The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-10-14
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS-.


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Special Session.
WASHINGTON, Oct Monday
the most interesting incident occurred early
In the day. BY means OF personal statement
Mr.. Dubois, Of Idaho, got up the subject OF the
vacancies in tho senatorial representations of
| the states Of Washington. Wyoming and Mon
| tnna and repeated his argument, made when
the resolution which he offered was under dis
| eussion few days since, MS to the importance
| of these states being fully represented when q
! vote should be taken upon the repeal bill.
There were two formal speeches on the repeal
bill, one by Mr. Kyle of South Dakota. agains,
the BILL and the other by MIR. Mcmillan, Of
| Michigan against FREQ coinage.
HousE-Mr Breckenridge, of Kentucky, Ron.
day introduced o bill to establish new judicial
| district in the state Of Kentucky, TO be known
| rs the eastern district 1t is to be composed OF
the counties Of Gallatin, Owen. Scott, Wood
ford, Mercer, Boyle Casey, Russell and Clinton,
together with all that part Of Kentucky lying
east and northeast Of those counties Tho rest
| of the state shall be known as the western dis
trict and courts shall be held In that district as
| now provided by law for the district Of Ken.
| lucky. The bill is rather voluminous, but the
remainder pertains to the details necessary to
| carry out the provisions OF the features here
given. Mr.. Breckinridgc also introduced bill
for the relief OF Mary Ellen Atkinson
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amendment to the bill repeating the purchas.
ing clauses Of the silver aot Of 1890 was submit
| ted TO the senate Tuesday by Senator Morgan,
Of Alabama. 1t proposes the re.enactment Of
the free coinage act Of 1887 and the remission Of
| the 20 per cent OF tariff duties to the countries
which receive American standard dollars Of the
present weight and fneness at par as legal.
| tender money. The dinoulties In tho way Of
| securing compromise on the repeal bill be-
come more and more apparent every day, be-
cause Of the differences which exist on the
democratic side Of the senate chamber.
HoUsE-Thc debate on the elections bill
Tuesday only showed one flash OF interest
when Murray, the South Carolina colored rep.
| resentative, interrogated Kyle, OF Mississippi
Boutelle, Of Maine, supported the colored man,
| and between them thoy forced tho Mississip-
plan to appeal TO the speaker to prevent fur
ther Interruptions. The real feature Of the ses-
| sion occurred Just before adjournment. Mr
Dunphy asked unanimous consent to consider
the New York and New Jersey bridge bill. Nr.
De Witt Warner, although he refrained from
ob3ectfng, made vigorous speech against the
bill 1tis the bill which Senator Hill tried to
pass In the senate after midnight on the night
Of the last session OF congress. Mr.. Warner
questioned the good faith of the corporation to
which the charter was to be granted even 60
ing SO far as TO intimate that 1t was to be given
monopoly for ten years in order TO permit It
to blnck.mail some company that honestly de-
sired to erect bridge, When the vote was
taken he made the point of no quorum, and the
attempt to railroad the bill through deserted
house was frustrated.
WASHINGTON, Oct h-SENATE-"Compro
mise" was the keynote of both the speeches
delivered in tho senate Wednesday. by Mr..
Butler of South Carolina, and Mr.. Blackburn,
OF kentucky. Compromise" was also the key
note of statement delivered by Senator Cor.
man, of Maryland. to delegation of business
YnaD frNY m rhn OaY t,I Vn h INIT
by special train to plead with the southern
democratic senators for the cause OF uncondi-
tional repeal.
HoUsE-The house. in transacting routine
business, passed joint resolution rendering
the thanks Of the United States to the foreign
governments which generously and effectively
partictpatedin in the Worlds fair The house then
considered the bill to promote the safety of ma
tional banks by prohibiting the officials of such
banks to borrow money except by the consent Of
the board of directors. But it went over without
action. The bankruptcy bill was reported and
placed upon the cnlendar. The foreign affairs
committee Wednesday decided to report favor
ably the McGreary substitute for the Everett
bill. AS agreed on, 1t extends the Chinese reg
istration period six months from the passage
of the act 1t strikes out the word white"
from the Geary act SO as to permit the testi.
mony OF anyone except Chinamun to prove
that "Chinaman is entitled to register" 1t
defines Chinese laborer
WASHINGTON, Oct 6-SsNArE-The senate
devoted the entire day to an executive session,
In which the policy of the president for violat-
ing the home.rule plank in the democratic plat
form in the appointment of Indian agents was
severely criticised There is but little public
interest IL this matter, the contention is con.
fined wholly TO senators and members in the
far west who object to the appointment of east.
ern men to offices In the territories. All the
signs point to the beginning OF most earnest
struggle in the senate next week to secure o
vote on the bill for uncondi,ionn, repeal Of the
purchasing clause of tho Sherman act.
HousE-Secretary ]. Sterling Morton was,
by the bill passed Thursday, placed in the line
Of presidential succession. The position of sec.
retary OF agriculture had not been creatad when
the succession bill was passed in 1887. The bill
passed turning over the property of the Nor
mon church, now in the hands OF q receiver, 10
charitable purposes, marks the official winding
up OF the affairs Of the Mormon church under
the Edmunds-Tucker act The house passed Il
bill authorizing the sale of the old custom house
at Louisville, Ky. Consideration OF the Tucker
bill was then resumed, Mr.. Murray taking the
floor for the compile ton OF tho speech he began
Wednesday.
WAsHINGToN, Oct - SENATE - Friday
MI. Blackburn (Ky) submitted an amendment
TO the bill repeating the silver purchasing
clauses OF the net Of 1880. 1t strikes out the
'oo'HSSc oaoStituhC, icbNiHk tuc DNl US IL
passed tho house, and then provides for the free
coinage OF silver OF American production. Tho
secretary OF the treasury is authorized on the
first day OF each month to establish the seignor.
orage to be charged for tho following month,
which is to be the difference between the mar.
ket price OF silver bullion and the minted value
after coinage This seignorage is not to be
coined, but is TO be sold by the secretary of the
treasury for gold to be used for the purpose oil
maintaining the parity of gold and silver
HousE-Seven hours OF uninterrupted de-
bate on the elections Dill occupied the time OF
tho house Friday, the speech OF Mr. Cum
mings, Of Now York, being the feature AS but
three days remain for the debate, the house
met Friday morning Ut II o'clock. Night ses
sions viii also be ordered. so that all desirip.
to speak shall have an opportunity.
WASHINGTON, Oct. a-SENArE-Therc was
good deal OF dickeriag In the senate Saturday
afternoon over IN early adjournment both
sides wanting to adjourn early, but neither side
wanted the motion to come from It. The silver
senators Informed the repeaiers that thcy
would not oppose motion to adjourn. A reso
luton was introduced In the senate Saturday
providing for the appoin tment OF committed
TO investigate the recent Ford opera house dis,
aster, In which q number OF clerks were per.
manently injured and to report to what extep:
the government is liable.
HousE-At the night session the galleries
were comfortably filled, but only eizht mom.
bers we're In their seats. Kigorc OF Texas, oc.
cupied the chair. The speakers were Grady
o., N. e.. Dunn ID. N. J), Mr.. McCleary (R,,