The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-08-21
THE WEEK IN CONGRESS-
Six Days More of Talk on the
Silver Question.
SOLE LEADING ORATORS TO SPEAK

Representatives breckenridge, Follows,
Cochran, Bynum, Wilson and Reed win
Present Their Views, and Many Others
who wish to Talk VIII be Shut out.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-The final stage
of the fourteen days debate on the silver
question, which is likelyto terminate with
the first affirmative action i'm congress
upon the subject which brought the body
together in the heat of midsummer, was
entered upon by the house of representa-
tives at II o'clock today. The general de-
bate will continue Wednesday night, and
throughout the last three days Of the week
debate will be continued under the five
minute rule. It will close by the limita-
ton of agreement, unless the house adj
lOurns at II o'clock midnight Saturday.
According to the official Interpretation
given by Speaker Crisp to the terms of
the order under which the discussion is
proceeding the house will meet at noon on
Monday, the 2Sth inst. and proceed i'm
mediately after reading the journal to
vote upon the substitute for the Wilson
repeal bill, introduced by Representative
Bland, involving the question of free COIN
age OF silver at any one of several pro-
posed ratios. 1t is probable that the yeas
and nays will be called upon each one Of
the several propositions, so that it is likely
60 be late in the day before the vote upon
the decisive question of repeal or no re-
peal is reached
The debate this week promises to be Of
great popular interest. Mr.. breckenridge,
of Kentucky, "the silver tongued orator."
is booked to speak today. Representative
Fellows, of New York, who divides with
BourIe Cochran the oratorcal honors of
Tammany Hall, is announced for a speech
tomorrow, intended as an answer in detail
to that delivered in favor of free coinage
of silver by Mr.. Bryan, Of Nebraska, last
week
Mr.. Bynum, of Indiana, one of the wheel
horses of the anti-silver forces, is also down
for a speech tomorrow Representative
Wilson, Of West Virginia, popularly slated
for the chairmanship of the ways and
means committee, and the author of the
pending bill providing for the repeal of
the purchasing clause of the Sherman law,
is expected to close the general debate on
Wednesday. Bourke Cochran will also
speak, and ex-Speaker Reed, it is believed,
will say something before the debate
closes. There is a tremendous pressure
eNerted Cor place on the speakers list, and
the time will be exhausted, leaving many
who must be contented with 'leave to
print
II is improbable that anything will be
done in the senate, save perhaps to dispose
of the two election cases. There were three
of these, but one-that concerning Mr..
Beckwith's title to his seat by virtue of
appointment of the governor of Wyoming
has been removed from the calendar be-
cause of the resignation of the appoint
ment
Senator Morrill, has given notice that he
will address the senate on the silver repeal
bill and it was the understanding Friday
when the senate adjourned that a vote
should be taken on election cases at 5
o'clock this afternoon. The final vot @
however is subject to postponement, if it
shall appear that the time is not sufficient
to enable Senator Vance, chairman of the
committee on privileges and election to
finish his speech.
Voorhees, is down for a speech tomorrow
on the silver repeal bill which bears his
name, and 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 lie defined. The
bill to increase national bank circulation
is the regular order, and while there was
some expectation last week that it could
be disposed of in a day or two at most it
appears now that it may provoke a debate
which will consume she entire week The
Butler amendment which is pending to
repeal the state hank 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-
sition to extend the national bank circula-
tion contained in the bill. Senators take
strong grounds on this subject, and it is
fair to presume that it cannot be disposed
of without severe and prolonged strug-
gle.
The outlook for the week is one of much
talk but little achievement.