Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-22
THE WEEK IN CONGRESS
Six Days More Of Talk on the
! Silver Question.
GONE LEADING ORATORS TO SPEAK
Representatives breckenridge. Fellows,
Cochran. Dyuun,, Wilson and Reed WIN
Present Their Views, and Many Others
who wlsh to Talk VIII be Shut Dat.


WASHINGTON. Aug. 2i.--The final stage
Of the fourteen days debate on the silver
question, which is likely to terminate with
tae sirst Affirmative action in congress
upon the subject which brought the body
together In the heat Of midsummer, was
entered npon by the house Of representa-
tives NJ II o'clock today. The general ce,
bate win continue Wednesday night ana
through ont the last three days Of the week
debate win be continued under the I'VE
minute rule IL will close by the hini'a-
lion OF agreement. UnlcsS the house ao-
journs NJ i9 O'Clock midnight saturday
According 20 the official Interpretation
Given hy Speaker Crisp 10 the terms OF
the order under which the discussion IA
nroceedlnc the house will meea az noon on
Monday. The 2sth inst. and proceed inn
u,,diatelv after reading the journal To
xolo ,poD tho substitute for the Wilson
rrDe,l hiU. introduced 10y Representative
bland. involving the question Of free coin
ACC OF silver at any one OF several pro-
pa,od ratios. u is probable that the yeas
and NAYS will De- called upon each one OF
the several propositions, so that it is likely
tobc Int in The day before the vote upon
the tHNtNiht tHHNtioA VA iNPN''' % ~ -
peal IS rescued. =,
The debate This week promises TO be OK
prrat popular interest Mr. Breckenridge.
Of Kentucky, "the silver tOngucd orator"
l. booked % speak today Representative
Fellows. Of New York, who divides with
E0nric Cochran the oratorical honors Of
Temnnv Hall. is announced for speech
tomorrow. intended as an answer in detail
- - fN.a fsftf frs r
q. silver by Mr.. Bryan, Of Nebraska last
week.
Mr. Bynun, Of Indiana, one OF the wheel
horses oil the auti-silver forces, is also down
FOR speech tomorrow. Representative
Wilson. of West Virginia.p0pularly slated
for the Craftsmanship Of the ways AID
means committee and the author Of the
pending BIN providing for the repeal OF
The purchasing clause Of the Sherman law,
j. expected 20 close the general debate ON
"Wednesday Bourke Cochran will also
sYcak. and ex-Speaker Reed, il is believed,
viii say something before the debate
closes There is n tremendous pressure
exe-ted cor place Oh the speakers list, and
tae t.u.. rili be exhausted. leaving many
who must DC coatented with leave to
print
IN, Improbable that ANYTHING will be
done in the senate, save perhaps to dispose
Of thetwo election eases. There were three
of these. hat one-that concerning Mr..
Bcckwi,h' title 10 his seat by virtue OF
a.rOintrl.rit Cf the governor Of Wyoming
has been removed from the calendar be-
cau-e oi the resignation OF the appoint
mcut
senator Morrill, has given notice that no
will address the senate on the silver repeal
bill. and il was the understanding Friday
when the senate adjourned that "A vote
should be taken on election cases at D
O'Clock this afternoon. The final vOt e
however. is subject to postponement, If 1t
shall appear that the time il not sufficient
20 cnahl. senator Vance, chairman Of the
committee on privileges and election. TO
finish his speech.
VOORHEES, i, down for a speech tomorrow
on the silver repeal bill which bears his
name. AID it is hardly TO be expected that
he will fail to call forth interrogations
and Interruptions which will make the
speech interesting, aside from its intrinsic
merits. After tomorrow the program OF
the senate can scarcely be defined. The
bin To increase national bank circulation
is the regular order, and while there was
some expectation last week that it could
be disposed of Ia day or two at most, 1t
appears now that it may provoke debate
which will consume the entire week. The
Butler amendment which is pending TO
repeal the state bank tax is one of the
planks of the Chicago platform, and is a
subject Of much greater and more far
reaching Importance than the mere propo-
eition t. extend the national bank circula-
ton contained in the bill Senators take
strong grounds on this subject, and it is
fair TO presume that it cannot be disposed
of without q severe and prolonged strug-
gle.
The outlook for the week is one of much
talk but lit< le achievement.