Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-13
REPEALIS BEATEN.
Senate Minority Shows That 1t
Can Run Things.
A TEST OF ENDURANCE sHORTLIVED

"What Was 1 Begun for To Be So Soon
Done for?'-An Adjournment Forced
Because the Repealcrs Could Not
Take the Medicine They Had Prescribed
Utter Inefficiency of this Senate Rules
Demonstrated-Story of the Struggle
That Was Vain
WASHINGTON, Oct 13.-The adjournment
this morning of the senate is said upon the
authority of senator whose avenues of in
formation have heretofore been unap-
proachable to have been the result of a
conference held during the late hours of
the night, during which an amendment
proposed by Harris 10 the repeal bill was
considered as basis for a compromise.
The silver men look upon the action of the
chairman of the finance committee as a
surrender OF the field, but the repeal men
assert with equal vigor that the adjourn
ment was only made necessary by reason
of the inability to get quorum, condi-
tion Of affairs that grew out of what they
held to be the dilatory tactics of the silver
men.
WASHINGTON, , Oct. 13-"What's the news
from the senate?" is the question asked
of any one who happens to have business
that takes him to any of the executive de-
partments these times. The interest felt
in the progress of the great struggle of
endurance in the senate chamber was
manifested by repeated enquiries as to
what the prospects were of vote. When
the reply was made that all present indi-
cations pointed to the probability of the
contest continuing through another night
and day, and that as far as the silver men
We're concerned their supply of reserve
strength was inexhaustible, the surprise
expressed was not great, because the
''birds in the woods" know that the OPP
position in these cases have the easy time
comparatively, at least for the first few
days.
Allen Gets Through at Last.
1t was not until a. IN. that Allen of
Nebraska sat down in the senate, having
sloken fourteen hours and being about as
fresh as when he began. During his speech
the usual night scenes had been enacted
and the silver men had insisted on the
attendance Of a quorum, made up usually
of the repealers, Of course An attempt
to take a recess was made, emanating
from Faulkner, who proposed recess
from to 10 o'clock, but the silver men
rejected the overture. During the morn
in : a vote was taken on the PETER amend
m nj TO the pending bill, which amend
m INT Is a complete free coinage, 16 TO /
measure.
Not of Much Consequence.
There was an idea that the vote was
quite point for the repealerS, but it is of
no real consequence. Ii only showed what
has been known for weeks-that the re-
pealers have a majority. The defeat of
| Peffer's amendment only leaves room for
some other silver man to offer another
and so on infinitely. There is no end to it
and no way to end it. Amendments may
| be offered continuously in the senate.
| There is no rules committee, and no
| 'czar.'i The vote on cabling the PETER
amendment was: Ayes, 80; NAYS, 11-serv-
ling to show the sentiment of the senate.
Martin Takes Up the Speaking.
| Martin of Kansas then took the floor to
| talk against time. He wanted the Demo-
Gratis to compromise among themselves
and do something. While he was talking
Stewart read letter he had received
threatening him with dynamite bomb.
Hoar suggested that the reading of such
letters in the senate could do no good. He
had had three such letters from the west,
and so had Senator Sherman.
Martini suppose that the letters re-
| ceived by the senator from Massachusetts
were from people who had recently gone
west from Massachusetts.
1 Il. ,,,,l,
marked.
Il expect that is the fact" said Senator
Martin, and then he went on with his
speech.
| voorhees, Puts on the Screws.
Gibson was the first man to weaken, and
he was excused on account Of illness. All
the morning the silver men made point
Of having quorum present. This quo
rum was always composed of repealers,
with a few exceptions, the purpose being
evident. While the bulk of the repealers
was forced to stay awake the silver men
were comfortably snoozing and preparing
for the night. Finally Voorhees, got 'onto'
this and gave notice that for every call
that is made for a quorum of the senate
from this time ol l shall insist on the
calling of the names of the absentees, and
to compel their attendance Ii we are tC
sit here all the time subject TO call
every twenty or thirty minutes they shall
do the same, so far as it is in my power tc
secure it."
Some Remarks of Martin.
Martin said he would fight the bill tc
the last instant of recorded time He de
clared that if Cleveland had written before
his election the letter which he has recent
ly written to Governor Northen, the Dem
ocratic party would not have been in it,
and that if the Democrats had announced
themselves on the money question befor,
the election as they have done within tn,
last sixty days, Benjamin Harrison woulC
be today president of the United States by
an overwhelming majority. Martin,
speech was rather wild and woolly" il
form of expression, and he closed it at 4 p
M, and fifteen minutes later Teller tool
the floor to continue his serial begun last
week.
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