Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-08-17

SENATE.
Washington, August O. Senate met aud
at once adjourned till to morrow on mo
ton OF German
SENATE
Washington, Aug no. Tine senate, after
twenty minutes session, adjourned till
Monday.
HOUSE
Washington, August 10 The house met
and adjourned till tomorrow noon. Tho
committee on rules was appointed as fol
lows: Crisp, CatchingS, Cultivate, Reed
and Burrows, three Democrats aud two
Republicans.
House.
Washington, August II After the jour.
nal had been approved Wilson of West Nir-
ginia offered bill tor the repeal of the
purchase clause of the Sherman act MIR,
Bland Of ssouri offered u resolution I'M
der which an agreement was effected
whereby debate tor fourteen days, with
night sessions IT desired, was provided fop
votes to be taken on altos varying from
III to | to 20 to l. aud on an amendment re-
viving the Bland act of ISIS, The daily
sessions Of the house are Co extend from | |
a. m. till y. m The silver forces offered
bill Offered as n substituted for the free
coinage of silver at the present ratio. Ray
ner of Maryland and Brown of Indiana adj
dressed the house in opposition to the meas
ure. Bland of Missouri, Pence of Colorado
and Wheeler OF Alabama responded for
the silver men, the debate still beng on
when the house adjourned,
HOUSE.
Washington, August L. w heeer of Al
ALBANIA continued his address Morse of
Massachusetts endorsed tleyelands views.
Harter of OHIO and Hendrix of New York
favored repeal. Bowers of California and
Rawlins of Utah advocated free coinage,
When adjournment was taken less than
fifty members were present.
SENATE
Washington, August IA Voorhees, of In.
diana introduced a bill permitting Nation.
al banks TO issue currency TO the full par
value of their United States bonds
on deposit in the treasury. Secretary
Carlisle says this bill would increase the
circulating medium by $4,000, 900 at once
Mitchell of Oregon gave notice of an
| amendment to be offered to Joint resolution
to maintain the parity of gold and silver
! Vest of Missouri introduced n bill for the
| coinage Of silver bullion in tho treasury.
| vest addressed the senate on his resolution
in favor of bimetalllsm and free coinage OF
| gold and silver, declaring IL was not over
| production of silver that brought down its
value. TWAS legislation in Germany and
! the United States. Hoar obtained the floor
and the senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
| rolled bills, silver debate was continued
Boatner of Louisiana spoke for free coin
age. Layton of Ohio and Patterson OF
| Ohio favored conditional repeal. Bailey
! of Texas favored the Bland free coinage
substitute. Pendleton of West Virginia
favored an International agreement. War
ner of New York favored the establishment,
| of a parity. There are now 100 names en-
| rolled with the speaker for participation
in the debate.
SENATE.
Washington August a. Gordon Of
| Georgia presented a measure to suspen
/ for ninety days the law imposing the tax
Oh state banks. Voorhees, reported back
| from the committee the bill introduced by
| him yesterday 1t went over Noorhee,
! offered a joint resolution extending for six
months the bonded period for whisky in
| government warehouses Lodge spoke IN
favor of his resolution directing the com,
mittee on finance to report at once a bill &c
repeal the purchasing clause. Wolcott re
| piled, denying that the Sherman act was
! the cause of the panic. 1t came partly be
cause of European losses in South America
and Australia partly because Russia and
! Austria were buying gold, and partly be
cause the United States had purchased
more goods abroad than it had sold. HoaI
! spoke on Vests resolution as to bimetal
! lism. He said there should he no further
coinage of silver except by common con
sent of the commercial nations. Adj
| journed.
HOUSE.
SnodgraSs of Tennessee made an attack
upon Patterson on account of his speech
| against free coinage. Blanchard favored
| free coinage. Grosvenor of Ohio protested
| against free coinage. Hall favored free
| coinage and the house adjourned.