The Globe-republican., 1891-01-21
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
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
that at the earliest moment possible after
disposing 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 rules
refusing to report his "silver pool" resolu-
ton. and directing the committee to report,
which brought on a long political wrangle.
The resolut ion was amended by appointing a
comm ittee of five to investigate the silver
pool and adopted. The army appropriation
bill was then considered until adjournment.
IL the Senate on the 18th Mr.. Morgan gave
notice of an amendment to the financial bill,
abolishing the tax on State banks. The dnan-
cial bill then came up and Mr.. Sherman spoke
for four hours against the bill. He argued that
according to all historical parallels I'M
der the free coinage provision gold would
go practically out of the country or would be
held at its value abroad, compared with the
value of silver bullion abroad. Mr.. Aldrich
also opposed the bill. Adjourned. After
dsposing 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
before the House and the House adjourned.
WHEN the Senate met on the l4th cOnsid-
Grafton of the financial bill! was resumed and
Mr.. Ingalls, argued ut 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, a
vote was taken and it was adopted by ~ yeas
to 3 nays: rs Democrats and Is Republicans
voting in the affirmative and q Republicans
and Democrats in the negative. The
amendment to strike out the provision for
issuing S209,coO,c0J in two per cent. bonds
to buy outstanding bonds was struck out.
Mr.. Vest then offered a substitute for the
bill a purely free coinage bill, which was
agreed to and the bill then passed by IS yeas
to q nays 4 motion to take up the elections
bill resulted in Il tie, 33 to b, and the Vice
President voted in the affirmative. Ad-
iourned.. The army appropriation bill was
further considered in the House and passed,
and after considering for time the District
of Columbia bill the House adjourned.
IN the Senate on the 18th Mr. Henderson
introduced a bill to establish a branch mint
at Omaha. Mr. Morgan offered a concurrent
resolution on the subject of the Information
or suggestion for 4 writ of prohibition in
the Supreme Court in connection with the
Behrng sea dispute, which was referred
The elections bill was then taken up and Mr.
Evarts spoke in favor of it. Mr.. PascO OBJ
tanned the floor and the Senate adjourned
In the House the free coinage bill was re-
ceived from the Senate and Mr. Bland (MO.)
expressed the hope that early action would
be taken. The Speaker appointed Messrs
Dingley, Payne. Newell, 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 unfinished business Mr.. PascO
spoke against the bill at much length. and at
6:l0 O'Clock Mr.. WolcOtt Col moved to adj
journ, which motion was defeated by a vote
of q yeas too 81 nays Then the fight com
menced in earnest and was continued until
O'Clock i'm 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 We're on different subjects than the
bill under consideration. At the evening
session seventy two private pension bills
passed.
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