The Meeker herald., 1893-09-02
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Tuesday. August "1st.

Tuesday. August "1st.
sESA1E.-Senator Allen gave notice OF an
arnsndment to the repeal bill which will per-
mil the free coinage Of silver at 10 TO l. Mt
Voorhees, of the finance committee theh tooh
The floor and addressed the Senate In advocacy
of the bill reported by him discohtlnuihs NV
purchase OF silver bullion. Mr.. voorhees,
while emphatically declaring that ne ia aie.
bi-metallism, argued that the purchasing
rlause OF the Sherman bill should be AZ once
repealed Internationally. He expressed
views Of q very contradictory nature anu ~
speech was unsatisfactory TO boiil s!des. rue
Senate chamber and the galleries we're
crowded and q large number OF represent,
lives we're present. The speech occupied an
hour and thirty-fye minutes. After MI
Voorhees, took his seat he was congratulated
by many senators. The galleries then began
to thin out aud a majority OF thc sehator-
left the chamber. r,..
Debate wa. continued by Mr.. Dubois in op-
no.,tion to the bill. What vote Of the PEG
ME he asked. had instructed Congress u
abandon bi-metallism' There was not a sen
a,or on the floor he said, who had DOT Deer
elected on n platform which pledged MIN U
bF-metaliism. No party had declared al any
convention In favor OF mono-melallism an'
/ none ever would He insisted, most earnestly
that no representative OF the people had
moral right by his vote, or on his own Jug
/ ment TO put the country on gold standard
| 1t would be betrayal OF the people.
Mr.. Dubois was followed by Mr. PAINE
who supported the bill. The hlll TO lncrehs
national bank circulation was then taken up
Mr.. Stewart was the first senator TO take I'M
| floor and he set out TO antagonlIe some .
! The po.itiou. taken In NJ. Noorhees speech
lie compared the position Of the Indiana sen
a,or to that of Missouri Judge wh9 10 10.
war, was said to have given the law to tn
North and the negro 10 the south After
brief debate the bill and amendment wen
| over without action.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. PeiIer an,
went over until Tomorrow, calling on thu
secretary OF the treasury for report as 4
whether national banks In Boston. New iorl
and Philadelphia were being conducted u
! Violation of law: whether they were payini
depositors checks promptly in lawful money
and whether they were demanding rates o
interest higher than those provided by Law
for loans Of money, or for the discounting o
notes.
HoUsE.-on motion OF Mr.. Loud Of Call
fornia, Senate bill was passed, admitting
free of duty all articles intended for eXhlbl
ton at the California Miduintcr lnterDatiOna
| Exposition. Mr. McRae asked the unanlmou
consent for the passage of n Joint resolution
| extending TO the Cherokee outlet the prov
slons Of the act provllin. for townsitc en-
tries of land In Oklahoma. There was no oh
lection anu the Joint tt-blulAUu was Hss-nNt!
The silver debate was then resumed and
Mr.. Buckncr of Wisconsin, addressed tn
House In favor of the repeal Of the purcha'
ing clause. He was followed by Mr.. Mallor
! of Florida Ia opposition 20 unconditional r.
peal. Unconditional repeal was supported Il
speeches by Hopkins of Illinois, Bynum, Kali
! and DeForest. The free coinage Of -ilyc
was urged by Lane OF Illinois, Newlands o
Nevada, Hepburn, Jones, Ellis Cooper, Ar
mold and Williams. The evening session
lasted until II 40.
] "Wednesday, August s3rd.
sESATE-Thc resolution offered yesterday
by Mr.. PETER inquiring OF the secretary OF tn
| treasury ms to the conduct OF national bank
| In refusing 10 pay promptly In currency, tn
/ checks of their dcpo-tors, was taken up; ant
motion TO refer It 10 the committee Of
/ finance was made By Mr.. llour. who sdld tina
! In time Of popular distress aud panic tn
comptroller of currency should not be com
l PEELED to drive the national banks up 10 TIT
strict letter OF the law, lie thought II wei
| to walt week or ten days before "pokln.
