Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-23

THE SIN n F.
WASHINGTON, Sept 22.-Thc op-
ponenis Of repeal occupied the day IN the
senate Messrs. Wolcott and Teller in
the morning against 9 change Of rules
and incidentally against repeal. and
Messrs George. Hausbrough and Stew
art against repeal Of the purchasing
clause OF the Sherman act.
Mr. Allen Pop) Of Nebraska intro
duced IL bill making The dollar (which
may be coined OF i12 IL grains Of silver
or Is $40 grains Of gold the unit of
value The bill also repeats the sherman
act and provides that owners Of silver
bullion may deposit the same in the
mint. which, less 20 per cent to be de-
Quoted for sciguiorage. and coined into
silver dollars and put in the treasury,
shall be coined into standard dollars for
his benefit.
Mr.. Platt's resolution for a coture
rule was taken NJ and Mr.. WolcOtt adj
DRESSED the senate. ClOture, he SAID
was the only way To stihe debate. Inc
resolution could be voted upon far earlier
iban could The repeal bili With great
respect for Mr.. Voorhees,, he differed
from him that it was impossible 10
reach vote on the resolution. II sena-
tors decided 10 have n vote ON the clnture
resolution they could have il without
much debate.
methods used TO prevent d vote on lhe
cl0tnre resolution Instead Of proceed,
ing prematurely 10 vote upon the irp"hl
bill, and instead Of being catccNlscl
ts TO when q vote could be rra ned,
be- would suggest that il was a proper
time TO ask tie chairman 0t the finance
committee aud his associates whJ were
pressing the repeal bin, why ia u hoy
viii not ut this time accept some measure
/ which recognizes silver as the steulGti
! of ylluaf' Ihrfr senator's had HnI1unc'
/ ed unlying friendship for silver. If they
siill cherished % why not ut his Tine
attach go thA rrpral Bill Il measure recog-
| uizmg eilyeri Why iuprri the pending
l billf II they Were such friends Of si.vrr
/ why was it they desired to snbircr d
/ free coinage measure to ,he p6-sb.l.ti".
| of vote by the president Of the United
! StatcSf II was idle to tall; of action
! that was to follow rrpeil 10 was foolish
/ 10 talk about forcing Great Eri;nin 10
| an International agreement. II The re
| peal Dill Should pass there would i1l
| u" banker or q money ,rp1lrr In Christel
/ dom, who would not laugh and rejoice
| u the bill Is Ia pass these urp the last
! day7 IN which We can entrant y1u Hoj
| 10 destroy the last hppr OF hinttalisu
by closing our doors against silgeF.
Mr.. NUcOtl believed unconditional 70
peal Of the Sherman law would bring un
told suffering upon the country. and If h,
| were 10 cunSnlt his own Judgment h,
would be inclined TO have the first blow
come ~ once and have II over
Mr, Teller Of Colorado also made "A LONG
speech against clOture and the repeal bill
| was then taken up aud Mr. George Of
v MIsgiHatUni ptuttlmI.I 10
"Wednesday
Mr.. Marlborough 1,epl Of North Dako
| u addressed the senate az great lpugtl
against repeal being followed by Mr.
stewart who argued that gold had riser
IN value while silver had remained
stable measure Of ynlue
Several senators wanted Mr.. Stcwar
10 Yield for motion 10 adjourn, but IN
refused, saying he had half a doZel
speeches and wanted TO make them.
When he finally. ended Mr.. Noorhee
arose ana said; 81 may say thar con
sultation has taken place this Afternoon
between myself and senators on this sid
aud on the other side OF the chnmbel
friends aud opponents of the pendln
measure, which has resulted substantially
~ l understand, ia an agreement AS 4
The hours We will occupy in debate, a
least for some time to COME Withou
going into details, l am warranted /
moving that on Monday and from an
after that dnte the hour of meeting Of m
senate be II O'Clock instead Of T.. wit
the understanding thut adjnnrnmcr
take place at o.
There was no objection and the cha
declared 1t so ordered
The senate then went into cxecutiy
session, ut which they confirmed III
nomination of John BNfour Hemingwn
as United States attorney for Ne
Mexico,
Adi,vrpn1