Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-12

Senate
could do no good. He had had three such
man.
Mr.: Stewart said he would not have called
attentlon 10 the note IL IL had not been In
| harmony with the language OF the nupiio
press of New York
Mr.. Martini suppose that the letters re-
celNeo py the Senator from Massachusetts
were from people who had recently gone
west from Massachusetts,.
care say. Mr.. Hoar quietly remarked
expect that is the fact" said Mr..
Martin and then he went on with his
One of his picturesque expressions was
that the crack OF the slaye-dr1yer's whin
mad been transferred from South Carolina
TO New York and Boston, whore n came
from q lot of ld-blooded Shvlocl. whose
proteges ard ancestors Shakespeare had
found and immortalized.
others OF them were: II never knew one
or your great hnanciers TO know enough 70
last overnight 1 never knew one az Yher,
TO make prophecy that proved trpe c.-
cept IL was OF the character and Kind oy
under oeiberation. where they have deliber-
/ ateiy gone to work, and. by a bold. tad
criminal conspiracy. brought about the con.
ditions OF which they are Complaining"
Il 40 not know anything about the mill
ucs OF tnfs paper, Il DO not know that any
body else does. am told that Il is a ,ort
OF mugwump-neither nsh nor nesh 70,
good smoked herring"
Trouble I'm keeptns a oua--
There were two calls OF the Senate-one
at 1o:4S and one at IL 80 To the frxt cali
forty-three Senators responded. but onlv
as to six of them. after a polite soIicitat,on
by the sergeant-at-arms To the second
call forty-seven Senators responded with
out any such solicitation. There were
present on the first call and absent on the
second Senators Blackburn, Hale. Vance
ana Villas, while those who were absent on
the nrst call and present on the second
were Brlce, Daniel George. Hunton, McMn-
Ian. Mcpherson. Mitchell of Wiscon sin and
| White Of Louisiana
There was another call at L o5, the alb
sence OF a quorum having been suggested
each Tune by an anti-repealer Only thirty
nine senators answered, and the sergeant-
alarms was sent out TO coax in four more
he succeeded at the rate Of one per minute
and at l2l5 the forty-third Senator (Mr
HID appeared. The absentees. as compared
with the previous call. were Senators Bate
Daniel Davis. Dixon. Doiph Mills, Mitch
ell Of Wisconsin and Washburu Those who
were recorded on the last call and not the
Vest and Villas. None OF the Senators from
the silver states was recorded on any q
these calls.
Mr. Martin Resumes.
In continuation OF his speech Mr. Martin
discussed the question of national banks
and asserted that the wisest and best thing
for the democratic party to do would be to
wipe out every vestige Of the national bank
ing system. And the sooner that WAS done
the better
What would ,I you substitute for itr' Mr..
Il would substitute for the national bank
ing currency" Mr.. Martin replied, gold
and silver-the constitutional coin Of the
country. would not have the treasury
converted into a junk shop for anything
wheat, cotton, or barley, or beer. and hence
have never favored the purchase Of silver
bullion or the issue Of silver certificates or
gold certificates. I would go back 70 the
democratic system Of issuing promises to
pay-Sreenbacks-as they were issued under
the administration Of Mr.. Van Buren,"
Mr.. Faulkner Was Tired.
Mr.. Martin was about to continue his
speech. when Mr.. Harris intervened with Q
parliamentary suggestion that q motion
should have been made to dispense with
further proceedings under one OF the
former calls.
Mr.. Faulkner who was temporarily oc-
cupying the chair. said that the motion
would be made to appear on the Journal ~
suggested by the Senator from Massa-
chusetts.
Senator from wherer- Mr.. Harris a.
most fercely asked. as he moved toward
his chair. And Mr.. Faulkner made the
necessary correction OF his statement.
Then Mr.. Martin turned his attention 70
the democracy. and especially TO Mr.. Nc
Pherson. and recommended that Senator to
repent and be baptized, and receive the
Holy Ghost" He declared that II Mr.. Cleve-
land had written before his election the let
ter which he had recently written TO Gov.
Northen. the democratic party would NOT
have been In II and that II democrats had
announced themselves on the money cues
tion before the election as they had done
within the last sixty days. BENJAMIN Har-
rison would be today President Of the
United States by an overwhelming major
ity.
There was another call Of the Senate at
l2:5e. and forty-four Senators answered.
At the request of Mt. Platt Comm the
names of the absentees were read They
were: Aldrich. Allen. Blackburn. Butler.
Camden, Chandler. Cockrell. Coke. Colquitt,
Cullom. Daniel. Davis. Dixon, Dolph. Du-
bois, Gibson Excused on account OF SICK
ness), Gray. Hansbrough. Hunton. lrby.
Jones of Arkansas. Jones OF Nevada. Kyle.
Mitchell OF Virginia, Mitchell Of Wisconsin.
Morgan. Merrill Excused several weeks
ago), PETER, Pettigrew. Power, Pugh,
Roach. Shoup. Squire. Stewart, Teller, Tur-
pie, Vance, White OF California, Wilson
and Wolcott
After Mr.. Martin resumed his speech he
was requested by the Vice President TO turn
his back on the chair. as the omciai re-
porters were unable to hear him. lt was
the third or fourth request of the same
kind that had been made 10 him. ne ex-
cused himself with the remark that ne was
"trying to reclaim his ioSt ff1ehQs On tuo
Jersey coast" He illustrated his argument
against the idea OF cheap money ana
nat money" by producing a SO gold Ger.
tifcate, a SO silver certificate. a $40 gold
piece and ten silver dollars. and challengeo
denial that they were OF the same vaaue IN
every market in the United States ana IN
debt-paying power.
Mr. voorhees' Notice.
After another call Of the Senate q IL
Mr.. VOORHEES, said:
'It is obvious. Mr.. President that there
is to be a call OF the Senate every twenty
or thirty minutes, with a notable absence
of certain notabilities opposed 70 this Dill
The object doubtless. In 10 compei the AZ
tendance Of friends OF the bill all day.
while they are sleeping for TONIGHT NOW
give notice that for every call that 10
made for q quorum OF the Senate nrom this
time on I shall insist on the calling OF the
names OF the absentees and TO compel their
attendance: IL we are TO sit here all the
time subject to a call every twenty or
thirty minutes they shall DO the same %
far as 1t Is In my power to secure II
Another Roll Cali.
A roll call. which was demanded by Mr..
Power at 2.,s, showed the presence Of
forty-five Senator'S. the silver republicans
refraining from answering 70 their names.
! II was therefore unnecessary for Mr.. Voor-
hees to carry out his threat to compel The
Senators to respond
Mr.. Martins Introductory.
cao,&ar Martin who had been