Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-22
WARRING WITH WIND.
Little Doubt That the Anti-0phons
Bill Will Be Talked to Death.
IT'S IN A FAIR WAY TO DIE NOW.
A Few Things Checking Moves on the Con-
gressionaI lhessboard.
ADJOURNMENT STILL NOT FAR AWAY

WASHINGTON, July 21.-The anti-op-
tions bill was debated for three hours in the
Senate to-day, after which time it went
over till tomorrow without action. The
speeches were in opposition to that meas
ure They were made BY Mr.. Daniel, in
continuation and conclusion of the argu-
ment which he had begun yesterday, and
by Mr. White, who had not concluded
when the time came for laying aside the
bill
Much of MI. Daniels speech was directed
against the statute imposing tax Of 10 per
cent on the circulation of State banks Mr..
Whites speech was a passionate and ener-
getic arraignment of the bill as q usurpa-
tion of States rights, as detrimental TO the
interests of the producers Of the country. as
an unwarrantable interference with the
legitimate business Of chambers of COM
merce and boards of trade, where buyers
and sellers were on an equality, having
equal access to the information gathered all
over the world, and where there was "a fair
to ''bucket shops"
Before Mr. White finished his speech the
Senate adjourned.
House Joint resolutions as to sending
from the Patent Office to the Worlds Col
umbian Exposition models and drawings of
inventions by women; and as to requesting
from the Queen Regent of Spain, the mu-
the loan of articles, books, papers, maps
and other relics of Christopher Columbus
were passed.
An Additional Conference Needed.
The disagreeing conference report on the
deficiency bill was presented and agreed to
and another conference asked.
A House joint resolution as to the afix-
ing OF the great seal of the United States
to certain documents showing the admins
tratiou and administrators of the United
States Government at the beginning of the
four hundredth anniversary of the discov-
ery of America were laid before the Senate
and passed; also, Senate joint resolution
directing the Secretary of the Senate to
affix the seal of the Senate to the same doc
umentS
Mr.. Carey, from the Committee on Terri
tories, reported back the House bill for the
admission of New Mexico as a State, and
said that he would not call it up until next
session Mr.. Platt, member of that COM
mittee, said the report was not unanimous,
and that he would present a minority re.
port.
Mr. PETER offered resolution instructing
the Judiciary Committee to inquire and
report whether, in the present state of the
law as it concerns the relations between en-
ployer and employe, the employer enjoys
the privilege of determining and enforcing
the rate of wages; whether, if so, the result
ing condition is conducive to the good of
society or tends to promote the general
welfare; whether Congress has jurisdiction
over the subject matter, providing remedial
legislation, and if so, what legislation is
necessary to afford proper relief
PETER Has the Matter Tabled.
The resolution was, at Mr.. PETERS re-
quest, laId on the table
Mr.. Warren addressed the Senate in favor
of the bill introduced by him on the 9Th of
June providing for the irrigation and re-
clamation of arid lands, for the protection |
of forests and the utilization of pasturage.
The House bill to enforce reciprocal COM
mercial relations with Canada was laid |
before the Senate, and was, on motion of |
Mr.. FRYE, placed on the calendar, taking the |
place Of the Senate bill on the same subject
After q brief executive session the Senate
adjourned.
Mr. White began his speech on the anti |
option bill with the statement that in view |
of the extreme Importance of the subject |
he felt called upon to discuss it with delib- |
Grafton and thoroughness. Mr.. Washburn |
WINGED vlslDly, Tor ne, as we'll as the other 1
friends of the bill, recognized the covert |
threat that the bill was to be talked to |
death if possible. That was the general |
understanding when the Senate adjourned |
Mr.. White pleaded exhaustion and secured |
an adjournment without finishing his |
speech. He is powerful man physically, |
and will doubtless be ready to resume the /
thread of his argument tomorrow at 2 |
O'Clock, and carry the bill well along to-
ward the hour of adjournment. Other
speakers are ready to follow him.
Homestead Talk Still on Tap.
Following an ancient tradition the Senate
rarely refuses to suspend the regular order
long enough to allow Senator to make a
set speech on any subject near to his heart.
Therefore it may hear Mr.. Call, who has
already given notice of his intention to
speak on the ord-provoking subject of the
relations of the employer to his employe,
prompted by the Homestead trouble He
is good TOR one day. Then Mr. Aldrich
wants to sound the keynote of the Republi-
can campaign in tariff speech, which will
undoubtedly provoke a reply from Mr.
Carlisle. Ali of these may carry the option
bill along we'll into next week.
Meantime, the corferees on the sundry
civil bill will be hard at work, and once
they report an agreement nothing is likely
to hold Congress in session another day.
That is why the friends of the anti-option
bill felt depressed when the Senate ad-