Rocky Ford enterprise., 1893-08-31
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Tuesday. August a1st.

| voorhees, Of the finance eemmttee then took
the floor and addressed the Senate In advocacy
of the bill reported by him discontInung the
purchase of silver bullion. Mr.. Voorhees,
while emphatically declaring that he favored
| bl-metalllsm, argued that the purchasing
| clause Of the Sherman bill should be at once
repealed Internationally. He expressed
views of very contradictory nature nnd "a {
speech was unsatisfactory to both sides. The
| Senate chamber and the galleries were
crowded and d 1arge number OF representa-
tives were present. The speech occupied an
hour and thirty-ive minutes. After Mr.
| Voorhees, took his seat he WAS congratulated
by many senators. The galleries then began
to thin out and majority of the senators
left the chamber.
Debate was continued by Mr.. Dubois in op-
position to the bill. What vote of the peo-
pie, he asked, had instructed Congress to
abandon bl-metallism' There was not SEN
| ator on the foOr he said who had not been
elected on platform which pledged him to
bl-metallism. No party hnd declared at any
convention in favor of nono-metallism, and
none ever would He Insisted, most earnestly,
Mat no representative of the people had
moral right by his vote or on his own judg-
ment. TO pat the country on gold standard.
| 1t would be a betrayal OF the people.
Mr., Dubois was followed by Mr.. Palmer
who supported the bill. The bill to increase
| national bank circulation WAS then taken up.
Mr. Stewart was the first senator 10 take the
| foOt, and he set out to antagoniZe some 9f
|
He compared the position OF the Indiana sem
ator TO that of Missouri judge, who, In
| decision In n fugitive slave case before the
! war, was said to have "given the law TO the
North and the negro to the South" After
| brief debate the bill and amendment went
over without action.
| A resolution was offered by Mr.. PETER ahd
went over Until tomorrow. calling on the
| secretary OF the treasury for report as TO
| whether national banks in Boston, New York
| I'D pbnodolY,hiu w hainp pnu1Iiptnl In
| violation of law; whether they were paying
depositors checks promptly in lawful money,
and whether they were demanding rates OF
| interest higher than those provided by law
| for loans Of money or for the discounting OF
notes.
| HoUsE-On motion OF Mr.. Loud OF Cali
fornia, a Senate bill was passed, admitting
| free Of duty all articles intended for eahibi.
non at the California Midwinter international
Exposition. Mr. McRae asked the unanimous
| consent for the passage Of joint resolution
| extending to the Cherokee outlet the provl-
sions OF the act providing for townsite en-
| tries of land In Oklahoma. There was no OBJ
| lection and the joint resolution was passed.
The silver debate was then resumed and nc,
Mr. Buckner Of Wisconsin addressed the
House In favor OF the repeal Of the purchas-
| Ing clause He was followed by Mr.. Mallory
OF Florida In opposition to unconditional re-
peal. Unconditional repeal was supported In
speeches by Hopkins OF Illinois, Bynum, Kaig
and DeForest The free coinage OF silver
was urged by Lane of Illinois, Newlands ol
| Nevada, Hepburn, Jones, Ellis, Cooper, Ar
mold and Williams. The evening session
| lasted until II 40
Wednesday, August 23rd.
SENATE.-The resolution offered yesterday
| by Mr. PETER inQuiring of the secretary OF the
| treasury as to the conduct OF national banks
| In refusing to pay promptly in currency, the
| checks Of their depositors, was taken up; and
| lou Tn rnfo Tn
| finance was made by Mr.. Hoar. who said that
! In time Of popular distress and panic the
comptroller of currency should not be com
| PEELED to drive the national banks up to the
| to walt week or ten days before. "poklng
Into that question too much" lively dis.
cussion OF the question ensued. Mr.. Hill OF
New York opposed its reference to commit,
tee aud insisted upon Its adoption by the Sen.
ate. Mr.. Wolcott opposed the reference oi
| the resolution because he thought the finance
committee would report that 1t was OF the ut
most Importance to have the information, but
that, owing TO the condition of affairs and the
necessity Of inspiring confidence the Senate
should not have 1t.
Messrs Gorlnan, Washburn and others ex-
pressed the opinion that the banks should not
be compelled to obey the law as 1t would
cause n tremendous crash throughout the
| country. Mr. Hill undertook to draft some
notifications, but before he completed them
the morning hour expired and the resolution
| went over with out action.
Mr.. Stewart gave notice, as he was dlsap
pointed In getting the floor to-day to address
| the Senate on the bill disseminating the pur
chasing of silver bullion. he would seek to
| make his address tomorrow, and Mr.. Hill
| gave similar notice for Friday next.
| Mr.. Hoar made an argument against Mr.
Buffers amendment to the national bank cir
| culation act. He said he was opposed to re-
storing to state banks the power OF issuing,
circulating and furnishing currency.
| At the close Of Mr.. Hoar's remarks the ma
| tional bank circulation bill was laid aside
without action and the report OF the commit
tee on privileges and election In favor Of seat
| ing Mr.. Mantle as senator from Wyoming was
taken up. The debate closed by Mr. Hoar il
favor Of the majority report. Then, at 5:l5
| the vote was taken on the substitute Offered
| by Mr.. Vance declaring Mr.. Mantle not en-.
| titled to a seat. The vote was, yeas 35, nay
80.
Tho following is the vote in detail: Yeas
Messrs. Berry, Blackburn, Caffcry, Coke
Cullon,, Dixon. Faulkner, Gallinger, George
Ian. McPherson, Manderson, Mills, Mitchell
(Orcgonl, Mitchell (Wisconsin), Murphy
Palmer, Pasco, PETER, Platt Proctor, Ran
som, Smith, stockbridge, Vance, Vest, Villas
Washburn, White (CaliforniaD, Whit
(4ouisiana. )-35.
Nays-Messrs. Bate. Butler. Cameron
Carey, Daniel, Davis, Du Bols, Frye, Hans
brough, Hawley, Higgins, Hale, Hoar, Hun
| ter, Irby, Jones (Arkansas), Jones (Nevada)
| Lodge, Martin, Perkins, Power, Pugh, Roach
Shoup, Squire, Stewart, Teller, Turpie
| Wnlthall, Wolcott-30.
| Mr.. Manderson, who had changed his vot
from nay to yea in order to make motion Il
| reconsider, made that motion. A motion Il
lay the motion to reconsider on the table wa
made by Mr.. Vance, but without action on
the Senate adjourned until tomorrow, leav
Ing the Mantle case still open.
HoUsE.-The advocates of unconditiona
repeal occupied the attention OF the Hous
during the larger part of the day. The,
we're: Messrs. Stone, Covert, Fitch, Dalzell
| Cummings, Walker, Dunn and Hail. Tn
| free coinage advocates who spoke wer
| Messrs. Hatch, Coffeen, Cannon, Bell, Hunter
Ikert, Dearmond, Harris and Bell Of Colorado
| Mr.. Bell gave statistics and facts that provet
| conclusively the need of more money and thu
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 re
| sumed. The silver forces were represented
by Messrs. Picklcr, Lucas, Heard, Swanson
Maddox, Grady, KEN and Murray tcolored)
Mr.. Pickler Of South Dakota asked unan
nous consent that on Monday next, when tn
| bill was taken up for action, he be permitte
to offer an amendment, II the substitute O
Mr.. Bland is defeated, providing for the fire