New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-20
the least with the policy OF the Senator from In

the least with the policy OF the Senator from In
Mr.. Platt dsep comm. as Il responding to Mr..
Hoas took out Of ho assK TO an he rs
was that whenever bin Or resolution is pending
siding officer shall on the written request Of ma.
tory Of Senators fix day and h9ur hai, notify
The time is not 70 be more than I'VE days after
the submission Of the request cer bs nay b
vote 50 ssa be sea taken KY Without eI and
that time Is to be no more tnan TWO uays ai'cr the
time when general debate Is to cease
Mr. TELLER TAKES HAND
Mr.. Teller Rep.. COLI took hand'in the dis
cussion The Senator from Indiana. he said. did
not claim that there had been any unnecessary de-
lay I'm the discussion. And there was not III the
Senator had consulted him he would give MIN n list
Of no less than fifteen Senator's who expected to
speak the bill. and thirteen OF them at least,
had not opened their mouths on the subject But
the Senator "anticipnted' that the opposition IN
tended to create unnecessary delay pd re oesa
that vote might be taken in ten days, without
knowing what might be he CONVENIENCE OF Sena
from Indiana could not speak Of the pending bin
ss an wa sas that the
question is the greatest that mas come before the
e es It an trivial s matte It was matter y adj
mission all around) OF more than even N s hd
the people Of the United states primarily I1s X, and
secondary all the R eORe OF sne with the
traditions Of Senate force vote without
proper and without sheF yews? having
The Senator spoke of lengthenng the daily y ses
Of the bin would have to be present as well as its
opponents The Senator from Indiana might take
son su Wos not be frightened by the assertion
the senator from Indiana that public opinion on DE ho
frightened by his declaration that the great news
Of the sSy ad as he
added that the aggregated capital OF the , great
dsned in 't he most Emphatic that
there had been any expression Of Pubic pP.n as
ser favor On of the the Gefea Of the b
frankly Whether he was not satisfied that major;
ity in the Senate in favor of the unconditional
'e Mr Teller ere replied that Mr. Hill had right to
ask such question TN Tee q For ne hundred
years. he added had been the rule in the Senate ate
snas was ready e vo tha and It
s sana'e that f' Ultimately brought before
exp %s e opinion that mere would be
tunity for getting day fixed to close debate: Wnen
custom of the Senate. the vote would be taken. 1t
could not be taken an horr sooner soon that the camor
for an immediate vote had come from the metro
potan newspapers even before the bill had been been
first; discuss aftcrward."
Mr.. MILLS SPEAKS FOR REPEAL.
Mr. Mills Of Texas, said that Congress had been
convened in extraordinary session in order to con-
slider an extraordinary condition of affairs. The
Sherman law unwise law. and as such
should be repealed. II 1t was unwise, It's repeal
must result in the restoration of confidence, in
revival Of business. and II Congress accomplished
this 1t would have discharged its highest patriotic
duty. In the message of the Executive the Pres-
Sherman BILL and asked Congress to see to II mat
the established policy of the Government OF the
the circulating medium of both gold and silver
Tive e ssd Of SILVER 6ad the
Treasury. while In the same time sl5ZOooVW OF goiu
Then the President had said that in the present
condition of affairs the two metals must part com,
and discarded metal. 1t had been said in this de
bate that we according to the Presideno stood face
siandard VII" That Statement was not accurate The
President had not made the issue The facts mao
termne between bmetasm on the one side and
single silver standard on the other The president
cratic platform The President stood squarely with
both feet the platform Of the party y, that bed
which his party had made the people: the h men men
who who were oft e he
in the country for the repeal Of the Sherman law
II He 20 then proceeded 70 argue that bimetallism
could not exist when the intrinsic value and money
value was not precisely the same If It was not
the same how could 1t he made the same except
by international agreement?
and he would vote against every amendment to
IL that human ingenuity could suggest. lie COULD
not conceive OF any amendment that could be
offered that would not mpeach the integrity Of
the President, and he would vote against every one.
He intended to stand by his convictions Of duty.
He would stand by this measure
Mr. Stewart, of Nevada. then took the floor.
In the course OF his remarks. Mr. Stewart pro-
tested against any closure proposition. II the
silver men went down, they would go down pro-
testing II the Senate wished TO do this wrong. it
could do it; and If the people were so far ruined
that they not able to rise In their might
and overthrow their oppressors, they at fault
1t was the duty OF Senators to let the people know
that here in this body place I'm the United
States that question could be discussed without
gag law.
MIR Stewart at $40 yielded 10 a motion for an
executive session When the doors were reopened
the Senate, at 5:25. adjourned.