The Portland daily press., 1893-10-02
In the Senate.

. Notice of two important amendments
to thefsilver purchase repeal bill were
given in the Senate this morning
One was by Mr.. Walcott, Rep, of Colo
RADIO. 1t provides for return to the
states interested of the amount of the
cotton tax collected from them during
the war.
The other was by Mr.. Perkins, Rep,
and it provides for the coinage OF silver
of American production, at the existing
ratio, the treasury to retain seIgnorage
of 20 per cent. 1t also provides that here
after there shall be no gold coins m1nted
of less than SO and no bank notes or
treasury notes issued OF less than 30 and
for a monetary commission OF five ex-
perts.
The resolution as to the Fairchlld Gus
tom house commission heretofore offered
by Mr.. Chandler, Reps was taken up and
Mr.. Chandler addressed the Senate He
explained the object of the resolution
and gave resume of the dolngs OF the
Fairchild commission, complaining that
it had been appointed unoficlally and not
in accordance with the constitutional pro
vision which requires officers OF high rank
to be appointed by the President BY. and
with the advice and consent OF the
Senate.
Mr. Chandler spoke on his resolution
for over an hour, the latter part OF his
speech being a criticism of the President
for his too great readiness to ignore the
laws and to act on his own ideas. He in
stanced the appointment of Mr.. Blount
as minister to Hawaii and ridiculed
certain phrases used by the President IN
his communication to the provisional
government of Hawaii He concurred in
the view taken by the London papers as
to . the Presidents letter to Governor
Northen of Georgia, that it had SINH
larity to the letters OF Emperor William
of Germany.
The resolution was agreed to.
The silver purchase repeal bill was then
taken up, and Camden, DEM, OF West
Virginia, made an argument. His speech
was a temperate argument in favor OF a
repeal of the Sherman act, but with a
clear understanding that the repeal
should not produce CONTRACTION In the
money now in circulation. He expressed
the belief that although bi-metallism is
not practicable under the present condi-
tiops. the free coinage of silver would
be (within a decade) restored not only in
this country but in England and Europe.
PETER, Pop. of Kansas, took the floor
and continued his speech against the re-
peal bill he began last Thursday.
Peffer finished half past four and
the Senate then adjourned until Monday
at II a. m.
In the House.
The House committee on banking and
currency today continued its hearings up
on the measures pending on it's lendar.
Representative McLaurin of South
Carolina, spoke in favor OF his joint reso-
luton providing for the issue OF Sl25, 600,
900 of additional treasury notes, the pre-
amble declaring that S25, 0OO 900 OF the
previous issues are lost or destroyed and
are to be charged off on the books OF the
| treasury.
| tinuing his speech in favor of repeal OF
the election laws, said when the con-
| federates laid down their arms and re-
turned home they had returned submis-
sively. They had returned with no other
purpose than to obey the laws. The
TO the Southern people had been the as
sassination of President Lincoln. His
policy to rehabilitate the South had been
a.correct one and it had been followed
| by President johnson. He then criticised