St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-14
SENATORS BECOME WEARY,
THEY LEIKs THE cHAM8ER As SOON
As THE TkLK
ON SILVER COINAGE BEGINS.
Stewart Repeats His Well-K nown
Theories. and Lindsay Says He
Does Not Believe in the Dire
full Prophecies That Have Reen
Made Dolph Talks to Empty
Seats Until Adjournment.

SCaCS OnCIl AuJOurnmGnC.I
WASHINGTON. March 13.-Thel pro-
ceedings i'll the senate today were of an
extremely uninteresting character.
Without the Intervention of any morn
Ing business except the presentation of
a few petitions and the introduction OF
some unimportant bills, the senate took
up the consideration Of the seIgninrage
bill. Senators Stewart and Lindsay
spoke in favor, and Mr.. Dolph spoke in
opposition to it. holding that its passage
would destroy the existing equality
between gold and silver, and the two
new senators, MIR. McLaurin, of Missis-
slppi, and MIR. Blanchard, of Louisiana,
received their committee appointments.
MIR. Stewart. of Nevada. took the floor
i'll support of the Bland bill. He was
willing to have the bill amended, for he
believed to return it to the house would
be fatal to it. MIR. Stewart delivered
silver speech along the line of his WE'LL
known theories.
AT the conclusion of Mr.. Stewards
remarks, Mr.. Palmer Dem., Ili.), an
nounced that the senator from Ken
lucky (Mr. Lindsay wished 10 speak OH
the subject. As MIR. Lindsay was absent,
the senate waited while page was dis
patched to the committee room to sum
mon him.
Senator Lindsay prefaced his speech
with the assurance that if he believed
that any of the unfortunate results so
freely predicted by the previous speak
xynulH foil Tf,,,,o 81, H.;
he would be slow in giving it his sup
port. HIS brief experience in the SEN
ate. however, had convinced him that
prophecies. especially in financial ques-
lions. were to be treated with some
doubt. He believed that if the enact
ment of this bill into law would bring
the country to
SINGLE SILVER STANDARD
or would stand in the way of an inter-
national agreement. he would hesitate
to give 1t his vote. According to his
understanding, however. it simply pro-
vided for the carrying out of tine unre-
pealed sections of the law of 1890. 1t
went no further than to prohibit that
the coinage provisions OF the act OF 1899
should be carried out in the next five
years. He denied the assertion made
by Senator Sherman and others that
the bill permitted the issue of paper
money without security, saying that the
bill did not permit such an interpreta-
ton put on it by those senators who
looked for tine introduction into our
currency of merely fiat M oney after the
passage of this bill. When Senator
Lindsay took his seat. Senators, Dolph
and Mills then jumped to their feet, the
latter to ask for all executive session,
Mr.. Dolph, however, being recognized,
and, as he was primed for speech and
had been waiting since yesterday for
an opening, lie declined to yield for
motion to go into executive session. Mr..
Dolph thought those who were drging the
passage OF the bill were doing so under
false interpretations. They were prin-
cipally those members of the senate who
favored the free coinage Of silver. The
bill was reckless proposition to in
crease the coinage of standard silver
dollars or of silver certificates without
all adequate provision for their redemp-
ton or to maintain their
EQUALITY WITH GOLD
The bill was i'll direct conflict with the
declaration of congress made a few
months ago when the purchasing clause
OF the Sherman law was repealed, that
it was the policy of the government to
maintain the parity of gold and silver.
He then gave an analytical statement
of the bill and showed its dangers and
iInpcrfectiOns. An amusing interrdp-
ton occurred to Mr.. Dolph's speech.
Mr.. Dolph had referred to a reply
made by "a Washington newspaper
woman in response to Il fallacious work
bible by the Popuist party. Mr. Doph
announced that he would not read this
reply but would have it printed in the
Record. This brought Mr.. Harris to his
feet with an objection. and sharp de-
bate followed. Mr. Harris said that
nothing could be printed in the Record
which had not been uttered on the floor
except by unanimous consent, and he
did not propose to allow any book to be
published in the Record.
Mr.. Dolph mildly remarked that it
was not book but newspaper clip
ping, and being pressed again and again
for an estimate of the amount of the
space it would take in the Record, re-
fused TO commit himself. but said he
would read if desired.
Il don't like to put the senator to that
trouble" replied Mr.. Harris, sarcastic
ally, NOR to delay the senate at this
hour. but will net consent to any SEN
ator dovetailing book in the Record"
II have left out as much Of the arti-
Gle as l could" said Mr.. Dolph You
should have left it all out" replied Mr..
Harris, as he walked out of the cham
Der.
MIR. DOLPH CONTINUED
his speech few minutes longer. and
announced that he would print in the
Record an extract from pamphlet ell
titled "CEeap Money" Just then Mr..
Harris came i'll again.
docs the senator intend to print
whole library in the Record?' he asked.
IF he does want him to read it here.
so that we may know what it ISL
Senator Allen. of Nebraska, of whom
mention had been mode in connee-
tiOH with the ''topulist bible.' just re-
ferIed to. also injected an objection to
the publication of the extracts unless
they were read. A brief discussion
took place as to whether the reading
should take place at once or tomorrow
morning, and it was finally agreed to
let it take place Immediately. Q
Mr.. Dolph then started in to read ina
low monotone, when Mr.. HOaf WAS
heard to remark that perhaps the send
tor from Tennessee (Mr. Harris) would
like to read the papers and thus relieve
the senator from Oregon. / 3
This raised a laugh which was in
creased when Mr.. Harris replied with
marked emphasis: II hardly think j
will, but refer the senator from Ore
gon to the senator from MASSACHUSETTS,,
who is an excellent reader"
MIR. Dolph had been standing IN the
aisle holding the book in his hand dur
ing this exchange of pleasantrieS. and
when the discussion was over began To
read again in the same monOtonous
voice. He had not read dozen lines
when Senator Hoar again Interrupted
him to call attention in humorous way
to the absence of quorum, and sug-
gested that it would not be courteous to
the senator from Oregon to waste his