New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-10
BETTER ATTENDANCE IN TIE SENATE.
THE DAY DEVOTED TO DEBATE on sILvEE-MR-
COCERELI HAS HIS say AT LAST.

v-osbirqton oct a-The attendance OF Senator'S
This morning was much larger than IL has been
for several weeks past. so that there was no N
cuse for suggestion OF the absence OF quorum
Tho resolution recently adopted at joint meet
ING ~ the Memphis Cotton and Merchants hN-
chances condemning the two Tennessee senators
for their course In antagonlsm TO the Silver Pnr-
chase Repeal bill. presented by Mr.. h'tr's
Dem TcnnD. who denied that he or his colleague
had been guilty OF any discourt"sy to"atd t"e'c
exchanges and minated that the discourtesy hau
h.e, on their side TO himself and his colleague
r-h. resolution offered by Mr. Wolcott U-P'
cal last Saturday TO carry into actual legislation
the declaratory section OF the Voorhees, substitute
a, favor ~ blmatalllsn) was taken up. ana MI.
Wolcott addressed III" Senate I'm favor OF II.
Mr. voorhees, Dem. Ind replied TO Mr.. VOL
colt lie denied that the pending bill would de-
,,ore,,z. silver The statement that II would do
so might be- repeated a hundred thousand times ana
still IL would not be- true. There was Al this time
nearly sclsGJ0O0O OF silver currency, Sh,~N"p OF
which was legal tender: and not one donar OF that
would lose rs legal tender monetary value on the
,ou,r,ry the bill was a better friend TO silver
money than any measure could be whlch bought
silver as corn. wheat. oats ana rye Inc pii uid
No, touch the monetary value Of silver.
Nr Uarrls inquired whether the passage OF the
uousa hin or Of the Finance Committees substi-
te would not remove the last statutory recognition
Of silver a money metal
II Voorhees,
massage of the repeal bill would not demonctize a
dollar OF silver As to silver bullion. it was raw
material and the term decentralization could not
be applied TO H.
In answer 10 another question by Mr. Harris,
Mr. voorhees, said that there was enough silver
bullion on hand now 10 occupy the mints seven
or EIGHT years. and that the power to coin that
silver was in the Sherman act, and would re-
main In 1T after repeal of the purchasing clause
Mr. Morgan tried 10 get In a question as TO why
the Finance Committee had set aside the provision
OF the House bill that It should not impair or effect
the legal-tcnder quality or the standard silver dol
lar and put in its place mere declaration Of
policy.
There was something either in the manner OF the
suggestion in the Implication Of bad faith which
ii conveyed, that angercd Mr. Voorhees,. and he
declined to yield the floor. lie stated. however.
that the committee had several good reasons for
what II did
gan (Dem Ala) took the floor and developed the
qucsto which he had attempted to put before.
dsavowing at the same time All idea OF casting an
lmputatlon Ir. Voorhees, or anybody else
Mr. Mcpherson Dem y. j. offered to reply to
Mr.. Morgans question; but the latter stopped
him, and informed him very CURLY that he
not asking him. but addressing the Senator
from Indiana
Mr.. Hill Dem. ~ y ventured to ask Mr.. Nor
gan what pledge In the House bill abandoned
by the Finance Committee. With as little
mony the Alabama Senator turned upon him and
said that he had supposed that the Senator from
New-York had read the bill and not ignorant
Of it. G.aughter)
Mr.. Teller dtep., colD replied Mr. Noorhecss
criticism OF the Senator'S from the silver States
for supporting the Sherman bill when 1t be-
fore the Senate. and asserted that the Indiana
Senator Uas not In condition to throw stones at
Them nasmuch as he had not only voted for the
Bland BILL but had voted TO pass 1t over the Pres
dents veto He declared that the people would
not be fooled by the decaraory section in the COM
mittees substitute. They understood the innu
ences that were at work. and knew that IL
not in their interest that the pending legislation
was proposed
The wolcott resolution then placed on the
calendar and the Silver Purchase Repeal bin was
taken up.
Mr. Morgan asked Mr.. Mcpherson why tho
Committee on Finance had dropped the pledge In
the House bill and inserted simply a declaration
10 which the Senator from New-Jersey replied that
there sufficient pledge In the provision of the
Sherman act that was not sought to be repealed.
Mr. Cockrell said that from the foundation OF
the Government to 1873 laws maintained the
constitutional bimetalllc system unimpaired The
law OF February Il. ls3-passed by Congress over
whelmingly Republican In both houses and signed
by Republican Presldent-was the first act that
demonetZed silver. Mr. Sherman was chairman or
the Committee on Finance at the time. had charge
Of the bill and well knew Its provisions ana erect
Not three Senators and hve Representatives knew
Il demonetixed SILVER ana established the single
gold standard .
Il was not q member OF the Senate at that time