The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-09-14
IRONICAL COURTESY.
Senator Voorhees, Wants to Force a
Vote on the Repeal Bill.

NOte Oh the Kepedl Dill.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 13.-In the Senate,
Mills of Texas gave notice that he would
address the Senate Tuesday.
Stewards resolution for committee to
ascertain whether Senators were interested
in national banks came up. and Stewart ad-
dressed the Senate in advocacy OF it. After
a few moments he diverged into the gen.
eral discussion Of the silver question.
Allen of Nebraska spoke on the resolu-
ton, saying there were hundreds of thou
sands. il not millions, of people in the
country who believe that much of the legis-
latiOn in Congress is iufluenced by the per-
sonal interests OF Senators and Represen-
tatives. The Democrats confessed, he
said, that their platform was fraud and
false pretense. and that party had thus Sc
cured the votes of the people. The Demo
cratic Senators, he said. must abandon their
party and join the ranks Of the Populists,
who were going to triumph in 1896.
At . O'Clock the repeal bill was taken up
and Voorhees, asked that one week from
to-day the debate close, with the under
standing that the amendments then be dis
cussed under the five. minute rule until
Saturday at o'clock, when vote should
be taken.
Voorhees, said he did this In the utmost
good faith and respect for every Senator
and the Senate itself. If the majority in
the Senate was against the repeal bill, the
fact should be known. If ii was in favor
of amending it, that should be known
but as fair-dealing men, let the Senators
come to some understanding as to when a
vote might be expected to end their labors
Dubois (R.) Of Idaho, while appreciating
the courtesy with which the Senator from
Indiana was conducting the debate, said
the matter was too serious for undue
haste, and the silver Senators proposed to
have fair discussion. He therefore OBJ
jected to the request Of Voorhees,.
Voorhees, said that nothing was further
from his purpose than to inter fere with
legitimate and wholesome debate. He was
better friend of silver to-day than any
man who resorted to obstructive methods
TO keep this miserable law on the statute
book. and he could not allow anybody to
say that he was in haste to destroy silver
money. He expected, when the Sherman
act was repealed. to engage in bringing
about proper system of coinage, as he
had in the past. As objection was made.
his request to fix the time to take the vote
Senator Shoup then addressed the SEN
ate in opposition to repeal. He began bis
address with liberal quotations from tie
Presidents message. and announced his
failure to agree with the President as to
the causes leading up to the present finan-
cial condition of the country. He mace q
review of the conditions of affairs as they
existed a year ago. and showed by facts
ait thot
porous. He said at that time both parties
had declared for double standard, and
Cleveland, as we'll as Harrison, had ac-
cepted nomination for the Presidency with
the full knowledge of this pledge. When
he became the standard bearer of his party
he became the defender and champion OF
the principles enunciated by the party
Whether he is seeking to violate one OF
the most solemn and serious declarations
contained in the platform of his party his
associates and the country must decide.
ShOup did not pretend to know when
Cleveland became convinced it was neces-
sary the country should come to mono
metallic basis, but he did know that Willard
and others appeared in Washington and
began 10 lobby for the repeal Of the Sher-
man law Immediately after the election and
1t was fact that the rewards and punish
ments of the incoming administration
were invoked to influence that legislation.
The speaker did not believe the Sherman
law had anything to do with the financial
crisis. 1t injured no one except the resi-
dents Of the silver-producing States. In
deed. he considered it had been of much
benefit to the nation at large.
Referring to the criticisms made by Sen.
ator Cullom that if the silver advocates
were so much dissatisfied with the Sher-
man act they should join in its repeal. be
said they recognized that its disappearance
at this time probably means the permanent,
retirement of silver as one of the money
metals. The Sherman law now W as the
only bulwark between bimeallsm and
monometallism IN this country. He did
not accept the idea that silver coinage
would degrade the financial standing OF
this country and made plea for in.
dependencein monetary affairs as in others
Of our concerns. He believed the passage