The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-10


WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-The attendance
| OF Senators this morning was very much
larger than it has been for several
weeks so there is no excuse for sug-
gestion of absence of quorum
Harris sent to the clerks desk the
resolutions adopted at joint meeting
of the Memphis cotton exchange and
merchants exchange.
With great respect to those exchanges
he trusted that they would pardon him
for saying that ne had the vanity to be-
lieve that he knew his duty to his con.
stituents as we'll as and even better
than they did. The resolution pre-
sented last Saturday by Wolcott (Colo.),
instructing the finance com mittee to re-
port bill to carry the bimetallic part
OF the Voorhees, substitute, was taken
up and Wolcott addressed the Senate in
advocacy OF it.
Voorhees, followed him and denied
that the pending bill demontized silver.
The sta tement that it would might be
repeated hundred thousand times,
and still it would not be true The bill
did not touch the monetary value of
silver. 1t merely said that the Govern
ment did not want to buy any more sill
| yer bullion.
In reply to question from Harris,
Voorhees, repeated his assertion that the
passage OF tho repeal bill would not
| demonetize dollar OF silver. AS TO
silver bullion, it was a raw material and
the term decentralization" could not be
applied to it.
| The Wolcott resolution was then
| placed on the calendar, and the silver
purchase repeal bill taken up. Cock
rell began the debate. but yielded the
Goor without having finished his speech.
The Senate, at 1855 p. M, after short
executive session, adjourned until to-
morrow at IL q. IN.
IN THE HOUSE.
There was no increase in the attend
ance in the House this morning. If at
fairs are not more promising there will
be little chance OF quorum being Sc
cured.
Aldrich, (Rep., .Ills.,) opposed the
Federal election bill, which was first
taken up. He said that the real move
meut against the law began by open
conspiracy to nullifY the amend ments of
the constitution and to leave helpless
and despised, but royal race, with no
rights as citizens and few, il we might
believe the recent reports from Roanoke,
from birmingham and from New
Orleans, as human beings.
Coombs, OF New York. advocated the
repeal bill Boutelle (Me.) in his Gus
tomary vigorous style opposed the BILL
and tnen went on to criticise the
Democratic party for putting ex COM
federates in charge of the important
offices Of the Government in the
executive, judicial and the legislative
| branches.
Marshall(va )said that the gentleman
from Maine could not make speech
without waving the bloody shirt and
being stirred UP by the hobgoblin of
the dead Confederacy. He would not
endeavor to reply to such. He merely
wished TO say that he would vote for
the repeal OF the Federal election laws
| because he believed them to be useless
and inexpedient.
Stallings dem, Ala J also denounced
the laws, Lockwood (Dem.. n. W
favored repeal, and Payne rep, n. W
opposed repeal. Fitch (Dem., NJ w
made a savage attack on John |. Daven-
port.
The house at $40 adjourned until l9
o'clock tomorrow. A Democratic eau
Gus was announced for o'clock this
evening
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
The House Democratic caucus TO-
night, after q session Of two hours,
unanimously adopted the following res.
olution:
Resolved That 1t is tho sense OF the
caucus that the pending bill (the Tucker
bilD should be passed by the House of
Representatives on tomorrow and that
the Democrats should present an un-
broken column in its support.
REPUBLICANS TO SHOW OPPOSITION.
The Republicans OF tho House will
not aid in making quorum upon tho
question Of tho final passage OF the bill
to repeal the Federal election laws and
some doubt was expressed to-day that
quorum Of Democrats and Populists
who are in favor of it's passage would
be on hand to- morrow.
Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms Hill, tho
Democratic whip, said this afternoon
that there would be fully $50 Democrats
present and voting to ,shorrow for the
Tucker bill.
Representative Tucker, in charge
OF the bill, was also confident that the
majority Of the House could be relied
upon to furnish enough votes tomorrow
to pass the bill. The voting on the bill
and amendments will begin at 1 o'clock.
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