The Bessemer indicator., 1893-10-14
THE TUG OF WAR.
a SIMPLE TEST OF ENDURANCE.
Senator Voorhees, and the Other wall
Street Agents In the senate Be-
GIN .the Struggle to Throt-
tie the Minority.
F,fty-Fourth DE-.


which went over until Monday, directing the
committee on finance to report q bill for the
coinage Of gold and silver In accordance with
the policy set forth In the bill reported by
the committee August Is, 1888, being House
bill No. |.
Mr.. Harris offered resolution, which was
referred, creating a select committee Of Ave
senators 10 investigate the Ford's theatre dis
aster In Washington city and report whether
in equity and justice the government should
compensate the sufferers therefrom.
The repeal bill was taken up at II rs
o'clock. Mr.. voorhees, rose and said: "Mr.
President, desire to state this morning, in
the hearing of the Senate and of the country,
that on Wednesday next, after the meeting
Of the Senate, | shall ask 1t to continue In
session until a vote Is taken upon the pending
measure, aud shall ask and expect senators
TO maintain quorum for the transaction of
business until the end OF this protracted
struggle is reached might say more, but
more Is not necessary. | give this notice in
order that senator's may govern themselves
accordingly In the performance OF the duty
they owe 10 the public.r
Mr. Roach OF North Dakota addressed the
Senate in opposition to unconditional repeal
He was followed on the same side by Mr..
Allen OF Nebraska.
HoUsE.-When the session opened there
were u members present
The annual report of the Board OF Managers
of the Soldiers Home was laid before the
House.
The Tucker bill was discussed by Dr. Ev-
erett of Massachusetts,, General Grosvenor of
Ohio, Mr.,Oates of Alabama, Mr.. Hepburn of
Iowa, and several others The Interest was
small.
Fifty-Fifth Day.
sKSArE.-Mr. Harris OF Tennessee pre-
sentedresolutions by the Memphis Cotton Ex-
change and Busines Exchange criticising him
self and Senator Bate for not supporting the
repeal bill. He intimated tha the knew what
his constituents wanted better than the petit
tioners did. Failure to follow his own honest
convictions was 10 forfeit self-rcspect, and the
maintenance of self-respcct WIS vastly more
important to him than any Office within the
gift of any or all Of the people within the
universe
The resolution heretofore offered by Mr.
Wolcott directing the Committee on Finance
to report a bill cmbodying the bimetallic dec
laration contained In the voorhees, substitute
for the Wilson repeal bill taken up and
Mr.. Wolcott addressed the Senate in favor of
IT. adoption The peculiar character OF the
debate on the repeal bill that every
speaker had announced himself a friend of
silver and bimctallist. "a bye-and-bye
metallist,n said Mr.. Wolcott amid laughter.
Mr.. Wolcott said that within the last few days
the worst apprehensions of the friends OF sill
yer as TO the position OF the executive had
been realized. The president, while Congress
was In extraordinary session, conyoked by his
proclamation, Informed the country that he
was astonished at the opposition of the Sem
ate 10 the measure which he advocated Ia his
message.
'Such an uiteraucc is Intrusive and of
fensive,' said Mr.. Wolcott. land Is uniting
the relations which should exist between the
legislative aud executive department of the
government, and 1t deserves the protest and
rebuke OF every man who values the perpe-
tuity Of Republican Institutions, In my own !
state Mr.. Wolcott said, patronage had been /
distributed by persons living thousands OF
miles from Colorado. where votes IN Congress
co'neided with the financial policy OF the ad-
mnlstration. Equally unimportant to the /
pending question was the successful attempt 1
of the secretary OF the treasury to avoid eE
listing laws In the purchase Of silver 1t Is
serious enough and unlawful enough. but we
are powerless, and We all know that the seat .
of the convert is provcrbal, and that the sec
retary OF the treasury is but the automatic
register of the wishes of the executive. ap-
peal TO the senator from Indiana Mr. Vol
colt said, "who In his heart, know, opposes
the abandonment OF silver as standard, who |
holds the key of the whole situation In his |
hands, and whose single word OF approval /
would bring us relief and save the country |
from the cruel burden OF monometnllism, 10 |
stand with The people of his own country and |
his own flag aud against the proposed surrcn-
Ter to British interests. The only hope for
.ilvcr is by amendment to the present bill.
