Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-08-31

was passed-yeas, 24o; nays, ITO.
Baltimore sun special.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-'rhe fight in
the Senate for the unconditional repeal
of the silver. purchasing clause of the
Sherman law will begin in earnest to-
morrow. The Wilson bill, which was
sent to the Senate as soon as II passed
the House yesterday, and which was re-
ferred to the finance committee, was
promptly reported back to the Senate
this morning by Chairman VOORHEES,
with an amendment adding to it that
part of his bill containing the Chicago
platform declaration in favor of BIZ
metallism. The original Voorhees, bill
has now been abandoned, and the bill
that will be before the Senate will be
the Wilson bill. The reason for follow
ing this course is that the bill when it
passes the Senate will be in much
better parliamentary position than if the
Senate bill should be passed. If the
Senate bill should be passed and sent
over to the House it would have to 60
to the committee on coinage, weights
and measures, where Chairman Bland
and his free-coinage associates on that
committee would keep it as long as pos
sible. If, however, the House bill is
sent over with an amendment, it will
not necessarily have to go TO com
mittee, but the House can at once agree
to the amendment or disagree and ask
for conference. There is little doubt
but that the amendment will be agreed to.
When Senator Voorhees, reported the
bill its immediate consideration was OBJ
lar he
rules of the Senate this action laid it
over for one day, SO that while all the
talk in the Senate to-day bore directly
OF indirectly upon this bill, it was not
and is not the pending business before
the Senate. That position is occupied
| by the bill for the increase of the ma
tiorml bank circulation. 1t is the in
| tention Of Senator Voorhees,, however,
to move tomorrow to take up the repeal
bill and proceed with its consideration
until it is disposed of. If the free coin
age men oppose this motion it will re-
quire majority vote to take up the
bill. There will be no difficulty in get
ting this unless the silver Senators con-
clude to oppose with dilatory tactics the
taking up Of the bill for consideration.
If they conclude to make fight against
consideration they will expose their
weakness at the beginning of the con-
test, for the reason that they would
hardly be able to poll the full strength
OF their vote in opposition to the con-
sideration of the bill. Some of them
are in favor of allowing the bill to be
taken up tomorrow without objection.
SENATORS WHO HAVE CHANGED oPIN-
IONS.
After discussion of resolution offered
by Senator Stewart calling for informa-
ton from the Secretary of the Treasury,
which afforded Senator Hill another
opportunity to show his feeling agains
the administration, Senator Gordon o.
Georgia, addressed the Senate in favoi
of the unconditional repeal OF the silyel
purchase law. Senator Gordon was, a
the beginning of the extra session
classed by the opponents OF repeal al
one Of their most steadfast supporters
His speech to-day was all the more effec
tive on that account. He is an easy
graceful speaker, with ready command
of language. He urged the repeal of The
Sherman law in accordance with th'
pledge of the Democratic platform, ant
in obedience to the demand of the peo
pie from all parts of the country.
Senator Gordon is far from being th,
only Senator who was counted upol
as being on the side of the free coinag
men who has changed, and the effect O
his speech in the Senate was very SINH
lar to the effect produced by some o
tina speakers in the House who came ou
for honest money when they had beel
counted on the other side. II gave re
newed confidence to tho supporters o
the administration, and lowered the
hopes of the other side in correspond
} ing degree.
When Senator Gordon had finishe
speaking Senator Teller rose and occu
pied all the rest of the afternoon with
l speech on the silver side. He accuse
President Cleveland and Secretary Cal
5 Isle of being in conspiracy with Wa
3 street 10 destroy silver as money meta
and put the country on gold basis fo
r all time. Aside from this, his speecl
/, was repetition of the old argument
l for free coinage that have been heard i
both houses OF Congress for many years
A QUESTION OF PHYSICAL. ENDURANCE
n If there was any limit to the capacit
D Of Senator Teller, Senator Stewart an
:, talk themselves out before the debai
1 had fairly begun. 1t is understood, ,th;
), when the fight shall have resolved itse
+ down into simply test of their abilit
to talk against time, as it will before
great while, that it is part of the
plan to read and have read from Il
!, clerks desk long extracts from the Coz
~ gressi0nal Record, including who
: speeches delivered by Democratic Sent
tors in favor of free coinage in oth'
: Congresses. 1t is the men from Il
silver-producing States who will reso
to these tactics. They will not be aide
to any great extent, if at all, by FIRE
coinage Democrats, and thus the who
i burden of the fight will fall upon fe
:, men. They are determined, howeve
:, and declare they will not yield an inc
:, to popular opinion, no matter ho
= strongly it may be expressed, Cons
= quently, it is probable the fight wi
3" narrow down to simple question
= how long the physical endurance
y, these men can hold out.
y How soon @ vote can be reached is N
yet known, but the supporters of Il
administration believe they will be all
l. to pass tine bill in two weeks or lit
Il more, and that it can be ready for Il
1t signature of the President within thr
If weeks after the date of its passage
S, the House. Two weeks ago the fire
coinage Senators claimed a majori
against the repeal of the bill. AT til
+. time the supporters of the administI
IF ton could not count with certain
A. unon more than one or two muiDri