Evening star., 1893-10-30
SOME EXPLANATIONS.
Silver Senators Desire to State
Again Their Position.
SENATOR MORGANS BITTER REMARKS.
These Speeches Will Postpone the
Time of Voting
A BOUT TWO HOU r S

The galleries were crowded this morning
when the Senate met and roll call show
ed the presence of fifty-two Senators.
AS soon as the Vice President entered the
chamber, at II am, he announced that the
Senate resumed its session, and that House
bill No. (the silver purchase repeal bilD
was now before the Senate.
The House bill relative to the printing Of
bills and resolutions in lieu Of engrossing
them was reported back from the commit
tee on printing and placed on the calendar.
Mr.. Hunton Va) explained briefly the
| situation which he had occupied. and still
| occupied on the repeal bill He subscribed
in good faith to the Chicago platform. which
demanded the repeal Of the Sherman law.
He should vote for its repeal. But he
stood ready to join his silver friends in a
| fight for silver. and should strive earnestly
and manfully for victory.
Mr. CamerOn's Statement.
Mr.. Cameron Pa) read a statement az
to his position and views on the repeal bill.
Mr.. MOrgan's Opinions.
Senate. He said that he had come to the
|
his physician, for the purpose Of express
ing. in the final stages Of the bill. some
opinions which he had formed about 1t.
The situation by which the Senate was
confronted today seemed to be q very
lamentab!e one-one of which he could
speak only with pain. and could contem-
plate only with serious apprehensions for
the future welfare Of the country. He
did not claim higher patriotism or greater
wisdom or greater experience than the
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his convictions on the subject, particularly
as to what was best and wisest and safest
| to be done for the constituency which he
represented; % and he desired to give expires,
! that he would not be considered as trying
to procrastinate even for a moment, the
finai calamity about to fall on the country
through the passage OF the bill The coun-
try was prepared for almost anything 1t
had been worried and provoked and dis
couraged, and depressed, and kicked and
cuffed about by the monetary power in
such way as that. at last, 1t found that
Its most material domestic interests were
hanging by a string which was controlled
entirely by those who inhabit the high
pending bill would be an irrevocable sur
render to the demands of those corrupt, in
solent overbearing corporations.
| What Mr. GOrman's Speech Proved.
Mr.. Morgan quoted from Mr.. Gorman's
speech Of Saturday last, and summed 1t up
by saying that 1t proved, first, that the
bill was not what was demanded by the
Chicago platform; second. that 1t was the
fruit Of a coalition dictated by the Senator
from Ohio-so that 1t was. in fact, a third
| Sherman BILL third. that the consideration
Of the bill was delayed by its friends and
not by its enemies: and fourth, that the re-
publicans Of the Senate broke Up the COM
promise to which all the democrats, except
five, had agreed. He bowed his thanks TO
the Senator from Maryland for his manli-
ness In setting before the world the exact
situation Of the Senate on this vital Ques-
| ton. He read slowly and with deep empha-
sis these two sentences from Mr.. Germans
| speech:
| Can't Dictate to Him.
| I'VE were compelled to take the terms
offered by the Senator from Ohio CMr Sher-
mar). He held the key Of the situation.
You have dictated the terms to u.s." II do
thank Almighty God"-Mr. Morgan ex-
claimed fervently-'1n my place in the Sen
ate today, as a democrat, that the Senator
| from Ohio has never had the power to die
tate terms to me. He may dictate them to
| the President. to the finance committee, to
the minority Of the democrats on this floor.
| He cannot dictate them to me-"
| Referring to Mr.. Germans statement that
the delay was the work Of the friends of
the bill, Mr.. Morgan thanked God for that
| too.
| We stand here today. he said. vindicated
| before the American people, we men who
| have been badgered. put upon, imposed
upon in the most outrageous and scanda-
lous manner on this floor and elsewhere
because when the friends Of the bill found
1 that they had a majority they could not
get us instantly to shut our mouths and
to come up and vote for our own execu-
ton.
| Attention Paid to Mr.. Sherman.
Addressing himself to Mr. Sherman Mr.
Morgan said that no blessing could fall
upon him which would be SO delightful to
him as the consummation of his well-ar-
ranged plan to put the President a second
time in controversy with his friends. Polit-
| ical manipulation for the sake Of party sue
| cess had become in the United States the
substitute for every honorable and elc-
waited sentiment of craftsmanship 1t SEEM
| ed to him that all questions were tested to-
day by the estimate of what effect they
would have on the party
Mr.. Morgan. referring to the abortive
| democratic compromise, said that he had
| signed that paper. but he had done so I'm
order to have peace and fraternity in the
democratic party. Why that compromise
had been broken up by the refusal Of the
Senator from Ohio (Mr. Sherman) to ac-
| cept 1t; whether that Senator did not
accord with the democratic views of policy
or whether he had been commissioned ly
somebody to dictate to the democratic par
ty, was matter which had now passed out
| of existence.
| d
1873 up to the present time, Mr.. Morgan
| said that 1t was sight to inspire mirth
among the dead tenants Of the catacombs
to see two presidential aspirants (Cleve-
land and Harrison) trying each to get the
vote power so that they might WELD II for
| the destruction Of silver money and lead-
ing opposing and bellgerent forces in
joint campaign against silver.
| Mr.. Morgan Continues.
| The hour Of o'clock. which had been
fixed upon by the leaders of both sides as
| the time for taking the vote on the repeal
bill, found Senator Morgan Just beginning
a new speech, which, he announced would
be history Of silver from the first refer
ences to 1t in the Bible down to the pres
ent. AS he picked up the manuscript and
made this announcement there was a gem
| eral movement in the chamber towards the
| doors. Few Of the spectators left the GAL
lery, however for seats and even standing
| room were precious. Lines began to form
in front of the doors leading into the ladies'
gallery and by half-past two there had COL
lected the largest crowd that has visited the
Senate during the daytime for many years.
| Senator Vests Amendment
| At a quarter before o'clock Senator
! Morgan concluded his speech and Senator
Vest presented his amendment and took
| the floor to speak upon it. He said that
| he would not press his amendment but
merely wanted to explain his purpose
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