Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-11-03

riding over congress" Senator Jones
also spoke.
The house passed bill authorizing
! feopening of the consolidate of land
districts in California.
J Mr.. Rae, of Arkansas, called up the
bill to protect public forest reserva-
tons, reported from the committee OH
public lands, the speaker having ruled
that it may be called as aften as the
committee is reached in the call for
business. A point Of no quorum was
raised The morning hour expired
without the appearance Of quorum
and the bill went over.
Mr.. Oates, of Alabama, moved that
the house resolve itself into a COMMITTEE
OF the whole for the consideration of
the bankruptcy bill. Mr. Outhwaite,
Of Ohio, took the chair and Nh. Lane.
Of Illinois, addressed the house in oppo-
sition to the bill, as did also Mr.. Kill
gore, of Texas, while Mr.. Combs, of
New York, made answer.
: Washington, Oct. 26.-After the
transaction Of some routine morning
business by unanimous consent the sill
yer7purchase repeal bill was taken up,
the vice president stating the question
to be on Senator PETERS free-coinage
amendment The senate was addressed
by Senator Teller, who proceeded to
discuss the causes of the financial de-
preston which has existed in all the
commercial countries of the world since
1Sl3-a duration of depression which
was, he said, unusual and abnormal.
! Senator Teller in the course of his
speech VS. challenged by Senator Hig-
gins to reconcile his argument with the
fact that while the prices for wheat
and other productions had been tending
downward, the prices of Indian corn
and pork had been high. The reason
given by Senator Teller was that the
high price of pork was largely artifi-
cial-the result Of speculation while
! that of corn naturally went with that
of pork. Both these products, there
, fore, had been withdrawn from the
ordinary law of supply and demand.
Senator Washburn took part in the
discussion, agreeing in the main with
Senator Teller. Mr. Stewart also spoke
When the house met at noon prayer
was offered by Rev. Mr.. Smithson, who
referred to the death Of the chaplain
of the house, Rev. S. H. HaddaWay
Mr.. Richardson, democrat, of Tennes-
see, offered resolution expressing the
regret of the house and authorizing
the appointment of a committee of
seven to attend the funeral. The reso-
luton was adopted.
The joint resolution rendering the
acknowledgment of the government
and people of the United States to the
various foreign governments that have
participated LII the Columbian expOsi-
ton, as amended by the senate, was
called up and the amendments were
cOncurred in.
Mr.. Richardson, chairman Of the COM
imttee on printing, introduced a joint
resolution, which was passed, providing
! that after the beginning of the regu-
lar session all engroSsed bills and Joint
resolutions, instead Of being written
by hand, shall be printed, and that
, such printed bills shall be considered
and treated in every respect as regu-
larry engrossed bills.
The house has under consideration
at the time the morning hour expired
Il bill to grant right of way to a rail
way over the Hot Springs reservation,
but came to no conclusion thereon.
The house then went into committee
Of the whole for the considera ton of
the bankruptcy law and Mr.. Boatner
(dem.) of Alabama, took the floor. Mr..
Keyl opposed the bill and Messrs. War
ner and Brosius in opposition to him.
Washington, Oct. 27.-The senate
got to work very promptly after it met
at IL O'Clock this morning. The vice
president laid before it the unfinished
business"-the silver purchase repeal
bill-and it was laid aside temporarily
in favor of the senate bill to aid the
states of California, Oregon, Wash
ington, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Wy
oming, Colorado and South Dakota to
support schools of mines. After some
discussion the state of Minnesota was
inserted in the bill on motion of Sen
ator Washburn and the bill as amended
was passed.
A joint resolution was offered by
Senator Cullom and was referred, to
transfer the model battleship Illinois
to the state of Illinois us an armory
for the use Of the naval militia of
that state at the close of the Columbian
exposition.
The debate on the silver, purchase
repeal bill was then resumed. Senator
Stewart taking up his speech where
he had left off last evening-on the
point of bimetallism. He attacked the
president, calling him 4 Wall street
lawyer and saying the people would
never again trust him in the presiden-
tial chair
Senator Stewart yielded the floor to
his colleague, saying that he would go
on with his speech afterward, and
Senator Jones, who was supposed to
have completed his long speech last
Tuesday, but who had not done so,
proceeded to address the senate, this
being the seventh installment Of his
speech. He said that he rose with the
hesitation that Il lawyer may have in
arguing Il case which he knew to be
already decided. Senator Teller also
spoke, and then the PETER amendment
was voted down, 80 to %. 1t re-
viyed with some exception the coinage
coinage of silver.
When the house met Mr.. Hudson,
of Kansas (dem.), arose to question
of personal privilege and sent to the
clerk 10 he read an extract from a