The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-06
SILVER MEN SCORE TWICE.
Senator Stewart Spoke Three and a
Half Hours.


Senator Stewart viii Continue His
Remarks To-day.
Washington, Sept 5.-After some rou-
tine business, Mr.. Voorhees, offered a res
olution that on Thursday, and until fur
ther orders, the daily hour of meeting
shall be II o'clock a, m. He asked that
it lie on the table, and said he would call
it up tomorrow.
Mr., Faulkner gave notice that he would
submit some remarks on the repeal next
Friday.
Mr.. Morgan introduced a concurrent
resolution for the appoip ptment of a joint
committee of the two houses, seven
senators and seven representatives.
These together are to constitute a
joint select committee on finance.
The chairman is to be chosen
by the committee by ballot. 1t
is to hold its session in the capitol or in
such other place as the majority may di-
rect, with power to hear witnesses and to
employ stenographers. Eleven members
are to constitute a quorum to do business,
The committee is to examine into the
financial monetary condition of the gov
ernment and people of the United States.
The committee is to examine into these
subjects and to report upon them.
SUBJECTS TO BE EXAMINED INTO.
The full or partial decentralization of
legal tender silver coins and the ratio
which should be established between
them and gold coins the revision of laws
relating to legal tender, so as to prevent
unjust discrimination in the several kinds
Of money; the repeal of ther10per cent. tax
on the issue of state banks; the actual
causes of the present embarrassed condi-
tion of the people, and the national banks,
and what further legislation is necessary
to prevent national banks from abusing
their powers under the law.
The Joint committee may appoint sub
committees. of not less than four mem
bers (threetO constitute a quorum which
may sit in any place in the United States
and take testimony The resolution
was, at Mr. Morgan's request, laid on
the table to be called up by him here
after
REFERRED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr..
Afen, calling on the Secretary of the
Treasury for information as to the re-
demption of silver certificates in coin,
was taken up and referred to the commit
tee on finance, as was also the joint reso-
luton introduced by Mr.. Coclrell on
Aug. 2l for the issue Of additional gold
certificates.
Mr.. PETER then took the floor and fin
ished the speech which he had begun
yesterday in support of his amendment
for the free and unlimited coinage Of gold
and silver at the parity of 16 to 1.
MR.. STEWART ON THE REPEAL BILL.
Mr.. Stewart addressed the Senate in
opposition to the repeal bill He began
his speech with history of the closing of
the European and American mints to the
free and unlimited coinage Of silver; of
the conference held at Paris to consider
the unifcation of coins, weights and
measures, and of the demonetization act
of 1873 He intimated that Mr.. Sher-
mans vote against that bill was because
he knew it would pass and wanted to con-
ceal from the Senate the knowledge of
the fact that it omitted the silver dollar
from the list of coins. He claimed to
have shown that the leading members of
the two houses who were present during
the consideration of the bill were ig-
norant of the fact that the silver dollar
was omitted in the codifcation of the
mint laws.
Coming to the platforms of the republi-
can and democratic parties on the subject
of silver, Mr.. Stewart declared that he
saw no difference in the positions of the
two and could trust neither. The admin
istration Of President Cleveland was
doing to-day just what he predicted in the
canvass, demanding the repeal of the only
law that recognized silver as a money
metal.
CLEVELAND AND GLADSTONE.
The Sherman act had. up to this time,
inflicted no injury upon the country, but
had rather been beneficial and had, ac-
cording to Mr., Sherman's own claim,
prevented a panic in 1890. The bankers
panic, he said, had been inaugurated to
force congress to demonetize silver. The
cooperation of Gladstone and Cleveland
was to degrade silver, the former by sus-
pending coinage in India and the latter
by refusing to obey the mandatory law to
purchase four and half million
ounces per month, The machina-
tions of the banks and bondholders had
created dire distress in the country. The
immediate duty Of the hour was TO relieve
that distress. There was an honest rem
edy, and there was dishonest remedy.
The honest remedy was to restore silver;
or, if that could not be done, to utilize
the silver in the treasury by issuing silver
certificates on it, and by issuing enough
dishonest remedy was to pass the repeal
bill; to sanctify the infamous act of 1873,
and to fasten perpetual gold standard
upon the country.
WOULDN'T HAVE ANY "TRAsH." "
At one point in the speech Mr. Hoar, in
his quiet, solemn manner, made an at
tempt to correct one of Mr.. Stewards
statements; but the latter turned angrily
to Mr.. boar and informed him that he
(Stewart) did not want to be interrupted
with lot of trash.
well " said Mr. Hoar, II will wait till
the senator gets through
Glow can / get through" was the re-
joinder, 'if you will talkl' Laughter
At another point similar attempt Of
Mr.. Aldrich Of Rhode Island was de-
feated in like manner and was character
lied as 'aggravating." When he had
been speaking for over an hour, Mr.. Stew
art noticed that there were but few sena-
tors in the chamber, and that these were
paying not the slightest attention TO the
speech. These facts seemed TO annoy
him, and he stopped and remarked that
the Senate was doing business without
quorum. Il don't care about that said
he, ''in my own case" but l give notice
that hereafter when other. senator's are
speaking and are giving facts and infor-
nation that are so much needed by gentle
men in the cloak rooms, / will insist on
having forty-three senators in their
seats"
CALL or THE SENATE MADE.