The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-13

their occupants. E'Orty-eight sena tors this
time answered "here."
DETAILS OF THE DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Washington, Oct. 12.-The night ses-
sion of the Senate was peculiar one.
Senator Allen took the floor at 5:l5
O'Clock in the afternoon, and without any
Interruptions except such as were purely
incidental, had the floor all night, He
proved himself an able and indefatigable
talker. AT no time did his voice fail him,
and even when the clerk was calling the
roll to secure a quorum he stood erect and
ready to proceed with lis remarks He
concluded his speech on the stroke of S
O'Clock, having been on the floor fourteen
and three-quarter hours. When he fin
ished his eyes were as clear, his voice as
strong and his gestures as vigorous as
when he took the floor His speech breaks
all previous records, and his powers of
endurance won for him the admiration of
those opposed to his tactics.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Aliens speech
Mr. Voorhees, moved to lay the PETER
amendment on the table.
Mr.. Wolcott suggested that there was
not a quorum present, but forty-six sena-
The vote resulted: Yeas 27, nays IL. No
quorum.
A call was ordered, and 45 answered
"Here." The vote on laying the PETER
amendment on the table was announced
as: Yeas 33, nays II. So it was laid on
the table. Following is the vote in detail:
Yeas-Messrs. Canery, Camden, Carey, Col
lum. Davis, Dixon, Dolph, Faulkner. Frye
Gallinger, Gordon, Gray Hale, Hawley Hill
Hoar Lindsay, Mcmillan, Mcpherson, Man
derson, Mills Mitchell of Wisconsin, Murphy
Platt, Proctor quay, Ransom, sherman;
Smith, Squire, Voorhees,, Washburn and
White of Louisiana-33
Nays Messrs Eaie, Berry, Blackburn
Butler Call Cameron, Coke Daniel, George,
Hunton, Irby. Martin, Morgan, Pasco, PETER,
Vest and Walthall-17.
FREE COINAGE MEASURE.
The amendment thus defeated was a
complete free coinage act in itself, 1t
was intended to supplement the. repeal
paragraph of the Voorhees, bill The
amendment prescribed the proportions,
and weight Of gold and silver coins to be
coined hereafter, and the nature of the
alloy, and provided the necessary ma
chinery for the execution of its purpose,
namely: Free coinage of both gold and
silver.
The vote having been announced, Mr.
Voorhees, remarked that the only other
amendment pending to the House bill was
the amendment reported from the finance
committee.
"What has become of all the other
amendments that have been offered2"
Mr. Butler inquired.
"There have been no others offered 2"
Mr.. Voorhees, replied.
"There have been notices of amend
ments given"
Mr.. Martin then addressed tho Senate
There were two calls of the Senate,
one at 10:45 o'clock and one at ii 80
o'clock. On the first call forty-three SEN
ators responded. On the second call for
ty-seVen senators responded There was
another call at 12:05 o'clock and only
thirty-nine answered and the sergeant-at-
arms was sent out to coax in four more
He succeeded at the rate of one per min
ute and at 1915 o'clock the forty-third
senator (Mr Hill appeared. Mr.. Mar
tin then continued his speech.
VOORHEES, SAVING HIMSELF.
Mr.. Voorhees, is taking advantage of
every opportunity offered to secure rest
so as to conserve his powers as far as pos
sible There has been some comment
upon the fact that he was absent at two
or three roll calls last night, and it was
asserted that ne had made an agree
ment with the silver men not
to attempt to reach a vote during the
night. With Mr.. Allen constantly on the
floor, there would have been no chance
to get a vote, if he had been present all
the time. 1t also appears that the at
tendants at the senator's room, when
they found him there, muffled the call
bell, and thus prevented his being dis
turbed. At noon there was no per-
ceptible change in the Senate.
AS the steam whistles and huge bells
scattered over the city announced the
hour of midday Senator Martin still had
the floor OF the forty-seven senators
who responded to the call at II 80 O'Clock
but eight were present. In the galleries
the night audience had disappeared and
new faces were seen. The Senate wore a
d isordered look.
A JOKE ON HARRIS.
When a quorum was secured, MIR. Har-
ris, of Tennessee. moved that the order
made after prior roll call directing the
sergeant-at-arms to request the presence
of senators be rescinded.
The presiding officer (Mr. Faulkner of
West Virginia) being in the chair in
putting the question, inadvertently re
ferred to Mr.. Harris as the senator from
Massachusetts.
From where2" asked Mr.. Harris, in
dignantly
From Tennessee" apologetically said
the chairman, and the occupants of the
galleries joined in the laughter which
the incident provoked among the SEN
ators.
Mr.. Martin then resumed his speech,
directing himself to critical
analysis of the democratic plat
form on the financial question.
There was another call of the Senate at
u 80 o'clock and, A senators responding,
Mr.. Martin resumed his speech.
After the lapse of exactly. thirty min
utes, Mr.. Powers, rep. of Montana,
rose, and apparently firing of suggesting
the absence Of a quorum, simply said
"Call the roll"
VOORHEES, SHOWS HIS TEETH.
When the result was announced, forty
three senators having answered, Mr..
Voorhees,, dem, of Indiana, arose and
said: "Mr. President. it is obvious that
there is to be call of the Senate every
fifteen or twenty minutes, at
most thirty minutes, with the notable
absence Of certain notabilitles opposed 10
this bill, the object doubtless being 10
compel an attendance on the part Of the
friends Of the oil all day, while they are
sleeping for tonight. Now / give notice
that on every call for a quorum
of the Senate from this time on, / shall
insist on having the names Of the abb
sentees called and to compel their attend
ance. If we are 10 sit here ali the time
subject 10 a call every fifteen minutes,
they shall do the same as far as IL IS in
our power to secure it." Mr. Martin