New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-31
LAST SCENES IN THE FIGHT.
nr,crIyG A VOTE ON THE VOORHEES, BILL
r,x,1. ACTION T>KEN AFTER BITTER SPEECHES
Ely SILVER SEN trOEs-woLCoTT AND CAREY
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WASHINGTON. Oct 3O-The galleries were CROWDED
this morning when the Senate me' anu 'o'""
showed the presen,c of hfty-two Senator's AS soon
-. en- ,-ica President entered the chamber, at IL
= NJ no announced that the Senate resumed It's
session, and that the Silver Purchase hepeai OH
was now before the Senate .,,
The House bill relative to the printing OF DIS
and resolutions instead of ensross!nS then. was
reported back from the committee y" i9
and placed the calendar
Mr. IIunton Dem, NaO briefly explained ."e
situation which he had occupied ana SIM occup'cu
on the Repeal bill. He subscribed IN sood i"''' ~
the CHICAGO platform. which demanded the repeai
Of the Sherman law. He should vote TOT us re-
neal But he stood ready to Join his silver friends
in a fight for silver. and should strive earnestly
and manfuly for victory.
Mr. Cameron (Rep. PENN read statement OIL
his nosltlcn and views the Repeal bill. lie pro-
tested against the want of courage Of the penoihs
Hill He had hoped in vain for a measure pro"o
enough to meet the difficulty. The Republicans mao
thrown the responsibility on the Democrats 'ie
latter obeyed impulse from without ara
added nothing of it's own. Neither side mad maze
q suggestion broad enough. He urged the Seha'e
N vote AT once: but he could not with sef-respec'
vote for such measure as that pendlhs' Inc III
huence whatever II was responsible LOT tne P''''
ont bill certainly did not command the commence
Of a majority or the senate. III tie 'Vii"'N ''''-
now in its duty there no ground Tor conii-
donce that the duty would be performed In
conclusion Mr.. Cameron said that he might ASK
the Senate to vote upon some of the propositions
contained in his bill. or at least TO reier the
bill TO a select committee
Mr. Morgan Dem, Ala) next addressed the Sfi-
ate He said that he had come TO the chamber
to-day contrary to the advice of his physician TOT
the purpose Of expressing in the final stage OF 'he
hill some opinions which he had formed ABOUT IT,
The situation by which the Senate was confronted
to-day seemed to be a lamentabe one-ohe oi
which he could speak only with pain, ana couio
contemplate only with serious apprehensions Tor
the future welfare Of the country lie trusted tha'
he would not be considered as trying TO procras
innate even for a moment. the final calamity ABOUT
TO fall on the country through the passage OF the
bill The country prepared for almost any
thing 1t had been worried and provoked ana as
couraeed and depressed and kicked and CURED
about by the monetary power In such way that
at last II found that its most material doinesuc
interests were hanging by string which was con-
troled entirely BY those who nhabit the hign
places Of the land The passage of the pending
bill would be an irrevocabe surrender to the de-
nands Of those corrupt, insoent, overbearing cor
porations
DEFEAT OF COMPROMISE DUE TO REPUBLICANS.
Mr. Morgan quoted from Mr.. Germans speech
of Saturday, and summed it up by saying that IL
proved first, that the bill was not what was de-
manded by the Chicago PLATFORM second mat II
was the fruit Of coalition dictated by the Sena-
tor from Oho-that it was, in fact. third Sher
mar bill: third. that consideration Of the bill was
delayed by its friends and not by its enemies, and
fourth that the Republicans OF the Senate broke up
the compromise, TO which all the Democrats ex-
cept FIVE had agreed He bowed his thanks to the
Senator from Maryland for his man'ness in setting
before the world the actual situation of the Sem
ate on this vital question He read slowly and
with deep emphasis these sentences from Mr.. Cor
mans speech I'VE were compelled to take the
terms offered by the Senator from Ohio tMr. Sher-
mani. He held the key OF the situation You nave
dictated the terms to u.s. Il do thank Almighty
Cod" Mr. Morgan fervently exclaimed. "in my
place in the Senate to-day that. as Democrat.
the Senator from Ohio has never had the power
10 dictate terms 10 me. He may dictate them to
the President. to the Finance Committee. to the
minority Of the Democrats on this floor. He cam
not dictate them to me- Referring TO Mr. Cor
mans statement that the delay the work Of
the friends OF the bill. Mr. Morgan thanked God
for that too. I'VE stand here to-day" he said,
'vndicated before the American people-we. who
have been badgered, put upon, Imposed upon in
the most outrageous and scandalous manner on
this floor and elsewhere. because when the friends
of the bill found that they had majority they
could not get MS instantly TO shut our mouths and
to come up and vote for our own execution"
Addressing himself to Mr.. Sherman. Mr. Morgan
said that no blessing could fall upon him which
would be delightful TO him as the contamination
of his well-arranged plan to put the President for
second time In controversy with his friends Po-
Iitical manipulation for the sake of party success
had become IN the United States the substitute for
every honorable and elevated sentiment of states
manshp. 1t seemed 10 him that all questions were
tested to-day by the estimate OF what effect they
would have on the party. Referring to the abor-
tive Democratic compromise Mr.. Morgan said
that ne had signed the paper. but he had done so
in order to have peace and fraternity In the Demo-
cratic party Why that compromise had been
broken up by the refusal OF the Senator from
Ohio Cir Sherman) to accept It, whether that Sen
ator did not accord with the Democratic views Of
policy. whether he had been commissioned by
somebody to dictate to the Democratic party, was
O matter which had now passed out OF existence.
After review OF silver legislation from 1873 to the
present time Mr. Morgan said that II was a sight
TO inspire nirth among the dead tenants Of the
catacombs to see two Presidential aspirants trying
20 get the veto power 50 that they might WELD II
for the destruction Of silver money and leading
opposing and belligerent forces in a joint CAM
paign against silver.
WITH A GAG AND A VETO.
II q Presidential policy to be worked on,
through a gas in one hand and through the veto
power held In the other. such assumed power
would soon so exceed the grants OF the Const
tuition that the people would break OF from such
n rule. They had not been told what further leg
islaton they were TO expect. Was the State bank