Evening star., 1893-10-09

hundred and eighteen millions OF silver
currency, five hundred and forty-one mil
lions of which was legal tender and not
one dollar OF that would lose its legal ten
hfn her monetary mon & value; on the contrary. the
than any measure which could be brough.
which bought silver as corn wheat oats
and rye. The bill did not touch the mon
etary value OF silver. 1t merely said that
the government does not want to buy any
more silver bullion. Mr.. Voorhees, defend
ed his position on the silver question from
criticisms upon his Inconsistency made
some time ago by the Senator from Ten
nessee, Mr.. Harris. and asserted that he
would rather be inconsistent with his whole
polucai lie than be inconsistent with his
Mr.. Harris inquired whether the passage
OF the House bill or of the finance COM
mittee substitute would not remove the
last statutory recognition OF silver
money metal 1t would leave the silver al
ready coined untouched and unimpaired but
would IL not effectually destroy any hope
OF the future coinage OF silver
Mr.. voorhees, repeated his declaration that
the passage of the repeal bill would not
demonetize a dollar OF silver As to silver
bullion. II was raw material, and the term
"demonetization'' could not be applied TO IL.
MI Harrts-"If you pass the pending bill
can you utilize silver in any way to Increase
the volume in the country"
Mr.. Butler IS. C.)-"In other words does
1t not absolutely stop the coinage of silver
Mr.. Noorhees-"The Senator from South
Carolina does know, because he ought TO
know, that there is a coinage power left
in the Sherman law after the purchasing
clause is repealed"
Mr.. Morgan CAla.) rose to put another
question to Mr.. Voorhees,. but the other de-
clined to yield for the purpose and went on
with his speech. In answer to another
question by Mr.. Harris, Mr.. VOORHEES, said
that there was enough silver bullion ON
hand to occupy the next seven or eight
years. and that the power to coin that sill
yer was In the Sherman act and would re-
main in IL after the repeal of the purchss-
ing clause He defended the declaratory sec
ton of the substitute. and cited the Magma
Charta and the Declaration Of Independence
as illustrations of the value and importance
OF such declarations OF policy.
THE HOUSE.
There was no increase I'm the attendance
in the House this morning. and II tomorrow
is not more promising there will be little
chance of a quorum being secured.
Mr.. Dockery (Mo.). from the Joint COM
mittee appointed to Investigate the execu-
tive departments, submitted a partial re-
port. 1t was ordered printed.
Mr.. Aldrich Qll.) opposed the federal elec-
tion bill. which was then taken up. He did
not know how the federal laws had fultIied
the hopes Of their friends in the south. but
they had acted beneficially. and Congress
would be justified in leaving them upon the
statute books. He denied most vigorously
that tie supervisors and deputy marshais
appointed in Chicago had been drawn from
the alleys and slums of that great city.
Mr.. Dolliver of Iowa then spoke in op-
position to the repeal of the election laws.
that in his remarks he would not attempt
to appeal to party prejudice. He would
take the higher ground of patriotism. When
he announced that ne would vote for the
nQndinD Yan nCi irrv
his former records I'm support OF the purity
of the ballot When he said that the laws
ought to be repealed he did so from a firm
country I'm the wrong direction. The end
could only be anarchy and the destruction
of the republic.
Confederacy's Ghost.
Mr.. Boutelle of Maine in his customary
vigorous style opposed the bill. The issue
Joined here was not an issue as to the meth
DDS OF conducting the election. This was
not a trial of John L. Davenport and the
United States supervisors and marshals
Nearly every speech made upon the demo-
cratic side had clearly demonstrated that
there was but one issue presented-the fun
damenta question to the existence of
the government of the United States He
had been amazed at the freedom with which
forth the dogma of states rights State
ments had been made which gentlemen
would not have dared give utterance 70
a few years ago.
A stranger IN the gallery might hay,
thought that he saw shiveriny ghost o,
the confederacy shooting up and down IN,
aises. and in and out of the doors
He was not of that number. A long
study of the origin. history and public scr
vices of the existing democratic party ha5
him that there was only one sub
lect which could unite the party or cali |
forth its enthusiasm. and that was some
project that sought to undermine the free
icm and fairness of elections. These cleo
ton laws were the last remaining evidcace