The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-23


In order 90 get a vote on the bin 20 re
peal the sherman silver law iu the sem
ate 10 has been found necessary 90 pro-
propose q closure rule. The opponents Of
the bill are not willing that the
majority shall rule. They say, in effect
that they recognize the fact that there is
a majority in favor OF the repeal bill. but
they viii take advantage Of the rules Of
the Senate and flibustcr so as to prevent
the majority from expressing their will
. They have abused the courtesy Of the
/ Senate and have expressed their CON
/ tempt for public sentiment. They prefer
/ that the great commercial and industrial
! interests of the country should be ruined
| rather than that their ideas should not
| prevail
| There ought to have been q closure rule
| in the Senate long ago. 1t is an outrage
Gus condition Of affairs that the minority
can obstruct legislation for an indefinite
time. The courtesy that permits a vote to
be taken on bill after it has been dis
cussed a reasonable time no longer eX-
| lists.
A majority Of the senator's favor the
unconditional repeal of the Sherman sill
yer law. There is no doubt about that.
If a majority were against re-
peal the opponents of repeal would
have consented to vote long ago. A
great majority of the people favor uncon-
ditionaT repeal That this is true is
shown by the resolutions that have been
adopted in nearly every part
of the country and by the tone
Of the public prints. Still in
the face of this condition of affairs mi
nority of the senators persist in prevent
ing a vote on the repeal bill If there
were any way to make the obstinate mi
nority feel the full force of the indigna-
ton the people feel at their conduct 1t
would not be long before that way would
be adopted.
1t is only a week or two since banks
were breaking, mills were closing and
business houses were failing by the score,
daily. There was a panic which threat
ened financial disaster such as the coun-
try had never before experienced. A
change for the better was brought about
by the action of the House of Representa-
tives voting by an overwhelming majority
to repeal the Sherman silver law If the
Senate had acted as promptly as the
House, the country would now be in as
prosperous condition as at any previous
time in its history.
If there is much more delay in repeal
ing the Sherman silver law the confidence
that has been regained will be lost, and
the country will be again in the grip of a
panic. There are already signs of uneasi-
ness in financial circles. Business that
ought now to be moving in a vast volume
is hesitating Doubt is taking the place
of confidence and capital is looking again
toward its hiding places.
The silverites can gain nothing by de-
laying the repeal bill The keeping of the
Sherman silver law in force is of no ben
eft to them, because they say it does not
raise the price of silver to a point at
which it can be mined probably What
then do the silver senators hope to gain
by preventing the repeal of that law?
1t is question whether a majority can
be obtained for a closure rule in the Sch
ate. There are reasons why senators
who favor the repeal of the Sherman sill
yer law do not favor closure. If, how
ever, majority can be obtained for a
closure rule that rule should be adopted
without delay. The repeal of the Sher-
man silver law is all that is now needed
to bring about great prosperity.