The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-09-30
LET US BE FREE.
England Must Not Rule
America.
Mr.. MORGAN TALKS PLAINLY.
There Is Need for a New DecIa-
ration of independence.
Mr.. MORGAN TALKS PLAINLY
LIMITS TO CLEvELAND'S POWER.
The Meanest Negro in Alabama Has
as Many Rights as the Presi-
dent Himself.

l
cratic repeal Senators have practically
given up the idea that the Sherman Lax
can be repealed uncOnditionally, and have,
after numerous conferences. decided upon
a compromise which they believe will end
the long fight and secure the passage of a
bill TO relieve the present situation by the
end of next week. Senator German and
other Dem ocratic repeal Senators are
actively engaged in arranging tile terms of
the compromise. and tonight they believe
they have succeeded. The scheme involves
concessions on both sides.
There Is to be the repeal of the purchase
clause of the Sherman act, the coinage of
specified amount from 100000 to
50, 100000 of silver per month until the
total silver coinage shall reach 500, ,000, 600,
| then the coinage Of all the bullion in the
treasury and the sale of gold bonds to in
crease the gold reserve to an amount
which shall be deemed sufficient to insure
the maintenance of the gold and silver
money OF the country on parity. When
the proposition was submitted to Secretary
Carlisle last night he insisted upon the
latter provision 10 the agreement The
general understanding tonight is that the
silver Republican Senators will agree to
the compromise. and the only thing in the
way of the success of the programme now
seems to be the President.
In the Senate to-day Cameron of Penn
sylvania presented the petition from Phil
| adeiphia manufacturers asking legislation
TO retain the protective tariff and the nteg-
rity of silver as money metal, heretofore
sent in these dispatches. He said the
signers represented 100000 of capital
and yearly product of 150,OOO,0O
The rel cal bill was then taken up and
Harris (D.) of Tennessee spoke against 1t.
He declared that it practically meant a
gold standard, as thereafter silver could
only be used as fractional currency. He
favored the coinage OF American silver,
but hoped Sherman would join him in re-
| habilitating the Bland-Allison act and
| going back to that in the amount Of the
| coinage if not more.
Sherman said he believed the continued
/ purchase of silver. either under the Bland
Allison act or the act of 1890. would event
ually drive gold from circulation and silver
would be the only standard. Free coinage
would have the same result. so he favored
the abandonment of the system.
| harris then quoted from speech made
| by VOORHEES, last February. in which he
said he would have voted to take up the
Sherman bin some days prior to that but
for the fact that ''its passage would un-
doubtedly demonetiZe silver aud leave it
supported by not one word of legislation" ="
Harris, continuing, said: 81 thought it
an outrage to ask men like myself and
others to absolutely sweep from under sill
yer currency every vestige of law. That is
not what we meant at Chicago At that
time VOORHEES, said that while he would
vote for the repeal of the Sherman act it
must be in connection with something
better.
when the Senator from Indiana" Har-
ris went on, shall have passed this bill,
as probably he may, he will find himself
utterly pOwerless to enact any other law
| for the use of silver or to repeal the 10 per
cent tax ON State bank circulation to in
crease the volume of money. Most of
those who aid him now want to diminish the
volume of money. This trap in which [
| do not intend to be caught.
Morgan OF Alabama then addressed the
Senate. He began by discussion of the
probability OF securing treaty with Great
Britain on the silver question which he
| said was very remote. An international al
! agreement in respect 10 monetary matters
was impossible of execution and almost
impossible to contemplate in legal sense
10 this critical period it would not do to
| hope Tor solution Of the trouble by
bringing about such an agreement
Referring TO the repeal bill Morgan said
"Why this haste? Congress had better
undertake TO secure something within the
view OF its constitutional power. We had
better again declare our independence of
Great Britain and prepare to maintain it
than to undertake by treaty agreement,
finesse, cajolery. fattery and the like to
persuade England TO allow us to legislate
for our PEOPLE in the way a Government
ought to legislate for its people"
Allison observed that the United States
had four times attempted to secure an ill.,
ternational agreement.
YES" said Morgan. "and the Senator
is now back from the recent conference
and it WAS agreed then that nothing could
be done. After four of these disappoint-
ments we want independence. We must
be independent of Great Britain. The re-
pealers know that there is need of haste.
! They fear the decision of the Supreme
Court of the United States on case pend
| ing before that court, No. 5000, entitled.
| Ncut &c y. ct al vs.. NDATleS fOS-
ter. Secretary of the Treasury the silver
brick case"
After talking for two hours Morgan sud-
denly diverged from his legal argument
that the right of the owner of silver bull
lion to have 1t coined free and without
Limitation still existed and said: mo
man. whatever his powers may be, can
exonerate me from the discharge of my
duty to grant to the people all of their
constitutional! rights, nor can any man COW
me into silence when l wish to speak.
| This is an arena in which | have the honor
to be one of the ambassadors of sover-
eign State whose suffrage shall not be
taken away from her without her consent
and where l have, II have it anywhere
in the world. the right of full and free
speech. The least man in Alabama. the
poorest negro in Alabama Is entitled TO
his constitutional rights at my hands as
much as the President of the United States
is. and he shall have them ii | know how
| to give them"