] Into that question too much. \ lively dis
/ cus-lon Of the question cnsucd. Mr.. liill o
| New York opposed its reference to q commit
tee and insisted upon Us adoption hy the Sen
ate Mr.. Wolcott opposed the reference o
| the resolution because he thought the fnanc
committee would report that II was Of the ut
most Importance TO have the Information, bu
that, owing to the condition of affairs and tn,
necessity OF Inspiring confidence the SENATE
should not have u, 1900.
| pressed the opinion that the banks should no
be compelled to obey t.ss Law n IL woult
cause tremendous crash throughout tn,
| country Mr. Hill undertook TO draft SOM
notifications, but before he completed then
| the morning hour expired and the resolution
went over with out action.
Mr.. Stewart gave notice. as he was disap
| pointed In getting the floor to-day to aldre-
the Senate on the bill disseminating the puf
| chasing OF silver bullion, he would seek 4
make his address tomorrow and Mr. Ill
gave similar notice for Friday next.
Mr.. Iioar made an argument against Nj
Butler, amendment to the national bank cir
| culatlou act. He said he was opposed Ia re
storing to state banks the power OF Issuing
circulating and furnishing currency.
At the close of MIR. Hoar's remarks the na
tona bank circulation bill was laid asld,
| without action and the report Of the commit
tee on privileges and election In favor OF sent
Ing Mr. Mantle a, senator from Wyoming wa
taken up. The debate closed by Mr.. Hoar 4
favor OF the majority report Then, ut 5:l'
the vote was taken on the substitute oiere
by Mr.. Vance declaring Mr.. Mantle not en-
titled to a seat The vote was, yeas 81, nay
30.
The following Is the vote in detail Yeas
Messrs. Berry, Blackburn, Gallery, Coke
Cullom, Dixon, Faulkner, Galliugcr, George
Gibson, GRAY, Harris, Kyle Lindsay, McMi
Ian, Mcpherson, Henderson, Mills, Mitchell
Oregon, Mitchell Wisconsin,, Murphy
Palmer. Pasco, PETER. Plat, Proctor, Ran
som, Smith, stockbrldge, Vance, Vest, Villa.
! Wsshburn. White california;, Whit
| Louisiana. )-35.
Nays-Messr.. Bate, Butler, Cameron
Carey, Daniel. Davis, Du Bols, Frye, Hans
brough, Hawlcy. Higgins, Hale. Hoar, Hun
ter, lrby, Jones (Arkansasl, Jones Nevada
Lodge, Martin, Perkins, Power, Pugh, Roach
Shoup, Squire, Stewart Teller, Turple
Walihall, Wolcott-30.
Mr. henderson, who had changed his vot
from nay to yea in order TO make motion t
reconsider, made that motion. 4 motion {
lay the motion To reconsider on the table wa
made by Mr. Vance, but without action on
the Senate adjourned until tomorrow, leay
ing the Mantle case still open.
llousE.-Thc advocates OF unconditions
repeal occupied the attention OF the Hous
during the larger part Of the day. The
were: Messrs. Stone, Covert, Fitch. Dalzel
| Cummings, Walker, Dunn and Hall. Tn
| free coinage advocates who spoke wer
Messrs. Hatch, Colleen, Cannon, Bell. Hunter
ikert Dearmond, Harris and Bell of Colorado
Mr.. Bell gave statistics and facts that prove,
conclusiyely the need of more money and tn,
foolishness of the statement that the Sherma
law was responsible for the present panic.
Thursday. August Gath.
SENATE-Mr. PETER addressed the Senat
| upon the financial situation and was followe
on the same line by Mr.. Allen of Nebraska
No business was transacted
HousE.-The financial discussion was r,
sumed The silver forces were represcntei
| by Messrs. Pickler, Lucas Heard, Swanson