Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-25
FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. .;
sENATE.

Daring the course of the morning
business q resolution was offered ny
Mr.. Allen for thr appointment OF James
B Love, of North Caroline, IS second
assistant doorkeeper of the Senate.
Some objec. ions were made by Sena-
tors Chandler and Sherman-the former
stating that he would not c)nsent either
tpthe displacement ofan emil 'yee or 10
he creation of new Office; and the
| utter remarking that an assistant door
k prer and all acting assistant door
keeper had been maintained, one n
eacn side of the chamber and for ed h
political D rty. This latter remark v as
taken up by Mr.. Allen, who sd d,
humorously, that the populist party
was repeatedly obtaining accesslons 10
It's ranks in the Senate and that ev IL
the Senator from Maine (Mr. Hale bad
recently declared himself an adherel t
of populist doctrines Qaughter). III Q
populist Senators should therefore have
representative of their party amor G
the officials of the Senate.
After some further colloquy the reso-
luton went over till tomorrow.
A motion was made by Mr.. Morrii,
chairman of the finance committee, to
take up for consideration and action
the House tariff bill. He called at
tentiou to the deficiencies of revenue
under the existing tariff law and said
that something should be done to re-
lieve the Treasury Department and to
revive the business interests OF the
country. The yeas and nays were de-
manded by Senators Stewart and Tel
Ter and the motion was rejected : Yeas
%. nays SO, as follows:
Yeas Messrs. Aldrich, Allison,
Baker. Burrows, Cameron, Clark, Gull
LON, Davis, Ekins, Gear, Hale, Hans
brough, Hawley, Lodge, Mitchell,
(Oregon): Morrill,, Nelson, Perkins,
Proctor, Quay, Sherman, Shoup-22.
Nays: Messrs. Allen. Bacon, Bate,
Berry, Butler, Cafffey, Call, Cannon,
| Carter, Chiffon, Cockrell, Dubois,
George, Gordon, Gray, Harris, Hill,
JONES, (Nevada); Kyle, Lindsay, Man.
lie. Martin, Morgan, Palmer, Pasco,
PETER, Roach, Stewart, Teller, Turner,
Vest, Walthall, White-33.
When the vote wss announced Mr..
Morrill, stated that he did not think it
would be becoming him to ask the Sen
ate for any further consumption of time
IN the bill. He added that it was
perfectly obvious that the republican
party was in a minority in the Senate.
Mr.. Teller took oflense at what he
said was the attempt of MIR. Morrill, to
read the silver republicans out Of the
| party. He notified that Senator that
he and his colleagues who believed the
cause of silver had been as Jealous and
worked as long in the republican party
as the Senator from Vermont or his col
leagues. The silver republicans did
not propose to be read out of the party;
they would only go when they saw tit.
They could get along as we'll without
the party as the party could without
them.
Mr.. Sherman said that every day
since the passage of the present law
the country had been running in debt
and there was no occasion for it. Al
ready there had been issued 1858, 000,.
600 of bonds by this administration
The great body of it was for deficiencies
OF revenue.
Speaking of the tariff hill Mr.. Sher.
man said "Lat us make this bill up'
aud if it is not q perfect bill, let US
make it so. Let US give the govern
ment revenue. Our duty is not yet
performed. If the chairman of the
committee will not move to take up
this bill again, I will. l will make the
motion at the proper time"
Mr.. Harris asked Mr. Sherman why
he did not advise the Treasury to issue
the tifty-fve million of seigniorage and
the balance of the silver to meet the
deficiencies.
Mr.. Sherman in reply said that
question had been tried and tested.
The House of Representatives pro-
nounced their denunciation of that
most foolish and dangerous fallacy by
vote of almost two to one. This Sen
ate did not represent the people; it
represented the States, and MIR. Sher-
man called attention to the fact that
more than ten votes cast in the
Senate came from States whose
aggregate of population did not
equal one-third that of the State OF
New York. Mr.. Sherman warned MIR.
Harris that the cause offree silver would
never be so strong in the future as it
had been in the past. The sober,
second thought of the people of this
country, as expressed by their repre-
tentatives in the popular branch OF
Congress. was Tor sound money and
against free coinage and the sentiment
in that direction was rapidly and surely
growing.
Mr.. Sherman said he would not con-
slider the duty Of this Congress dis
charged during this session until some
measure had teen passed. TO give the
Treasury the relief it needed. 1t Con-
cress failed to do this the men respon-
sible therefore would be held severely
responsible when they went home to
face their constituents.
Mr.. Sberman-"Now that the House
has sent here so faulty bill let US take
it up, make it right and send it back to
the House. But for us to adjourn, with
out providing for this deficiency, is not
manly. Let us do something"
Mr.. Frye said the bill was as dead IS
julius Caesar. He trusted that the bill
would not be heard from again, and
that no republican Senator, no friend of
protection, would ask the Senate 10
give it any further consideration. LET
IN he exclaimed, sbe dead, and let the
responsibility lie where it belongs"
HOUSE.