Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-08-31
THIRD CONGRESS.
or THE SPECIAL
|1scEs.s,os OF CONGRESS.

NEA#YH1
Reco-d Of the Dasincss
sdsss<. nsacted ny our National
pins r.r.--Routine Report Day
nDsy'
.or Aug. 23.-In the senate
Nssuu 1Pop. Neb.) offered an amend
Alea ~ voorhees, repeal bill In the
pnt y ,royision for the coinage of
mB q ~ nresent rate Of fC to 4, I'M
WI - ssnie conditions enforced az TO
VI tbe Of gold, and directing the
CO.. ,r;thout unnecessary delay OF
tip,se million now in the treasury.
R "'eaforred TO the finance committee,
tFas .,so n bill introduced by MIR.
W" Don Kan) for the reduction OF
fSsf - of all the government officers
y 81 200 upwards, by 10 and ~ per
ir' M H. Voorhees, Oem. Ind, chair
eal = tho finance committee. addressed
sd Y ~ IN advocacy Of the bill report
90 'eu n;m last Friday disseminating the
am "a silver bullion. Senator Noor-
pafna ~.ocb was listened 10 with great
bms I Nearly every senator was in
ap ass many members OF the house oc-
as seats in the rear, and the CALLER
epens a;ned the largest crowd of the
The presiding officer was Obliged
ssDn -, 10 clear the galleries in order
ns.ss the applause called forth by
= iyr.o,baes' affirmation of allegiance to
: ,sad and other strong points.
rss house passed the senate bill in
= she California mid-winfer interna-
sy,osition. Mr.. Johnson tDem.
's ~, ;ntroduced his intereonyertible bond
~" "a had il referred TO the banking
sarrepcy committee with leave to re-
y !, any time after the silver debate.
y ,arer debate was then resumed, and
y. grickner Dem. Wis.l spoke in favor
10 ropeal of the purchasing clause.
y. Mallory dem. Fla made a speech
a-ooosition 10 the unconditional repeal
H. purchasing clause of the Sherman
W ue did not believe that this repeal
Lii restore confidence or remedy the
a. ,rhich now existed. MIR Hopkins
Nm ma charged the Democrats with
ss,st,ansl,ip in mapping out the plan Of
r~n3pre for the consideration of this
r-,t question aud then proceeded 10
s,k IN favor of the Wilson bill. Mr..
lspe Dem. Ill.) was In favor of free
saror and denied that the silver dollar
=. i false dollar. At no place in this
,,nptry was il worth less than 100 cents.
M next speaker was Mr.. Byaum (Dem.
lra1 Who advocated the repeal of the
wrehasipg clause of the Sherman bill,
Washington. Aug. 24.-Lee Nantes
1,im IA a seat in the senate from the
safe Of Montana has been rejected
,rps, 2J: nays. so. Mr.. Henderson
,Rh Neb.). who charged his vote may
| IL tye-in order TO MIKE a motion to re-
asllpr. made that motion. \ motion
d lay The motion TO reconsider OF the
nne was made by Mr.. Vance, but, with
ont action on il, the senate adjourned,
kaying the Mantle case still open. Among
tn bills Introduced in the senate was one
b. Mr.. Pascoe Dem. Mass.) a substitute
tx the minority bill of the finance com
nittee proposing silver coinage at 20 TO
Ii The substitute proposes n commits
sion Of three citizens of the United States
% ascertain and report before January,
1904. the intrinsic relative value of
g1i and silver, aud that on that report
te secretary Of the treasury shall fix
sd determine the ratio. A resolution
efered yesterday by Mr.. PETER pop.
Kaa.l as TO the violation of the law by
DE national banks in declining to pay
2~dositors' checks in currency was taken
p to-day, and a motion to refer II TO
th committee on fnailcr made by
Nh Hosr tliep. Mass.) gave rise to 81
lag and somewhat excited discussion.
The resolution went to the foot of the
salsadar. where il can be reached only
BY IN Affirmative vote.
; The house met at 10 O'clock ard the
siFer debate was opened at once by Mr..
Z ". Stone rep. Pa, who spoke for
'epesl and adjured members 10 disre-
gani partisan feeling in dealing with the
suhject. Mr. Covert Dcm. N. f.) plead
q Tor unconditional repeal, and coinpar-
bad habits, held that nothing would suf-
ne to restore it but the gold cure. Mr..
Fitch Dem. N. W followed in the same
IRE Mr.. Dalzell (Rep. Pa commended
ls the repeal of the purchase net, and
ss'rIbed the difficulties of the present sit
nation to Democratic hostility to the
ann. MIR. Hatch Dem. Mo- spoke IN
'ayor Of free coinage.
IN a.
Washington, Aug. 25.-Thc five-minutc
seuate IN The house on the Wilson bill
ayaa VIII a speech by Mr.. Waugh
uwpt Ind, who spoke for repeal as in
"a interest of bimetallism. Mr.. Somers
ppm. Wis., favored bimrtallism, hut
neaic not vote for unconditional repeal.
NV ''ohi, son tRep. N. d. spoke for sill
Mr.. Picker (Rcp. s. d. asked
ssaah''aous consent to change the eA-
1ns oiuer so as to take a vote on Mon.
sa' on an amendment combining the free
se'nagc 10 the American produ It. This
~ objected to by MIR. Wilson, in charge
me administration bill. Mr.. Picker
Ieu .fled to arrange for a vote on the
,sain product free coinage proposition
suee the Wilson bill had been passed,
again objection was made. He
r. rn proceeded to criticise President
Az 'and as being under English in
uuee. Mr.. Lucas Rep. s. d. and Mr..
sselnan uRep. MONTY spoke for free
ss" nag the latter intimating that his
a. Az would not remain protectionists il
plank. opser'e 'ne
sot. we senate MIR. PETER Pop. Kan.)
L ~ iavor Of free coinage. The Lee
1ahue scnatorinl case want ovar for a