The Bessemer indicator., 1893-10-07

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silver 70 lis former place with gold - ths
mossy Of the consultation. That wAs ths
shibbcleth Of the friends Of silvsr, Aad o.
| that they put themselves upoa We oountry.
Mr.. Palmer Of Illinois thsn sddrssssd The
Senate and deplored ths impotence of ths
senate 10 govern itself and get voss on The
rspsal bill.
HousE-Debate on the elections bill vas
continued by Mr. Kyle Of Hississippi and Mr..
De Forest OF Connecticut In IL favor and Mr..
Northway Of Ohio and Mr.. Bowors Of Califor-
mia In opposition.
Fify-rirst Day.
sxSArE.-The repeal bill WA taken up and
Mr. Butler. OF South Carolina. addressed the
scnAte. He argued In favor Of the rights Of
the minority. This was not government OF
majorities. 1t was = government Of written
law 10 which tho majority was - ameuabls As
the minority, aud TO which the president and
his cabinet were as nfnenablo ~ the humblest
citizen. THE Senate Is not = body where
some political boss or political hustler can
crack hI. whip said Mr.. Butler, Indignantly,
"and compel the minority 10 conform to the
wishes of . mere numerical majority" MI
Butler argued In favor OF some compounds
measure.
Mr.. Blackburn. Of Kentucky, then addressed
the Senate In opposition to the bill. He did
not want to see the country go upon single
standard. II, however, he wAs forced TO an
election tctween the two metals for standard
he would prefer silver. Mr.. WAshburne be-
lieved that the repeal of the sherman law
was the first step towards real bimetallism.
"rhis Is the hrst time on record, F" said MI
Blackburn, when deoapitation OF the patient
was recommended ~ n cure. 1t seems TO bo
the policy to kill the patient and leave his
body unburied, and trust to God Almighty to
aylv Mr. ark
of compromise. lie had but one condition to
impose upon . compromise, and that was to
unlock the doors Of the mints to the silver
metal. In conclusion, Mr.. blackburn do
Tended the administration against the intima-
tion that 1t VIA party to the conspiracy
that had brought the recent troubles upon the
country.
Mr Call spoke In opposition to the bill, but
before he had concluded the Senate went Into
executive session and soon adjourned.
HousE.-Mr. Martin Of Indiana secured
the adoption Of resolution calling upon the
secretary of the interior for Information Is to
the number of pensions allowed and rejected
sine March 4, 1893
The elections debate was resumed by MI.
Compton Of Maryland In support OF the
measure. Mr.. Sweet OF Idaho denounced Mr.
Cleveland for his course on the silver ques-
tion. He affirmed that Andrew johnson had
been impeached for acts less odious than the
refusal OF the administration 10 execute the
sion act. He claimed that Mr.. Cleveland
imagined himself dictator. Mr.. Lane Of
Illinois maintained that armed men at the
polls should be Withdrawn now and forever.
George Washington Murray, the colored Re-
publican from South Carolina, WAS the last
speaker of the day. He read his speech and
was given more than the usual attention. He
spoke against the bill.
Just before the House adjourned Chairman
Fitch of the committee reporting the bill, In
troduced a substitute which strikes out the
section Of the revised statutes empowering
the military to keep peace At the polls, and
repeating all laws regarding the appointm
of supervisors or deputy marshals. The sub
stitute would leave In force the election laws
relating to the punishment OF private indlvid-
uals for bribery, and above ali leaves 10 force
the declaratory principles OF the fifteenth
amendment. The Northern Democrats, after
an Informal conference, decided that the
Tucker bill was too sweeping, and this sub
stitute was formulated to meet the objections.