Itlf 10 NO utIt lOT lHbtpeuutUt
wen IL II ehould pass Congress. The step
nee taken will oe rrevoknble and the Senate
ives II to itself and 10 the country that IL
make no eowarlly surrender Of the sacred In
crests with which 1t is lntrusted.m
Mr. Voorhees, said the constant assertion
hat the pending bill dcmonetlzed silver was
ot fact. The pending bill did not take
rom n single dollar of silver money lis none
lry value.
The senator from Colorado (Mr Wolcott) /
rraigned him, said Mr.. VOORHEES,, not mere ,
to-day, but at other times. not quite direct .
:, but by amazed periods OF inquiry, or sug-
estion or innuendo, AS having been false to
ic cau-e Of silver money. The senator from !
olorado voted for the miserable makekhlft OF
so, which had been the destruction OF silver
oney. while he (Noorhees) knew 1t would {
rstroy silver and so stated. He WIS willing {
go before Colorado or any of the silver I
atcs and meet any of the senators from {
iose states In Joint discussion and prove to {
ieir own voting population that they were ,
ie worst enemy OF silver.
Mr.. Teller criticised Mr.. Voorhees, for his .
hange of views on the silver question. 81
o not know what new light the senator has,
aid he ~ have followed him heretofore,
ut will not follow him any more, because l
o not know when he will change his mind.
nd the Influences that change his mind may
ot be sufficient to change mine'
The resolution went to the calendar, and
he repeal bill being taken up, Mr.. Cockroli
ddreased the Senate 10 opposition to the bill.
HousE.-The closing day Of debate on the
tucker bill was more interesting than usual
ir. Aldrich opened the debate with viyor-
nus defense Of the Republican attempt to
heck the democratic frauds.m In the city of
5hicngo, and put down the Garter Harrison
,aug."
Mr.. Dolliyer of Iowa, one OF the Republi-
AN orators Of the Northwest, followed with n
brilliant speech In which he supported the |
9apt1 1uG nd dafa ah tnlnp 4 n,.,..
,ort. He WAS followed by Mr.. Boutclle of |
Maine who called Mr.. Springer OF Illinois a |
which Mr.. Springer resented, !
md Mr.. Boutelle withdrew 1t. The Repnbli- |
,ans were rapiled to by number OF Demo
rats and Mr.. Fitch Of New York closed the
leba,e with strong speech. The vote will
be taken tomorrow.
FIfty-sIx Day.
SgNATE.-Mr. Turpie of Indiana presented
a petition of the citizens of Richmond, Indi-
ana, asking that the use OF the mails be de
MED newspapers and other mall containing
prize fights.
Senator Squire OF Washington proposed an
other amendment to the silver bill under con-
In the Senate Like his other prop
OsitioD, 1t strikes out all after the enacting
clause and suggests an entirely new scheme,
similar 10 thnt of Senator Cameron. Mr..
Hill of New York presented petition signed,
he said, by lJ0O) merchants and manufactur-
ers Of New York not broker or banker
among them, asking for the unconditional re-
peal of the Sherman law.
The repeal bill then taken up, and Mr..
of New Jersey addressed the SEN
ate in favor OF the BILL He expressed n be-
lief, shared In, lie said, by two-thirds Of the
people Of the country who had any opinion
upon such subjects, that the Sherman law was
the true and in fact the only cause operating
10 produce the recent panic. AT the passage
Df the law, and In fact every day since its
passage, It. has been ittlngly characterized by
our own people and by the best financial
minds Of other countries as abhorrcnt to
finance, and long enough continued 1t would
drive or drift US TO silver monometalism.
Promptly repeal the Sherman law, give the
a q lon y charc q crcf hack to her al