The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-10-04
VOORHEES, WANTS
A CHANGE TO VOYB.
His Challenge to Dubois in the
Senate Yesterday.
THE IDAHO NAN DEFIANT.
Palmer Charges Dubois with an APP
peal to Barbarism.
Dubois Asserts That All the Sentiment in
Favor of Repeal Is Manufactured
and Does Not Come from
the People.
THE IDAHO NAN DEFIANT.

Senate to have met this morning there
were only few Republicans in the cham
Der. not Democrat being visible.
A lack of quorum was called to the
attention of the chair, and after delay OF
fifteen minutes quorum was obtained.
The vice president then laid before the
Senate communication from the secre-
tary of the treasury, giving detailed
statements of the exports OF silver for the
months OF July and August.
Dubois introduced bill enabling the
states OF California, Colorado, Montana,
and Idaho to support state school of
mines.
| Morgan offered an amendment to House
bill No. /, the Wilson repeal bill: declar :
ing the act of Jan. IS, 1887, to be in force.
The bill to repeal the Sherman was then
laid before the Senate.
White, of California, said he had ex-
amined carefully the Bankers Magazine,
of August, 1873, and had found the state
corning certain article in that maya
zine, to be correct, and his quotation
from the publication was erroneous.
White also read from the Congressional
Record to show that the statement as he
has given it, was made as early as 1878.
Dolph took the floor and continued his
speech begun yesterday in support of the
repeal bill. He quoted from the mes
ssges OF President Cleveland Of 1885, urg-
| ing the djscontiuuance of the purchase
and coinage of silver under the Bland
Allison act. Dolph characterized this as
stronger argument against the use of
| = L., III .
said he read it for the purpose of showing
the Democrats who advocated the reten-
ton of the Sherman act that they were
not IN accord with the party leaders.
He believed the success of the Democratic
party with such candidate and such a
platform, abundant evidence of the fact
that the American people did not desire
to continue the coinage of silver under
existing conditions.
Teller interrupted DoJph to ask him
what chance he thought there was of Sc
curing any recognition of silver under
| the administration of g president who
holds the views expressed by Cleveland.
Dolph replied he did not expect there
would be any legislation concerning silver
under the present administration while
conditions remain as at present. He did
not know OF single utterance of Cleve-
land. that he had changed his position in
deposition to the further purchase and
coinage of silver dollars. He did
| not expect to secure any leg
! islation without an international
agreement Dolph quoted statements of
minorities radical and majorities con-
servatives, which he used as illustration
of the naturalness of the change of the
Democratic party since it had come into
power. When the Democratic party was
in the minority it could afford to favor
free coinage, but now that ii had a
majority it had necessarily become con-
sentative on this subject.
Teller asked Dolph if he had occasion to
suppose the president had taken any
steps looking to secure the cooperation
of the nations in the interest of silver.
/ Dolph replied he was not acquainted
with the plans of the administration, but
had no reason to suppose the president
was not now, as formerly, friend to the
project for an international agreement.
He could not doubt Cleveland's good
faith, when he states he was desirious OF
such an arrangement. Many believe the
repeal of the Sherman act would hasten
an agreement with other nations and it
was possible Cleveland might entertain
this idea.
The Brussels monetary conference was
brought into the discussion, and Allison
of Iowa, who was one of the delegates to
the conference, said: FWhile nearly all
the delegates to the conference favored
the utilization OF gold and silver, they
were not ready to adopt the coinage of
silver in their own countries. He denied
that the conference adjourned without
action. The European countries now ex-
pected the conference would reconvene.
Instead of European government not be-
; ing interested in the question, there was
not European government which was
not watching daily every step and every
movement taken in this country.
Power, (Repu blican) OF Montana, then
addressed the Senate in opposition to the
bill. The influence of aggregated capt.
tai, said Power, found no difficulty in en-
gaging the sympathy OF the president,
and he had IN turn, with his great
power, commanded the subservience O.
J the legislative branch. If the stubborn
ness shown by the executive had been re-
stricted to himself, it would have been
powerless for evil. But, unfortunately
, the presidents dictum carried weight
with it, and his commands were obeyeC
by a considerable number OF gentlemen
who are SO situated as to be potential il
,, the crusade against silver. The advocates
, OF silver are not here, said Power, to cry
; havoc and let slip the dogs of war, but tc
protest against a grievous wrong, the de-
! monetization of silver. Power said, the
tenets of silver to which its advocate:
cling are Free coinage at ratio OF 10 tC
l1,'' or at least such legislation on tha'
basis as would restore silver to its former
place with gold as the money of the con-
stitution. That was the shi5boleth O.
} the friends of silver, and on that they
Z "Put themselves upon the country
J Palmer, of Illinois, then addressed the
Senate. Congress had been in session
: eight weeks, he said, and it had become
a very interesting inquiry whether the
Senate would at any time dispose of the
lquestion now before it. Palmer said ht
could see no end to the discussion, anC
knew of no method by which it could b'
terminated. 1.-THE Senate ought to &C
and il ought to vote, said Palmer, ant
, then he proceeded with an argument il
favor of repeal. ssTne time will come,
declared Palmer in closing, ''when tn.
country will insist that the Senate shall
} declare, in some way or another, that i
} will govern itself-'
Teller, of Colorado, inquired whethe
the Senate had not been able to make al
: the necessary laws up to the present time
/ Palmer thought perhaps it had, but b.
confessed he was astonished to find it i'm
potent.
Dubois, of Idaho, thought wheneve
3 there was a strong sentiment IN the coun
| try in favor of any measure. the Senat
would respond, but the senator from Hi
| nois knew as well as he did, that th
Senate did not want to pass an uncondi
Itional repeal bill. 'pThere is no senti
ment in favor of it, said Dubois. :
Honestly believe there are not ten sena