The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-02-21
JONES And HIS SILVER BILL,
Each Comes In For a Liberal Share
Of Criticism.
GORNAH'S STRONG APPEAL TO LET UP.
He Says the Senate Has No Time For
the Question Now - Daniels Plain
Tslk-ProceediDgs in the House.

the Senate met to-day at II o'clock, which
Is to be the regular hour OF meeting till
the 4th of March next. There was a fair
attendance of senator's in the chamber
| when the proceedings opened.
The Vice-President having laid before
the Senate the resolution offered last
night by Mr.. Wocott declaring It as the
sense of the Senate that a consideration
| Of the silver bill should not be entered
upon at this session Of Congress, NIr.
! Jones Dem., Ark, who had charge of
that bill, said: Il wish to say that the
| friends Of the regular order-the pending
| silver bill-have no disposition to incur
| the risk of an extra session.
"We so stated at the beginning. De-
velopments have shown that while the
friends of the measure have a majority
in this body, it is impossible to pass the
bill at the present late day OF the ses-
sion, without incurring a very grave dan
ger to the appropriation bills and an extra
session. Under these circumstances, the
friends of the silver measure have au-
thorized me 10 say that they will not
further proceed at this session of Con-
gress."
No comment was made on this an
nouncempnt by any senator, and TO
formal action was taken on the resolu-
tion.
Other business having interviewed, the
silver bill was made the text for a speech
by Mr.. Higgins Rep. Del.). who referred
TO its status as legislation let alone, and
said that all that the bill amounted to,
inasmuch as IL could not become law,
was a declaration of policy, and that
the resolution Of the Senator from Col
orado meant the same thing.
Mr. Higgins speech was interrupted at
u o'clock by the Nice-President, who an
nOunced the close of the morning hour
and the taking up of the unfinished bust
ness, being the silver bill. Let 1t be
laid aside informally" Mr.. Jones CArkD
suggested, 80 as to allow the Senator
from Delaware to conclude his remarks"
AN APPEAL FROM MR.. GoRMAN.
al must appeal to the Senator from
Delaware" MIR. German broke in, "as
well as the Senator from Arkansas, 10
cease this discussion at this time. All
the great appropriation bills arc pending
in the Senate, or in committee, and IT
will be almost impossible to have fair
consideration Of them unless we begin
now. ! must appeal TO the Senator from
Delaware, i'm the public interest 10 give
way, and permit me to make Il motion that
the Senate proceed 10 the considers tion
Of the indian appropriation BILL
After further discussion, Mr.. German
made his motion, and Mr.. Butler, who
desired 10 go on with the pooling bill,
demanded the yeas and nays. The vote
was taken, and the motion was agreed
to--yeas, 55 nays. II. The negative votes
were given by Senators Blanchard, But
Ter, Camden, Cameron, Faulkner, Hun
ton, Jones (Ark), Lindsay. Martin, Mitch
ell CWis), Quay and Wolcott.
The effect Of this vote was 10 displace
the silver bill-Temittng it to the calen-
dar-and TO bring the Indian appropria-
tion bill before the Senate. ON this bin
Senator Higgins resumed the floor. and
went on with the delivery of his speech
on the Jones silver bill. and against it.
Mr.. Chandler next addressed the SEN
ate, not upon the In1iln appropriation
bin. however, but on the silver bill, and
against the WolCott resolution.
DISMAL. IIIIFUL PICTURE.
Mr.. Daniel replied to the speech Of !
Mr.. Higgins. which WCs, he said, dis
NAL and pitiful picture OF the distress
now pcIvading the civilized world. That
distress Mr.. Daniel said, was widespread; |
he might say: From Greenland's icy !
to lndia's coral strand
While that senator had called attention |
to a starving Manchester and 10 q de- |
graded India. he had told the Senate but |
little of the distress which pervaded his |
own country, in consequence of the i'll |
conceived and ill-consiGcred action of |
togress i'm repeating the purchase clause, |
followed by the repeal of the sherman
act. Not a englc prophecy Of those which
we're made by the friends of that repeal |
lad been fulfilled but the predictions
which he (Mr. DanieD had then stated IN
lis argument against the repeal had
}een fulfilled. He had predicted that the
Unconditional repeal Of the purchase
lause of the Sherman law would be fol-
owed by a decline in the price of sill
.er by a further decline in the prices
# property, bonds and securities, and by
IN attempt TO retire the grocnbdcks, and
III those predictions had been fulfilled.
The Democratic party. which had pledged
tself to the coinage of both Gold and
liver and to the repeal Of the tax on
state banks, had failed to keep its
hedges. and would now "be deprived OF
'ower. without ever being in power
The regular consideration of the Indian
bill was then proceeded |
With.
DESIGNED TO PROVOKE DISCUSSION.
In the course of the debate MIR. Chand-
er made a second speech on an amend
nent to the Indian appropriation bill 10
he point that all the amendments pro-
osing general legislation on appropria-
ion bills were reported by the Committee
n Appropriations. with the design ard |
purpose of provoking discussion, pre-
enting the passage of the appropriation |
ills, and thus necessitatng the holding |
f an extra session Of COngIe Iess. He eX-
lained his belief. and hoped that the
resident would call an extra session
s soon as possible after the 4th OF |
iarch. and suggested as work for that
ession the passage OF a bill TO construct |
he Nicaragua canal, not through a pri-
ate company. but by pubic money; the
neXation Of the Hawaiian Islands,
nd a searching investigation into the |
onduct of the Secretary of the Treas
ry, under the direction OF the Presl-
ent, in "the most remarkable financial
that ever took place in the
istory of the Government, by which a
,ss of nine millions of dollars was caus-
1 to the Treasury and the people of
ne United States" TwO-thirds of the
ldlan bill had been disposed of, when
ne Senate. at $50 o'clock adjourned.
The legislative, executive and judicial |
were reported TO the Sen
te to-day from the Committee on APP
ropriations. AS the bill passed the
ouse II carried an appropriation of
j 's2es6l, and this amount was increa
1 sJO,6H by the Senate committee.
In executive session to-day the Senate
the nomination OF William l..
lar. TO be postmaster at Orangeburg,
G.
The Iiouse.