The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-01-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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CONGRESSIONAL.

AFTER routine business In the Senate on
the 18th debate on the financial bill was re-
sumed and Senator Allen (wash.) spoke in
favor OF free coinage Mr.. Piatt gave notice
tnat at the earliest moment possible after
disposlng of the financial bill he would ask
consideration Of the copyright bill, and Mr.
PADDOCK gave the same notice as to the
pure food bill Messrs. Berry and Cock
rell spoke in favor of free coinage
and Mr.. Allison took the floor, and the
Senate adjourned. =. In the House Mr. Dock
cry, on question of privilege, offered a reso-
luton In regard to the committee on rples
refusing to report his "siver pool" resolu-
tion, and directing the committee to report
which brought on long political wrangle.
The resolution was amended by appointing a
committee of five to investigate the silver
pool and adopted. The army appropriation
Dill was then considered until adjournment.
IN the Senate on the 18th Mr.. Morgan gave
notice OF an amendment to the financial BILL
aDolishing the tax on State banks. The finan-
cial Dill then came up and Mr.. Sherman spoke
for four hours against the bill He argued that
according to all historical parallels un.
der the free coinage provision gold would
go practically out of the country or would be
held Mt Its value abroad, compared with the
value of silver bullion abroad. Mr.. Aldrich
also opposed the bill Adjourned. E. After
disposing OF several public buildings bills
the House resumed consideration of the
army appropriation bill, which occupied
much time with but little accomplished. The
report of the ballot box committee was laid
De1ore the House and the House adjourned.
WHEN the Senate met on the l4th consid.
Grafton of the financial bill was resumed and
MIR. ingalls, argued at length in favor OF the
bill as amended favorable to free coinage
The debate on Mr. Stewards amendment the
free silver coinage feature) having closed,
vote was taken and it was adopted by ~ yeas
De- ,lNIi
voting in the Affirmative and n Republicans
and Democrats in the negative. The
amendment to strike out the provision for
Issuing $500 coo in two per cent. bonds
to buy outstanding bonds was struck out.
MIR. Vest then offered as substitute for the
bill purely free coinage bill, which was
agreed to and the bill then passed by 80 yeas
to "a nays. A motion to take up the elections
bill resulted in a te 80 to 80, and the Vice
President voted in the affirmative. Ad-
tourncd.. The army appropriation bill was
further considered in the House and passed,
and after considering for a time the District
of Columbia bill the House adjourned.
IN the Senate on the 18th Mr.. Henderson
introduced bill to establish a branch mint
at Omaha. Mr. Morgan offered a concurrent
resolution on the subject of the information
or suggestion for a writ of prohibition in
the Supreme Court in connection with the
Behrlng sea dispute, which was referred.
Inc electlOns Dill was tnen taken up ana Mr.
Evarts spoke in favor of it. Mr.. Pasco OBJ
tained the floor and the Senate adjourned .
In the House the free coinage bill was re-
ceived from the Senate and Mr.. Bland (AIo)
expressed the hope that early action would
be taken. The Speaker appointed Messrs.
Dingley, Payne, Rowell, Dockery and Oates
committee to investigate the silver pool.
Mr., Dockery was excused and Mr. Poole
(Ark.) appointed in his place. Adjourned.
PETITIONS were presented in the Senate on
the 18th, among them petitions from fourteen
different States against the passage of the
elections bill. About a dozen private pen
sion bills passed and the elections bill was
taken up as unfinished business Mr.. Pasco
spoke against the bill at much length, and at
$40 O'Clock Mr.. Wolcott (Col moved to ad
journ, which motion was defeated by vote
of "a yeas too 80 nays, Then the fight com
menced in earnest and was continued until
O'Clock in the morning, at which hour there
was no quorum and the Senate was still in
session. In the House the District of Co.
lumbia bill was taken up, but all the
speeches were on different subjects than the
bill under consideration. At the evening
session seventy two private pension bills
passed.