The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-21
SENATORS SPEAK ON SILVER.
coRMAN TRIES N VAIN TO CALL
THEH OFF.


BIll l. Laid Aside an order That an
EAtra session way Be Avoided.
SENATOR Higgins Refers 10 Its sta
suS a. Legislation Let AtoBe-senn
scr Daniel Delivers M - Told
1ou So IIaranru~.
vvashkaeto1. Feb ll.-In accordance with
the order made yesterday the nate
met to-day al u O'Clock. which Is 20 be-
the regular hour % meeting uu March 4
next There was a fair attendance Of
senators ID the chamber when the proceed
frgs opened.
The Wee President having laid before
the Senate The resolution offered last night
BY SIR Woic3tt declaring it as the sense
OF The Senate that a consideration OF the
silver ol should NOT be entered upon az
this session Of congress. Mir. Jones. dem,
OF Arkansas. who had charge Of that blL
said. u wish 10 say that the friends
OF he regular orler-the pending silver
Iul-have no disposition 10 incur The risk
OF an extra session. We so stated at the
BEGINNING. Developments have shown
that whIe the friends Of the measure have
q
10 pass The BIN al the present late day
or The session without mourning a very
grave danger 10 The appropriation bills
aud an extra session. Under these cir
cumstances The friends Of The silver meas
ure have authorized me 10 say that they
vin not further proceed al this session
OF congress
~ ----~,----+ moe -,aTe IN fhfe an
nouncenent by any senator. and no for
nal action was taken ON the resolution.
Other business having interviewed, the
silver bin was made the text for speech
b. Mr. Higgins. rep. Of Delaware. who
referred 10 It's status as legislation let
alone. and said that all that the bin
amounted to-inasmuch as il would not
become iaw-was q declaration of poll
cv and that the resolution of the senator
from Colorado means the same thing.
Mr. Higgins speech was interrupted al
i o'clock by the Vice President, who an
nounced the close Of the morning hour
and HE taking up Of the unfinished busi-
ness. being the silver bill
LET 1t be lad aside Informally. Mr..
Jones OF Arkansas, suggested. $50 as TO
allow the senator from Delaware TO con-
clude his remarks
y must appeal 10 the senator from Del
aware" Mr. German broke In, 'as well
a. 10 the senator from Arkansas TO cease
This discussion al this time. All the great
appropr lation bills are pending In the
Senate Of In committee; and IL viii be al
most irnposs. BILE TO have fair discussion
OF hem unless we begin now. | must APP
peal 10 the senator from Delaware in the
public interest, TO give way. and 70 per-
nit me 10 make a motion that the Senate
,,roceeS m the consideration Of the Indian
appropr.a ton bill"
After further discussion. Mr.. German
made his motion and Mr.. Butler, VINO de-
S red TO so OF with the pooling bill, de-
manded the yeas and nays. The vote was
taken. and the motion agreed to-yeas, 50;
nays. y. The negative votes were given
BY Senators Blanchard, Butler. Camden,
Cameron, Faulkner. Hunton, Jones of
Arkansas. Lindsay, Martin. Mitchell OF
Wisconsin. Quay and Wolcott. The ef-
feet OF the vote was TO displace the silver
bsn-remitting ii TO the calendar-and to
bring the Indian appropriation bin before
the Senate. on this bll Mr.. Higgins re-
suned the floor and went on with the de-
livery of his speech on the Jones silver
bdl. and against IT,
Mr. Chandler next addressed the SEN
ate. not upon the Indian appropriation
bin. however. but upon the silver bill
and against the Wolcott resolution.
Mr. Daniel replied to the speech of Mr..
higgins. which was. he said. a dismal
and pitiful picture OF the distress now
pervading the civilized world. That dis
tress. Mr. Daniel said. was widespread.
lie might say:
From Greenland icy mountains
.'To midas Coral strand"
While that senator had called attention
TO a starving Manchester and to de-
graded india he had told the senator but
little Of the distress which pervaded his
own country in consequence of the i'll
conceived and iN-considered action OF
congress in repeating the purchase clause
of the Sherman act. Not single proph-
esy of those which were made by the
friends Of that repeal had been fulfilled
but the predictions which he (Mr Dan!eD
had then stated in his argument against
the repeal had been fulhned. He had pre-
dicted that the unconditional repeal of the
purchase clause Of the Sherman taw
would be followed by decline in the
nrice of silver. by a further decline in the
prices Of property bonds and securities,
nd by n attempt to retire the green
hacks: and all these predictions had been
fulfilled. The democratic party. which had
pledged itself for the coinage of both
gold and silver and to repeal of the tax
on state banks had failed to keep its
pledge and would now be deprived Of
power. without ever being in power"
The regular cons Iteration OF the Indian
appropriation OH was LAtA piOIGGuNA
with.
In the course OF the debate Mr.. Chandler
r7ade q second speech on the amendment
10 The Indian appropriation bill, to the
voint that all the amendments proposing
general legislation on appropriation bills
were reported by the committee on APP
propriatio with the design and purpose
Of provoking discussion, preventing the
passage of the appropriations bills and
thus necessitEtirg the holding Of an ex-
ira session Of congress. He explained his
belief and hope that the President would
call and extra session as soon as possible
after March L. and suggested as work for
that session the passage of bill to con-
struct the Nicaragua canal. not through
a private company. but by public money,
the annexation Of the Hawaiian Islands
and a searching investigation into the
conduct of the Secretary of/the Treasury,
under the direction of the President, in
''the most remarkable financial transac-
ton that ever took place in the history OF
the government. by which a loss Of So
0G0000 was caused to the treasury and
people OF the United States"
Two-thirds Of the Indian bin had been
disposed Of when the Senate at 6:3O O'Clock
al turned