Morning journal and courier., 1893-08-30
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the industries of the country; but, by
wiser adjustment possibly by free ra,
materials to help manufactures to lift tn
burdens of lsbor-to protect the common
people and thus to benefit all. He believe,
that as much might be truthfully said o
the pledge for financial reform.
Why, he asked, hesitate between the con
ditional and unconditional repeal of tn
silver lswi II the friends of bimstaIlisu
(none more ardent and sincere than him
self) were strong enough In the senate X
impose conditions upon the repeating bIl
that same strength would suffice to ensc
bimetalliEm In an independent bill. Til,
Sherman act was the foe of bimetsIlism
He favored prompt concurrence In III,
house bill. He could not support the sub
stitute, as insistenoe on II would cause ad
ditional delay.
| Mr.. Gordon advocated the repeal of the
| 10 per cent. tax on state banks.
| Mr.. Teller made long argument to show
that the Sherman law has not produced
the existing financial sirlngency. Without
| concluding his remarks he yielded for an
executive session. Afterwards the senate
| adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
Mr.. Catchipgs, dem, Mississippi, called
up the report of the committee on rules for
the present house. Mr.. Cstchings wanted
the paragraphs Of the rules to be read
seristim, and to be debated under the Eve
minute rule, and Mr.. Reed, rep, Maine,
demanded a general discussion.
Mr.. Reed said he had never heard of
such proposition as was now made to the
house. If the house wished to cut off de-
bate, there was nothing that could prevent
1t, and there was nothing that should pre-
vent it. Mr.. Cstohings finally conceded
that there should be general debate, and he
explained briefly the changes made in the
rules.
Mr.. Reed twittsd the democrats upon
their partial approval of the rules of the
Fifty-hrst congress, but in Q humorous
vein commended that they had not gone far
enough. BE then more seriously argued
in favor of the rights of the majority,
which rights had been firmly maintained
in the Fifty first congress. Now, he said,
measures instead Of meeting them.
He criticised the provision of the rules,
which he claimed vested the committee on
rules with the authority which should be
vested in the speaker. Why not, he asked,
adopt q system of rules which would give
to the majority control and take away from
the ilibustsrer his opportunity to stop the
consideration of measured 1t was better
to have speaker exercise power in the
full light of public opinion than to exer-
else 1t In the seclusion of the committee
room.
Then for the first time this session
Speaker Crisp took the floor, having called
Mr.. Richardson dem, Tennessee) to the
chair, and replied to Mr.. Reeds criticisms
He said there were provisions in this code
which were taken substantially from the
Ftfty-hrst congress. Very much of those
of those rules had been by the country sb-
solutely condemned. Applause The
gentleman from Maine (Reed) when he
spoke of the rules of the Fifty first con-
Rress, failed to speak of the practices
adopted before the rules were adopted,
which were so odious to the country. Zap
plauae The first action in the Fifty fret
congress which was odious to the country
was not an action under any rule, but 1t
was the arbitrary, high handed action on
the part of the speaker without authority
of rules, without authority of anyone.
Applause
Mr.. Crisp denied that she United States
supreme court had justified Mr. Reeds |
course as speaker. He said the new sys-
tenn of rules placed business under the |
control of the majority of the house. Mr.. |
Reed in replying regretted that the speaker |
had taken the floor, not only on general |
principles but because he introduced into |
The debate certain degree of craftsmanship.
He believed that part of the policy of |
The Flfsy-6rst congress should receive sp-
oTovsl of the supreme court. He regret, |
ed that the democrats had only adopted |
part of the rules of the Flfty-frst CON
yress.
The subject WAS dropped and Mr.. Spring
'r introduced bill to provide for the
coinage of seigniorsgs silver in the treas
Try. Referred. The house then sd- |
burned.