The Globe-republican., 1893-10-20
EXTRA SESSION.
Work OF Both Houses Of the Nsticnsi
Legislature.

repeal bill was renewed in the senate
! yesterday. Senator Squire wash
presented long amendment which he
offered as a compromise. Mr. McPher-
son IN. j. spoke i'm favor of the bill.
then Mr.. Stewart New spoke for
awhile and Mr.. Cockrell (MoD adj
ldressed the senate for two hours in OPP
position to the bill. The house amend
ment to the bill granting settlers on
certain Oklahoma lands the right to
commute their homestead entries was
concurred in and the house elections
bill was reported.
! After routine work the house took
up the federal elections repeal bill and
after voting down all amendments fin
! ally passed it by a vote of 200 yeas to
1O1 nays, strict party vote. and ad
! journed.
| WEDNESDAY.
! WASHINGTON, Oct l2.-The senate
had its first all-n;ght fight last night
! When the repeal bill came up Mr.. Cock
! rell continued his speech in opposition
Mr. Smith On. j. favored the bill and
MIR. 1rby Is. c. spoke in opposition. At
q o'clock Mr. Voorhees, announced that
he should ask the senate to remain in
continuous session until vote was
reached, and the senate settled down
to an all-night session. 1t was simply
talking against time and at daylight
the body was still in session.
The house was engaged in debate on
the McCreary bill to extend the pro
visions of the Geary Chinese eXclusion)
act six months, the discussion continued
until o'clock, when the house ad
/ journed.
WASHINGTON. Oct 13.-The senate
opened the day lin continuous SESSION.
yesterday with Mr.. Allen tNeb.) still
speaking in opposition to the repeal
bill. the fight having been kept up all
night. About o'clock. after speaking
nearly fourteen hours, he yielded the
floor to Mr.. Martin (Kan.) who took up
the fight in opposition to the bill and
| occupied the floor for several hours.
All efforts to reach a vote failed during
the day and the session continued un-
til after midnight with no result. and
at LAO a. m, on motion of Mr.. Voor-
tinuous session of forty-hours, with
talk of comprose filling the air.
The house had caught the infection
of the senate and proceeded to do moth
ing, a quorum failing to appear, as
many members had sat up all night
with the sick senate. The point of no
quorum was not urged. however, and
bill passed applying the land laws of
March, 1891, to that part of the Sioux
reservation that extends into Nebraska.
The bill to protect forest reservations
was debated in committee of the whole.
Mr.. Flynn's resolution permitting Cher
okee strip settlers to vote after a resi-
dence of thirty days, passed. The Nc
Creary Chinese extension bill was taken
up and debate continued. Mr.. Nc
Creary asked for night session, but
with the awful example of the senate
before them the members refused. and
at 5:45 the house adjourned.
FRIDAY.
WASHINGTON, Oct 14-ln the senate
yesterday Mr.. Vest (Mo.) gave notice
of an amendment to the repeal bill in
the nature of a substitute. After re-
pealing the purchasing clause of the
Sherman act it authorizes the issuing
of corn certificates for the uncoined
bullion, consisting of seigniorage on
the silver heretofore purchased. 1t
provides for the coinage of American
silver that may be deposited by its
owners at the rate of So 900. 900 a month
up to the limit of $500, 900, 900. This
coinage is to be fairly proportiOned
among the silver producing states and
territories. Holders of standard silver
dollars may have them exchanged for
certificates. The repeal bill was then
taken up and the battle continued un-
til midnight, when the senate ad
journed.
No house proceedings were reported,
as great storm prevailed and commu-
nication partially cut off.
SATURDAY.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.-The senate
was in session only six hours on Satur-
day. A number of new rules We're re-
ported having in view the shutting off
dilatory proceedings, which went over.
The repeal bill then came up and Mr..
Jones New spoke in opposition. At
the close of his speech the senate adj
iourned until Monday.
No business was transacted in the
house.
MONDAY.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-THE senate
yesterday was occupied for some time
discussing proposed amendments to the
rules and at 1 o'clock took up the regu-
lar grind on the repeal bill. Mr.. Jones
New concluded his speech and Mr..
PETER Kan took the floor in opposi-
ton to the bill. which he held untifG
o'clock. when a motion to adjourn was
voted down. The Kansas senator con-
tinued to speak until 10 O'Clock. when
the senate adjourned.
The house passed the McCreary bill
with the Geary amendment extending
the provisions of the Chinese exclusion
bill six months, and also agreed to the
senate amendment to Mr. Flynn's bill
giving persons who had resided on the
Cherokee strip thirty days the right &c
vote at the approaching election The
banking bill was under discussion at