The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-10-20
THE LONG PARtiAMENT.
After Continuous Session of Forty Hour,
the Senate Failed TO Reach Vote on tn
Repeal Hill.

After Continuous Session of Forty Hours
the Senate Failed TO Reach Vote ON the
Repeal Bill.
| +; WASHINGTON, Oct 13-At $50 p. m.
Mr. Stewart, (republican) of Nevada,
was recognized. Before he proceeded,
however, Mr.. Dubois, republican, OF
Idaho, suggested the absence of .
quorum. The roll was called and forty
Xix senators responded Mr.. Stewart
then proceeded with his speech. He
said in his own experience he could re-
call several important questions which
have been read in the senate, which, if
they had been decided hastily under
the previous question would have
brought untold misery upon the coun-
| try.
At 7:05 Mr.. Power interrupted Mr..
Stewart to cali attention to the lack Of
on the democratic side, and not more
than six on the republican sides When
the roll was called forty-two senators
answered. The repeal forces were
about to carry out the programme an.
Iohnced by Mr.. Voorhees, earlier in the
day of having the names of the alb
sentees read preparatory to compelling
| their attendance, out several senators
| appeared Immediately after the vice
| president announced the result of the
call and Mr.. Faulkner did not press a
request he had made that the names of
the absentees be reported.
Mr.. Stewart had but expressed his
regret at the lack of conception on the
| part of the admins ration and admin
istration senators as to what bimetal-
| lism was and how to maintain parity
of the two metals, when Mr.. Shoup
, (ren), of Idaho, intefposed with tho
usual suggestion Of the lack of a
quorum. The presence of forty-three
senators was temporarily secured
through the instrumentality Of the
{ lately much invoked roll call, and Mr..
/ Stewart resumed his speech. He asked
! to have read a newspaper article be-
cause it had something of the Ameri-
can spirit about it. 1T may not be
from the higher class" said Mr.. Stew
art, because it is not fashionable to
/ be American"
| At 9:45 Mr.. Dubois blandly suggest
ed that only seventeen senators were
present, but forty-six senators ap
peared. Before Mr.. Stewart proceeded
/ Mr.. Harris of Tennessee, presented an
amendment which he said he would
offer in due time. The amendment
provided:
First-For the coinage of all the silver bull
| lion in the treasury representing the govern
! nent seigniorage into full legal tender dollars
| at the rate of ia, zoo, GOO per month
Second-When this seigniorage shall have
! been coined the secretary shall purchase each
! month bullion sufficient to coin - dollars and
! to coin the billion into legal tender dollars
| Third-That all paper notes or certificates OF
| less denomination than $40 shall be redeemed
! and not re-issued, and that national bank notes
of less denomination than $40 shall be redeemed
| and the national banks required to substitute
| notes OF that denomination
| Fourth-That 81 % and d gold pieces shall
| no longer be coined, but when received at the
| treasury shall be re-coined into eagles and
| double eagles
| Fifth-That the holders of standard silver
dollars shall be able to exchange such dollars
| on presentation for notes Of same legal tender
| qualities as such silver dollars which shall be
| held for their redemption.
This amendment created much inter-
est, it being naturally assumed that it
furnished perhaps the first concrete
and specific compromise proposition
| growing out of continuous session.
| Mr.. Allison remarked that the amend
ment, coming from such a distinguished
member of the finance committee, was
extremely significant. He wanted to
| know whether or not the omission in
the second section of the amendment
as to the number Of dollars to be coined
was not unintentional.
Mr.. Harris replied empha tically that
| it was not. The amount had been left
blank in order that he (Alr. Allison) or
any other sena tor might have an oppor-
tunity to test the sense of the senate.
| At 1918 p. IN. Mr.. Wolcott called for
a quorum. Only thirty-nine senators
| replied to their Names and on motion
of Mr.. Voorhees, the sergeant-at arms
was directed to compel the attendance
| of absent members, but before it be-
came necessary to act on the order,
four others came into the hall, thus
making the quorum, and Mr.. Stewart
| continued
| Mr.. Wolcott allowed his opponents
| just half an hour respite before he an
| nounced: There was conspicuous
| absence of quorum" and asked for a
roll call. Thirty-nine senators reported.
| The loss of a quorum for this length
of time was generally believed to be
the beginning of the end. The quorum
was broken by the refusal of certain
| silver democrats to vote. AT this hour
it was thought that before morning
| the quorum would again disappear, and
that it could not be revived. An adj
| tournament was anticipated before day
break. This would be regarded as a
| complete victory for silver. Another
| call at 1l:l5 p. m. brought only
| four senators to the chamber. An
hour passed and still the senate
was without a quorum.
| At 1:45 a. IN the sergeant-at-arms re-
| ported that two We're absent from the
| city, twelve had been excused, four
answered the summons by statement
that they were i'll, nine in the capitol
| made no answer and sixteen were re-
ported as absent from their residences
| and could not be found
| Mr. Voorhees, Immediately arose and
said: ''Mr. President, feel that l have
done my duty in this matter, and with
out comment 1 now move that we adj
| iourn." The motion was unanimously
| agreed to, and in an instant the senate
| chamber was deserted after continu-
GUS session of thirty-eight hours and
forty minutes.
| Five Negroes Drowned.
| CHARLESTON. =. c.. Oct. 13.-Two
| DO. is of the fishing feet We're capsized