St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-16
The silver BATTLE.
Ragged With Intensity and In
terest in the Senate.
LODGE URGES QUicK ACTION.
SiIver-Tongued Wolcott Cries
for More Metal.
BIG REPUBLICAN, GUN FIRED
Against Free Coinage by
Grossvenor, Of Ohio.
LODGE URGES QUfcK ACTION.
Ie REPUBLICAN, GUN FIRED
kUcH TALK IN BOTH HOUSES.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 15.-The princi-
pal scene of action of the financial bat
tie was shifted to the senate today and
ragged with varying intensity and inter-
est throughout the afternoon. Immedi-
Rtely after the preliminary opening
business had been transacted Senator
Gordon, of Georgia, recalled plank in
the last Democratic platform by pre-
5enting measure to suspend for ninety
days the law imposing 10 per cent tax
on state bank issue. He declared it
would give relief to the country
In fifteen days, and would make
it possible to move the i'm
mense cotton crop In the South.
The proposition was not received with
any particular warmth by the senate,
and Mr.. Gordon asked its reference to
the financial committee, and said he
would demand report. yea or nay, on
the measure at an early day. Mr.. Voor-
heeS reported back from the finance
committee the national bank bill intro
duced by him yesterday. The bill, he
said, bad not only the Endorsement of
the committee on finance and the secre-
tary of the treasury, but similar meas
ure had passed the senate unanimously
last session. He did not by any manner
of means proclaim the measure as one
of entire relief, but he looked upon it as
a measure of relief. 1t would to some
extent
Help the People.
1t would authorize an increase of
Sl9,000.000 on the bonds already de-
posted. and tl,i@Fe was not doubt that
it would result in an increase OF from
S40,000,000 to S50.O00 00O-an increase of
currency that would be at this time a
sOlace and comfort to the people in
every quarter of the United States. If
there had been reason heretofore for the
passage of like bill, those reasons were
magnitied now hundredfOld. He sin
cerely hoped that practically without
discussion the senate would do today
WISJ it had done heretofore for an in
crease Of the circulating medium. The
national banks were no favorites of
his. He had not been enamored of
them, nor they of him; but that was no
reason why they should not be used to
bring about measure Of relief if they
were capable of it. In this instance he
believed thai they bad power to do
good. and he desired to authorize them
to render measure of relief to the
people.
The vice president asked if there was
objection to the immediate consdera-
tiOn of the bill.
Mr.. Cockrell-The is objection, be-
cause there are a number OF senators
who desire TO be heard on this PROPOSE
LiOn and who will have amendments to
offer to give to the masses of the people
The same rights as are conferred on the
national banks, and to put stop to
favorltiSm and prOscriptiVe legislation.
We have just as much money in the
country as we ever had. This bill can
not be considered in the morning hour,
and even if it could be. bill containing
such principles should not be passed in
the morning hour.' l shall never give
my vote TO any bill that tends to recog-
niZe the
Rights OF National Banks
10 issue and control the paper money Of
the country. After the Voorhees, bill
had gone over on the objection of Mr..
Cockrell, the latter gentleman asked the
senate to consider and pass the house
joint resolution for the payment of
mileage to senators and representatives
for the present session. This gave NJ
Frye. of Maine, a chance which he
Rvailed himself of, of ridicuIing the
idea of the public duty which would
postpone relief for the people and make
haste to provide relief for senators and
members.
Mr.. Fry was asked whether he OBJ
lected to the consideration of the joint
resolution. He declined to do so, but
Mr.. PETER stepped into the breach with
an objection, and the joint resolution
went to the calendar.
The Lee Mantle case, involving the
question of the right of governors of
states to appoint senators (under GER
tain circumstances was then taken up,
and Mr.. Hunton (Virginia) addressed
the senate briefly in support of MIR.
Mantle's right to the seat.
Senator Voorhees, then introduced a
Joint resolution extending for six
months the bonded period for whisky in
government warehouses.
The resolution offered last Tuesday
by Mr.. Lodge directing the committee
OIL finance to report at once a bill to re-
peal the purchasing clauses of the Sher-
man act, and that a vote be taken OF
such repeal on Tuesday, the 22d inst.
was laid before the senate, and Mr..
Lodge made an argument in advocacy
Of it What the people wanted, he said
was
Prompt Action.
He had no mind for party politics or
1elay. He asked simply for action. He
closed with the quotation from John
Quincy Adams, II would not deliber
ate. ! would act"
Mr.. Wolcott. of Colorado, replied t.
Mr Lodge. He agreed with the sena-
tor from Massachusetts that this was
not a party question. He felt greatly
relieved lin view of SOME unpleasant re
lations in the senate within the pa S
few years. that a question had arseI
OH which the Democratic executive anC
the Massachusetts senators might agree
1t was most auspicious and most sig
nificant OCCASION. 1t was most delight
ful foreslladow of the days when party
rancor should cease, and when ali note
Of discord should be blended in ont
harmonious melody. Laughter II,
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