St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-13

AT noon there was no perceptible
change In the senate. As the steam
whistles and huge bells scattered over
the city announced the hour of midday.
Senator Martin still had the floor. and
of the fOrty-SeVen senators who re-
sponded to the call at half past eleven
but eight were present. In the galleries
the night audience had disappeared and
fresh faces greeted senators. The
chamber bore evidence of the struggle
in its disordered state, and, instead of
the spick and span condition which con-
fronts senators ordinarily at this hour
of the day, the floor was literally COW
cred with paper, and senatorial desks
presented an nntidy appearance. When
aquOrum was secured. Mr.. Harris, of
Tennessee, moved that the order made
after prior roll call, directing the
sergeant-at-arms to request the attend
ance of senators, be rescinded The
presiding offer, MIR. Faulkner, being in
the chair. in putting the question, mad
vertently referred to Mr.. Harris as the
'senator from Massachusetts,
& 'From where ?' asked Mr.. Harris in
sdignantly.
, From Tennessee" alphabetically
said the chair, and the occupants of the
galleries joined in the laughter which
the incident provoked among the sena-
tors
MIR. MARTIN
then resumed his speech, directing him
self to a critical analysis of the Demo-
cratic platform on the financial Ques-
ton.
There was another call of the senate
at ten minutes to l O'Clock, and forty
four senators responding, Mr.. Martin
resumed his speech.
After the lapse OF exactly thirty min
ntes MIR. Power rep, Mont.) rose, and.
apparently tlring OF suggesting the alb
sence of quorum, simply said, Gail
nounced, forty-three senators having
answered. Mr.. Voorhees, (Dem., Ind
arose and said: MIR. President, it is OBJ
viouS that there is to be call of the SEN
ate every fifteen or twenty minutes, at
the most thirty minutes, with the not
able absence OF certain notabilitieS
opposed to this bill, the object doubtless
being TO compel an attendance on the
part of the friends of the bill all day,
while they are sleeping for the night
Now. give notice that on every call tor
a quorum of the senate from this time
on | shall insist on having the names of
the absentees called, and to COMPEL
their attendance. If we are to sit here
all the time subject to a call every
fifteen minutes, they shall do the same
as far as 1t is III my power to secure
it."
Mr.. Martin then continued his speech.
MIR. Voorhees, statement apparently had
no terror for the opponents of repeal.
and at 80 o'clock Mr.. Jones, of Nevada,
called attention to the lack of quorum.
The senators from the silver states did
not answer their names. A quorum was
secured nevertheless, and Mr. Martin
proceeded with his speech. There was
another call OF the senate at 2:25 D. M,
end forty-five senators responded.
Mr.. Martin declared his belief that if
the question of unconditional repeal of
the Sherman act was submitted to the
people of the United States there would
be majority OF
MILLIONS AGAINST.
He apologiZed for having allowed him
self to be diverted from the logical order
of his argument for an hour or so, and
said he would now return TO it, and pro-
coed in a quiet way for the next ten
hours. Laughter.
Another call of the senate was had at
sos p. H., forty-eight senators answer
ling, and Mr.. Martin continued
r. AT 4:05 p. m. Mr.. Martin said he would
close his speech for the present. with
the hope that he might continue the
discussion at some future time. as there
were many important phases of the
question to which he had not alluded.
Mr. Morgan (Dem.. Ala.) gave notice
of an amendment TO the repeal bill, pre-
pared. he said by Representative Tur-
pin, of his state. The amendment pro-
vdes for the coinage of silver dollars of
1927 grains, which. together with all
oil hOlt pf
ness. are made legal tender, except
where otherwise expressly stipulated.
The secretary of the treasury is di-
rected to purchase silver bullion at the
market price Ito be paid for in silver
dOllarS) and to have it coined Into silver
standard dollars 10 an equal amount,
monthly and yearly, with the gold dol
lars coined.
Mr.. Morgan said that the only proyi-
sion OF the amendment which did not
have his approval was that excepting
the legal tender quality in cases where
otherwise stipulated.
Mr.. Teller Rep., Col.) then took the
floor and resumed his speech against
the bill begun last week.
At 6:20 Mr.. Teller said he had an i'm
pOrtant appointment which he was de-
SirouS of keeping, and, if agreeable to
the senate, he would now yield the
floor, with the understanding that he
could resume tomorrow. To this there
was no objection, and Stewart, of Ne
vada, was recognized. Before he pro-
ceeded, however, MIR. Dubois suggested
the absence of quorum. The roll was
called and forty-SlX senators responded.
MIR. STEWART
then proceeded with his speech. He
said in his own experience he could
recall several important questions which.
had been reserved in the senate, which,
if they had been decided hastily under
the previous question, would have
brought untold misery upon the cOun-
try.
At 7:05 p. N. Mr.. Power interrupted
Mr.. Stewart to call attention to the lack
of quorum, there being but two sena-
tors on the Democratic side, and not
more than six on the Republican side.
When the roll was called forty-two
SenaeOrs, one less than a quorum, an
swered. The repeal forces were about
to carry out the programme announced
by Mr.. Voorhees, earlier In the day of
having the names of the absentees read
preparatory to compelling their attend
ance, but several senators appeared
Immediately after the vice president
announced the result of the call, and
NIL ulu iIOO pIOoo q ICQuCSb lc
had made that the names of the alb
sentees be reported.
Mr.. Stewart had but expressed his
regret at the lack of conception on the
part of the administration and admins
tration senators as to what bimetallism
was and how to maintain the parity of
the two metals, when Mr.. Shoup, of
Idaho. interpoSed with the usual Sug-
gestion of the lack OF a quorum. The
presence of forty-three senators was
temporarily secured through the in
strumentality of the lately much
invoked roll call, and Mr.. Stewart
resumed his speech. He asked to have
read newspaper article, because it had
something of the American spirit about
it. at may not be from the higher
Glass;" said Mr.. Stewart, because it is
not fashionable to be American.
[LaughIer.] That is all English,
doncher know" Laughter.]
Mr.. Stewart spoke from Senator COL
quits seat, the first in the front row on
the Democratic side. Beside him sat