The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-12

whether we nave got "a government unav
can administer itself or not.
"Mr. President-I have not q doubt OF
the result. The majority can govern, and
the majority ought to govern. 1t Is tho
rule of our being that 1t shall be so. The
spirit Of this government Is on my side Of
the question. The spirit Of liberty, reg
ulated by law, Is that the majority with
proper respect for the rights of the minor
ity and with liberality for the minority
shall govern. / feel that we have swept
beyond the magnitude Of the mere repeal
of the Sherman act to the greater aud
higher question of whether this body shall
be governed by the majority, or whether
the majority shall dictate. Shall the many
govern. or shall the fewf" Mr.. Voorhees,
spoke with great earnestness n feeling.
Rspssiers ON Hand.
The episode introducing the continuous
session closed shortly after, and Mr.. Allen
pop, Neb.) resumed the floor and pro-
ceeded with his argument. He had
scarcely begun before Mr.. Palmer inter
rupted to ask whether It was his view of
duty to resist a vote on the passage of
the bill until the majority submitted to
do something else. MIR. Allen replied that
SO long as he could do so within the pale
OF the law be would do 30. "That Is
frank" commsnted Mr.. Palmer.
Mr.. Allen then drifted of Into q long
disquisition upon the relation between the
volume of money and prices. This had
the effect to deplete the n rapidly, aud
10 such extent tina Mr.. Dubois (at s:l5
D'clock) called attention to the absence Of
. quorum, and the roll was called. 1t
FIRST the silver Republican senators failed
10 answer, but seeing that senators came
fiocking into the chamber in numbers that
assured a quorum they stood up n re-
sponded to their names. The result was
the attendance Of 90 senators.
Then Mr.. Allen again took mp the
thread Of the argument. He received very
little attention from his colleagues, but
their omission was more than made up by
the interest with which he was heard by
the people In the galleries, which at that
time were filled to OVERLOOKING. Mr.. PEI
fer later came to Mr.. Aliens support, to
''set the matter right" as ne said, by
means of a formidable looking volume.
from which he proceeded to read many
statistics relative TO the volume n
description of government curreL cy issued
since the beginning Of the civil war.
Talking Against limo.
At midnight Mr.. Allen still held the
floor and his voice was as as
when he started his speech ut $50. He re-
lieved himself from time to time by hav-
ing the clerk read extracts from various
economic writer's. There were few sena-
tors on the floor, but the galleries re.
manned crowded. While he was still
speaking. Mr.. Dubois made the point OF
no quorum, and a call OF the senate was
ordered.
The Days Debate.
The debate during the day on the silver
purchase repeal bill had many interesting
features. Among other things IL showed
the staying quality OF MI. Cockrell
(Dem., Mo- as n s~peechmaker. Having
argued against the bill for four hours on
Monday and five hours on Tuesday. he
held the floor yesterday another foui
hours.
As a senatorial ~debutante, Mr.. Smith
(Dem., N. j. was a decided success. His
speech in support Of the bill was able, sar.
castle, sententious, and IL was delivered In
clear, strong tones and with n remarkable
absence Of the ~vousn natural to first
stage appearances. He was favored with
considerable applause as he took his seat,
and so was Mr.. Irby (Dem., s. CO., who
argued against the bill and declared that
be and his people would part company with
the Democratic party II IL persisted In its
anti-silver policy.
At $50 Allen still held the floor, having
spoken for over nine hours.
In the House.
Beyond referring to the committee on
rules a joint resolution providing for o
recess Of congress from Oct. IA 20 Nov. 1,
the house did not do any thing except dis
cuss the bill reported by the committee on
Judiciary amending the Geary law. But
two speeches were made-by Mr.. Cready,
the author Of the measure, in advocacy OF
IL, ~ an act OF Justice and fairness, and
one by Mr.. Geary, the author Of the act In
opposition to It's amendment a. proposed.
The latter In the course Of his remarks
severely criticised the administration for
falling 10 enforce the Law.