The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-10-19

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| month. not TO exceed tiOO, 600 100 in all. the
| owners to receive ia coin only the CONNER.
| cial value OF the bullion on the day of depos
| IL and the difference to he retained by the
Government as seigniotaRe. IL also pro
| poses the issue of five year per cent. Dads
| OF the amount of, 100000 the proc ,rds
| Of which are TO be used for the red.mp ptior
| Of United States notes The silver re,ea
bill was then considered until adjourn
ment.
| HousE.--The house TO day passed by the
overwhelming majority Of years 20i. nays
| 100 the Tucker bill to repeal the Federal
election laws and after some routine busi
| ness adjourned.
1 FiFrY-sEvESrH DAY.
SEHA1R.-When the senate met only
twelve senators were present to hear the
| chaplain's prayer opening a leg slative day
which may continue for more than one
calendar day. rs the senate will now remain
| in continuous session until a vote is reached
on the silver repeal bill. The repeal bill
was taken up at ;i5 o. m, and Mr.. Coco
| rell (Dem., Mo- resumed his speech against
| the bill begun on Monday. Others follow
| ed, and then the balance OF the time until
| long after midnight was occupied almost
entirely by Senator Allen. in an alleged
speech intended only to kill time, the scene
was one which will pass into history NJ
| memorable in connection with this most
memorable of all financial debates.
| HoUsE--Peyond referring to the Commit
i tee on Rules Il joint resolution providing
for n recess of congress from October IL TO
| November ] the House did nothing to-day
! except discuss the bill amendatury Of the
Geary Chinese exclusion bill.
FiFTY-EiGHTn DAY.
| SENArE.--At l;iO n. m. ailer having been
| in session continuously IS hours. the Senate
adjourned upon motion of Mr.. Voorhees,.
| This means that Unconditional repeal Of the
! silver purchase act is abandoned. The night
| N ha Ia "a "A
senator Allen took the floor at j;l5 and had
! the floor all night lie proved himself an
| interchangeable talker. Never in the United
/ states was there such All exhibition of
| physical endurance as that shown by him.
| He conc. uded his speech OH the stroke of :
O'clock having been on the floor for l42
| hours. During hat time he occasionally
| sipped from a cup Of tea. but this was his
only nOutishment. His eyes were as clear,
his voice as strong, his gestures as vigorous
| as when he took the floor. Prior to this,
| senator Faulkner was the record breaker.
! he having held the floor for IL hours, dur
| ing the long debate Oh the Force bill. Fully
tvo-thirds of Mr. Faulkner's time, however
was spent In his seat resting. while efforts
| were being made TO secure n quorum. BE.
! fore that time the longest speech within the
| recollection OF Senators was ebout 10 hours
duration. by Garrett Davis, Of Kentucky
! during the reconstruction period. During
the first II hours II the test. ending with q
| O'Clock this morning there was ust an
even dozen calls o. the Senate. Toward
| morning Senators began TO show the effect
Of broken maps and disturbed slumbers.
| At liO seeing IL was almost impossible to
| hold quorum the senate, upon Mr.. Noor-
! hee's motion adjourned.
| HorsE-Thc joint resolution providing
for elections in the Cherokee Strip was
| passed, but not until Mr.. Cofreen, Wyom.
ing, asked to offer an amendment to allow
! women as well rs men the right of suffrage
| as in the case in his State. The fight in the
morning hour came up on the bill to pro-
| tect forest reservation from the Committee
| on Public Lands. When the House went
into committee the bill was rather viciously
attacked. Before any vote could be reached
the morning hour expired and the bill went
| over. The Chinese question was then de-
bated until adjournment.
| FiFTY-NiSTH DAY.
SENArE-The silver repeal bill was again
taken up. Senator Stewart got the floor
| and began on continuance of his speech.
Senators Vest and Allen gave notice Of more
| free coinage amendments Senator Stewart
dragged on Until O'Clock in the evening
| when he gave way to Mr.. PETER. At q o clock
| Mr.. voorhees, gave notice that a continu.
ous session would be in order. At 10. 80 the
| yeas and nays on some unimportant ques.
| tion showed 81 senators present the silver
| men not voting. a quorum was secured
and Mr. Peiier proceeded. and at Los D. m.
! the senate adjourned.
| HoCsE-The House to day proceeded TO
| the further consideration of The McCrearv
| bill To amend and modify the GearyChinese
| registration and exclusion act, but no def
mite action was had when the House ad.
| journed.
| sIxrIETH DAY.
| SENATE.-The silver purchase bill was
again taken up and then by vote of 80 to
| 30 Senator feffer was allowed to send to the
| clerks desk for reading the memorial Of the
National convention of the representatives
| Of commercial bodies Of the United States.
Senator Jones Ct Nevada then spoke against
repeal. After Mr.. Jones had spoken fot
two hours Mr.. Voorhees, moved an adjourn
| ment. There were seventy senators present
| and as Voorhees, concluded his motion foI
adjournment he said "ln the words OF Pau
jones: We have only begun the tigtt"Th,
| enate the adjourned.
| HoUsE.-Debate on the McCreary y
| bill was then resumed Mr.. Mcclure took
| The floor TO complete his speech OF yester
| lay. Those who understood the destruc
| live influence OF the Chi nese, he said are
| in perfect accord with the people OF the
Pacific coast. Speaking Of the religious
protests, that for every pagan who had been
,onve rted by the missionaries, numerous
| children of our own had been won from
| Christianity by contact with the Chinese
| and dragged down TO degradation. Mr.
Outhwaite, of Ohio, in his report on the
Dill, said that unless the Geary act was ex
| tended congress must provide 81 00O. 900 foi
ieporting the Chinese. DR.. Everett OF
| Massachusetts, defended the course OF the
encouragement in not enforcing the Geary
act. At p, IN. the house adjourned.
sINTY-FIRsT DAY
SENATE-The joint resolution for citizen
ship in the Cherokee outlet was passed and
| provides that all citizens of the United
states above the age OF n years who are
sctual resi- tents on the strip on October q.
| 1898, and have been such residents for 80
lays prior thereto, shall be entitled to vote
and hold Office at the first municipal cleo
lions for the organization of city, village
| and town governments. Mr.. Lodge, Repub-
lican, of Massachusetts. called up his reso.
| luton for an amendment of the rules. The
necessity OF power 10 close debate has
been, he said, recognized OF late years, in
The House OF Commons and in the Ameri-
.an House of Representatives. These two
| great representative bodies were today. ow.
ing to that reform able to transact business
| according TO the will OF the majority. The
| practice under the old rule had cone TO be a