The Red Cloud chief., 1893-11-03
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REPEAL BILL PASSED.
End Of tile Long Struggle in the Senate
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WASHINGTON, Oct. BIN the senate
Dolph advocated giving authority to the
secretary Of the treasury 10 issue bonds to
maintain the gold reserve. Mt not more
than 4 per cent. interest. Teller and Stew
art continued their serials on the silver
question, and neither OF them concluded.
Another recess was taken.
Tho acting chaplain Of the house re-.
ferred IN his prayer to the death Of Chap
lain Haddsway, and the house passed reso-
lutions Of regret. The resolutions &C.
knowledging the participation Of foreign
governments in tho Worlds fair were
agreed TO. A resolution was adopted to
stop engro,sins bills by hand aud have
them printed instead. This will make
. great saving and throw some ex-
pert penmen out Of jobs. The bankruptcy
bill was then resumed aud adjournment
reached without action.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2S .-Cullom offered Q
resolution In tho senate to transfer the
naval exhibit at jackson Park, Chicago,
(the model Of battleship) to Illinois 40 q
naval militia armory. The bill wss passed
to give gold and silver producing states %
per cent. Of proceeds VI sales Of mineral
lands for q fund to support schools Of
mines. Stewart gave another section of
his speech, and Teller and Jones also
made additional remarks, but talking
finally stopped and under au agreement
that II tho voorhees, bill is substituted TOR
the Wilson bill II shall be subject to
amendment. voting began. Pelcr's free
coinage amendment was de~feated-2s to
80. Voorhees, bill was substituted for
Wilson's-5S to 9-not n test vote, how
ever. Perkins then offered an Amendments
to coin the American product and spoke
thereon. Stewart explained his vote on
the Voorhees, bill and Allen took the floor
and kept 1t until recess at $40 y. NJ.
The house put In the day in n warm dis
cussion over u resolution relative to state
banks, which the friends OF those banks
looked upon with suspicion. A report
that covered the question was produced
but Springer said 1t had been prepared by
the Republicans for n campaign document.
The vote resulted In no Quorum--25 to IS
which Is considered n good test Of the feeling
Of the house OH the question Of state banks,
and Ii adverse thereto.
WARRINGTON. Oct. 3o.-Thc senate pro.
gressed nearly to the final vote on the
Voorhees, bill, besides passing the urgency
deficiency bill and the bill to transfer the
Worlds fair ba,tleship to the state Of Iii.
nois for a naval armory. Upon the repeal
bill coming up Stewart offered u substi.
tute for Perkins amendment which was
' practically identical in purpose and It was
rejected-39 to ~. Perkins amendment
was also rejected--,l to 20. An Offer OF
the Bland law rs n substitute was also re.
jected-3 to 31-the closest vote OF tho
day. Then amendments were offered by
Stewart Squire Including the issue Of
bondsl, PETER and Allrn-all of a more or
less free silver teuor. and all were rejected
by about the same average vote. Sherman
said the bill would not do the work ex.
pected and urged the Democrats to pass
a bond bill, aud voorhees, said he hoped to
have q flnal vote by not later than 4 .. m.
to-day and that the senat would continue
In session until o final vote was reached.
Recess to II p. NJ. to-day.
WASHINGTON, Oct. M.-The galleries Of
the senate were crowded to hear tine last
words before the Sherman law repeal bill
was passed. As soon as business was re-.
sumed HuntOn, Cameron of Pennsyl.
vania. Morgan. Vest. Carey, Dubois, Jones
Of Nevada, Peffer and Harris all spoke re.
garding the bill, most of them against 10.
Stewart aud Pasco offered amendments
which were defeated, and Voorhees, in re-.
ply to n proposition to postpone the vote
to today Insisted on going ahead. The
vote WAS finally taken and the bill agreed
to at 7:3b p. m.-yeas, 43; nays, 80. Ad.
journed.
The house adopted a resolution of sor-
row ut herring Of the violent death OF
Mayor Harrison. Of Chicago. Weadock
Of Michigan presented his memorial
about the American Protective Associa.
ton, which he said had terrorized the
voters of the Eighth Wisconsin district 30
that they had elected a Republican instead
Of a Democrat. The memorial WAS re.
ferred and Linton, the man against whom
it was directed, challenged the fullesttinvss.
tigation. Eithian's bill granting to foreign
built ships owned by Americans the right
to American register was reported favor.
ably. The rest Of the session WAS devoted
to the bankruptcy bill without action.
Shut Down for Lack of Business.