The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-04-20
ANOTHER SILVER DEBATE,
THE OF ESTION AGAIN DISCUSSED
IN THE SENATE.
she Noycs-EockVcH Contest in The
House Of Representatives.

bbouNt VI representatives.
BY Telegraph TO the State Chronicle.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., April 10
{ Senate. "A brief but rather sienif-
cant silver debate was occasioned bv
Mr.. Platt calling up a House bill
the Arizona funding act and
asking its immediate consideration. Its
passage was urgently desired, as a con-
tract had been made for the sale of
these bonds on the theory that the bill
would pass the Senate in the same
form in which it had passed the House.
Mr.. Kyle, Farmers Aliance), of
South Dakota, moved to strike out the
words which made the five per cent.
interest payable in "gold coin "and to in
sert in lieu thereof the words Sin lawful
money of the United States" A roll
call being demanded on this PROPOSE.
tion, resulted in rs yeas to 23 nays.
The full vote was as follows: Yeas,
Allen, Bate, Berry, Black burn, Cock
rell, Coke, Colquitt, Daniel, Dubois,
Faulkner, Gibson (Md.) Hansbrough,
Harris, Hill, (Nev) Kyle, Mitchell,
PETER, Pugh, Ransom, Stewart, Teller,
Vest, Walthall, Woolcott-2S. Nays,
Allison, Carey, Chandler, Cullom,
Dixon, Frye, Gray, Hale, Hawley,
lIiscock, IIoar, Mcmillan, Manderson,
Paddock. Palmer. Perkins, Petit
grew, Platt, Proctor, Sawyer,
Stockbridge, Washburn, Wilson -23.
Mr.. Hill voted yea. Mr.. Carey, of
Wyoming, after the vote was announc.
ed started general silver debate by
defining his position on the silver ques-
tion and on this bill, opposing free
coinage. Mr.. Teller said it was not nee
essary to specify gold coin in order to
float bonds on the market. He was
willing that the bill should be amended
so as to make tie interest payable in
limited States coin," but he should
vote against the Dill if it is spe cited
simply "gold coin of the United St ates. -
After further debate, the Senate passed
the bill as amended, making the inter
est payable sin lawful money of the
United States" and sent it to confer
ence with the House Mr.. Georges
resolution for special investigation
by committee of five into the cause
OF low price of cotton and the depressed
condition of agriculture in the cotton
States was amended so as to entrust
tue investigation to the standing COM
mittee on agriculture which was au-
thorized ito ascertain in every practi.
cable way, and report from time to time
to the Senate, the present condition Of
agriculture in the United States, and
the present prices of agricultural
products; and if there be any OF
which the prices are depressed, then
the causes of such depression and the
remedies therefor" The resolution
was adopted without objection. The
long standing resolution authorizing
the secretary of the treasury to refund
to the State of West Virginia the di
rect tax, which had been laid over out
OF courtesy to Mr. Morrill,, was
passed. A bill was passed creating an
appellate court for the District OF
Columbia and authorizing the appoint
ment OF two additional judges. A,
LAO P. IN. the Senate resumed in Sc
cret session the discussion Of the mat
ters laid before it yesterday; at 4:3O
the doors were re-opened and the Sen
ate adjourned until tomorrow.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The first steps towards curtailin,
the extraneous matter published in th
Congressional Record was made thi.
morning by a resolution, submitted b,
the committee on rules, that all order
heretofore made, granting genera
leave to print remarks in the Record
shall be vacated and set aside. Mr.
McMillin, of Tennessee, advocated tn
passage OF the resolution. A fer farthe
discussion, the resolution was passec
Mr.. O 'Ferrall, of Virginia, called u
the contested election case of Move.
Rockwell, from the 29th Congressions
district o. New York. No agreemen
being reached as to limit of time fo
debate, Mr.. O'Ferrall giving motto
that he would call the present uutstio
after the expiration of ten hours. MI
Lawson, of Georgia, opened the debat
tor the majority of the committee an
supported the claims of Mr.. Moves, th
Republican contestants; confined his r,
marks to legal argument upon til
cities and reviewed the testimon,
The contestee, Rockwell, claimed tn;
IN count of the ballots in the six Iii
trlcts OF four wards of Elmira. I
gained a number of votes and that ce
tam illegal votes were cast for Move
ana that ballots cast for him Rocl
Well)were rejected, and that the gair
IOr hlm IN the recount deducting tt
Illegal votes from Noyes and countir
rejected ballots for him, would show
clear majority for Rockwell. Th
Mr. Lawson denied. Referring to II
Doyie ballots, he quoted from Il
majority report of the committee to Il
effect that at the election in controver