The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-09-14
FIFTY.THIRD CONGRESS.
THE SILVER MEN THINK THEY HAVE
REASON TO REJOICE.
They Have Demonstrated that the Repeal
Element Cannot Handle Them as They
Like, and Believe Some cf the Wav-
ers are Leaning Their Way.
SENATE

the senate met today Senator Cullom
introduced bill to repeal all the acts
providing for the creation or mainte-
nance of sinking fund.
Resolutions were reported from the
committee on privileges and elections
granting $4,000 each to Messrs. Allen,
Mantle and Beckwith for time and ex-
pense in prosecuting their claims to
seats in the senate.
The vice president then laid before
the senate the resolution of Senator
Voorhees, changing the hour of meet
ing, but at Senator Voorhees, request
the resolution was laid over for the
present.
When the resolution Of Senator Nor
gao providing for joint select COM
mittee was laid before the senate Sena-
tor Voorhees, gave notice that he would
ask, and if necessary move, that it be
referred to the finance committee.
Senator Morgan then proceeded to ad
dress the senate in support of his reso-
luton.
Senator Mitchell (Ore.) gave notice
that on Tuesday next he would sub
NIT some remarks upon the repeal
bill.
Senator Voorhees, asked that the re-
peal bill be taken up. Agreed to.
Senator Ste Hart resumed the floor
and continued his speech begun yes
terday. He read newspaper articles
and authorities on matters of finance,
and his voice slightly failed him. Sen
ators Allen (Neb.] and Mitchell (Ore.)
and the reading clerk were called to
his assistance.
Senator voorhees, inquired whether
Senator Stewart expected to conclude
this evening, and upon being informed
by the senator from Nevada that he
preferred to continue in the morning,
Senator Voorhees, moved an executive
session.
After short executive session the
senate adjourned until tomorrow.
HOUSE,.
The house completed consideration
of the rules today and they were
adopted with only two important
changes from the form in which they
came from the committee. The first
change placed committees on banking
and currency, and coinage, weights
and measures on the same footing with
the ways and means committee and
appropriations committee clothing
them with power to report at any
time. The second restores the size of
the quorum in committee of the whole
to the old number, a majority of the
house. The rules committee made a
complete surrender on the latter pro
position and Mr. CatchingS announce
ment this morning of the fact that tie
committee had decided to retreat from
it's position in favor of reducing the
size OF the quorum to 100 members,
gave rise to considerable talk.
All the rules having been passed,
Mr.. Catchings called for the previous
question on the report and Mr.. Bur.
rows offered as substitute that the
code of rules of the Fifty-first congress
with an amendment providing that
when call of the house is had, yeas
and nays shall be considered as or
dered. This latter amendment would
prevent the breaking of quorum.
Mr.. Burrows then entered upon
general argument upon the compare.
tive merits of the two codes of rules
and declared that the rules about to
adopted we're absolutely nowerless to
prevent filibustering. ~ will under
take" said he. Ito stop the reading of
The Journal tomorrow morning and
stop all business for the rest of the ses-
sion unless the committee on rules
takes hand. Those rules place the
power of legislation absolutely in the
hands of the speaker and two Demo-
cratic members of the rules committee
Gatherings and Outhwaite)"
Mr.. Bynum Qud.) in reply to Mr..
Burrows, went at length into the diff
ference between counting the house to
ascertain the presence of a quorum
and counting members to pass laws.
II care not whether counting of mem
bers was declared legal by the supreme
court or not" said he, facing Mr..
Reed and holding his arm threatening
ly aloft, II acknowledge nobody great
er than this house to pass upon its
rights or privileges" With reference to
rule cutting off dilatory motions in
present code he said the word "dila-
tory" need not have been in the rule.
The rule of the Fifty-first congress, on
the contrary, placed it in the power of
the speaker to decide what was dila
tory. 81 remember said he, "whcn
about o'clock one evening the speak
err (Reed) decided a motion to adjourn
made by me dilatory, and l guess it
was [Langhterl but two minutes later
when Mr.. Mckinley made the same
motion he entertained it. How did he
know my motion was dilatory and Me-
KinlAv's was not ?"
"Bacausl you just confessed it,
shouted Reed Laughterl
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Bynum's
speech vote was taken on the adop-
tion of the code of rules offered by Mr.
Burrows. Lost. Gj tn lis. The rules
were then adopted without division.
At the request of Chairman Wilson
of the ways and means that committee
was given leave to sit during the ses-
sions of the house.
The house adjourned until Saturday.