The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-27
GETTING DOWN To BUSINESS.
Congress Will Vote Monday
Upon the Wilson Repeal Bill.
ES-Speaker Reed Delivers Himself of "A
Lengthy Repeal Speech in the House.
Cochran, of New York, and Wilson, of
West Virginia, also are Eagerly Lis
tened To by IA Large Audience In the
Galleries.

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follows; 1.-The vote on the Wilson re-
peal bill will be taken on Monday in the
House and the silver purchase clause Of
tbs Sherman law, as far as that body is
concerned, will be wiped out of exis-
thnce. The bill will then go to the
Senate, where it will be referred to the
finance committee, which will promptly
pigeophole it. The Senate will 20
right straight along talking silver as it
has been doing for several days.
1T will do this for two weeks and
probably longer before the final vote
will be taken. The bill. which will be
passed, will be the Voorhees, bill, not
the Wilson bill from the House, which
will slumber quietly in the room OF the
finance committee. Then the Voorhees,
bill will go over to the House There
1t will doubtless be acted upon with
little delay, though there may be an
other flood OF oratory because as there
Is some difference between the Senate
and House measures the silver men
may insist on some talk. II there is a
prospect OF contest, however. c'oture
will be speedily applied and the bill
will be passed and will then be ready
for the Presidents signature. The
Voorhees, bill only differs from the
Wilson bill in making declaration in
favor of bimetallism -
IN THE HOUSE.
The climax of the oratory in the
House was reached to-day. The at
| tendance exceeded the capacity of the
galleries and the corridors were
thronged. Clarke, of Alabama, opened
the debate and although he made u
strong logical speech he was listened to
with impatience by the great mass Of
people, who wanted to hear from the
leaders. They were soon grati6ed,
however, for Reed OF Maine, took the
floor at 1890 and made one OF the most
ma asterly speeches which has been heard
for many day in the halls OF Congress.
Dearmond, OF Missouri, who followed in
silver speech, and humorous John
Allen, OF Mississippi, the next speaker,
had little attention bestowed upon them,
SO eager were the members and
spectators to hear from Burke
Cochran, the idol of the New York
Democracy. Cochran did not disappoint
his audience for when he concluded his
speech the House was overwhelmed in q
wave OF thunderous applause. Bland
made good speech, but everybody
waited to hear short speech from Will
son, of w. Va, the father OF the pend
ing bill. The galleries Of the House
were full OF spectators this morning be-
fore the hour of meeting 90 q. ny, at
tracted by the announcement that the
last day of the great silver debate was
to be signalized by battle of oratory
in the House
The Speaker announced the order of
the days proceedings. Under the hour
rule, he said, the time in favor of the
bill would close with the mem Der from
West Virginia (Wilson), and the time
in opposition to it by the member from
Missouri (Bland). The first thirty min
Il ties was assigned by Wilson to Clark
(Dem.. Ala.). Clark's time was called
at 1890 and the floor assigned to Reed,
of Maine.
The House came to sudden and
complete condition of quietnde as Reed
stood up in the most easterly aisle on
the Republican side of the chamber and
began to address the House in slow,
strong, measured tones
In Reeds Judgment the repeal of the
purchasing clause would have such
reassuring effect that we should be
temporarily assisted by capital from
beyond the seas and that that very
assistance would result in the lesSening
OF boarded money which is now TO be
found in stockings and in every possible
receptacle and the result would be the
ease OF money, and those who are
carrying on sound AMI safe business
would be rescued from the disaster
which threatens them and the country
would be saved from many unnecessary
failures
In conclusion he said: $50 my two
reasons for voting for the repeal are
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the people and in some measure help
us out of the first difficulties Of our
position and second when the time
comes it will assist us on the upward
path to the next period OF prosperity
and progress. Unconditional repeal is
held to be the path Of duty"
Dearmond, dem Mo- was the next
speaker having half an hour. He was
opposed to repeal and in favor of free
coinage, and he INDUCED in some criti-
cisms upon the Secretary OF the Treas
ury.
Williams, (Dem, Ills.,) opposed re
peal and commended that the sherman
law was not responsible for the present
panic, although that panic was the lie.
gitimate offspring Of the Republican
party.
Cochran then took the floor and ad-
dressed the House. Nobody would deny,
he said. after the speech just heard,
that the arguments for free silver coin
age were picturesque rather than con
vincing. He agreed with the gentleman
from Maine (Reed) that when the gavel
OF the presiding officer descended on his
desk on the fourth Of March last, the
members OF Congress- returned to their
homes in a country blessed with univer-
sal prosperity. And, yet, in period
when everything that ought to produce
prosperita existed here the sky over
head had been darkened II the