The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-04-07
FIFTY SECOND CONGRESS.
MoRGAN's CoRKsCREw RESOLUTION
DIDN'T ATTRACT ATTENTION.
It's Author Got the Floor but Met With NO
Encouragement-The Chinese Exclu-
sion Bill Passed by the House
OF Representatives.
SGNATE.

WASHINGTON, April 4.-The expec
tation of an interesting discussion o
the silver question, based upon Mr.
Morgan's resolution instructing the
committee on finance to examine and
report upon certain phases of the sub
ject, seemed to have no particular at
tractive power on the general public
for the galleries had even less than
the number of spectators when the
session of the day began. There was
a fair attendance of Senators but Mr.
Morgan's own seat was unoccupied.
The famous McArraham claim has
made its regular temperance in the
Senate today in the shape of bill re-
ported by Mr.. Teller from the COM
mittee to submit to the court of claims
that title of McArraham to q grant of
land 80 long claimed by him. 1t was
placed on the calendar.
The vice president having
laid before the Senate Mr..
Morgan's silver reports that senator
expressed his willingness to let them
90 over until tomorrow so as not to
stand in the way of the Indian appro-
priation bill, on condition, however,
that he should be above to call
them up tomorrow and to address the
Senate. Mr.. Sherman remarked that
under the rules of the Senate the SEN
ator might call up his resolution and
then discuss it. but that when the
discussion was interrupted at 2
O'Clock the resolution would have to
90 on the calendar and could then
only be taken up on motion. mat
was the rule and if the senator from
Alabama asked that by unanimous
consent the resolution could stand in
the way of the other morning business
and if any senator desired to speak on
the prolific topic of silver he had re-
specially to object.
Mr.. Morgan: [ most respectfully
object to your taking me off the floor
so as TO get your bill before the senate,
bill which Mr.. Sherman had asked
to have taken from the calender and
acted on for uniform standard OF
classifications and grading of wheat,
corn, oats, barley and rye.
Mr.. Sherman-The bill which L
asked the Senate to take up is one to
which there is no objection.
Mr.. Stewart object to your cut
ting off the discussion on the silver
question.
Mr.. Dawes-I do not desire to
stand in the way of the universal cour-
tesy of the Senate, therefore if the
gentleman from Alabama desires to
90 on with the discussion of his res
Olution L will not interpose the In
dian Appropriation bill.
Mr.. Morgan thereupon took the
floor and and addressed the Senate
but yielded to Mr.. Wolcott who gave
notice that he would address the
Senate on the silver question
on Wednesday and Mi.
Gallinger who gave notice
that he would address the senate
briefly ON Monday next on the joint
resolution for commission to select a
site for the establishment of ma
tional sanitarium for primary dis
eases.
Mr.. Wilson objected to any argu-
ment that would interfere with the
consideration CT bills on the calendar.
Mr.. Morgan informed him that he
was not proposing to speak under any
arrangement but under the rules OF
the senate.
He knew that the subject was one
which struck the attention of senatore
in an alarming way because the peo-
pie of the United States were earnest
in their desire to have somo relieffrom
the existing financial condition and
Embarrassment. He knew the behest
of party stood in the way of a free ex-
preston of opinion in the Senate on
the question of the free coinage of sill
yer. Mr.. Morgan continued to adj
dress the Senate at considerable
length.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, April 4.-The House
at $50 p. m. went into committee
the whole ON the free wool bill. 1t
was agreed unanimously that Mr..
Springer, who has been so seriously i'll,
should have all the time he required
to close the debate. Entering the hall
Mr.. Springer assembled to the speakers
chair, and was warmly greeted by
Chairman B1ount, while the House
burst into great applause, Conducted
by Mr.. Bryan, of Nebraska, he took
his stand behind a mass of flowers,
which his friends had placed upon his
desk, and Mr.. Bryan proceeded to
read the speech of the distinguished
chairman of the ways and means COM
mittee.
NOMINATIONS.
WASHINGTON, April 4.-The pre-
sident sent the following nominations
to the senate today: Medical direct
or, John Mills Brown, to be surgeon
general and chief of the bureau of
medicines and surgery, with rank of
commodore; Capt. Henry Erben, to
be a commodore; Capt. Thos. E. Rose
sixteenth infantry, to be major.
CHINESE EXCLUSION BILL PASSED.
WASHINGTON, April 4.-The house
has passed the Chinese exclusion bill
by vote of yeas 40, nays AZ.
JUSTICE LAMAR's CONDITION.
WASHINGTON, April 4.-The cOndi-
tion of Justice Lamar gives his friends
much uneasiness. In fact there. is
little prospect of his ever being enes
ON the bench again. His health has
been wretched for more than a year
and now seems that complication
kidney and lung troubles makes
hil ohanpas Of rnpOvary eXCaAd-