The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-20
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
Payers for the Travelling statesmoa-Tht
Surcr Question Arnin

Payers for the Travelling Stntcsmca-Tho
Silver Question Again.
WASHINGTON, D. G., Feb. 19.-The
house was called to order to-day by Mr..
Kerr, its clerk, who read n communion
ton from tho speaker designating Mr.
Mcmillan, of Tennessee, speaker pro
ten. In his prayer the chaplain in
rOked the divine protection OF the sena-
tors, representatives, and members OF
the press in their trip to Chicago.
Silver came to tho front again, but
This time in u form that ELECTED no op-
position from either the silver or anti
silver men. 1t came in the shape OF q
resolution from Mr.. Bland providing
iOr u reprint OF the silver bill and for
printing 5000 additional copies OF the
majority and minority report. Mr..
Tracey, OF New York, suggested that
tho number bo increased to 10000 and
this suggestion WIS mot. Mr.. BANDS
approval and as so amended tho resolu-
ton was adopted. The house went in
to committee OF the whole (8Ir. Rich
ardson, OF Tennessee, in the chair on
the private calendar.
The first bill upon the calendar
(which was laid aside gave rise to some
discussion during which Mr.. Reed, OF
Maine, made some OF his characteristic
remarks as to tho advisability OF count
ing 4 quorum from the members present
aud not voting. Tho chairman and Mr..
Reed thercupon had short coiloquy
which the chairman subsequently al
!uded to Us San alteration" IL hope
the chair will not designate it as an al
tercation," said Mr.. Roed.
ut was an alteration OF worda," re-
spOndcd the chairman. "That was all
the chair meant to say"
Mr.. Reed-l trust that the chair will
not designate it in that way. That
would be unjust to tho chair and to me.
The Chairman-The chair does not
Mean TO bo unfair to the gentleman.
Mr. Rced-I think it is unfair to the
chair as well as to myself.
The Chair-The chair will try to take
care Of himself and OF tho gentleman
from Maine, and will not do him IN in
justice. tiwF5Sa! IL! sf.'i
The next bill, for the relief OF A. ].
Duncan, Of Tennessee. was tho axle upon
which revolved another silver wheel.
1t was set in motion by Mr.. Bland, who
sent 10 the clerks desk and had read a
letter from Grand Army post in Mis-
souri, asking him to inform the gentle
man IRON Ohio (NTr. Harter) in response
10 his anti-silver circular thatthe Grand
Army posts were able to attend to their
own business.
Mr.. Bland again criticised Mr.. Hart
ere attitude on the silver question and
said that ho felt it to bo q duty to his
constituents to have this letter read.
Ar. Harter said that he ascribed to
his friend (what his friend did not
ascriho to HIM honesty OF purpose.
lhe free silver bill was an Infamous
Measure and yet ho ascribed to the
scnt!emen an honest purpose in SUBJ
!9ittins it.. This same class OF legisla-
uG9 called protective tariff legislation
winch was against the many in tho in
Ierest OF the lew MAS infamous and out
I,SSScous. lto would be the last man in
Inc world 10 say that his friend and
selatlvG, Mr.. Mckinley, was an infamous
man. The difficulty was not with the
Aeart Of his friend, Mr.. Bland, but tho
trouble was with his head. laughter.
II this free silver bill wero passed the
t'''o would come when q man as Dem
oGrat would not DO given u decent bur-
tAl IN z Democratic cemetery. II it is
passed before November came, the DEM
oerailc party would be the laughing
stock OF tho nation. (laughtcr).
Mr., Butler, OF Iowa a-Ifthis bill is un-
ceMocratic why Is it that the Demo-
cFatlc delegation from your own county
voted TO put tho FREQ coinage Of silver
iHits platform?
Ar. Mckinney, OF n. H., raised the
lo!nt OF order that this discussion was
Wtlre!y out Of order, not being direct
y to the bill under consideration by
me committee.
me chair sustained tho point OF or
ser: nut after many efforts Mr.. Harter
sSa'h managed 10 secure tho floor and
!gtocG,Gded with his prediction, which
@"s mat II tho house passed tho meas
VIC which invited all tho degraded sill
.sS OF tho world to FREQ coinage in this
SSSaiIiry the Democratic party would
use Inc votes OF the mon who labored
WI lheir living, and when the party
marched TO the polls in November, in
sQ s;eSQ OF marching to an overwhelming
isasstsoFy,i 1t would march to certain do
Mr. Lind, OF Minnesota, asked whether
Understood tho gentleman correctly