Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-08-17
STILL TALKING SILVER.
The Orators In the House Make
 Themselves Heard.
AMENDMENTS TO VOORHEES, BILL.

The Proposed Changes Cause "A Lively De
 bate In the senate-Sot Much SatIsfac-
 tIon From the Behring Sea DecIsiOn-Mr.
 BIount wn Give Verbal Report
 WASHINGToN. Aug. 1.-The debate in the house was characterized by the ebba and flow of eloquence and by the presence and absence of interest. It was started by Mir. Mccall of Massachusetts in favor of the repeal of the purchasing clause of the sherman law and was closed by Mir. Moses of Georgia in opposition thereto.
 Saudwiched hctwcen these two speeches wcre r,marks by Messrs. CoOmbs of New York. Bryan of Nebraska and Henderson of Iowa. The first named made an address from business standpoint in favor of the r,peal of the sherman law
 Mir. Bryan made the speech of the day. and although he occupied more than two hours in its delivery he commanded the earnest attention of his colleagues through out. He was one of the apostles of bi- mctallism, and his sympathizers regarded his arguments as unanswerahle | In the Senate.
 The senate spent only three hours in Ses- sion, but that time was we'll filled up. Mir Vests bill appropriatinG SssO0.OtN for site and building in Washington to be known as the Hall of Records was passed. Then | the bill 10 increase the circulation of na- | tional banks was taken up and postponed | for the rrasor that several senators had in | formed Mir Voorhees, that they desired more time Ia prrpare to discuss it. Bcforr il was su laid aside an important amendment was proposed Ia il by MT. | Cockrell tu authorize the redemption at l par and accrued interest of such per cent bonds lover $25,NN.oUu in alb as may be of | fered and la authorize the issue of new | trrasury legal tender notes in payment | therefor.
 This amendment produced considerable | discussion. Mir, sherman cOndemniug it as an unbusine>slike proposition. and MT. l CUCkrtn expressing his amazemsnt and modification that the friend and patron of the national banks. the great gold mono metalliSt from Ohio, should object Ia an amendment that would increase the amount of currency in circulation.
 Another amendment to the bill was of fcrcd later on by Mir. Allen of Nebraska for the cessation of interest on the bonds on which the increased national bank cir culHtion should be based
 After that there Were two speeCheS deliv- | ercd-Oue by Mir. Berry in favor of bimet- 1 allism and one by Nr. GallinGer against | tariff legislation before lS91.
 Senator PrtFrr came to the front with a | bill directing the secretary of the treasury to coin or print S6oQ, ,oo0 oOO in aluminium or upon paper and pay of the entire in debtedneSS of the country al once. The bill had lot of whereases. followed by this resolution:
 That the trva~ury bc instructed to prcpart the sum of StsUuNli iIn uf drclamat tory not prurn i>>''ry. full. n"t partial. leGal tender money o | this rvpuhliC in various denominations or | >hcvtS uf aluminium or silk JkrUadCd paper An( cover the same into the treasury soou as pos sihlc aS surplus money. and then forthwith cal in the outstanding iutcrcSt hcArinS bonds of th , United States for immediate redemption. | But the same thing was said of the speecl Of MT Henderson by the opponents of ire coinage. and taken altogether the days de bate might ba put down in the category O I a . harrl,