Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-19
SD CONGRESS-.
Fedora! Elections Repeal Bill
Debate in Senate.
The Tariff Debate Still Holding the
Floor Of the House.


WASHINGTON, Jan. l8.-In the Senate,
the Senate bill appropriating $4,000 for .
statue of Msjor-General John Stark in
Manchester. N. H., was taken from the
calendar. After 4 short discus sion the vote
resulted: Yeas. 50; nsys. l3, one less than
q quorum. Fifty-two senators responded
to the roll call, Before the second vote was
begun, another discussion was started, in
volving the proposed issue of bonds, being
started by Morgan, (Dem.) of Alabama,
who said that if he had not been paired, he
would have voted against the bill, although
with reluctance.
1.-THE government" he said, was actu-
ally too poor at this time to honor the men,
ory of heroic ancestors, and could not af-
ford to borrow money at per cent. to
build monuments, and that borrowing was
what the government was now going to do,
on questionable use Of the statutes for the
purpose of fortifying the gold reserve in
the treasury for the benefit of banks and
bankers and dealers in gold coin and bull
lion.' That class Of patriotic citizens" !"
Morgan added, must first be taken care Of.
Those men seemed to have q claim on the
legislative and executive departments Of
the government, which it is impossible to
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demand they made"
Stewart (Rep.) of Nevada said that he
felt very sensibly the force Of Morgan
remarks, but he regarded this as . very
meritorious case. He was aware that the
treasury was adopting WAT measures (al-
luding to the issue of bonds) although
there was no visible enemy in the field.
The trouble was that the enemy was invisi-
BILE to the people. But it was really war
which the money power was waging against
production, and the national debt was to be
increased to carry on the war.
Daniel (Dem.) of Virginia said he voted
for the bill but would now vote against it
as he did not believe the financial condition
of the country would justify him. at this
particular juncture, in following the sug-
gestions of his own heart and inclination of
bis patriotic desires. After further discus
sion the bill was passed, yeas, SO; nays, 10.
, "Unfnished business"-the House bill
to repeal the Federal election laws--was
taken up, and Vest (Dem.) of Missouri ad-
dressed the Senate in support of the bill.
He favored it because the legislation it pro.
posed to repeal was based on the assump-
ton that the people of the United States
were better than the people of the states.
He declared the granting of suffrage to the
ne groes had been q source of more cal-m-
ity to the people of the United States than
any other enactment to the statute book CT
in the constitution. To strengthen his posi-
ton, he quoted extensively from testimony
in the contested election cases in the House
of Representatives. .. q
An observation being ventured by Hoar,
Vest remarked that his friend had quite
enough to attend to in the case of Liliuoka-
lani. Laughter. Not q question had
come up, he added, whether astronomy.
philosophy or religion, when the senator
from Massachusetts, was not ready to start
up with paramount Blount" or "Liliuo.
kalani." daughter. At the close OF
Vests speech. at P. M, the bill was laid
aside. The Senate proceeded to the con-
sideration of executive business, and al
3.15 P. NJ, adjourned until Monday next