The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1893-10-13
FIFTY-fHIRD CONGRESS.



WASHINGTON Oct -4--SENATR "A novel
amendment 10 the hill repeallng the purchas-
ing clauses OF he silver act q lSaO was submit
ted to lhc senate Tuesday by Senator Morgan.
o. Alabama Il proposes tho rc-enactment Of
the free coinage act Of 49, ani the remission OF
The ~ per cent Of tariff duties 10 the countries
which receive American standard dollars OF tho
present weight and ilneness AZ par as legal
tender motey. The difficulties In tho way OF
securing a compromise on TIC repeal bill be-
como more and more apparent every day, be
cause Of the differences which exist on the
democratic side o. the senate chamber
Housv- The debate on the elections bill
Tuesday only showed one Hash Of interest
when Murray the South Carolina colored rep
reseuiatiye, inic-rogAted Kyle, of Miss ssippL
Boutelle, Il Maine, SUPPORTED the eolared nan.
! and between them they forced the Mlssissip-
plan TO appeal to the speaker 10 prevent fur
Their interruptions. The real feature Of the ses-
sion occurred Just before adjournment MFR.
Dunphy asked unanimous consent 70 consider
the New York and New Jersey bridge bill. Mr..
De witt Warner, although he refrAiued from
| obiecting made o vigorous speech against the
bil Ills the bin which senator Hssi tried to
pass IN the senate after midnight on the night
! OF the last session OF congress MIR Warner
questioned The good faith Of The corporation TO
which tho charter was 10 be granted, even 60
ing far as TO intimate thst Il was TO be given
a monopoly for ten Years IN order TO permit IL
20 black mail some company that honestly de
sired 20 erect bridge, When the vote was
taken he made the paint OF no quorum. and the
at;emp, 10 railroad the bill through deserted
house was frustrated
WAsHIsGroN, Oct h-sRHArE-,C ompro-
mise was the keynote OF both the speeches
delivered in tho senate Wednesday. by Mr..
Butler, 81 South Carolina, and Mr. Blackburn
OF Kentucky Compromise was also the key.
note OF a statement delivered by Senator Cor
msa, Of Maryland, 10 a delegation OF business
men from baltimore who came TO Washington
by special train 10 plead with the southern
democratic senators for the cause OF uneondi-
uonal repeal
HoUsE-The house. in transacting routine
business. parsed u toint resolution rendering
the thanks Of tie United States 10 the foreign
governments which generously and effectively
participated In the World fair. The house then
considered the bill 10 promote the safety OF ma
tional banks by prohibiting the officials OF such
banks TO borrow money except By the consent OF
the board Of directors But Il went over without
action The bankruptcy bill was reported and
placed upon the calendar The foreign Affairs
committee Wednesday decided to report favor.
ably the McGreary substitute for the Everett
bill As agreed on 1t extends the Chinese reg
istration period six months from the passage
Of the act Ii strikes out the word white
from the Geary act SO as TO permit the testi.
mony OF anyone except Chinaman 10 prove
that 'ChinamNn is entitled to register II
defines Chinese laRorer
WASHINGTON, Oct e-SENArB-The senate
devoted the entire day 10 an executive session.
In which the policy OF the president for viOlat-
ing the home rule plank In the democratic plat.
form In the appointment Of Indian agents was
severely criticised There is but little public
interest in this matter. as the contention is con
fined wholly to senators and members in the
far west who object TO tho appOintme OF east
ern men to ofIlccs in tho territories All tho
sigi point TO tho beginning OF a most earnest
struggle In the senate next week 10 secure a
vote On the blu for unconditional repeal OF the
purchasing clause OF the Sherman act
Enthusiastically J. Sterling Morton was
by the bill passed Thursday placed in the line
Of presidential succession The position OF sec
Rotary OF agriculture had not been created when
the succession bill was passed In 1857 The bill
passed turning over the property Of the Nor
mon church, now in the hands OF a receiver, tc
charitable purposes, marks the ofieial winding
up OF the affairs OF the Mormon church under
the Edmunds.Tucker act The house passed Q
bill authorizing the sale OF the old custom.houst
! at Louisville, Ky. Consideration Of the Tucker
Il
floor for the completion OF the speech he begar
Wednesday
WASHINGTON Oct Il SENATE = Friday
/ Mr.. Blackburn (Ky) submitted an amendment
\ to the bill repeating the silver purchasing
clauses OF the Get OF IS O. IL strikes out thu
| Voorhees, substitute leaving the bill as Il
passed the house, an. then provides for the FREQ
coinage Of silver OF iAiericah production Tn,
secretary Of the tregiury Is authorized on tho
first day OF each month 10 establish the seignor
orage 10 be charged for the following month
| which IL TO be the difference between the mar
ket price OF silver bullion and the minted value
| after coinage. This seignorage is not TO be
coined but Is to be sold BY the secretary OF The
treasury for gold 70 be used for the purpose oil
| maintaining the parity OF gold and silver.
HousE-SeySa hours OF uninterrupted de
1 bate on the elections bill occupied the time Of
the house Friday, the speech OF Mr. Cum
| mings, Of New York, being the feature. As buI
three days remain for the debate, the house
met Friday morning at II o'clock. Sight SEES
sions wi also be ordered. so that all desiring
| 70 speak shall have an opportunity.
WASHINGTON Oct. 0-sESATE-There was
| good deal OF diekering in the senate Saturday
| afternooa over an early adjournment both
sides wanting TO adjourn early hut neither sidS
wanted the motion 10 come from IT, The siyel
| senators informed the repealers that thoj
would not oppose motion TO adjourn. A reso
luton was introduced IA the senate Saturday
| providing for the appointment OF a oomulttet
TO investigate the recent Ford opera house dis
i aster. In which number OF clerks were per
manently injured, and ioTep0rt to.what exton
/ the government is liable
HoUsE-A the night session the galleries
were comfortably filled, bur only eight mem
| bers were in their seats Kilgore. OF Texas. &C
/ A.A. M. A
| ID. N c.. Dunn ID, n. j., Mr. McCleary lR.
Mimi, and Mr.. Anderson u. W. Val Tn
l house. at l0:eS, adjourned until Monday at u
| o'clock
WASHINGTON, Oet 1.-SENATE-The pro
ceedings IN the senate Monday BY their spiel
ness and heat show the s'rain OF feeling which
| precodes the great struggle which vii begin OIL
i Wednesday. Senator Harris op, ned thu
morning with some remarks In his character
lslicaly incisive manner concerning resolutions
recently adopted by the Memphis exchanges
critrisiHg himself and Senator Bate for thei
| opposition TO unconditional repeal Mr. Harris
with not little heat, declared that he woult
continue to do hts duty as q senator as IL up
peared proper to himself, let the consequence
be what they might
HOUSEKEEPING OF Importance was trans
acted in the house Monday The following pri
vate bills we're introduced: To pension Luil
Mathilda Miller. daughter Of Chas A. Miller
late an assistant surgeon Of the Thirty-fouril
regiment o l., at SIS a month; TO grant al
honorable discharge to Alex. l. Friehlich, lat
captain Of Company b. Forty-seventh O v. l
to date January Is, 1852, up TO which time h
served and was paid; to pension at the rate o
SIS amonth Chas H. Maxneld, late OF COMPANY
r Third New York light artillery; 10 pension
Anna s, widow OF Julius A. Krause, musician
in the Marine Corps
Rendered Insane by q Snn-stroke.
| COLUMBUS, o., Oct 10-Edward Fish
er, well known undertaken, has be