Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-09-28
EXTRA SESSION.
Work of Both Houses of the National
Legislature.


should be taken on the repeal bill Mr.
Dubois opposed any abridgment of de-
bate, and Mr.. Voorhees, gave no
tice that he would ask for longer ses-
sions of the senate. Mr.. Mills (Tex.)
then took the floor and spoke at length
| in favor of the repeal bill. He de-
Tended the position of the president
| who, Mr.. Mills declared, wanted bimet-
allism, not silver m monometa1lism. Mr..
| Stewart (Nev.) said silver standard
and liberty were better than a gold
| standard and slavery. Those opposed
! to the repeal sought no compromise.
! In the house the democrats lacked
few votes of a quorum and after three
| hours of f1libustering- the house ad-
! journed.>
WEDNESDAY.
WASHINGTON, Sept 21.-The senate
| was in session over six hours yeSter-
| day. Mr.. Morgan presented a petition
from citizens of Alabama praying for
| the repeal of the Sherman act and re-
marked that it was one of those petit
tions sent out by New York bankers
and he regarded it more as a mandate
from New York bankers than petit
tion from citizens of Alabama. Mr..
| George Miss spoke in opposition to
the repeal bill, and Mr.. Gray (DeL)
| favored it. The refusal of the silver
advocates to respond to roll call upon
cali of the senate created little sur
prise at one stage of the proceedings.
The struggle was resumed in the
house over the Tucker federal elections
repeal bill, the republicans flibuster-
| ing, but the democrats finally secured
a quorum and the committee on rules
| to1 {Ia+ 9TH eI0
be in order until reports of committees
had been heard. This brought the bill
before the house and the democrats had
won after five days fight The house
| then adjourned.
| THURSDAY.
| WASHINGTON, Sept. cat was some-
what of an exciting day in the senate
| yesterday. Mr.. Platt Comm offered
an amendment to the rules providing
for cloture and spoke in favor of it.
| Referred. Mr.. Gallinger On. H gave
| notice of an amendment he had to offer
to the repeal bill Mr.. Lodge (Mass.)
made a fiery speech criticizing the ma
| jOrity for permitting delay in reaching
a vote on the repeal bill. After q
speech by Mr.. White, Mr.. George said
he preferred to defer his speech as he
| was i'll, and Mr.. Voorhees, proposed as
there was no debate vote be taken on
the repeal bill This brought on
fight. Motions to adjourn were repeat
edly voted down and those opposed to
repeal made a stubborn fight, which
continued until the senate went into
| executive session.
/ In the house an order was adopted
setting aside two weeks, beginning the
Goth, for considering the Tucker federal
| elections bill. The remainder of the
time was taken up ia correcting the
journal and reports of committees
| FRIDAY.
| WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.-The senate
yesterday discussed the cloture resolu-
ton until 2 o'closlz. Mr.. Teller opposed
it in lengthy speech, when the repeal
bill was taken up and Mr.. George
| (Miss.) closed his speech in opposition
to the bill. Senators Hansbrough On.
d. and Stewart New also spoke in
opposition. At the close of Mr.. Sewart's
remarks Mr.. Voorhees, rose and stated
that an agreement had been reached
that seven-hour sessions be held and
that he thought ample time for debate
would be given each senator. He there
fore asked that his resolution to that
effect be agreed to, which was done
without objection. 1t is thought this
agreement will enable vote to be
reached at an early period.
The business transacted in the house
was of no general interest. No i'm
portant matter was up for considera-
tion and the attendance was small.
SATURDAY..
| WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-In the SEN
ate Saturday Mr.. Stewart introduced a
I resolution charging the president with
interfering with the rights of the leg
islative department in seeking to coerce
congress into passing the repeal bill,
and announced that he would speak on
the resolution Monday. The cloture
rule was then debated until adjourn
ment.
The business of the house amounted
to nothing. The spirit of fun seemed
to prevail among the members and
for day, at least, there was san era
of good feeling" especially as no busi-
ness was done.
MONDAY.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.-When the
senate met yesterday Mr.. Stewart
spoke in favor of his resolution ''de-
claring the independence of the Co
ordinate branches of the government
must be maintained, and severely crit
1clZeQ the president Tor WnaG ne termed
an unwarranted interference to coerce
the legislative department. The re
peal bill then came up and Mr.. Stewart
continued to speak in opposition. Mr..
Cameron (Pa.) also addressed the sen.
. ate and Mr.. Bate (Tenn.) opposed re
peal.
The house held an unimportant ses
sion which was almost exclusively occu
pied in considering the printing bill,
and soon adjourned.
, The Big Four Dispute.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept. 26.-Tht
, trou bic between the Big Four and tn.
: employees, as trainman expressed it
is still hanging fire." with but little
. prospect of immediate adjustment
The officials, however, assert tha
there will be no strike and claim tina
the men have concluded to accept tn,
|, inevita bic reduction.
Cholera at Hamburg.
HAMBURG, Sept. 26.-During the pas
twenty-four hours eight new cases an,