The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-05-13
THE NATIONAL CONGRESS.
MIR. JONES SPEAKS TO THE SEN.
ATE ON THE SILVER
QUESTION.
Breezy Scene in the HOuse-.SOme
Hot Words About Trusts and Mo-
nopOlies-.NO NOthing Comes of it All.
BY United Press.

nOpOlies-.N n Othing Comes of it All.
by United Press.l
WASHINGTON, d. G, May 12.-The
feature Il to-day's Senate proceedings
was long speech by Mr.. Jones, of Ne
vada, in support of his silver bill. Sen
ator Jones spoke for three hours and
claimed the closest attention from Sen
ators ON both sides of the chamber. He
made "A rong argument in flavor of the
free co mage Cf silver increasing the vo.-
ume of currency, the reconciliation of
silver and b metaliSm.
WASHINGTON, d. g., May 12.-(House)
After tue reading of the journal, the
House went into a committee of the
whole on the tariff bill, agreeing to
motion offered by Mr. Mckinley that the
general debate be limited to one minute.
Mr.. Grosvenor threw the House into
a commotion by declaring that two
years ago the leader of the greatest and
most extortionate tlu,t in the country
came to the Capital, marched into the
dark chamber Of the ways and means
committee AMI fgurativelyl took the ma
iority of that committee by the
head and shook free sugar ont of it.
Mr.. Mills at once jumped to his feet
and e&claimed: 81 want to state to the
gentleman from Ohio that that state
ment is false. Every word of it is false "
Great applause on the Democratic side }
Mr.. Grosvenor 1--WE hear the old
plantation slogan again. applause on
the Republican side.)
Mr. Mills You will always hear
il wnen you deserve it,"
Mr.. Grosvenor-"We hear the old
Texan slogan again. A man who, at
the head OF a'great committee; puts his
name upon bill and sinks his party
into oblivion. ought to get indignant
The plantation manners of the gentle
man who made the speech in New
Haven will not drive me from my posi-
ton"
Mr.. Mills-"Nobody will drive you
from your po osition of falsehood."
Mr.. Mcmillan: "Will you permit a
question"
Mr.. Grosvenor: "Yes, if it is in par
liamentary language. do not propose
to be interrupted by the shotgun pol
icy" Applause.
Mr.. Mcmillan then asked how suga1
trusts certificates had risen 10000, ,00(
since the Mckinley bill was reported.
Mr.. GroSvenor retorted that he would
like to know how the trust was formed
when there was q democratic majority
in the House.
Mr.. Mcmillan replied that the jut'
trust and the sugar trust were formed
under republican tariff laws.
Mr.. Grosvenor asked if it were no
true that the ways and means commit
tee of the 50th Congress changed its So
gar schedule the day following the visi
of MIR. Havemeyer, of New York.
Mr.. Mcmillan said the schedule wa
never changed in consequence of an
visit Of Mr.. Havemeyer. So far as b
knew Mr.. Havemeyer did not visit tn
committee or any members of it.
Mr.. Mills said he was sorry anythin
OF a personal character had been brougt
in. He not believe any gentleman {
the majority of the ways and mean
committee had been approached i'll
properly.
Mr.. Mckinley made the same di
claimer regarding the majority Of th
committee of the last House. Al
plause
Mr.. Mills said the present bill CAV
the sugar trust 100 per cent more tina
was allowed by the last Congress.
After the Grosvenor-Mills inciden
the House settled down to quiet. A
amendments offered by Democrats we
rejected, and at 5.45 the House al
journed.