The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-09-14


sence of the Vice President the Senate
was presided over to-day by Mr.. Harris,
president pro tenn. of the Senate. A bill
for bimetallic money system was
introduced by PETER by request and was
referred to the finance committee. 1t
provides that ell paper money Of prior
issue hereafter paid out by the United
States Treasury shall be stamped ire
deemable in equal sums of gold and
silver or in United States Treasury
notes thus redeemable."
Mills asked unanimous consent to
have the floor On Tuesday next at Q p.
m. to address the Senate on the repeal
bill. Hoar felt constrained to object to
the request as an innovation. U Unanimous
consent would put it out of the power
Of the Senate no matter how pressing
other business might be at the moment
to attend to it. The usual mode was to
give notice.
The presiding officer-Does the Sem
ator from Texas give notice?
Mills No, sir; gave notice once be-
fore and the Senatorial floor was taken
from me by Senatorial courtesy. I do
not wish to have that Senatorial court
esy extended to me again.
Sherman hoped that the Senator from
Texas would not feel sighted by having
had the floor taken from him hereto.
fore. He suggested to him to take the
usual course and give notice of his in
tention to address the Senate. Mr..
Mills acted on the suggestion and gave
notice for Tuesday next at Q p. M, and
White (Dem., Ala.) gave notice for
Thursday next.
Stewards resolution for committee
of inquiry as to Senators owning stock
in national banks was laid before the
Senate and Stewart proceeded 10 argue
in support OF it.
lie soon drifted into speech on the
repeal bill, on the appreciation of gold
and on the depreciation of silver, and
he declared that o gold basis meant
slavery for the human race. lie merely
wished to give Senators an opportunity
OF stating their exact position toward
national banks IN order that full con-
ftdence in the integrity Of the Senate
might be restored. He intended to
move lis reference to the judiciary
committee.
Allison suggested that the committee
on privileges and elections was the COM
mittee to which the resolution should
be referred.
Allen Pop, Neb) supported the
resolution. Allen was still speaking
when at p. IN. the repeal bill was laid
before the Senate. Unanimous consent
was asked by Mr.. Stewart to lay the
resolution on the table 30 that Allen
might finish his speech. Objection,
however, was made by MCPHERSON and
the resolution went to the calendar.
Voorhees,, chairman of the finance
committee, saying that he desired the
IND, Df ~, g.
utes, propose to have day fixed to
close the debate. He said that the re-
peal bill had been discussed in the
House of Representatives seventeen
days and had now been discussed in the
Senate twelve days. The House was
composed OF 325 representatives the
Senate Of only lightweight. He did
not think that the most sensitive gen.
tlemau in opposition to the repeal bill
could pretend that there had been any
want of liberality in the matter, he
would not say courtesy, for that were as
matter of course. There had heen
every disposition to allow the fullest
possible debate, and the disposition still
remained.
He recognized the fact that there was
good deal of discussion yet to take
place, not only of legitimate, of useful
discussion, but he would like if he
could get an expression from those in
authority to make it as to some time
when vote might be expected. He
would by way of suggestion Indicate,
subject, of course, to any proposition
that might come from the other side,
that the vote be taken or general debate
closed ten days or, indeed, week from
to-day.
He would like to have an agreed day
on which general debate would close
and then have the Senate proceed for
two or three days in discussing amend.
| ments and then take the vote. He made
the suggestion in order to elicit an ex.
preston of views from the other side
that the general debate should close in
week from to-day with the under
standing that the amendments might
be then discussed until the following
Saturday at 2 o'clock under rule and
that then votes should be taken on the
substitute on all pending amendments
and on the bill.
Dubois Odaho) responded in behalf
of the opposition. All Senators on that
side. he said, appreciated the courtesy
and fairness of the Senator from In
diana who had charge OF the great
measure. But he disputed the state
ment that the House had discussed the
measure satisfactorily in seventeen
days. 1t had not discussed 1t to its sat-
isfaction nor to the satisfaction of the
people. There were various amend
ments which might have been offered
and debated to the enlightenment of the
House and of the country. There seemed
to be undue anxiety on the part of
some Sena tors to absolutely destroy
silver by stopping it's purchase and
coinage and doing 1t quickly.