The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-24
CLIMAX APPROACHING
The Ab1est Speakers in the
House Will Close the
Silver Debate.
ANT%I-MONOPOLY DRAG NET
Farmers Exert Their Influence for
Repeal--In the House and
Senate Today,


which nave been accumulating In inter
est all the week. will rsuch a climax to-
morrow and Saturday. Ga the last
named day the ablest speakers in the
House will close the silver debate.
Bourks Cochran. Wilson OF West Viz.
Rinia. Thomas b. Reed. aud Mr.. Bland,
the sponsor of the silver dollar,
would, any one OF them by himself,
prove . great attraction, but oil OF
them In combination with others of al
most equal force present an army of for
ensic ability, such as seldom been dis
played IN auy one daY In Congress. tx
Speaker Reed In particular is expected to
outshiue all previous efforts. 1t ID UNDER
stood that he has carefully prepare bis
speech and that It's sarcastic wit will
assursdly hold the attention of the House
and country.
AS TO EARLY ADJOURNMENT.
Those sauguine statesmen who predict
the speedy passage of the Sherman
amendment n an early adjournmenr
are not having matters all their own way.
The Senate really holds the key to the
situation. Some of the extreme advo-
Gates Of silver in that body assert that if
refusing seats 10 the appointed Sem
ators from Montana. Washington
aud Wyoming, they will hold the
Senate In session, aud stave of a vote
on the silver question until the Lsgisla-
lures Of these States nave been called to-
gether in special sessions to fill the
vacancies. On the House side also there
are ''douoting Thouissss" who do not see
the epd of rhe session quite so near rs
some Of their colleagues profess 20 do. or
thjs class is Mr.. Augustus N. Martin of
indiana, Chairman Of the Committee OH
Invalid Pensions. he says
II believe tho people expect US to re-
main here and continue ut work. We
can cut the session that much shorter at
the other cod next rear. pnere Is plenty
for us to do; plenty that we have proas-
sed to do-admit New Mexico, admit
Arizona. repeal tne Federal Election
laws. These things will keep us busy
while the committees on appropriations,
ways and means ard banking and cur
repcv are psrfsctiug measures for the
consideration Of the House"
FARMERS INFLUENCE FELT.
The Weakening Among Senators who
have been accounted last ditchn free
silver men, upon which In part the cou-
fidenca of the early adjournerS Is based.
IL said to be due TO the pressure brought
TO bear upon them for curly action by
The representatives of other interests
thau those Of silver miuers. The farmers
IN the far north west, it Is said, are
beginning to feel the need of money to
move their crops aud the railroads suffer
with the farmers Ia the fallinz-of OF
their business. These facts ars said to
have bsen influential in changing the
minds of several Senators heretofore
classsd among che opponents of i'm
mediate or unconditional repeal Of the
Sherman law.
ANTI-MoNoPoLY DRAG NET.
Mr.. White. of California, mas intro
duced Into the Senate a bill that Is in
tended To carry into effect the dsclara-
ton OF the Democratic platform against
trusts aud combines. The Sherman anti
trust law of july. 1890. MIR. White looks
upon rs a legislative sieve In which it Ia
impossible TO hold water. and In his
bill be proposes q drag net that bus its
mesIies SO closely drawn that not even
the little fish. much less the greater and
more dangerous, can gee through. IN his
opinion.
His blu repeats the Sherman anti trust
act Of 1890 tu toto and substitutes another,
somewhat lengthy, but defining exactly
what are trusts, how monopolles may be
considered and discovered by law officers.
It sets forth that q monopoly shall be
dsfped to mean two or more persons
Engaged in or Interested in the same
kind Of general business for the purpose
Of SURPRISING competition, raising
prices or charges for the
transportation oil persons or
property; or limiting, decreasing or
controlling ~productiod. Such a monopoly
is declared to be Illegal, and It is made
the duty OF United Stnte Courts to issue
injunctions. upon sufficient complaint,
and to perpstuats such injunction IL tue
facts SO warrant.
IN THE HOUSE TODAY.
The five minute debate In the House
on the Wilson bull began this morning
with q speech by Mr.. Waugh. (Rep.,
Ind..l who spoke for repeal as in the in
Mr.. Somers (Dem.. Wis.,. favored b.
metnllism, but would vote for uncon-
ditionai repeal.
Mr.. Johnson (Rep., ND spoke for
silver.
Mr.. Picker (Rep., S. d.. asked unanI-
nous consent to change the existing
order SO as to take a vote Monday on All
amendment combining the free coinage to
the American product. This was OBJ
jeeted to by Mr.. Wilson, In charge of the
Administration bill.
Mr.. Picker then tried to arrange for q
vote on the American product free coin
age proposition aftsr the Wilson bill had
been passed. but again objection was
made. He then proceeded co c~riticise
President Cleveland as being under Eng
lish influence.
Mr.. Lucas Representative S. d. and
Mr.. Hartman (Reprssentativs Montana)
spoke for free coinage, the latter init
mating that his people would not remain
protectionists ittne party failed to observe
the be- metallic plank.
Mr.. Bartholdt (Rep.. Mo- declared for
rspetl aud the extension OF bank circu-
lRtiuu.
MIR. Bouk (Dem.. Ohio) spoke for I'M
conditional repeal; and Mr.. Heart (Dem.,
| No. against the Wilson bill, holding that
this people were entitled TO something
more.
IN THE SENATE.
The Vice-President announced the APP
pointmeut OF the Committee on the Com
memeration of the hundredth anniyef-
sary OF the laying OF the cornerstone of
the Capitol rs folIows;-Ssnator Voor-
hees tDem.. Ind-); Sherman (kep.. Onio);
Ransom (Dem-. N. o.; Crantlsr (Rsp.,
N. H.G White (Dem.. CaL-); Squire (Rep.,
Wash.l, aud Martin (Pop.. Kan.).
The House joint resolution makidg the
act or May IA, 1890, as to town sites sp-
plicsble to the Cherokee outlet, was
reported back from the Committee on
Public Lands, with an amenduens re-
\ qutrInR the trustees who are to be ap-
pointed TO be residents Of tue
territory OF Oklahoma at ths time
Of their appointment; and an effort was
made by Mf. Berry (Dsm, Ark to have
IL passed, but objection wal made by MIR,
Nanderson (Rep., Nsb), and the bill wac
placed on the calendar.
Mr.. Stewart, (Rep., Nev.,) took the floor
to address the Senate. but it WAS claimed
bv Mr.. Peffar (PoD. KAn.l that he wac