New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-07
HIS COURAGE FAILED HIM.
VOORHEES BEATS A RETREAT.
NO ACTION on THE EARLY SESSION RESO.
LUTON IN THE SENATE
1T WAS LAID on THE TABLE At ITS AUTHORS
OWN SUGGESTlON--AN AWKWARD APOLOGY
FOR THIS COURsE-tNTI REPEAL
ORATORY At HIGH TIDE.
LIZ Eln ILL LIltNp

ORATORf At HIGH TIDE.
'BY TELEGRAPH 70 THE TRlBUNEl.
Washington, Sept 6.-The era Of business" in
the Senate, which, according to Mr. voorhees's
programme was to begin first on Monday. then
on Tuesday, and finally on Thursday of this week,
with II o'clock sessols j. not, it seems, 20
begin at ALL The resolution for longer sttiugs.
after "A brief of promise. went to-day the
way of many other vrtuous legislative projects
undertaken in haste and rpented at leisure. At
the apOlOgetic suggestion of i:s author il WIS
unostcnatiously assigned 10 that parliamentary
limlp, the table, 10 h" acted upon or not as
may be desired, in th" indefinite future.
Mr. Voorhees,, Of course, would not have aban-
doncd III" early session ,ch"n" if he had felt
that il had enough votes behind il to pass the
senate. Unfortunately. many OF the ~o-callcd Ad-
mnistraton Democrats IN the senate declined
to follow the chairman Of the FinanQc Com
mttee in his plan for fastening "a vote by cx-
hausting daily larger supply al dntI-"peai
oratory Whether unwilling themselves tn endure
the greater fatigue rntac1 hN long sessions. or
moved by rhc tradition OF Senatorial courtesy
from imposing extra burdens OF oratorcal et-
forts upon the anti-repcal side. which. II must
he. remembered. still counts in it, ranks more
than half of the Democratic Senator'S IN" moro
lnkewa,n, rcp.Yl leaders declined fatty 10 sup
Iort Mr. Voorhees, in his / o'coc> project INTO
which they said he had been incantlJusly "i-
framed by senator Hale Last saturday.
Mr. Gorinan the real leader of both wings OF me
Democratic majority and th" chairman "i ''e
Democratic steering committee was ehtIrely LII
.vn'p.thy with this reputation OF the "ariS Ses-
sion plan. and with the weight of this authority
against him Mr. Voorhees, did not dare to iisk
vote on his resolution in open Senat" His awR-
ward apology for the abandonment OF IN" r'sou-
tion indicated very clearly that h" had brou9ht
forward the plan without due consultation WIN
his colleagues and that they have ialiei 10 ap-
nrovc il Their excuse. a. Gwen bv SIr Noor-
hccs was that practically much could be ac-
con,rli.h,d within the usual limits of a sitting
as with the extra hour added. The Tact is.
perhaps. thar there are not yet enough Senators
on th, rcpcal side who can b. got to pledge
themselves 10 that strict attcndlnc" at the Capitol
which would he necessary 10 make an extension
of the >ena c sessions ecac Ous for firing out the
anti-rcLoal debaters.
Mr. torman's policy in fact conenplates no
attempt for the present at curiang III" ordihary
Senatorial privileges of debate. and "a long as the
anri-rcpeal Senators keep mp IN" >enplancc oi
l,oitinate discussion. they are not likely 10 De Ill
torf red with by the Maryland Senator whatever
Mr.. voorhees, may say or 90 III" nominal leader
of the Administration Democrats on the hoor'
The tactics Of the real Democratic leader aT7
likely TO be found when they develop later on, TO
he mild and conciliatory rather than aggressive
and uncompromising in their character.
senator Morgan fell foul Of Senator voorhees,
to-day on the question of superseding the finance
Committee of the Senate and the Ways and Means
and Banking and Currency committees OF the
House ~ a new joint committee TO nave au-
thority over all the field of currency and finance
Mr. Morgan supported his resolution of Yesterday
in vigorous and aggressive speech. IN whi@h ns
had some interesting DI,sagcs-at-arlns win VII.
Noorlec- The latter got even finally by crowd
ing the Morgan resolution on the calendar wIthout
a vote much 10 the Alabama senator's ch3grin.
or COURSE the Joint committee scheme has little
or no chance of >IIcce>S.
Mr.. stewart talked ont another afternoon TO-
day. and had not yielded the floor when the
Senate adjourned.