Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-08-09

sherman act 10 90 repedicu, OeCduso
they believed that would be the
END OF sIvER COINAGE FOREVER.
They could not agree to that and they
could not be expected TO agree TO 1t;
but they did not want to be put In the
position OF contending against what
was absolutely necessary at the present
time. He was 10 favor OF any temper
ary measure that would give relief and
in the meantime the discussion Of the
whole financial question could go on.
At the close Of Mr.. Stewards remarks
his bills were referred TO the Committee
on Financs.
Mr.. Hale, OF Maine. offered a resolu-
tiOn fixing the hour OF daily meeting or
the Senate after tomorrow At IL Il. N.
he said that the President had very
aptly and I'm no uncertain tone given
business to the Senate and the House to
attend TO, and had qnOted the maxim
that "He gives twice who gives quick
~" His object in offering the resolu-
ton was to strengthen the Presidents
hands by increasing the length OF the
working day and thus decreasing the
number Of days that must slapse before
the adoption of the legislation
which the President recommended.
There was no Senator on either side
who did not desire, so soon as his duty
could be performed, to avoid the heat
Of this city, il might be pestiential, and
10 HE him home. There was no great
business interest Of the country that
did not demand, as the President had
demanded, swift legislation. II the
Senate were TO take vote on this i'm
portant matter on the 22d OF August,
as proposed by Mr.. Lodge, and which
he thought that two-thirds OF the
Republican Senators would favor, 10
O'Clock would be better hour TO meet
than IL O'Clock. He was willing TO mod
ify his resolution accordingly. He did
not propose 20 have vote taken upon
IL now, out he thought be would move
It's reference 10 the Committee on
Finance. He knew that the Chairman
OF that Committee, his friend from In
diana, Mr. Voorhees,, had oeen always
SOUND on THE MONEY QUESTION
and that soundness was supposed TO
have been recently strengthened, II
that were possible. He could get his
could report tomorrow joint resolu-
tion repeating the purchase clauses OF
the Sherman act, and the Senate could
get TO work upon IL on Thursday and
set itself seriously to the business OF
the country The President, he added,
had made a perfunCtory allusiOn TO the
tariff, but there was not a Senator
present who did not know that the
Democratic party would no moie dare
10 attack the tariff question than a sane
man would dare to grasp wire charged
with electricity. Congress was in ses-
sion for the sole purpose OF considering
the financial question, Senators on the
Republican side wanted immediate ac-
tiOn. They wanted the Senator from
Indiana (Mr. Voorhees, to report bill
In accordance with the patriotic sug-
gestions Of the President so that the
Senate could get to work on Thursday
morning. Such a measure could only
be passed in one Way-and that was by
the Senate sitting days and nights and
Sundays.
Mr.. German, of Maryland, resented
Mr.. Hale's remarks as being made TO
gain partisan advantage. 1t was
"small politics." be said. that had sug-
gested the resolution. The Senate dare
not, as the Senator from Main knew and
as the country knew, dispose Of such a
question in haste. Senators on both
sides were divided In opinion as TO the
proper remedy to be applied. He trust
ed that all Senators would rise above
mere partisauship and would settle the
question to the interest OF the country,
and he hoped that nothing would be
done on the Republican side Of the
chamber to excite party feeling on the
Democratic side.
Mr. Hale-"My proposition Is serl-
ous proposition. 1t is made with the
view Of streng gthening the hands OF the
President. II there is any one thing in
the Presidents message that he brings
out in undoubted and not uncertain
tones, IL is the appealing cry for imme-
date action.
Mr.. VOORHEES, SAYS MR.. HALE Is FRESH.
Mr.. Voorhees,, OF Indiana, chairman
OF the Finance Committee, said the
committee would be convened the day
after tomorrow.
several Republicsns-"Why not to-
morrow
Mr.. Voorhees-"I shall issue the call
Tomorrow for the committee to meet
Thursday TO take up the great ques-
ton, as IL must be taken up, far away
from the speeches 9f cheap dema-
gogues. such as we have been listening
70. The idea OF dealing with the Ques-
tien in the jump style sug-
from Mama Is
amazing in the Senate OF the United
States, particularly In the case OF
Senator who is now forward 10 undo
what he has helped to do. The Senator
from Maine iorgets that every curse OF
the sherman act comes home 20 roost
on that side OF the chamber,
not on this. Not single vote
on our side was given for that miserable
act. l never believed in it and do not
now. But the idea Of the Senator from
Maine appealing 70 me to make haste
10 undo the infamy and fraud which he
himself voted TO fasten on this country
is about the most refreshing thing that
I have witnessed in thirty years OF pub
lie life. Laughter and hsndclapping
on the floor and in the galleries-the
galleries being reproved for their share
In the demonstration by the presiding
officer. Mr.. Blackburn, OF Kentucky
Mr.. Sherman said that the act which
was now sought to be reversed had been
caused by the imminent danger OF the
two houses agreeing TO bill for the
free coinage OF silver. On this subject.
Mr.. sherman went into some details
which have been frequently published,
and said that his friends on the other
side OF the chamber were responsible
for the sherman act. He added, how