The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-09-14
FIFTY THIRD CONGRESS.
STEWARDS SMELLING COMMITTEE RES.
oLUTION WENT OVER DAY.
Senator Mitchell Made Long Speech and
Senator aawley Said Something in
Few Words-Favorable Report on
Repeal Of Federal Election Law.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, Sept. ~. - In the
senate this morning Senator Stewards
resolution providing for senatorial
committee u ~ ascertain whether
any senator was interested as a stock.
holder or otherwise in any national
bank, by unanimous consent went over
until tomorrow, and on motion of SEN
ator Voorhees, the repeal bill was
taken up.
Senator Mitchell rep, Orr was
recognized and proceeded to address
the senate against the bill.
At the conclusion of Senator Mitch
ellis speech Senator Hawley (Rep.,
Conn., addressed the senate. He said
he was in favor of the passage of the
pending bill, and while willing to be
as patient as possible with the oppo-
nent of repeal, there was one general
misstatement which had been iterated
and reiterated until he was tired of it.
That was that there was somebody
who believed in the total destruction
of half of the currency of the world.
There was not a senator in the cham.
Der now or at any time to whom it
would apply. 1t was terrible mis-
statement, sophistical statement a
false statement practically. All who
favored the repeal of the Sherman law
expected to continue to use silver lib
orally, so far as it could be done with,
out reaching silver monometalism.
Senator Teller (Col.) said if the
senator from Connecticut was tired he
(Teller) was Disguised The senator
from Connecticut had gone away and
remained absent during the session. If
the newspapers were correct land
Senator Hawley was a newspaper
MANI, he had spoken of the senators
from the West as silver lunatics or ia.
natics or both. He (Teller) did not
know that the senator from Connect
cut had said anything of the kind, but
it had been so current And prominent,
the stock phrase of those who agreed
with him on these questions, that he
had not much doubt that it was true.
II told the senator himself" said
Hawley impasiently, that it was not
true"
mo, SIR" Senator Teller asserted.
ulu, Iepedled hOehdtol 1lahley
abruptly.
IF he did," said Senator Teller, Il
never heard him. l called his atten
ton to it and he said in substance that
he did not know what he said, and |
do not suppose he did" Laughter
Then followed a debate in which
several senators took part, the subject
being the Chicago, Minneapolis and
Omaha platforms.
Senator Stewart rep. New finally
got the floor and was in the midst of
long speech when he was appealed to
by Senator Butler dem. S. o. to
yield to a motion for an executive
session.
Senator Stewart reluctantly relin-
ouished the floor and after a brief
executive session the senate ad-
journed.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.-Proceed-
ings in the house today were brief
Mr.. Morse (Mass) evoked a general
smile by denial of a statement in
local paper representing him as OPP
posed to granting the privileges of the
house lobbies to newspaper men on
the ground that they were youngsters
who squirted tobacco juice about the
floor and blew cigarette smoke in the
nostrils of representatives and in other
ways made themselves obnoxious. He
concluded with a glowing nulOgy of