The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-23
MR.. STEWART RISES AGAIN
Fear Of an InteTminable Speech Soon
DiSSOlVeS the Senator's.


That He VIII at Another Time Take
Up the Thread OF His Unfinished Re-
marks-Other Speeches in the Sem
ate-Mr. Voorhees, Obtains Unani-
nous Consent for Extension of the
Daily Sessions to Seven Hours.
Vice-President Stevenson's Humor
the Days Feature in the Senate.
Washington, Sept 22.-The situation
was expressed by a repeal senator to-day
by saying they were in dense fog and
could not see ahead The anti-repeal men
have force strong enough to keep up the
tilibuster indefinitely if they decide to do
so. If the nineteen who voted against
Mr., voorhees, yesterday are determined
to tlibuster until the bill is dead, they
have it in their power to do so, and they
seem determined to fight until the Voor-
hees bill is killed.
HOW 1T LOOKS.
If they cannot be brought to yield by
public sentiment, there appears no way
out of the present situation except by
adopting new rules which would allow
clooure If the filibuster is ultimately
successful against the Voorhees, bill, there
appears no reason why republican sena-
tors may not successfully hlibuster
against the repeal of the federal election
law and the tariff revision bill. The out
look is not lovely.
Congressman Black believes in economy
and will not have clerk.
BILL FOR FREE COINAGE OFFERED.
Washington, Sept 22.-Iu the Senate
MIR. Allen introduced a bill for the coin
age of silver money and it was, at his re-
quest laid on the table for the present
1t provides that the uni of value shall
be the dollar of 4l2l3 grains Of silver, or
25S.l0 parts of gold; and such dollars
shall be legal tender for all debts, public
and private. Any owner of silver bullion
may deposit it in any mint and have it
coined into standard silver dollars for his
benefit, less 10 per cent seigniorage,
which is to be coined and covered into
the treasury. 1t also repeals the Sher-
man act.
Mr.. Coclkrell introduced resolution
calling on the Secretary of the Treasury
for information as to gold, silver, and
treasury notes. After it was read the
Vice President put the question on its
adoption
VICE PRESIDENTS DECIDING VOTE.
As there was no response on either side,
the Vice President ruled, humorously,
that the vote being equally divided, the
chair would vote no. This first deciding
vote Of the presiding officer caused gem
eral laughter.
The cloture resolution offered yester-
day by Mr.. Platt was laid before the
Senate.
Mr.. Wolcott took the floor to speak on
it, He said that if vote on the previous
a no
Senate could have it in very few days
very much earlier than on the repeal bill.
There would be no extraordinary meth
DDS used to prevent such vote. He
would content himself with voting against
it. If the senators desired to change the
rules and practice of the Senate they
would have no serious difficulty in sub
mitting it to a vote, and then the Senate
might determine once for all as to whether
there should be cloture in the Senate or
not.
HAD BEEN NO FACTIOUs DELAY.
But if there was failure to press such a
question to a vote, or if senator's in CON
troll of the bill declined to press the clos
ure resolution, then criticism on the op-
ponents of the bill would have to cease.
Senators in the majority might, if they
liked, stide debate by the rule If closure
was applied to debate on the pending
question it would have to apply to every
thing. If senator's desired closure they
had only to unite and press it; and they
would find no factious opposition to a
vote. But, in his opinion, closure was
not necessary, for there had been no fac
tious delay on the pending measure.
MIR. TELLER AGAINST CLoTURE.
Mr. Teller argued against the cloture
rule, and wound up his speech by declar-
ing that he would resist every method,
obstructive and otherwise, looking TO the
adoption in the Senate Of rule which
should limit or obstruct debate. He took
his seat few minutes before 2 O'Clock
If he had spoken till o'clock, the resolu-
tion would have gone to the calendar.
but Mr.. TUrpie expressed an intention of
speaking on the resolution tomorrow
That saved it from going on the calendar,
for no senator would be guilty of the dis
courtesy of interpOsing an objection to
another senator's addressing the Senate
when he had expressed a desire to do so.
And so the cloture resolution remained on
the table; but notice was given by Mr.
Mcpherson that when Mr.. Turpie shall
have spoken tomorrow the resolution
must 90 to the calendar if it is not TO
be referred to the committee on rules.
REPEAL DEBATE RESUMED.
The repeal bill was then taken up, and
Mr. George continued the speech against
it which he had begun on Wednesday He
denied that the democratic platform de-
manded the passage of the repeal bill
The platform denounced the Sherman
law as makeshift-nOt a part of il, but
the whole; yet the bill repealed only
single clause of that act, leaving other
parts-six sections-in full force. So far
from the bill carrying out the democratic
platform, it was a gross violation
of it-a direct reversal of its
plain, uuambiguous declaration. Free
coinage was, necessarily, repeal Of a
statute providing for limited coinage only
in that sense alone, the democratic plat
form had committed the party to the re-
peal Of the Sherman act. This was the
first time in over thirty years in which
he Democratic party had had the power
to enact laws, to shape the policies of the
country. What excuse would that party
have now, if it failed to perform its prom
ises to give the people free and unlimited
coinage Of silver-the money of the con-
stitution.
THAT TIRED FEELING AGAIN.
Mr.. Hausbrough. rep. North
Dakota, then took the floor
peal bill. Mr. HansbrOugh closed at 5:20
O'Clock, and then Mr.. Stewart proceeded
to deliver an essay on what he called
The elementary principles of money
and finance. As soon as he began there
appeared 10 be a division Of senators into
conversational groups. The central group