New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-22
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SILVER MEN SCORE A POINT.
MORE DELAY IN THE SENATE.
TWO LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO BE FRITTERED
AWAY ON THE MANTLE CASE.

Mr.. HOAR'S PROTEST-SENATOB
MoRRILL's SPEECH THE CHIEF
INCIDENT OF THE SESSION.
rBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBuSE-'
Washington, Aug ?1.-The anti-repealcrs IN
the Senate with the aid and cooperation OF the
Democratic managers, scored another decided point
this afternoon in their programme Of delay ana
inaction when they secured postponement OF
the vote on the Mantle election case until p m.
on Wednesday next. Two additional legisil'i'e
days are thus TO be consumed in dsposng OF TINS
incidental personal ISSUE while the business for
which the present extraordinary session was called
* allowed to be side-tracked on the calendar.
Mr. Vance, who represents the minority OF the
Committee IN Privileges and Elections, when
opposes the acceptance of Mr.. Nantes title, n
also Of the minority of the Finance Committee,
which is contesting the passage OF the Natlonaa
Bank Circulation and Silver Purchase Repeal piiis'
and he has naturally been 10th to allow the de
hate, on the Mantle case TO be concluded ana the
wov thus cleared for action tie financial legis-
laton proposed by the friends of honest money.
MIR. VANCE SECURES HTIEUP.
After delaying q vote from Thursday last uhtn
to-day and agreeing to stop deoae "i'"""s
fail at > o'clock this afternoon, Mr vance "'
about . D. m. surprised the Senate by insisting
on tie-up7 for two more days. Mr ilodr' WHO
had been persistent in urging vote, and had se-
cured unanimous consent for one al'ef grea'
effort. reluctantly yielded to the wish Of the
chairman of the committee, hut announced thaS
from this point on he would decline to he re-
sronsibla for the management OF the election
case. The Senator from North Carolina, having
broken the order of the Senate for vote, would
have TO shoulder the blame, whatever II mlgnt
Le of prolonging thus excessively the consideration
Of the pending resolution. Mr.. Vance and Mr.
George talked out the afternoon readily, both
DENYING the right Of the Governor OF state 70
lDnoint Senator under circumstances such as
those existing in Montana, Washington ana
Wyoming last March. The election case VIII Do
dropped again tomorrow 10 let Mr.. voorhees, ana
Mr. Dubois talk on the Repeal bill, but it may be
counted upon to be taken up whenever between
now and Thursday there is an evident intention on
the part of Mr. Voorhees, Others to push the
consideration of either the Repeal or the Na-
tional Bank Circulation bill.
COMBINING SOUND SENSE AND HUMoR
The chief incident of interest at to-days session
was the speech made during the morning hour
by Senator Morrill, in support Of the proposed re-
peal of the purchase clause of the sherman act'
The senior Vermont Senator is always sure or
aattoripc audience whether he talks strictly
financial or on more general political topics. 10
.cund and wel-digested doctrine he can always
add the charm of sententionsness and W.T. ana
the force Of his logic is always heightened ny hls
punaent epigrams. In STYLE. his speechcs nave mo
merits of succinc,ness, brevity and polish, whiie
a playful humor and originality OF phrase lift them
always distinctly above the level of conventional
political oratory of the serious sort. Ihongh ap-
pearing in the Senate against tie advice OF hs
phvscian who has Just ordered him from the
captaI for a necessary rest,S Mr.. Morrill, spoke to-
day with his accustomed case and had no trouble
in reaching tho end of his task uniagged Ills
remarks il need not he added will have an eXcep-
tional interest and value at this time, and they
are given below
SENATOR MORHILS STRONG SPEECH.
10, mo frankly avow that do rot yet abandon all
hone OF bmeiallism and. accordingly, shall gladly
vote for the repeal of much OF the act OF 1880 as
requires The purchase OF silver. which originally dd
not receive any favor from me, ana the wIne ds'rus'
it has excited should be speedily removed
But after its repeal, we shall ot be dependent upon
gold alone currency, there will be in the Treas
ury much more of silver than of gold more OF paper
currency than ever before, and tn silver do'iar VIII
not bs demonctized Whenever moro silver can lie
coin.d ard utlzod without crowdng gold 10
pr,n,ium il will be- done by universal consent. bnt
the Treasury Of United States should be relieved
from the enbarraS sment Of furnishing gold to pay ior
silver bullion. We may not ever be able 10 Keep as
much silver ahoat as has beer done by France De-
cause our people prefer something lighter OF equal
mammal value and more portable to handle: but we
can easily carry enough OF both silver and gold FOR
all the business OF the county, if the master, Is not
wholly strrcI ,ier'd 10 silver.
rhe silver mine owners declare that they VIII
noq consent to the repeal of the ACT OF loVo "ho"t
satisfactory substitute Notwithstanding that IN every
months delay value OF silver plunges downward
Win increasing velocity The only satisfact tory
,,,,u,. indicated by them Is free coinage-the very
mea-ur. that has been most feared by the country
which when established. would at once bring with
II the single silver standard. and on this standard
the producers OF silver, in less time than one year.
would get no better money than that made OF sver'
Such money. when no longer supported by hs
privilege OF exchange gold its equivalents wouio
be current mt its commercial value only, no ma'er
what the ratio. The coin would BE- legal tehdsr anu
receivable for demands due the G0yernment-oy u"
means a measure OF vaue-and that wohu oc '
only redemption ever to be- offered Inc GUNS -
monometallist nation We're ever current a s,u.
will be- at a sing Gle fraction above their in'r'ns'o ~
No man outside OF insane asylum "o"'r .,or.
the silver coins of Mexico. India OF ie" "
than their weight value In BULLION - ,nos in
The coInIng valu. of silver produced rom ''"'' "
,h. United STATES I'm 1902 S14,oo'''oV' " ~
than double what II was In 1875 anu Wv r.. ,,n
the world was ten millions more 'ha', , o,, NOR.
',. .U''"s u, s Far twenty years Germany France
and ALI tbc Iatin nations have ceas'o iro'' -. .nd
anu r ."' and syery year the annual surplus beyond
consumption for the arts has sai.ed n nnd sUs f.s
'a",'n,r Other metals are meeting the same iae'
and from no other reason thah '"'' "a 81"
production. ~ s,,yrp norrAn
u,-,cu.s1yG POWER OF THE slLVE" DoLL""
No nartisaus OF silver claim that AL inc
Inc .,rt eA" their nlbegotten theories and muster
lacs p conscrpt soldiers to combat on their side;
,s, , hem will stay there SO much the worse
out wu'', and they ore then straightway con-
lor nsa by these partisans to the Wall street OF the
Sn,tomless pit. 1t is well known that Tor seVerM
. .h.r. Inns been a downward tendency In the
y;s of food products and OF many other materias