Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-08-04
FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
IN THE SENATE.

International agree for the free coinage
of silver, a reduction Of IS per cent in the
tariff duties on tax tiles, hardware, earthen-
ware and glass. 1t was laid on the table.
The anti-option bill was then taken up and
Senator George addressed the senate. He |
spoke of the New Orleans and New York |
Cotton exchanges all being composed of |
some 900 men; not one of whom raised cotton, !
consumed it or even Handled it. On one day
in the New York Cotton exchange $4,000
bales of mythical" phantom" OF wind"
cotton had been sold for one bale Of real
cotton and he asked whether that was real,
genuine commerce or whether it was gaui-
inga At 2:05 o'clock Senator George yielded
the floor temporarily, at the request of Sen
ator Allison, who presented conference re-
port on the sundry civil appropriation bill.
The conference was agreed to aud further
conference asked as to the point on which
there had been no agreement. The senate
voted to insist on its disagreements disagreed
to by the house and asked for a further con-
ference, and then, at 3 p M, the senate went
into executive session. After the doors were
reopened and some unimportant business
had besn transacted Sana tor George re-
sumed the floor and held 1t till SEQ, his
speech being all argument in favor of his
own substitute for the auti option bill. Sc i
ator Walcott entered a motion to have h.
bill referiel to the finance committee with
instructions to report at the next session.
Senator Allison moved to lay ON the table
Senator Wa colts motion to refer, but after
some colloquy he withdrew the motion.
After a short executive session, the senate at
5:55 adjourned.
TUEsDAY-In the senate today Senator
Sherman, from the committee on finance,
reported resolution calling on the secretary
of the treasury for information regarding
the state banks since 1863 The resolution
was adopted. 1t is supposed to have bear
ing on the question of repeating the tax on
the circulation of state banks and allowing
them to issue notes. The house bills in re-
gard to the redemption of lost notes and in
regard to the appointment of receivers for
national banks were called up by Senator
Sherman and passed. Senator Aldrich
called up the Hale resolution on republican
protection and democratic tariff reductions
and spoke at great length in support of the
tariff. At $3.50 Mr.. Vest took the floor in
reply. He said that the speech of the sena-
tor from Rhode Island was an entire depart
ure form the position of the republican
party in 1888 as set out in the platform con-
structed by Mr., Mckinley at Chicago.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY resolutions for the
appointment of select committees to sit dur
ing recess were reported; two of them, as to
the Homestead and Idaho labor troubles and
as to settlers on the forest reservations in
California, went over until tomorrow with
out action and the one as to the geological
survey. was agreed to- After spending one
hour in passing bills on the calendar, among
them the eight-hour law as to the public
works of the United States and District of
Columbia, and one for the purpose of the
George Bancroft library. The house appro-
priations committee has resolved to report
the joint resolution appropriating $4,000
for the relief of the Mississippi food suffer
ers, most of the money to be distributed in
Louisiana under the direction of the gov
ernor and secretary of war. The house
judiciary committee has decided to take fur
Their testimony in pursuance of the investi-
cation into the Homestead troubles and the
Pinkerton system. MIR. Powderly, grand
master workman Of the Knights of Labor,
has been telegraphed to appear before the
committee tomorrow, and the privilege of
stating their views will also be accorded to
other Knights of Labor if they desire.
THURsDAY-In the senate, as soon as the
journal of yesterday was read, a motion was
made by Mr.. Quay to go into executive ses-
sion for the purpose of considering the nom
nation of Justice of the supreme court The
motion was agreed to and the nomination
of Shiras as justice Of the supreme court of the
United States had been confirmed, the doors
were re-opened The presiding officer, at l
p. m, laid before the senate Mr. Hale's res
luton as to erelative effects of the republi-
can policy of protection and the democratic
policy of tariff for revenue only, and Mr. AID
rich proceeded to address the senate on that
subject. Mr. Vest followed Immediately on
une oppOsite slue OIL une question. Other
senators came into the debate, which lasted
four or five hours. Mr. Hale's resolution
was then laid OH the table. The anti-option
bill was laid before the senate as unfinished
business and went over until tomorrow. The
house bill, granting pension Of $12 per
month to army nurses, wa1 taken from the
calendar and passed with amendments, and
a conference was asked. After a short
executive session, at 6.10 the senate adj
journed.
FRIDAY = The ti-option bill did not
figure in the senate today, but in its place
the Hale resolution as to the relative merits
Of the republican policy of protection" and
the democratic policy of tariff for revenue
only" was taken up and debated the whole
day. After the tariff debate ceased the
anti-option bill was laid before the senate as
unfinished business and was then laid aside
informally. The presidents veto of the bill
submitting to the court of private land
claims the title of William MrGarrahan was
read and its consideration postponed until
next December. The senate then adjourned
SATURDAY - The senate was in session
today for only three hours, but within that