Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-09-23
SEVEN HOURS A DAY
VOORHEES, MOTION PASSED
Ailes falrcdaeesi . Se~ silver Blu.
weicots oppos~d Ctosare Re>ola-
tlen--s1scr Debate Continusd

WksmsGrox. sept z2-In the senate
tzsias Mr voorhees, roe and slowly and
very delibsrztely made this announce
meat - the senate
Il may s4y that . conference consul
tat.on has taken place this afternoon
between myself and senator's on this
si.ls and sunalors Ga the other side of
me ehsmber. friends snd opponents o.
TIE peRding Ineasurs which has resulted
substantially. as | understaad. in an
agresmens - 70 the hours which ne will
oeeupy at least for some time 10 ccsas in
debate. Without going into details. l
am warranted IN moving that on Mon.
day snd from after that date the hour of
meeting u the senate shall be II o'clock
instead of II O'Clock. with the under
standing that al adjournment will take
pace AZ 8 O'Clock l make the motion
and ask Tor q vote upcu IL. or II unani-
nous consent viii be given 10 - better
sfilL | ask. Me-. President, the consent
q the senate 10 th.f proposition
The vico president stated the request
for unanimous consent and said that a.
40 objection had been made. u Was 50
ordered.
New silver Biii fntroduced.
Mr.. Aiien introduced a ball Tor the
coinage q silver money. which vas at
his request laid on the table for the
present IL provided that the unit Of
value sbaii be the dollar of 4l2t. grains
- rilver. or - 10 grains % gold. aud
such siollars shall be legal tender for all
debts. pubic and private. Any owner
of silver hollion may deposit u in any
mint and have IL coined into standard
silver dollars for his benefit. less 10 per
cent seignorsge. which - % he coined
aud converted into the treasury. IL
also rspcals the Sherman act
The Platt eloture resolution Was laid
before the senate. and Mr.. Wolcott took
the tioor IN opposition 20 the proposition
IL cloturo Ne applied 20 debate on the
pending questions IL would have TO ap-
ply 70 evsrything II senators desired
ciotuTe they Rad only % unite and press
n. and they would find no factious oppo-
sltion 10 q vote But in his opinion.
cioture vas not necessary; for there had
been no fnefious delay on the pending
measure. lie expressed his solemn ard
ssrioas conviction that II the question
of unconditional repeal were submitted
% the people Of the United States. nine
tenths of them would vote against IL
Public opinion. he said. had been .in-
voked in the matter. but il was bastard
public opinion
scorcd the Bankers
II was the public opinion Of the bank
ers. xho. likely enough. wanted To have
their money as dear as possible. liz VAS
the public opinion which the bankers
bad forced on small dealers Against
such a public opinion he has relSiced 10
stand
Mr. Teller wound up his speech by
deciarisg that he would resist Dy every
method. obstructive and otherwise. the
adoption IA the senate Of = rule which
should limit or obsfruct debate.
lie took bis seat few minutes before
. o'clock IL he had spoken till o'clock
the resolution would have gone % the
calendar bat Mr.. Turpie rose and ex-
pressed an intention q speaking on the
resolution tomorrow
The repeal bail was then taken up and
Mr.. George continued the speech against
IL Ehich be had begun on Wednesday.
Mr. Hansbrough next addressed the
senate IN opposition 10 the repeal bill
Mr Hsusbrough closed At 80 and
thea Mr.. Stewart proceeded 90 deliver
an essay on what he called the
eiennsutary principles" of finance.
larreiy composed % quotations from
tuoks. editorials and reports. After
srsakinx about half an hour he con
soafed - stop and said he would finish
hls ar-ument On some other occasion.
The senate after a short executive
sesz.oo AZ d.lo p. N. adjourned until TO
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