Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-04

conference, said! "Mhile nearly all
the delegates to the conference favored
the utilization " GOLD and silver thUy
were moi ready 10 sYOpt the eoinage OF
silver IN their ORn ouuutrlef."
lie denies that iho conference adj
l0urnUu without action. Tho Eutl'
pean countries now expected the con.
isfenoe would rec0nyeLo. lnbiegd If
the EurOle can plwers NOS bUiuW Intel.
tstei iu the question, there was NOS q
European government whicn was not
Watching daily every step and every
movement taken In this country.
Power (Rup.l Of Montana then ad-
dressed tie Sc alto in opposition 10 tie
fepoal bin. The iuiluulcu " aggrer &C.
I'd capital, sail Power, iouud TO 81 ~
Guilty In eng ging the sytunathy OF tN,
President aud he, iu turH, with li.
great power, commented the SUE
ietyieuue u the ltgiulaiivu branCher.
II the stubbOruuurs shown by
tho executive had been ItHitaiuud
~ himself II would have been
powuiivss for evil. Bot, unfortunately
his commands were obtyuI ~
considerable humber u teu-
ilemen " we're sp situated ~ 20 ho
potential IN the ufuyAuc against silver.
Tho advocates o. silver are not hero,
sald no 10 cry havoc and .ct slip the
doga OF wafi tut to protest against TN
grievous wrong OF uemonetziny silver
| Power said the teuBi8 OF silver g.
which its Advocates cling are "irCu
coinage ut a ratio VI 10 10 l." or, at
least such legislation on thtt basis ~
wouli restore silver TO ite former place
with gold rs the money Of the Coustl-
tuition. That was tho fhibboluth Ct
the ftieuds ot silver AMI on that they
"put themselves upon the county"
Palmer OF Illinois then a. dru SID
the SENATE. Congress hal been In
hesslon eight weeks, he fnli, and II hal
become "a very interesting Inquiry
whether the Senate wouli nj any time
dispose Of the qutsllon now before ~.
Palmer said hu could sou no tnd 20 the
dlscusslOn, aud knew OF no method by
which Il could be- terminated.
"fhe Seuatu ought q act ami IL
ought 20 VOTE" said Mr.. Palmer, aud
then lac proceeded with an Argument
In favor Of repeal.
"rho time will come" declared
Palmer IN closing, "Whun the county
will insist that tie Senate shall declare
In some wny or another that II Will
govern Itself"
Teller Of C0l0tsdo Inquired whether
the Senate had not been able 10 make
all necessary laws up 10 the ptetunt
time.
Palmer thought perhaps /, had, but
he confessed that he was astOnishoi
to ilnd II impOtent.
Dubola Of Idaho thought that when.
ever There was strong sentiment IN
I NWf NFaF q ~ pa
the Senate would respond, but the
senator from lllinnln knew aa well a.
he did, that tho senate did not want
10 pass Hn unconditional repeal bin.
"rheto 10 no sentiment In favor of IT,"
said Dubois. 81 honestly believe
that there nfs not ten senators here
who are anXlously DESTROYS Of pacing
| the unconditional repeal bin. IL there
were strong sentiment mere they
wOuia pAss II. There IL a manufactured
sentiment on tho outside, but II dues
not uXist hers"
"If the senator from Idaho aud those
/ representatives. said VOORHEES, earn.
Sslly, twill give us a chance to vote
we Will answer the question whether
there aTo ten or four Or i've times ten
senators who will vote Tor the uucUn.
diti0nal repeal OF the Sherman act"
81 will sBy To the senator from Iudi-
ana" replied Dubois dcfiantiy, "thut
you have power 10 resort 10 any end
you zee 1T, but tho minute you under
take - resort 10 unusual methods II
viii be demonstrated how futile II IL 10
cndeayor 10 pass the unconditional
repeal bill"
Palmer regarded tho declaration OF
Dubois as au appeal TO the batbGIi5m
OF the Senate. "ls Il true, on "a matter
Of constitutional law" Palmer asked,
cor Ia II consistent with tie nature of
this body, tina. the only ultimate
meanb OF securing a vote IL that We
shall quietly announce that We are cn-
gagged ia tho great business OF sitting
each other QUIZ"
"defioualy," continued Palmer, at
isA very serious thing, AMI protest
(uot that the senators shall yield pny
OF their Tlghts) tina, the tims will
come, ami ,t IL very near, whom tho
sensible men Of the Senate must adopt
some law by which 1t can govern ~.
self.n
After short executive session, the
Senate adjourned.