The Forrest City times., 1893-10-20
CONGRESSIONAL.
Proceedings of the Extra session-"hat
 Both Houses Are Doing.


 DEBATE on the repeal bill was renewed in the senate on the 10th Senator Squire (Wash presented A long amendment which he offered as A compromise MT. McPherson (N. J) spoke in favor of the bill. then MT stewart (Nev spoke for a while and MT. Cockrell (Mol addressed the senate for two hours In opposi- ton to the bill The house amendment to the bill granting settlers on certain okia- homa lands ,he right to commute their home stead entries was concurred in, and the house elections bill was reported. ... After routine work the house took up the federal elections repeal bill and after voting down all amend ments finally passed it by vote Of 2OO yeas 70 l0i nays a strict party vote, and adjourned
 THE senate had it's first all-night fight on the ilth When the repeal bill came up Mir Cock reli continued his speech in opposition. MT Smith (N J) favored the bill and Mir. Irbv (S. C. spoke in opposition. At o'clock MT. Voor- hees announced that he should ask the senate 10 remain in continuous session until vote was reached, and the senate settled down to an all-night session It was simply talking against time and at daylight the body was still in ses- sion The house was engaged in debate oh the McCreary bill to extend the provisions or the Gcary Chinese exclusion) act six months, the discussion continuing until o'clock, when tho house adjourned.
 TIE senate opened the day Gin continuous session. on the i2th with Mir. Allen (Neb) still speaking in opposition to the repeal bill, the fight having been kept up all night About o'clock after speaking nearly fourteen hours, he yielded the floor to Mir Martin (kan1 who took up the fight in opposition to the bill and occupied the floor for several hours All ef- forts to reach vote failed during the day and the session continued until after midnight with no result and at l:4O a. m on motion Of Mir. Voorhees,, the senate adjourned after contln- uous session of forty hours with talk of a com promise filling the air. :. The house had caught the infection of the senate and proceeded to do nothing. quorum failing to appear, as many members had sat up all night with the sick senate The point of no quorum was not urged, however, and bill passed applying the land laws of March, 1891, to that part of the Sioux reservation that extends into Nebraska The bill to protect forest reservations was debated in committee of the whole MT. Hymns resolu- tion permitting Cherokee strip settles to vote after a residence of thirty days, passed The McCreary Chinese extension bill was taken up and debate continued MT McCreary asked for a night session, but with the awful example Of the senate before them the members refused, and at B.: is the house adjourned
 IN the senate on the 18th Mir. Vest (Mo) gave notice of an amendment to the repeal bill in the na ture of substitute. After repeating the purchasing clause of the Sherman act it authorizes the issuing of coin certificates for the uncoined bullion, consisting of seigniorage or Inc silver heretofore purchaSeu IL pro- vides for the coinage of American silver that may Dc deposited by it's owners at the rate of snoj 600 month up to the limit of $500, 00O,O 900 This coinage is to be fairly proporiioned among the silver producing states and territories Holders of standard silver dollars may have them exchanged for certificates. The repeal bill was then taken up and the battle continued until midnight when the senate adjourned. No house proceedings were reported, as a great storm prevailed and communication partially cut of.
 THE senate was in session only six hours or the lith A number of new rules were reported having in view the shutting of dilitary pro ceedings which went over The repeal bill then came up and Mir Jones (Nev) spoke in opposition At the close of his speech the sen ate adjourned until Monday . No business was transacted in the house.
 THE senate on the l6th was occupied for some time discussing proposed amendments to the rules and at o'clock took up the regular grind on the repeal bill Mir Jones (Nev) concluded his speech and Mir. Peffer (kan.) took the floor in opposition to the bill which he held until 6 o'clock when a motion to adjourn was voted down. The Kansas senator continued to speak until ID o'clock when the senate adjourned ...... The house passed the NcCreary bill with the Gearv amendment extending the provisions of the Chinese exclusion bill six ths, and also agreed to the senate amendment to Mir. Flynns bill giving persons who had resided on the Cherokee strip thirty days the right to vote at the approaching election. The banking bill was under discussion at adjournment.