The morning call., 1893-10-31
NO MORE SILVER.
Repeal Has Passed the
Senate.
THE TRIUMPH OF GROVER.
Last Despairing Effort of the
White Metal Men.
BEATEN ONLY BY ELEVEN VOTES.
1t Has Been Proven That the Admin
istration Is Supreme in the
Democratic Party.

:
by vote of 43 to so. the Senate, after one
of the most remarkable parliamentary bat
ties of the generation, PASSED the bill un-
conditionally repeating the purchase clause
of the Sherman silver law. The end was
reached at the conclusion of a continuous
session of fourteen days. after sixty-one
days of debate. Curing which five volumes
of the Congressional Record have been
filled with speeches amounting in the ag-
gregate to about 20,00O.O00 words.
This has been, in fact, great field
day in the Senate. No more interest
has been manifested at any stage of the
long struggle than was shown to-day when
the question at issue was practically decided
and the vietors were simply awaiting the
final vote to register their triumph.
Before IL o'clock the galleries were black
with people. and number of foreign rep
resentatives looked down from the diplo-
matte gallery. The scene on the floor was
impressive. Nearly every seat was occu-
pied, while about 100 representatives from
the Lower House were ranged against the
wall. The impressive stiffness was broken
only by the rise and fall of the voices of
the speakers as they delivered their final
notes of triumph or of warning. The
Senate and the galleries were awe
stricken. Every one seemed TO feel deeply
that the result Of this great parliamentary
struggle was fraught with mGment0us i'm
portance TO the country and that the policy
about to be inaugurated was for veal or
woe to 10000, 600 people.
Voorhees, announced on Saturday that
he would call for final vote on the repeal
bill at 2 P. NJ. to-day. but as it was known
that the bill was still open to amendment
this morning there was much speculation
as to what proposition might be launched
at the last moment by the silver men, who
had Dothing to lose and everything to gain
by sudden onslaughts on the repeal forces.
The rollcall showed the presence of
fifty-two members when the consideration
of the repeal bill was resumed. Hunton
D.) of Virginia said be would vote for un-
conditional repea, and then be ready to
join his friends in fight for silver.
Cameron Republicanl of Pennsylvania
said that Dei Their side had made a sug-
gestion which in his opinion was broad
enough, therefore he had studously
ments offered. There could be but one solu-
silver product was essential to our pros
perlty. The Senate could not with self
respect pass such a measure as this. 1t
was argued in support of this bill that re-
peal would force Europe to join US in the
agreement for the use of silver-that was,
that cutting of the American market for
silver would throw 50,000O0O ounces per
year on the European market, in the hope
of breaking down the market price. With
a deficit of several million per month in
the treasury we would do well if we could
keep fifty millions of gold in the treasury.
We were wasting our silver, our gold, our
credit. He would like to have this bill re-
ferred TO select committee with instruc-
tions to report on further measures 10
safely carry in to effect the legislation pr o.
posed some time ago by Morgan of Ala
bama.
Morgan 3D. of Alabama then addressed
the Senate. The situation in the Senate
seemed to him very lamentable one, on
which he could speak only with pain and
which he could contemplate only with
serious appre tensions for the future well
fare of the country. Morgan said the
passage Of the bill would be irrevocab BILE
surrender to the demands of most insolent
and overbearing corporations.
He then read slowly and with great
emphasis these sentences from Gorman's
speech OF Saturday: "We were compelled
to take the terms offered by the Senator
from Ohio. He held the key of the situa-
tion. You have dictated terms to u.s."
81 thank Almighty Cod" said Morgan
impressively, 'that the Senator from Ohio
has never had the power to dictate terms
to me as Democrat. He may have die
tated them to the President. to a commit
tee, to a minority of the Democrats on this
side, but he cannot dictate to ne."
Again quoting from Germans speech
Morgan read the sentence as to Sherman
laying down conditions. HE is laying
down conditions to the Democracy" said
Morgan contemptuousIy. "What is the
Democratic party worth to itself or to the
country or TO posterity when tho Senator
from Ohio has the key to the situation and
can lay down conditions to it? What is
your majority Eere worth addressing the
Democratic, Senators) thus trified with.
thus deceived, thus overrun and finally
handed over to the tender merces of the
Senator from Ohio" Morgan said he
had signed the proposed compromise and
had done so iD order TO have peace and
fraternity in the Democratic party. "And
now you are to commit suicide" said Nor
gan with much bitterness, because you
cannot get chance to live on fair and
even terms with your friends and neigh
bors."
Morgan concluded his written remarks
at 40. He left the subject, he said, with
the knowledge that the die was cast. The
Senate, the House and the President had
determined that the pending measures
should prevail. There was nothing now
to look to, so far as he could see, but some
vague promises made in the Senate which
were entirely incapable of being realized.
Vest followed Morgan. He expressed
sympathy with the people of the silver
States. and said that no Car or Kaiser
you'd desolate an insurrectiopary province
as Congress was about to desolate the sill
yer States Of the West.
Cockrell Cd of Missouri said that at the
last election the tariff question and not the
financial question had hean praeced m tha