The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-09-06
Senator Stewart Springs a Sur
prise Upon Senators.
QUORUM MUST BE PRESENT.
This VIII Interfere with the Pro-
gramme OF Anti-SiIYer Men.
The Repeal Men Receive Their First Set
back-The Senator from Nevada
Make n Great Speech in Fa-
vor of White Metal.


Senate would have to be present when
senators spoke upon the silver question.
Ii the opponents OF repeal insist upon
quorum being present at all times, it will
be new move and may seriously inter
fere with the programme OF the friends OF
repeal.
Substantially the entire day in the Sen
ate was consumed by Mr.. Stewart, Re-
publican OF Nevada, who took positive
ground against a repeal OF the Sherman
act. until silver was remonetized.
The vote of the Senate to proceed to
consideration of executive business this
afternoon, was the first setback the re-
peal men have thus far sustained in the
Senate.
Mr.. PETER introduced a bill creating a
department of education under the super
vision OF a secretary of education, whos
within three years after the passage OF
the act shall cause to be constructed a
college Of scientific learning IN which
shall be taught all the classic and profess
sional studies, arts, ETC., to be known as
Scientific University of the Red, White
and BlueECross. The bill apprcpriates S10,-
600, goo to construct the college. Eight
millions more shall be appropriated to
create an endowment to be known as the
Scientific College fund. The secretary is
tai amount of the appropriations and coin
in denominations of 1 cent TO $40.
Mr.. Voorhees, submitted a resolution
for beginning the sessions at IL O'Clock,
which was laid over.
Mr.. Morgan of Alabama offered a con-
current resolution for the appointment OF
Joint select committee of finance of
seven members of each House to examine
into the financial and monetary condi-
ton of the government and the people,
with view to devising means for better
ment. Its powers are very wide, includ-
ing the question OF remOnetization of sill
yer; its ratio with gold; revision of the
state bank tax; the cause of the present
financial depression; legislation to pre-
vent national banks from abusing their
privileges and powers to the detriment Of
the government and the people, etc.
which was laid over.
Mr.. Aliens resolution asking the Sec
rotary of the treasury if he had redeemed
any silver certificates in coin was agreed
to.
Mr.. PETER took the floor and concluded
his remarks in opposition to repeal.
Mr.. Stewart of Nevada followed in OPP
position to repeal. He said in 1867 the
minis on the continent of Europe and
those in the United States were open to
the free coinage of silver. He then recited
the events leading up to the demonetiza-
llUU Oh hllNGI III 1oIOs O1GIn1dny lie SdlQ,
introduced his bill, prepared by clique
IN the treasury department. headed by
Johc Jay Knox, professedly to revise and
codify the mint laws which in reality
omitted the standard dollar from the list
OF COINS. After two days debate the BILL
which had been reported by Sherman
from the finance committee, was passed,
Sherman, he said, voting in the negative.
Sherman very well knew, said Stewart,
before his name was reached in the calling
of the roll that the bill would pass by an
overwhelming majority.
The history of the bill in the House of
Representatives was suggestive. After it
was developed that the bill demonetized
silver, MIR. Hooper of Massachusetts, in
charge of the BILL affected to abandon it.
Some days afterward, in the absence of
Representative Potter of New York, who
had discovered the fact that the bill de-
monetized silver, Mr.. Hooper presented a
substitute for the bill which he falsely
claimed contained none of the objection
able features OF the original bill. the
substitute passed under the erroneous be-
lief produced by Mr.. Hooper's statements
that the substitute was devoid of the OBJ
iectionable provisions of the original bill.
The substitute as it came from the House,
contained 10 the sixteenth section pro-
vision for dollar of 3S4 grains.
Continuing, Mr.. Stewart said Sherman
at that time reported the House substi-
tute from the finance committee with a
substitute for section is, which contained
: the trade dollar of 412 grains.
a The Nevada Senator here oiverged from
his written remarks to observe that he
did not make point at this time, mas
much "a he was speaking, but that he
gave notice that hereafter when others
were speaking who could give facts and
information which were so much needed
~ Gnr NH 1haIr tina iv7f "a
cloak room, that quorum OF senators
would be in their srats when business is
done during the present session.
MIR. Pugh, Democrat, of Alabama, now
suddenly moved call of the Senate as it
was manifest, he said. that quorum was
not present. The call developed the
presence of ffty-ssx senators and MIR.
Stewart resumed his speech.
Mr.. Stewart said that notwith standing
all other amendments reported by the
finance committee the House substitute
as recorded in the Globe, no mention
was made of the substitute for the 18th
senction- Leading members of the two
houses were ignorant OF the fact that the
silver dollar was omitted The Senate
and country must judge, said Stewart,
whether fair opportunity was afforded
members of the Two houses to know of
the omission of the silver dollar from the
list OF coins as no reference was made In
the debate IN che Senate to the omission
of the silver Collar.
He SAID the fact that Mr.. Sherman did
so much to secure the recommendation of
a gold standard by the Paris conference.
introduced in 1868 bill with a harmless
title adopting the gold standard, claiming
the gold standard was an american idea;
that be had charge of the mint bill from
beginning to end, and having failed to
inform the Senate that it demonetized
silver, was most astonishing. The legis-
lation was not demanded by the people;
shey knew nothing of it. 1t remained a
profound secre; 80 far as the masses of
tie people were concerned for more than
two years.
Coming to the recent election Mr..
Stewart said the contest between the two
great parties was sham battle over the
tariff and force bill to secure power TO be
used for another and very different per-
pose lie had told the people, he said,
that It made no difference which party
succeeded, the result would be the same
the power and patronage of administra-
ton would be used 60 destroy silver.
Referring TO the Sherman act, Mr..
Stewart said, notwithstanding numerous
violations of it by the executive depart
ment, It had added $50, 00O, 900 of legal
tender money to the currency of The
country There was no evidence that the
Sherman act had, up to this time, III
i1icted any injury upon the country. The
bankers panic, he saiG, was inaugurated
to force Congress to denonefize silver.
The president, in his message, failed to