The Helena independent., 1893-09-07
NO SESSION BEFORE NOON
Voorhees, Gives Up His Project to
Have the Senate Meet at
Eleven.
A Vote That Is Interpreted as q
Temporary Victory for
Repealers.
Stewart Continues His speech, Assisted by
Two Senators and the Heading Cierk--
More Of 1t.

WARRINGTON. Sept. 6.-In the senate Cul-
lom introduced . bill to repeal all acts for
the creation and maintonanoe Of . sinking
f'nd. 1t waa referred. A resolution WAS
repo ted from the committee on privileges
an elections, granting g. 900 each to John
Il. Allen.s Of Washington, Lee Mantle. OF
Montana. and A. @. Beokwith. OF Wyom-
ing, for time and expenses in proascuting
their claims to seats in the senate. Re-
ferred to the COMMITTEES on oentings mt OK
penses.
The vice-pr esident laid before tho sennAe
the resolution of Voorhees, changing the
hour Of meeting Of the senate to II O'Clock.
voorhees, said: After full and careful con.
su!tation with friends on thi, side of the
chumber of the bill to repeal The purchas-
ing CLAUSE Of the Sherman act. aud In
whose judgment have been accustomed
to contids and whose wishes l cannot dis
regard. I will ask that the resolution 90
over or the present. believing II We OCCUPY
the time Of the senate carefully and con-
scientiously, We can mako a. much speed
perhaps. az by Its adoption. uEtil at least
later day." The resolution was Ahsrsfors
laid over.
Whom the resolution Of Morgan, of Ala
bama. providing for joint select commit
tee of finance was laid before the senate.
Woo hees gave notice he would ask and II
necessary move that IL be referred to the
finance committee. A sharp debate 90
Cured between voorhees, and Morgan a. 70
the right Of the latter TO occupy the floor.
Morgan asked II the rules had boon changed
during bis absence. and whom informed BY
the chair that they had not said he WAS in
order and proceeded to address the senate
III support of his resolution. At its oon-
Q usion the senate. thirty-seven to twenty
one. agreed TO the motion by Voorhees, that
Moroan's reSolution go to the calendar. and
the senate proceeded to the discussion of
the repeal bill. This is interpreted as q
temporary victory for the rereal men.
The opuonents Of repeal wanted IL to Ap-
pear that the repeal bill came before the
senate by virtue of becoming regular order
IL was now 2:O5 and by no reason of tho
vote. and Teller made the remark that the
repeal bill was before the senate not by the
vote because IL was now the regular order.
The vice president said that in the opinion
of the chair the repeal bill was befo . she
senate both by virtue of the vote hrst
| rived.
Stewart took the hoor and continued bis
speech begun yesterday. He yielded to
Teller who suggested the absence of a
quorum. Whom the presence of quorum
developed. Teller temporarily took the
floor. He intended, he declared. while de-
bate continued. to see that quorum was
present, even though II might inoonvsn-
| ieDee ssnrtors-especially II tho senators
| who did not believe in repeal were to bo in
| oonvsnienced and denied the usual cour-
tssies of this hitherto courteous body.
Teller WAS listened to with the closest at
tenton but the declaration drew no reply
| from the repeal forces.
| Stewart resumed the floor. He read
newspaper articles and authorities on mat
| ters of finance and when his voice slightly
failed him, Allen. of Nebraska, Mitchell,
Of Oregon, and the reading clerk were
called to his assistance. Voorhees, inquired
whether Stewart expected TO conclude this
evening and upon being informed by tho
senator from Nevada that he preferrsd to
continue in the morning Voorhees, moved
an executive session. After short exsou-
tive session the senate adjourned.