Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-10-20
FIFTY-T'HIRD CONGRESS.
Extra Session.
kENATE.

55rH DkY. Senator Squire, OF Washing
ion. Gaze Aotice In the Senate OF an amend
ment TO the SilFet Purchase Repeal bill
There we're two speeches delivered on the
Repeal bill-the first by Senatot Mcpherson,
Of New Jersey, and the second by Senator
CockrelI, of Missouri. Mr.. McPheraon's
speech was II support Of the bill. Mr.
Cockrells speech was DIRECTED against inc
pending bill. The House bill TO repeai Inc
election laws was received.
56rH DAY. The debate in the Senate on
the siter Purchase Repeal bill haa many
interesting features: Among other things II
showed the stlying duality u mr. Cockrell,
of Missouri as a speech maker: briei
speeches were made by Mr sthithi OF New
Jersey, and Mr.. Irby, OF South CafehBa,
As a senatorial debutant Mr.. Smith was a
dcsded success. His speech In support OF
the bili Mas able, sarcastic, sententious, AMI
it was litered iil cleaf, Strong tones. Mr..
Irby. Of South Carolitaj afgbed. against the
bill, and declared that he atd his people
would part company with the Dem9etane
party lit persisted iii its anti-silvef policy.
Late in the evening Bif. Dabois; ON the part
OF the silver senators, threw OF the mask
when Mr.. Voorhees, announced continuous
session, and said the silver men would hola
out to the last. Mr.. Voorhees, explained DIS
position and that of the friends OF repeal
and the battle to the death began.
9th Dki.-Ftom a parliamentary point OF
view there was no Thursdays session of the
Senate. The proceedlhgs OF Ihufsday APP
near as n continuance 6f Wednesdays ses-
sion. They began with the Populist Senator
from Nrbraska (Mr. Allen about two-thirds
through his speech against the repeal Dill
and he finished it with intermittent roll-caiis
ut 8 A. ~, having then occupied the moor
ior fourteen and three e-quarter hours. ABOUT
10 A. NJ. one of the two pending amendments
TO the rpeal bill was laid on the taole ~
vote OF 33 to II and thus Alf. Peher iree
coinage amendment was eliminated from the
question, at least temporarily. The debate
on the bin was continued W MIR. Martin,
who began his speech against the blk A.
four O'Clock Mr.. Martin pleaded fatigue, and
Welded the floor saying that he would seek
another opportunity Of addressing the
Senate After Mr.. Martin, the floor was
taken by Mr.. Teller, OF Colorado who con-
tinued speech against the bill which ne
began last week.
58Tb bAt.-The Senate met at the usual
| hour, took up the repeal bill, and submitted,
wearied but patients to the second install
ment Of Mr.. Stewards speech. The first roll
call showed the presence Of hfty-four sena-
| tors, the second of fifty-one and the tnlrd Oh
| flfty-tWO. The fith call snOWeu Tue pleo
ence of fifty.seven. Mr.. Stewart announced
his purpose not to vote any bill that would
| limit the life of silver He was interrupted
by half.hourly calls Senators Teller and
Hoar had an excited discussion over the
rights of minorities. Mr.. Vest, of Missouri,
gave notice OF an amendment to the bill.
10Th DAY.-The session Of the Senate
lasted only six hours. 1t opened with q
personal explanation from Mr. Morgan, Oh
Alabama, in reply to newspapers structures
on him for his supposed hostility TO the
unconditional repeal Of the Sherman act
Various important amendments TO the rules
were offered, and went over They propose
to forbid the reading by Senators OF speeches
either written or printed; to permit the
counting of Senators present and not voting
10 disuualify Senators interested in national
banks or national bank stock from voting
on any bill affecting coinage or currency,
and 10 provide for closing debate on any
bill or resolution by the same arrangement
now in operation in the House OF Represen-
tives. The Silver Purchase Repeal bill was
taken up and discussed by Senator Jones OIL
Nevada