Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-09
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
The Sanata.

The Senate.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-In the senate
Mr.. Teller, rep, Colorado, objected to
immediate consideration of the repeal
bill and IL goes over until tomorrow.
Mr.. Stewards resolution inquiring into
the condition of the treasury was then
taken up for consideration. The resolu-
ton was referred to the finance commit
tee and Mr.. Gordon, dem, Georgia, adj
dressed the senate In advocacy OF the un-
conditional repeal of the Sherman act. Hc
declared that he could not vote for any
was therefore opposed to the substitute
reported today.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.-After the morn
ing routine business the bill for the re-
peal of the Sherman act was taken up and
Mr.. Sherman, rep, Ohio, proceeded to
address the senate He said that IL the
repeal Of the purchasing clause Of the act
of July. 1890, were the only reason for the
extraordinary session IL would seem TO
him insufficient. 1t was however
justified by the existing financial strin-
gency. One thing, he said, congress and
the people agreed on, and that was that
both gold and silver should be continued
in use as money. Monomctallism puro
and simple had never gained a foothold In
the United States. IL senator's wanted
cheap money and an advance In prices,
free coinage Of silver was the way to do
IL, but they Shout not call IL bimetallism.
Mr.. Sherman then proceeded to discuss
the history OF the act that bears his name.
He was not in favor OF the free coinage OF
silver and regarded il rs but another name
for the monometallism Of silver and was
only in favor of the purchase OF silver for
purposes of coming. The conferees OF the
two houses agreed upon their differences
and in that agreement secured the re-
peal OF the Bland-Allison act. Mr..
Sherman reminded the senators that
when they criticised the law that was
misnamed for him they should remember
that this law now on the statute books
was far better h either the house bill
or that passed by the senate. The presi-
dent had, Mr.. Sherman said, set forth the
decline in the value of silver, but had
failed to give the causes of that decline.
Had he taken "a broader view Of the causes
of decline he could have explained it all.
II was due, Mr.. Sherman said, to the fact
that we were called upon to pay our debts
in gold. England's losses In the Arger-
tine Republic had to be made good and she
returned our securities and demanded
the gold needed to save her own ~institu-
lions from going down For the first
time also in a number OF years the bal
ance of trade was against US and we had
to make the difference good.
Mr.. sherman declared that an errone-
Gus impression had been created when 1t
was claimed that the Sherman law was
the cause of all the trouble, aud this, he
said with all due Difference to Mr.. Cleve-
land. He was ready to stand by the law,
not as a measure In which he took
any special pride, for he was com
PEELED to yield in order to prevent
disastrous legislation. But without this
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1891 and 1892 had Ii been called upon to
meet the difficulties now staggering us.
He was not a new convert TO the repeal OF
the law. A year ago he had introduced
q bill to suspend the oper-
atoms OF the law. 1t was
worded almost exactly Nike that
of Mr.. Voorhees,. Why did not the demo-
cratic senator's then see the dangers they
now sec and come to the help of the re-
publicans when they sought TO suspend
the law2 Not n democratic vote was had
then and democrats must answer why.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31-There was moth
ing OF public interest interest in the morn.
ing business OF the senate aside from the
decision as TO the Office OF the su pervising
architect of the treasury by Mr.. Dolph
complaining that under the Limitation Of
the cost imposed by the last congress the
office was unable to secure the
services OF draughtsmen and
civil engineers so as to proceed with the
construction of public buildings. He in
troduced a Joint resolution on the sub
ject, which was referred TO tho committee
on public buildings and grounds.
The morning business having been dis
posed Of the senate on motion OF Mr..
Voorhees,, dem, Indiana. took up the
house bill for the repeal of the Sherman
act and Mr.. Wolcott, rep, Colorado, adj
dressed the senate in opposition to it.
WASHINGTON, Sept. l.-After some
twenty minute spent In the ordinary
routine morning business Of the senate,
none Of which was Of public interest, the
house bill to repeal part of the sherman
North Carolina, one Of the minority mem
bers of the finance committee, addressed
the senate In opposition to the bill.
WASHINGTON, Sept. "a joint resolu-
ton to amend the constitution relating to
the election Of senators by the people was
introduced by Mr.. Palmer, dem, Illinois,
and with a like joint resolution intro
dnced ut the last session by Mr.. Mitchell,
rep, Oregon, was referred to the COM
mittee on privileges and elections.
Notice was given by Mr.. Voorhees,,
dem, Indiana, chairman of the finance
committee, that he would next Monday
move the hour OF meeting of the senate
should be III a. m, instead Of II noon. and
from hat on he expected the consider
alton of the bill to repeal the Sherman
act to proceed from hour to hour. He
added significantly that he had an old
fashioned idea of the will of the majority
being carried ont.
The repeal bill was, at Mr.. Voorhees,
suggestion, laid aside informally, as no
senator desired to speak on IL today.
The house urgency deficiency bill was
reported and passed with some small
amendments.
Mr.. Dolph, rep, Oregon, proceeded to
address the senate in favor of "a bill intro
duced by him appropriating $500,0O0 TO
enable the secretary Of the treasury TO
enforce the Chinese exclusion act.
Mr.. Dolph said that he was not now.
and never had been u radical on the
Chinese question, but lie wished particu.
larly to correct some current erroneous
impressions In reference to the Geary
act. He went on to make a statement to
show the undesirable features Of Chinese
immigration and to summarize the
facts which had led up to
the passage of the Geary act.
He defended the provision for
Chinese registration, and said that no
himself was more responsible for that
provision than any man in tine United
United States, for he had drawn 1t. 1t
was absolutely necessary, he said, IL the
law were to be executed in~telligently. that
the provision for registration should BIO
preserved.