Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-10-14


The cali showed that there were hftS
four senatof3 present (eleven more than
4 quorum. and more than were present az
any time y6sb rday) and Mr.. Stewart
started again.
Taking the Chicago platform as ms text
iie commented upon II, phrase by pnrase'
he ald the same with President ClcVc-
landF letter of accept1ncc. And then ne
appealed 10 Mr. voorhees, 70 incorporate
In lekislatiot the principles 81 the lemo-
cratk Platform a. indorsed by the Fresl-
d,ntt lie had no doubt that Ar. Noor-
hees would not pat the people III sus-
peHsg by striking down silver,
That Senator had. IN speeches during
former sessions, expressed so well thS
sentiments OF the senator's from the silver
Statqs that they endorsed him In those
sentiments. and would stand by them 10
the esld. lie (Mr. Voorhees, had often IN
sp.rct him az Il sort Of fountain heau Oh
the hubject of silver money. The true
prinnnles had gushed cut OF him without
appalsnt effort. ,...
Mr! Stewart then went on 70 quote from
sOm3 VI Mr. Voorhees, speeches anu "
euloslze the views expressed IN theH;
Nri Carey (Orecon) asked whether MY
Sfavkrf 1r.irel 10 ro understood as say
ius dat hc would accept no conlproiulS'
and pnlir1lted coinage of silver.
"Dses the Senator wish To catecnlse
me-
81 tiuply want 10 understand you.
81 DO NOT propose 70 vote for any bllI
that limits the life Of silver. n quick
death is preferable TO lingering exist
eucc.2 =,
From half past six TO seven +. VI
there were not more than twenty senator's
In the chamber: but the fact was nov
called to tho attention OF the Chair be
cause there was a half hours truce 20
allow some senator's To- get their dinner.
During that half hour there was no
Interruption % the current Of Mr.. stew
arts talk
STEWART YIELDS TO PETER.
Th.n h. informed the Senate that ne
had emitted % portion of his speech whlch
related 10 the Tan-American Bmetalhc
Union. II was. he sail. 4 very iinpor-
taut part: his vote" was little out OF
orI"t hc had been audible for Two
or tlirea hours. and he asked leave 20
Weld the floor now ~ the Senator from
Kansas Nir. P.NoD. and he would gp on
with his speech some other time. Mt
P.Tpr ,1uI b.ein-tA senator unaware
of the truce. called attention TO no quo
rum. At first only q responded Ihls
Wis The twelfth call in six hours. All"r
some delay. the presiding officer. MY
Um announced the presence OF 4 quo
rum and recognized Mr. PETER. who
thcrcupon began speech against tne
bil.
Il was half past seven when Mr.. P"n"r
BEGAN % speak and before another h'ur
had passed there had been four roll
calls Of tho Senate. To each or Whl' Il
fprtv-four senators answered, nan Oh
them M least coming from nh" clolN-room
10 DO SD. ami returning there a. soon as
thoy had answered Here.
Mr. PETER WAS not disconc"rt'd ny
those FREQUENT Interruptions Of his speech.
A. soon as the presence ~ 4 quorum was
announced h. took r. Mp at tho polnt
wher, ho had left of, although b" hai
no written speech. and said he h1d rot
committed n speech 10 memory II" talked
very slowly and solomniy. and aS n A'
enjoyed. really. the opportunity of giving
expression 10 his peculiar views on imam
ci,l e,tbi,cte Ard ho had not half \
dozen listeners ON the floor Of N" senate.
and blt very few IN the galleries. which
tn. storm had kept clear almost during
the afternoon.
DUBOIS AGAIN REFRACTORY.
A. u.D a long wranglc Was precipi-
tatsd Ly the refusal Of Mr. Dubois -
vote 20 make n quorum. Mr.. "hlt'' oI
PENNSYLVANIA. made a fiery speech IN
which hc declared that the Senate had
made itself subject Of contempt. AMI
denounced Mr. Dubois. and intimat"l that
such action might warrant expulsion. MI
Mcpherson ucmocraU. Of New Jersey
rose to the point OF order that th" whole
discussion was out of order. Tho pre-
siding officer sustained tho point ana
called NIr. Mcpherson. who was still
sue4kinr. 20 order on his own point %!
order The roll was then called. showing
n. presence OF forty-threc senators \
division was called for on q motion L
,.ycus, Mr. Dubois. AMI the vote stood
Yeas p. navs. - Mr. Smith Democrat
Of New Jersey. said ne had a general paii
with the uniOr Senator from lJaho 'Nf
Duboisj. and not knowing how Dee woulH
vot. hc reserved his ballot. I.aughi"r
Mr.. White OcmocraO, of Louisiana, said
~ was paired with - senatcl~ whor was
present but had not votei so he. f"li
under no obligations % preserve the pan
and voted aye.
At ll.2T q was suggested that there was
no quorum. \ call developed the presence
Of forty senators no quorum. Mr. Faux
ner moved that thu Sergcaut-at-arms he
directed % request the attendance OF
abscute-s.
ADJOU RNMENT.
At II ij as tho necessary forty-three
senators could not be found. Mr. \oor-
he-s rose. ami sait that his previous
bxperi,nc. had shown him how fuuk IL
was 10 direct the S,rgeant-at-arms "a
scour the city at this hour Of the tight
I'm search ~ dellnqucnts and be- therefor"
q f.f fru
o'clock tomorrow The S,nat. th-n all
jourucl until tomorrow.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
In the House this morning hill was
passed for the relief ~ ". ". Rawlings,
late collector Of tho Eif-h North Carolina
3lftrict II credits his account win
a -i5. the value OF stamps destroyed in "a
gre at Winston. November J.. ls+-.
\ number NJ bills were reported from
committees and placed ON OBJ" calendar.
In the consideration morning hour mil
was passed increasing from - 10 lP th'
number u army officers who may n' dee
tailed for military instruction n ciuc'-
tional institItions.
At I O'Clock III" House resumed con-
sideration OF the McCfetry hhl Z" dil'h''
and modify the Geary chinese resl.''"-
tion and exclusion act. after having
ing amendment at o'clock Monday ai-
ternoon. The intervening time VIII h@
given 10 debate Mr. Eayner 'Al"rtidl''
was the first speaker Re argued mat me
rassar. OF the bin was an act VI seli-e'i-
dent justice. -
MI Rayner made an impassioned speeeil
~ favor of n. bill, being freluehiIy in-
t-rriipted by questions leading to exciting s
oolloeuies between himself and several
3epuDlicans. c,.,.,...
lie was followed by General Sickles
C%aw York). who spoke briefly also Oh
the bill.
Messrs Draper and Morse also spoke
p favor Of the bin and Messrs Bowers
nd NIagulre against it. The last nahnri
did not finish his speech. but VIII co.
clude tomorrow. The House, al 80 al
journod until tomorrow.
DICTATORSHIP IN GUATEMALA
Navy D.partment Measures for the FRO
lection of American interests.