Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-02

MABuINGTON, bCt. 0U.-lne ueckS Oh lDe
Senate are cleared for action this morning.
All is eager expectancy. There is fuller
attendance of Senators than there has
been at any time since the commencement
of the session. A. hasty glance shows
nearly 20 Senators in and around the
chamber in their several committee rooms
and elsewhere. The full Senate (allowing for
the three vacant seats in the northwestern
States, where there was no election by tine
Legislatures aud the Senators appointed
by the governors were not admitted To
their seats) would be So.
ONE OBSTACLE REMOVED.
One of the chief stumbling blocks to
promptitude of action was removed Satur-
day, when Mr.. Butler, Is. C.), withdrew
his proposed amendment to the Voorhees,
bill repealing the tax of 10 per cent on
State bank circulation. This measure will
undoubtedly come up later as substantive
propositions, but its elimination from the
path of unconditional repeal is distinct
gain for that cause.
Mr.. Suuire's proposition for the increase
of the circulation of national banks to the
face value of their bonds also Withdrawn,
is another obstruction out of the way.
NO REASON TO DOUBT THE RESULT.
All these probabilities add elements of un-
certainty as to the time when the vote will
| be reached, but when the vote is finally
| taken there is no reason to doubt that the
bill before the Senate for final action, yea
| or nay, will be the Voorhees, bill un-
amended and unchanged. The text of this
bill is US follows
TEXT OF THE VOORHEES, BILL.
| That so much Of the act approved July 18th,
1890, entitled IAN act directing the purchase
| OF silver bullion and issue OF treasury notes
| thereon and for other purposes" as directs tho
Secretary OF the Treasury to purchase from
| tn fraa ell n "a q
| amount of 4,500000 ounces, or so much thereof
| as may be offered In each month at the market
| price thereof, not exceeding 81 for 3Il 2S-lOO
| grains of puro silver. and to Issue In payment
| for such purchases treasury notes of tho
| United States, be and tho same is hereby
| repealed. And IL is hereby declared to
| be the policy of the United StatoS to
continue the use of both gold and silver as
standard money, and TO coin both gold and
silver into money of equal intrinsic and ex-
| chanReabe value, such equality TO be secured
through international agreement or by such
safe guards Uf Legislation as will insure the
| maintenance of the parity in value OF the
| coins of tho two metals, and the equal power
Of every dollar at all times in the markets and
on the payment Of debts. And It Ia hereby
further declared that the efforts OF the govern
mont should be steadiy y directed TO the astaD'
lishmcnt OF such safe system of bimetallisin
as will maintain at all times the equal power
| of every dollar coined or issued by the United
States, in the markets and in the payment o
debts.
THE DEBATE RESUMED.
The Senate resumed its session at II
o'clock, with crowded galleries and witt
50 Senators present.
The Repeal bill was laid before the Sen
ate and Mr.. Hunton, D.. (Va) explained
briefly his position. He said that he sub
scribed in good faith TO the Chicago plat
form; that he should vote for the uncon
ditional repeal of the Sherman act; anC
that he stood ready to join his silvel
fu;a Aa -. IN, Cor cii
He was followed by Mr.. Cameron, r.
(Pa.). who expressed himself somewhat t'
the same effect.
MIR. Cameron was followed by Mr.
Morgan, D., (Ala.) He spoke of the situa
tion by which the Senate was confronted
as a lamentable one-one of which h
could not speak except with pain nor con
template without serious expectations TO
the future of the country.
MORGAN IN FOR LONG EFFORT.
At l o'clock Mr.. Morgan still held tn
floor, and contrary to his usual custom
was reading his speech from manuscript
, He referred with bitterness to the Presl
Dental policy as being enforced with tn
''gag of closure in one hand and the tbrea
of the veto power in the other" Thi
course, he said, was all the more arbitrar
because ''our political enemies are mad
the willinginstrumentso OF our overthrow.
|
dropped of purpose to refer TO record
presently to show the Inconsistency G
! Senators on the Democratic side now OF
posing silver, it is surmised that he intend
: to hold the floor for some considerabl
time longer, If his physical strengt
!. should hold out.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.-The bill fo
the unconditional repeal of the silver
purchase clause of the Sherman la'
passed the Senate at 7.30 o'clock thi
evening by vote of 43 ayes to 80 noe
For three months the bill had occupie
, the attention of the Senate to the ez
! clusion of almost all other business.
had been debated as perhaps no singl
4 bill ever before the American Senate ha
' been discussed. The House of Reprt
sentatives passed the bill on Monda!
August 28th, three weeks after the b.
ginning of the session, and although th
0 Senate had been discussing it PRACTICAL
+ all the time it was under considerable
S in the House, they kept il before thel
IS for exactly niue weeks after it can
h from the House before voting on its tini
IS passage. The bill was passed, with II
1 Voorhees, amendment, exactly as it WI