockrell.
Coke. Daniel. Dubois, George, Gibson,
Hansbrougb, Irby, Jones. Kyle, Martin,
Mills, PETER, Perkins, Rettigrew, Power,
Pugh, Ransom. Roach, Sherman, Shoup,
Teller, Vest, White and Wolcott.
IL was nearly 1880 before Messrs. Pal
mer. Brice and Villas and Berry were
found to complete the quorum, and Mr..
Stewart, much refreshed by several cups Of
bouillop, resumed his talk.
Shortly before I o'clock Mr.. Gallinger Of
New Hampshire asked the senator from
Indiana (Mr. voorhees) whether he ex-
pected the senate to emain in session