The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-10-12

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ions expressed
and many runner, are al "a as 10 what
will b. the final outcome. One OF these
Is that the unconditional re-! ca ot the
Sherman Jaw is beaten. and This. ac-
cording to the ol inion IF many. beyond
a doubt 1t i likely that Il vet" will
be taken soon. Within a week OF :" 1T
least but it will lie on the la>sagr of
II compromise measure. Strong ucnla!s
are adva,c Il in some quarters that a
compromise has been agreed On. bat IN
the face, of these II is generally under
stood that the mot powerful Influences
are now arraycd in favor of crmpro-
mise legi>lati, II.
The program. as Your corr" pendent
sees it. con,cnpla,e- the IA SAFE OF Il
hill through the Senltr Ih" com
currtncc Of the House il tina; bill : Ia
be had. and then y cess taken for tn"
period of three weeks in order that
tariff legislation may b. formulated.
The WAYS and Means mmiit"c has
its bill much further under WAY than
is publicly admitted. II three weeks
recess he given il is believed the House
itself can be at work on the tariff bill
early in December. On rras~' mblng
in November some other legislation.
probably the bankruptcy bill. l. to t,e
taken up until the tariff is ready. Ii
the compromise financial measure TIE
passed 10y common consent Federal
elections wiz hc permitted TO lie over
till the regular session.
senate and Houa".
Saturday closed the eighth week OF fruit
less debate In the senate. and AS before.
the repeal Of the sherman law was the sub
ject OF attention. But little other husi-
ness. and that uninportant. came up me
session of the House lasted only three
hours. MIR SHyer OF t">as Chairman
OF the Committee on Appropriations.
presented for Immediate consider
alton a bill tr extend the time for 'hr c mn
pletion of the work Of the eleventh census
until June 80. 1894 The bill was passed
without objection Debate ON the bill to
repeal the national election laws was then
resumed The feature OF the de
bate was the speech Of representative
Patterson OF Tennessee Tie adj
mitted that violence and even fraud
might have been used In the South. but as
serted that the Au.lo-SaXon race was in
| the nature OF Things certain to don. inate
eventually in race contest He main
tained that President Lincoln went to his
grave never drenmin. OF universal negro
suffra-e: that not IA soldier Who followed the
| flag OF the Union and fought Its battles
| dream OF it during the war or immedi-
ately after 1.-THE greatest calamity" said
| he. &that ever happened Ia n free people
| was the assassination OF Lincoln. Had he
| lived and been permitted to carry out his
| policy there would have been reace and
prosperity in the South twenty I've years
ago"
The repeal bill was taken up In the Een-
| ate on Monday. and Senator Dubois COM
planned Of "A remark by Senator German
| criticising the resolution To Uost pOne le1is-
lAtion on the tariff and finance. Senator
Dubois denied that the resolution was in
| trodured to obstruct the repeal bill. Sen
atOr Washburn announced that he had
| been informed by Senator Squires that no
| would vote for unconditional repeal This.
! 1t Is understood. IL 4 vote gained for the
repeal side. Senator Kyle then spoke
| arainst repeal Mr.. Johnson. Democrat.
| OF Ohio. ntrod uced bill In the House
| appropriatinc $50 Gao for the purchase Of a
| site and an addition t. the public building
| at Cleveland The Federal elections re-
! peal bill WAS taken up. and Mr. Dinsmore.
Democrat. OF Arkansas. argued In its ia
vOr
The Vice President on Tuesday laid Ee-
! fore the Senate Il communication from the
| Secretary of the Treasury giving II de
| tailed statement OF the exports OF silver
| for the months of July and August. Mr.
,1,at- l.N ;,,Nv onA IA
| abling the States OF California. Colorado.
| Montana. and Idaho to support State
schools OF mines. Mr.. Morgan. OF
! Alabama. offered an amendment 10
the Wilson, re.rai bill. declaring
the act ~ Jan Is. 1897. TO he in force Mr.
| DoIph. Of Oregon. then tool. the floor aud
| continued his speech he-un Monday, ia
support OF the silver repeal bill.
| In the Senate Wednesday the first open
suggestion of II compromise on the repeal
| bill attracted the closest attention On both
| sides OF the chamEe Senator Butler Of
South Carolina in an impassioned speech
| ny inst the ssace OF the hill made COM
| promise the salient feature. "Comv ro-
| mise compromise" he said. us the solu-
| tiou OF the struggle here. Senator Call nd
| dressed the Senate In opposition to the bill.
| Without concluding his rema rks. Mr. Call
| yielded to "A motion for an executive ses-
| sion. Some routine business WAS
transacted before the House resumed
| the election debate An interesting
debate took place on the Dro.
| prietv 81 recognizing war claims az a class
| Of which a portion had been raid by the
| Confederate Government. joint rcsolu-
| ton was passed extending the thanks OF
| tho Congress and the people OF the United
| States 10 the foreign governm ents who had
| generously md effectively participated in
| the Chica 40 Exposition.
When the Senate met Thursday morning
| the repeal bin was taken up Mr. Call OF
| Florida technically resumed the floor, and
on motion OF Mr.. voorhees, the Senate pro-
| reeded to the consideration OF executive
| business The Senate remained in execu-
| tive session until Sis r. ~. AID then sd-
! 1ourned until Friday. No business OF i'm.
!. poriance was transacted In the House.
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