Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-10-12
CONGRESSIONAL.

this morning a resolution was offered
by Mr.. Morgan, democrat, OF Alabama,
which went over until tomorrow in
Structing the judiciary committee to
consider and report what provisions o.
the law of the law of 1887 fhe fl,
coinage act are still in force.
| The silver purchase repeal bill was
taken up at 80 and Mr.. Butler, demo-
cFat, Of South Carolina, addressed the
senate against it. He replied to MI
Palmer's remarks Of yesterday. He
said to that senator that the minority
on the repeal question was not attempt
| ing to coefce anybody, but that it did
not intend to be coerced by anybody.
The senate was not a town meeting
but it was great deliberative body,
! intended to put a veto upon hasty, I'M
wise and improper legislation.
Tt had been asked What was to be
doneY' His reply was compromise,
compromise is the solution" 1t had
been said that the president of the
United States was interfering with leg
iSlation, and that whenever compromise
was spoken OF the statement was made
that the president would not compro-
| mise.
whoever states that" said Mr.. But
ler, emphatically, docs that high Of
fetal great injustice; because it is none
OF his business what the senate does
l don't believe that he. has attempted
to use his high office to influence the
senate improperly"
Mr.. Butler having spoken for nearly
two hours and become much fatgued,
yielded the floor without finishing his
speech, and then Mr. Blackburn, demo-
crat, Kentucky, took the floor and made
an argument against the repeal bill
He had voted he said, against the Sher-
man act, but bad as that measure was,
unfair, uncandid as he believed it to
be, still he did not eblieve that it was
the cause of the country's financial
woes, or that its repeal would prove
! the panacea for them. He would not
therefore favor either the house bill or
the senate substitute, but thought that
a compromise might be devised
The house, in transacting routine
business, passed joint resolution
rendering the thanks Of the United
States to the foreign governments
which generously and effectively par
ticipated in the worlds fair.
The house then considered the bill
to promote the safety of national
banks by prohibiting the officials of
such banks from borrowing money
except by the consent of the board of
directors, but it went over without
action.
The bankruptcy bill to amend the
Chinese exclusion act We're reported
and placed upon the calendar
Representative Davis, populist, of
Kansas, today continued his argument
before the house committee on banking
and currency in favor of his bill to in
crease the greenback issue about $780,
100000.
Representative Harter, Of Ohio, al
so addressed the committee in favor
Of his bills to extend the national bank
circulation.
The elections law repeal bill was
discussed by a half dozen members
Just before the house adjourned
Chairman Firth, of the committee re-
porting the bill, introduced a substi-
tute which strikes out the section of
the revised statutes empowering the
military to keep peace at the polls and
repeating all laws regarding the ap-
pointment of supervisors or deputy
marShals. The substitute leaves in
force the election laws relating to the
Furnishing of private individuals and
above all leaves in force the declatory
principles of the fiftieth amendment.
The northern democrats after an
informal conference decided that the
Tucker bill is too sweeping and that t
substitute should be formulated to
meet the objections.
Washington, Oct. When the re-
peal bill was taken up in the senate
this morning Senator voorhees, gave
notice that on Wednesday next he
should ask the senate to continue in