Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-24
SENATE AND HOUSE.
Mr.. Stewart Continues to Talk
Against the Repeal Bill
BE AGAIN ATTACKS TIE PRESDEuf.
The Bankruptcy Bill is Up in the
House.
OTHERBUsNEss TRANSACTED


THE SENATE.
The Senate was supposed to reassembls
At l0:3O this morning to go on the legis-
latfve day Of Tuesday Of last week, but Il
was not TIN a quarter Of an hour after
ward that forty-three Senators q quorum)
had made their appearance in the chamber.
The consideration of the silver purchase
repeal bill was resumed. and Mr.. Stewart
(Nev9 continued his speech begun several
weeks ago and taken up at various times
since then. He expressed his belief that
agitation and discussion where great meas
ures are involved are most beneficial The
struggle now going on was not (he said
the trrepressible conflict" whether the
slave owner should call the roll Of his slaves
in the shadow OF Bunker Hill but It was
whether the colossal goli combination could
call the roll OF its slaves in every cotton.
corn and wheat field in America He denied
that Senators who are opposing the repeal
bill have been thwarting the will OF the
majority. The win Of the majority was
with them and 1t had been with them all
the time.
HilD has declared over and over again
that he was bimetaiiist and was for the
use OF both gold and silver as money. That
was the Senator's will. but IL was thwarted
by London combination with the admin
There were many Senators who
could sttll say they were bimetallists and
wanted free coinage; and that would be
their will II 1t was not overcome by the
money power and by the administration.
The gold power ana the cohesive power
OF public plunder" were at the bottom Of
the whole trouble. There never had been
such a bold and aggressive attempt made
thwQrf n <xpv,lA <r% tb<
United States as the effort in this extraor-
dinary session OF Congress to destroy sil-
yer. The most corrupt, the most aegres-
stve, the most outrageous means {secrst
at firso had been resorted to to ensiave
the majority Of Senators.
Let the administration" Mr. Stewart
added. take on its hands and let the ma
jority express itself in this chamber ana
We have got nearly two to one"
An Interruption.
The absence Of q quorum was here gug-
gested by Mr.. Power (Mont) and Mr.. Stew
art suggested that there ought to be Q QUO
rum present, as he had many important
things to gay. The roll call was answered
by forty-six Senators. three more than .
quorum. but before Mr.. Stewart resumed
the floor a motion was made by Mr.. KYLE
Is. d. that when the Senate adjourned to-
day it adjourn till tomorrow at noon. Mr.
voorhees, hoped that the motion would not
prevail. and was informed by the Vice Pres
ident that the motion was not open to de-
Mr.. Teller Colo) called for the yeas ana
nays. The vote resulted: yeas 6 (Csneron.
Coke, Peffer. Stewart and Teller; nays ~
. Tnere was no quorum voting. as several
senators present withheld their votes The
roll was again called and forty-eight Sena-
tors responded.
Then the question was again taken on
MI kyles motion and 1t was rejected
yeas vnf
On motion of MIR. Bate Qowa), the Senate
Dill to authorize the Chattanooga, Western
Railway Company to construct q bridge
across the Tennessee river near Chatta-
nooga was taken from the calendar and
passed.
Mr.. Stewart Resumes.
Mr.. Stewart then went on with his speech
against the repeal bill
Mr.. Stewart, without finishing his speech
yielded the floor to his colleague. Mr..
Jones tNev),who resumed his speech where
he had left on yesterday.
Cause of Depression.
In the course OF his remarks a dialogue
was carried on between Mr. Jones and Mr
Mcpherson as to the causes of the recent
depression in business. Mr. Mcpherson
contended that one OF the chief causes
was the fear Of the effect Of the free COIN
age OF silver; and Mr.. Jones repeiied that
suggestion and reminded the New Jersey
senator that there had been no talk of the
free coinage Of silver three or four months
ago. when the panic began. The existence
OF the silver purchase act, Mr.. McPherson
had the same effect as free
coinage because If that act Continued IN
torce long enough the result would be that
the value OF that kind of money, which
was not on par with the good money was
going to upset values. He drew no distinc-
ton, he said, between free coinage and the
sherman act except as to quantity.
Inc sherman law would bring the .coun-
try on silver basis with the same certain
y. though not so rapidly as free coinage.
MT. Jones replied to that by showing that
the increase Of circulation through the on
GRAFTON OF the Sherman act had not been
s9mcient to keep up the range Of prices.
he mad the assurance Of the Senator's col-
league SMr. Smith)-himself a business man
that business had been stagnant and un-
profitable for the last fifteen years in this
country; MT. Jones added that the gold
standard Of the gold supply did not in
crease might have to be abandoned. and
the country which first discovered that
truth and acted upon IL would lead the
perity.