Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-08-17

lftoday only twenty minutes, and consldera
bic part OF that time was occupied by the
chaplain In an eloquent eulogy of the late
Ex-senator Stanford, of California The only
item OF business transacted was the reference
to the committee on appropriations Of the
House joint resolution providing for the
payment of congressional employees Of TIE
House during the present extraordinary SEES
sion. Mr.. German then moved that the
Senate adjourn, and the yeas and NAYS were
demanded The vote was yeas As, nays 81.
and the Senate adjourned until tomorrow at
noon.
! FOURTH DAY.-Brevity was the feature Of
the Senate proceedings today. The Chap
lain confined himself to the Lords PRAYER
and the Journal OF the previous day was EN-
Draced III two paragraphs. A motion to adj
| 1ourn until Monday was lost, but motion
| to adjourn was carried by vote Of SO to Is,
The Democrats voted in the affirmative The
Senate was in session only 90 minutes.
FIFTH DAY--,The Senate was not in seq
day.
| FRsT9DAY.-At noon on August 9TH the
House was called to order by Secretary Kerr
who called the roll Of representatives.
There having been 1856 members who res
ponded to their names, he announced that a
| quorum was present and that it was in or.
der to elect Speaker. Messrs Crisp. Reed
and Simpson were placed in nomination
representing the Democratic. Republican
and Popnlist parties The ballot resulted in
the choice Ct Mr.. Crisp. The oath was taken
by the Speaker and after Lrayer by the
chaplain, the Representatives came forward
and were duly sworn in The following Of
fcers were then elected: JAS Kerr, Clerk /;
W. II. Snow. Sergeant-at-Arms; A. B.
Hurt, Doorkeeper; Lycurgus Dalton, Post
master and Samuel Whadaway, Chaplain
The clerk was instructed to inform the Pres
ideDt and Senate that Chas F. Crisp had
been elected Speaker and Jas. Kerr, Clerk,
A committee was appointed to wait upon
the President. 1t was decided to meet at IL
o'clock. Mr.. Grosvenor, of Ohio, announced
the death of colleague, Mr.. Enochs, and as
a mark of respect the House adjourned until
tomorrow.
SECOND DAY.-W hen the House assembled
today the prayer of the chaplain was brief
After the reading of the journal recess
was taken until the Presidents message ar
rived The document was received at IL. As
and the House reccnvened and listened to
its reading with intense interest. No bust
ness OF importance was transacted, some
few. members talked little after the mes
sage was read, but it was properly referred
At the close OF the days proceedings Mr..
Bland sent to the clerks desk and had read
call for caucus in the hall of the House at
IL o'clock tomorrow of ''all members in ia
vor OF the free coinage Of silver"
THIRD DAY-The caucus of the members
OF the House of Representatives who favor
the free coinage Of silver, which was called
yesterday by Mr.. Bland, was held today in
the hail OF the House, lasting from 10 noon
to 2:45 p m. AT the close it was officially
announced that the folio wing resolution, Of
fered by Mr.. Boatner, of Louisiana, had
Teen adopted by a unanimous vote: "That
We will support bill repeating the purchas-
ing clause Of the Sherman act and concur
rently providing for the free and uutram-
meled coinage of silver with full legal tender
quality on such ratio as will provide and
maintain the parity between gold and sill
YER" A committee of seven was appointed
Dy the chairman Of the conference to draft
ana introduce such bill and take steps to
secure the free and full discussion and con-
sideration thereof About one hundred
mem bers were admitted TO the caucus but
this cannot be relied upon as test Of the
strength Of the silver forces in the House,
Tor the reason that many Democrats would
not participate in any caucus but a demo-
cratic one. The question Of the ratio to be
inserted in the bill was only incidentally dis
cussed, but it is apparent that some change
VIII be urged by some OF the members.
FOURTH DAY After the reading and app
prevail of the journal, the House took re-
cess until l O'Clock, in order to permit
the conference between the sils err and anti
silver. steering committees to arrive at some
conclusion. Immediately after the recess
motion to adjourn prevailed, nearly all the
Democrats voting yea. Before announcing
the result of the vote the Speaker appointed
the following committee on rules: The
Speaker and Messrs Catchings, Cultivate,
Reed and Burrows This is the committee
of last Congress except Mr.. Outhwaite Is
substituted Tor Mr. McMillin.
FIFTH DAY. - The silver fight began in
earnest in the House today. 1t was not UNI
expected, because it was known that the
Democrats leading the forces for and against
silver had come to an agreement, as to the
methods to be pursued and as to the tins
within which The debate should be limited.
Mr.. Wilson of West Virginia, offered for
present consideration, a bill to repeal part
of tie Sherman act. 1t repeats the silver
purchasing section and provides that this re-
peal shall not impair nor in any manner ef-
feet the legal tender quality Of the standard
silver dollars heretofore coined and the faith
anA credit of the United States are hereby
pledged TO maintain the parity of gold and
snver ana the present1egafratio or such otf-
or ratio as may be established by law, Mr.
Bland then presented the agreement made
governing debate. This arrangement was
that there should be a debate Tor fourteen
days with night sessions If desired, votes
then TO be taken on ratios, varying from IL
70 ~ 10 /, and an amendment reviving the
E;and act OF 1878; the daily sessions tho
house 10 extend from ii a. III. TO o. m
Inc silver men opened their batteries i'll The
shape Of bill { tf.red as substil ute) for the
ffee coinage OF silver at the ptese. ratio
This started the battle MIR. Rayner OF Mary
land was the first champion sent out by the
anti silver coherants and he fought vigorous
ly and well He was reinforced BY Mr..
Brown Of Indiana, who advocated the repeal
Of the Sherman act conditionaly or uncon-
ditionally. Mr.. Bland was put forward 10
return the fusilade of argument and elo-
quence and he performed his part without de-
cling from his reputation as the leader Of
the lower House. He was followed by the
Populist member from Colorado, Mr.. Pence,
who constituted himself bulwark for the
protection Of silver. and by Mr.. Wheeler Of
Alabama, who demanded greater volume OF
currency The fight was still on when at
o'clock the House stood adjourned until III
o'clock tomorrow morning.
sixth DAy.-The attendance Of represen-
iatives was small today, it being session
for debate only. Mr.. Wheeler Of Alabama
opened the debate continuing his speech of