The Forrest City times., 1893-09-29
CONGRESSIONAL.
od;nrs of the Extra Session-What Pfoc' Rotb Houses Are Doing.

fro' Roth Houses Are Doing.
 ,.o onening of the senate on the 18th Mir.
 art hI fNev) submitted an amendment to steNs hill authorizing the president to in the repeao varnments of Mexico South and Cen vie .nu ..,srca. etc to join the United States in usl ,arorce 10 secure the adoption of com seIn,,o- coin which shall be a dollar of not non chan 3s3 i3 nor less than S599i grains of no.e .,Iyer to be issued by each government pcre s, soon left the hall to participate in in0asor,ennial in0 celebration of the laying Of the uo u'.sr stone of the capitol. ... The house only o a, and adjourned to attend the capitol cen ,ennial celeoratoh-
 rv tho senate on the 18th Mir Voorhees sought
 sh,ain an agreement as to when vote o,d he taken on the repeal bill Mir. Dubois sao1d s1asod any abrdgment of debate. and Mir. opp".hees gave notice that he would ask for ,ror sessions of the senate. MT. Mills (Tex) oue ,ool the floor and spoke at lenzth in ..ror of the repeal bill He defended .sa position of the president who. Mir. Mills sne,area. wanted bimetallism. not silver mono S,allism. MT. Stewart (Nev) said a silver u,ondard and liberty were better than gold S,andard and slavery. Those opposed to the sonooI sought no compromise ... In the house .sp democrats lacked few votes of quorum sad after three hours of filibustering the house adjourned
 THE senate was in session over six hours'on Al. arh Mir Morgan presented a petition from r,irens of Alabama praying for the repeal of the Sherman act and remarked that 1t was one of ,sose netitions sent out by New York bankers and he regarded 1t more as a mandate from New York bankers than petition from citi- ,sns of Alabama. Mir George Miss spoke in onnosition 10 the repeal bill, and Mir Gray
 nel ! favored 1t The refusal of the silver ad- yocatcs to respond to roll call upon call of the .enate created little surprise at one stage of ,be proceedings ... The struggle was resumed ,n the house over the Tucker federal elections repeal bill, the republicans flibustering. but inc democrats finally secured Q quorum and inc committee on rules reported that no other business should be in order until reports of committees had been heard. This brought the bill before the house and the democrats had won after a five days fight The house then adjourned.
 IT was somewhat of an exciting day in the senate on the 2lst Mir. Platt (Conn) offered an amendment to the rules providing for cloture and spoke in favor of 1t Referred MT. GalIinger (N. H) gave notice of an amend ment he had to offer to the repeal bill MT. Lodge Mass made A fiery speech criticizing the majority for permitting delay in reaching vote on the repeal bill After speech by Mir White, Mir George said he preferred to defer his speech as he was IL and MT. Voorhees, pro- posed that as there was no debate vote be taken on the repeal bill This brought on fight Notions 70 adjourn were repeatedly voted down and those opposed to repeal made . stubborn fight which continued until the senate went into executive session In the house an order was adopted setting aside two weeks beginning the 18th. for considering the Tucker federal elections bill The remainder of the time was taken up in correcting the jour nal ard reports of committees.
 THE senate on the 22d discussed the cloture resolution until o'clock MT. Teller opposed 1t in lengthy speech. when the repeal bill was taken up and Mir George (Miss) closed his speech in opposition 10 the bill Senators Hansbrough (N. D. and Stewart (Nev) also spoke in opposition At the close of Mir. Stewards remarks Mir voor hees rose and state1 that an agreement had been reached that seven hour sessions be held and that he thought ample time for debate would be given each senator. He therefore asked that his resolution to that effect be agreed to, which was done without objection IL is thought this agreement will enable a vote to be reached at an early period ... The business transacted in the house was of no general interest No im- portant matter was up for con sideration and The attendance was small
 .ls the senate on the 23d Mir. Stewart intro- uuceo resolution charging the president with interfering with the rights of the legislative department in seeking 10 coerce congress into passing the repeal bill, and announced that he would speak on the resolution Monday. The c!oture rules was then debated until adjourn ment... The business of ths house amounted 10 nothing. The spirit of fun seemed to pre- vail among the members and for a day, at least. mere was an era of good feelings" especially as no business was done