Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-02-19
An Effort to Get a Quorum
In the Senate.
A THREAT 70 RESORT TO Fll~lSus'tS'"'
TACTICS IN the HOUSE.
yo Legislation On the Silver oasssi'a
This Session.
WHAT PICKERING SAYS ABOUT CALL
rosNIA AND NEVADA
No Change in the Illinois Sem
atorial Situation.
ESPECIAL no TEE sKSrrsxr-l
Conversational Proceedings.

NASHISGIOAs kr0s
o'clock the only Senator in the Chamber was
Edmunds, who. promptly At that hour en-
,sra1 with the Chaplain. Eimunds observ-
ing the situation be sbstained from taking
the Chair, he and the chaplain took seats
On the floor. After q few minutes delay MOI
rill came in, and with the advent OF two or
three others the days proceedings were so
far begun a. that the Chaplain offered g
rr.va This done, the few Senators
present. INDUCED themselves q while In eio-
onsn, silence. which WAS finally broken by
| Morrill,. who moved q call Of the Senate.
| The call began with four Senators, and
| concluded with sixteen. that not being .
| ouorum. the names of the absentees were
| called. This brought ten more, but that
| being thirteen short Of 8 quorum, matters
came mp to 3 stop. Congsr inquired
vbs,ber il was safe to proceed with the
| reading of the journal OF yesterday. Inc
| Chair said no. Conger remArked tnat ne
| was not an alarmiss, and had only inquired
| for information, and Hale asked fnat un-
| animous consent be give to dispense Win
| the reading. The Chair declined to enter
| tain the proposition. the call having shown
| the absence Of . quorum. After some
| further waiting. Miller lof New YORK
| entered and said: Mr.. President-The
| Chair recognized the Senator from New
| York. Then Miller gravely remarked,
No" Laughter. Gibson was simi-
| Isrly recognized, and with equal gravity
announced the conclusion of his mind TO
| be NO" Laughter renewed.
Bland, Chairman Of the Committee on
| Coinage, Weights and Measures, says it =
| doubtful whether Dorsheimer's silver bill
| will receive any consideration by the com
| mittee. inasmuch As the House meets daily
AZ II O'Clock, and it will be impossible 10
| get . quorum OF the committee together.
Represen tative Bedford says al attempt
| is TO be made to engrais upon the Sundry
| Civil bill the proposition to suspend the
| coinage Of silver dollars. There will be
| lively times in the House before such 8
| measure shall succeed. He and the other
| friends Of silver will resort TO flibuster-
! ing tactics, and continue them until
| March 4th. Belford claims that lbs mem
| bers are opposed 70 the suspension OF coin
age, and will fight any bill having that
| purpose in view with all the means at their
| command.
Representative Holman said that no &C
| ton looking to the incorporation bills OF
the Scott Bsrnum proposition 20 authorize
| the President in his discretion TO suspend
the coinage Of silver had been or would be
taken by the Appropriation Committee.
1 II l.. ~ nrs-sa- She-a -nutA ia m
| legislation whatever on the silver question
at this session, and certainly no such legis-
la,ion would be Incorporated in any of the
appropriation bills. During the next six
or eight months, he said thsre will be a
very large retirement OF the National
| Bank circulation, and this will render
necessary the isssle Of . large amount Of
silver certificates, 30 that there is no i'm me
diate danger to be apprehended from the
continued coinage OF silver.
Loring Pickering Talks.
CHICAGO, Fsb.-Ths Chicago Tribune
has the following: The cheerful views Of
the affairs. politically and in 8 business
way. on the Pacific Slope, wss taken By
Loring Pickering, editor Of the San
Francisco Bulletin, Who was st the Pal
mer House yesterday: 81 do not think
the election OF Leland Stanford TO the
Senate" said he, "will commit Cali
fornia Republicans TO the railroad cause.
The bitter feeling against the Pacific
Railroad has Of late been dying out Sc
other roads have been built. The gen.
eral idea being thas none of them were
making too much money. That Stanford
will devote bis Immense fors1zs TO pub
lie ends ID the prevailing Impression,
which seems 10 be well grounded. He
has . man now looking over various
plans. among them are plans for . school
for the mechanical training Of workmen.
which will be ct Menlo Park, aud q great
museum in San Francisco. The latter
was the project Of his dead son, and his
ideas viii be faithfully carried out. Mrs.
Stanford has been on abe graves brink
for several years. and / An convinced
tha. 1t Is the intention Of both her and
her husband TO give the remainder Of
their lives. together with their fortune.
% the general good Of the State" Speak
ing OF business on the Pacific Slope, Mr..
Pickering said that the ennre labor
Vas employed, and all in all, il
vss much better than Was antici-
passd, with the low price Of wheat lAst
Fall. The farmers had turned 10 produc-
ing other crops which had paid well, and
the general industries we're looking ND.
Nevada was for q time falling back. bus =
soon a. labor went down to two dollar.
per day. instead Of four, the mines could
be worked more extensively than al snv
time hitherto. and the State would make !
shoot upwards. II was hoped that Cleys-
lands Secretary Of the Treasury wou,d
rule differently on the admission of Chi.
nsss. than had Secretary McCulloch. and
this would remove the last good ground
for complaint against the restrictions pol
being kufscisaily operative.
The Mtsstng Steamer Michigan.
MILWAUKEE,. Feb. ls-This Is the ninth
day since the steamer Michigan LET, Grand
Haven with supplies for the ics-bound
propeller Oneida and has not sinoe been
bard from. OHeers Of the line n which
she belongs still refuse to believe n. No.,
has net with any serious accident. IN,
think she has encountered . heavy 6eld :.
ics and ID unable TO fires herself. I.ks
Michigan u not said 70 Be entirely fro-en
sossr, probably the Srss tine IN IN hissorv,