The Forrest City times., 1893-09-08
CONGRESSIONAL.
Ihe house Passes the Wilson ge,ea
 Bill-The Bill Before tbe s.,.,

"e rouse Passes the Wilson Repeal
 Bil-The Bill Before the Senate.
 THE senate on the 2sth, by a vote of 2, % ueciueu mat MT Mantle, of Montana. and Nr ~ oi washington, were not entitled to seats ana that the governor of state had not the right to appoint a senator to en ,na ,., cancies caused by the expiration of a reoular term The house bill to repeal the Sherman act was laid before the senate Mir Hin ra- ported bill to repeal the federal election lav ana the national bank circulation bill was de- oateo until adjournment. .. In the house all in terest centered In the vote on the Wilson bill repeating the sherman act The amendment for free silver at ratio of l6 to was defeated bv iss yeas to 296 nays. The second amendment. 10 |, was defeated by yeas 100, nays 24J: IS to Dy LUZ yeas to 23s nays; 10 to by Il5 yeas to Z6 nays, and 20 to by 12i yeas to 222 nays ine olil was then passed by yeas 24J nays no and the house adjourned.
 IN the senate on the 29th Mir. Voorhees, of tne nnance committee, reported the house hill repeating part of the Sherman act with an amendment in the nature of a su bstitute inc substitute being the senate bill offered by Mr Voorhees. Mir. Stewards resolution directing the secretary of the treasury to inform the sen ate whether there is danger of a deficiency in revenue for the current year gave rise to A iengthy debate but was finally referred Sen uDc0Q ditonal repeal bill and Senator Teller spoke on the financial situation . The house was en- gagged considering the report of the committee on rules during which Ex-Speaker Reed and speaker Crisp had 0 little tilt that somewhat relieved the monotony of the proceedings Mir Springer introduced bill to provide for the coinage of the seignorage silver in the treasury and the house adjourned.
 AFTER routine business in the senate on the 3Oth the repeal of the Sherman act was taken up and MT. sherman proceeded to address the senate He said on one thing congress and the people were agreed and that was that both gold and silver should be continued in use as money Monometallism, pure and simple, had never gained foothold in the United States. If senators wanted cheap money and an ad. vance in prices, free coinage of silver was the way to do 1t; but they should not call it bimet- allism. MT sherman then proceeded to dis euss the history of the act that bears his name. HA was not in favor of the free coinage of silver and regarded 1t as another name for the mono metalism of silver and was only in favor of the purchase of silver for purposes of coining. He believed the best thing to do was 10 suspend the purchase of silver and devote attention to the needs of the hour ... The house was engaged all day in discussing the new rules
 IN the senate on the 3lst the repeal bill was taken up and MT. Wolcott (Col) spoke against the bill and in favor of silver. Mir Caffery (La made his first speech in the senate. It was in favor of unconditional repeal Mir. Cockrell introduced concurrent resolution di. recting the secretary of the treasury to issue certificates not to exceed 20 per cent of the amount of gold coin and bullion in the treasury, and to use and spend the same in payment of the interest on the public debt, or for anything else needed. Tabled The death of MT Mutch- Ter, member of the house from Pennsylvania, was announced and the senate adjourned. =. In th ilar of hn sumed The silver men got the better of the fight by securing rule which will enable them to call up silver legislation at any time. MT. Flynn (Ok.l introduced a bill extending the time of payment for certain settlers in that territory. Pending consideration of the rules the house adjourned
 AFTER adopting a resolution, offered by MT. Teller calling upon the secretary of the treas ury for information as to the amount of silver bullion purchased during August, the senate on September resumed debate on the repeal bill Senator Vance spoke at length against the bill At the conclusion of his remarks MT Voorhees, sprung a surprise by calling for 8 vote on the substitute. MT. Cockrell objected and made Q spirited speech in defense of his position The senate finally went into execu tive session and then adjourned. =. The fight over the rules continued vigorously in the house. tho battle being of little interest to the public Pending the squabble the house ad' journed.
 WHEN the senate met on the ed Mir. Palmer submitted joint resolution providing for the elect on of United States senators by the peo- ple. That and similar resolution of MT Mitchell (Ore) were referred There was no debate on the silver question as other matters occupied the attention of the senate. none or general fmportance however The house was occupied in further discussion Of the rules