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Ths silver bill wAs then taken IN.
senator Stewart (Nev proceeded to al
dress the senate he argued tat the
esnsns LA t1on q silver hSd depressed
prioss of commodities from So to - Per
oeat aad Is rsmoRetiEanon would
prod ice good times again. The oblect
of he silver men Sss 70 furnish more
money. 70 stop con ontr&ctiOn. 10 relieve
the debtor and producer aud 70 preserve
70 ths PEOPLE their rights Of property
aRd liberty.
In conclesion ne said there Was no
middle ground in the con test between
usury and Justice The decentralization
ot silver VAS a crime against eiyillEa-
ton, sna nothing Bat the full rsSt0ra-
tion Of The metal 70 the place which IL
occupied before the crime MAS commit
ted could redress the wrong Or redeem
the pledge Of the Republican party.
Senator Eustis La asked Senator
Stewart whether his Interpretation OF
the silver plank Ia the Republican par
Il platform that il meant free coinage
Of silver vas the recognized interpre-
tation Of the party.
Mr. stewart replied that IL could have
no other Interpretation and added that
be himself had drawn that plank
Senator Fsrwen IN ~ Was a mem
Der OF the committee on resolutions at
the last National Republican oonyen-
tion, and desire To express my dissent
from the opinion given By the Senator
from Nevada. No such Interpretation
was considered by the committee
Senator Stewart-Whatd does IL mean?
Senator Farwell-That the party
was in favor of silver money al the
market price of silver. IL meant that
the Government should buy silver and
coin il at the rate at which il should
cost the Government
The silver bill was then. on motion
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the bill in relation TO liquor imported
into rohibitory States was taken up
Senator Evarts IN. " argued in sup
port Of the bill, and in answer
70 the constitutional objections
urged against IL he asserted
that whatever State police reg
ulations can be exercised within a
State are outside of the jurisdiction of
the general Government There was
nothing higker or greater or more i'm
portant or more essential than the
recognition within a State Of its abso-
Lutte police authority.
Senator Wilson Ia) read telegram
published in the days papers as 10 the
activity of the original package" busi-
ness in Des Moines, and said that the
bill was intended TO meet the new con-
dition which had arisen.
Senator Hiscock N. W opposed the
bill, saying that 1t might be used as a
measure of protection TO the brewers or
| distillers Of one State as against the
brewer or distillers of the other States.
The bill was laid aside without ac-
ton, and after an executive session the
Senate adjourned.
WAsHISGTox, May % In the Senate
to-day message was presented from
the President with an accompanying
| communication from the Secretary OF
the Interior on the subject of the pur.
chase from the Creek Nation of Indians
Of 25, 900 acres OF land for rse OF the
Seminoles Referred TO the committee
on Indian affairs.
| The credentials OF Calvin S. Brice, as
Senator from the State OF Ohio, for six
years, commencing March 1, 1891, were
presented by Senator Payne, read and
placed7on file.