Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-16
MORE FILIBUSTERING.
The House Elections Repeal Bill Not
Yet Reported.
DEMOCRATS HAD NOT 4 QUORUM
Senator Allison Speaks on the voor
hees Repeal Bill.
WHAT DEMONETIZED SILVER.
THE SENATE.

The chaplain, In his opening prayer, re-
membered the fact that the eulogies on the
late Senator Stanford Of California are to be
delivered today. He prayed for comfort and
consolation to the beloved widow, and that
length Of days and fullness Of health and
strength may be given to her to complete
the organization and endowment of the
university. the gift of the late Senator as
a monument to her husband, herself and her
beloved son.
Mr.. PETER (Kans.) offered a resolution
which went over till Monday. calling on the
Secretary of the Treasury for information
as to what amount Of government bonds
have been purchased since the year 1879: the
aggregate amount of premiums paid: wheth-
er government bonds have been purchased
without the notice required by law. and
what amount Of public money (by years.
has been deposited in the national banks
since 1873. and the interest paid for the use
thereof.
Mr.. PETER also offered a resolution, which
went over, instructing the committee on
Interstate commerce to inquire what legis-
iation is necessary to prevent the Interrupt
ton OF Interstate railway traffic by lawless
and unauthorized persons and to punish
persons guilty Of robbery and murder com.
mitted on Interstate railway trains.
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr..
Manderson (Neb) as to the abolition or con-
solidation Of land Offices was taken up and
Mr.. Manderson said that his ground OF
complaint was that, in the state Of Nebras-
ka. four land offices had been abolished
without consultation with any member of
Congress from that state.
Mr.. Mills Texas) expressed his surprise
that any Senator should claim that an ex-
ecutive ofhcer was bound to consult a men,
ber OF Congress as to any administrative
act.
Mr.. Manderson thought that Mr.. Mills
remarks would apply more to the repeal
bill than to the resolution. He agreed with
him that the House and Senate should be
entirely free from executive influence.
After further colloquy the resolution was
agreed to.
At 12:35 the repeal bill was taken up and.
as stated elsewhere, Mr.. Voorhees, Qnd.)
attempted to fix q day for q vote, but Mr.
Teller objected.
Mr.. Allison on the Repeal Bill.
Mr.. Allison Of Iowa then addressed the
Senate. The first portion Of his speech was
devoted to a review Of a history Of legisla-
ton on the subject Of silver coinage. in the
course Of which he showed II was not in
1873 that the silver dollar was demonetized.
because by the law Of 1873 trade dollar Of
40 grains was authorized: because. al
though the trade dollar was a legal tender
only for S, the owner Of silver bullion could
take II to the next mint and have IL COIN
cd. That 1t was the law Of 1s76 which took
that right away and shut down free COIN
age. He agreed with the Senator from Vir-
ginia. Mr.. Daniel. that silver was the money
Of the people. He knew that II had been
frequently said that from 1892 to 1873 the
coinage of silver dollars had only aggregat-
ed S.0000O but UP to 1853 dimes were a le-
gal tender.
A man might have gathered up dimes,
quarters and half dollars and made a pay
ment Of a million dollars UP to 1853. And
of those kinds there had been nearly ninety
millions In circulation. The final outcome
Of all the legislation as to silver was the
striking down Of the legal quality of silver
In 1876. A reference to the passage of the
act Of 1880 drew from Mr.. Teller the inquiry
whether II the free coinage bill had been
sent to the President II would not have been
vetoed; the answer was that ii could not
be known whether the President would
veto a measure until 1t was sent to him.
In reply to a question to Mr.. Vest Mr.. Alli-
son said he was not endeavoring to make
to trace the history Of the enactment of
1880.