The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-24
FIFTY THIRD CONGRESS-.
PROCEEDINGS OF TIE SPECIAL,
SESSION OF CONGRESS-,

Condensed Record OF tile, Business
. Being Transacted by our National
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Report Day
by Day.
Washington, Aug II. The morning
hour in the senate after the introduction
OF bills was entirely occupied by dis
cussion as to the overlooking of govern
menr buildings in Washington with pub
lie books and documents, Mr.. Vest Dem
MOI proposing a remedy by the passage
of bill appropriating 100000 for a
building to be known as ssthes hall of
records. Mr.. Berry Dem. Ark. j then
addressed the senate in advocacy of the
double standard Of gold and silver After
adopting a resolution calling on the Sec
rotary of the treasury for information
respecting silver purchases; the debate
Oh the Wilson bill was resumed, Mr.:
Mccall .Rep. Mass) speaking for the
bill. Mr.. Mccall was followed by Mr..
Combs of New York. Mr.. Bryan Dem
Neb.) followed Mr.. Combs, and attacked
the presidents message in vigorous terms.
The recommendations of the president
meant the burial of silver with: no prom,
Use of resurrection. a.. .-.'.-
Washington, Aug 1S-After the orii-
nary routine of morning business in the
senate the report on the Montana sena-
tcrlal case was taken up, ind an argu-
ment was made by Mr.. Pascoe Dem
Fla.) against the right of Mr.. Mantle to
his seat under the governors appointment.
After the executive session the senate
passed the resolution providing for the
payment of their mileage, and as a mark
OF respect to the late Representative
Chapman, adjourned. Mr.. Daniels Rep.
N. ~ opened the day's debate IN the
house with a speech urging the uncondi-
tlonal repeal of the purchase sections of
the Sherman act. Mr.. Coldzier Deln
LID followed in a speech in favor Of re-
peal. At the conclusion of his remarks
the death of Representative Chapman was
Announced by Mr.. Weadock> Of Michigan.
The usual resolutions We're adopted, and
the house, as mark of respect, ad-
journed.
Washington, Aug ~. - The senate
committee on finance reported bill for
the repeal of the purchasing clause of
the Sherman act, accompanying it by 4
declaration in favor of bi1netallism. The
committee was in session only an hour
and the only point Of contention was
over the wording of the bill. A bill had
been drawn by Senator VOORHEES,, and was
put before the committee in printed form,
the text being in accordance with the
suggestions of yesterday. The bill thus
becomes an original measure, favorably
reported, and will probably be known as
the Voorhees, bill. The votes by which
1T was reported are those of Chairman
Voorhees, and Senators Mcpherson, Nor
rlll, Sherman, Allison and Aldrich-the
last four named being Republicans
A substitute for the bill was reported
from the minority of the committee
(Messrs. Harris, Vance, Jones of Ar
kansas, Jones of Nevada, and Vest
fixing the number of grains of silver in
United States coins (4644 grains of
pure silver per dollar and proportionately
for other silver coins) The bill and sub
stitute were ordered printed and placed
on the calendar and Mr. Voorhees, gave
notice that he should call them I'D next
Tuesday.
The silver debate was continued in
both houses
Washington, Aug. 22.-Speaker Crisp
has announced the house committees.
The chairma nships of the more important
committees are: Ways and means,
Bland CMo); banking Springer Qu.); ap-
preparations, Sayres Tex); interstate and
foreign commerce, Wise Na.); rivers and
farbors, Blanchard Na.); foreign affairs,
McCreary Ky.); pensions. Moses [Ga.);
naval affairs, Cummings On. "; postof-
fees, Henderson On. CO. Mr.. Springer
was depcsed from the Craftsmanship of
the ways and means committee.
The silver debate was opened in the
house by Mr.. Powers Qep. Vt.) in favor
of repeal. The purcba sing clause should
he repealed Internationally. he said, be-
cause it was vicious in principle and
dangerous in application. Mr.. Hooker
dem. Miss.) spoke against the repeal,
believing that no relief would coruc to
the country from that repeal. Mr.. Alex
ander Oem. n. c. advocated bimetallism
and believed that the repeal of the Sher-
man act would not rebound to the bene-
tit of the country. Mr.. Sperry Dcm
Conn., advocat ted the unconditional re-
peal of the purth clause of the Sher-
man act. !
The committee appointments that went
to the Northwest are: Baldwin, invalid
pension, militia; Boon, territories, expend-
ltures on public buildings; Fletcher, in
terstate foreign commerce; Kiefer,
claims of labor; Hall, public lands, In
dian affairs; McCleary, labor, railroads
and canals; Tawney, pensions, irrigation
of arid lands; Johnson On. d., coinage,
weights and measures, election of presi-
dent, vice president and representative
in congress; Lucas IS. d., private land
claims; Picker Is d., invalid pensions,
Indian affairs; N. P. Haugen (Wis),
banking and currency; Hartman MONTY,
mines and mining expenditures in the de-
partment of agriculture. Haugen (Wis)
is also on improvements of the Missis-
sippi river. Three Iowa members got
good places. Gear, ways and means:
appropriations, and Upde-
graft, judiciary 1...a..I
In the senate nun erous bills which had
been introduced and We're pending in the
last congress were reintroduced and re-
ferred to committees. A substitute for
the national bank currency bill was Of
ferred by Mr.. PETER Pop. Kan) provid-
ing for the issue Of $25O,OOOOOO of treas