The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-27
SESSION OF The HOUSE.
Sorrow Over the Death Of the Chap
lain Expressed.

The Senate's Amendment to Mr..
Houk's Resolution of Thanks to For
eign Governments Adopted - The
Engrossing by Hand of Bills and
Resolutions to be Abandoned-Mr
Hopkins Makes a Strong Speech in
Support of the Bankruptcy Bill.
Washington, Oct. 26-Rev. Smithson,
Of this city, who delivered the invoca-
tion in the House to-day, referred, in the
course of his prayer, to the death of the
House chaplain, Rev. Samuel w. Hadda-
way, of Maryland, which occurred this
morning. Later on Mr.. Richardson, of
Tennessee, offered the following resolu-
ton:
Resolved That the House has learned,
with profound sorrow, of he death of Chap
lam Haddaway, and as a mark Of respect that
the speaker appoint seven members to
attend the funeral services.
The resolution was adopted and the
speaker appointed Messrs. Compton, of
Maryland, Richardson, of Tennessee,
Dingley, of Maine. Kyle, of Mississippi,
Cockrell, of New Hampshire, and Cobb,
OF Alabama The Senate amendment to
Mr.. Houk's resolution, extending the
Acknowledgements of the United States to
foreign governments for their participa-
tion in the worlds fair. was adopted
HAND WORK TO BE ABANDONED.
MIR Richardson. of Tennessee, from the
Joint committee TO investigate eXpendi-
lures in the executive department, pre-
sented a joint resolution to abandon, at
the opening of the regular session, the
present system of expressing and en-
rolling bills and resolutions by hand, and
have them printed. The resolution was
passed.
The discussion of the bankruptcy bill
was then resumed Mr. Boatner. of
Louisiana, taking the floor. Stripped
Of sentiment, passion and vituperation,
this bill, he said, was simple proposition,
first, to permit persons encountered with
more debt than they can pay to come into 1
court, surrender their property and be
honorably absolved; second, that an IN
solvent person who seeks to defraud his
creditors shall be judged a bankrupt
Its first purpose is in the interest of the
debtor class, its second to protect mer-
chants from fraudulent failures Mr..
Boatner proceeded with his argument I'M
der a running fire Of questions from
Messrs. Bailey, of Texas, benson, OF Ala
bama, and Ray, of New York.
Mr.. Kyle, of Mississippi, opposed the
bill This was bill to secure the whole
salers for the debts OF country mer-
chants.
STRONG SPEECH FOR THE BILL.
Mr.. Hopkins, of Illinois, interrupted to
state that all wholesalers did not favor
the bill
Mr.. Warner, of New York, supported
the bill. Under the present situation of
affairs, said he, the honest debtor has no
way under heaven to rid himself of the
incubus of past misfortunes, except he
obtains the consent Of every one Of his
individual creditors. Such a state of af-
fairs exists in no other country on the
globe. A hundred years ago the
federal government absolutely pro-
hibited the states from enact
ing bankruptcy laws. The federal
government assumed the duty, and that
duty now remains unperformed The
large merchants of the country, whose
prosperity depended upon their being
able to do business in all parts Of the
country, had the alternative of watching
rumors in all parts OF the country, and
being ready to rush in as soon as a debt
or's credit waslquestioned, or to suffer
almost entire loss when their, customers
were driven into insolvency. This situa-
tion was intolerable. The creditors had
rights as well as the debtors, and the
rights of both should be subserved
The bankruptcy act Of 1867 had been ben
eficent to thousands. and had given them
a chance to start anew. The fact that
such law was on the statute books had
fOrestalled attempts at fraud. II was the
duty of this House to discharge its con-
stitutional prerogatives and place a fair,
just and equitable bankruptcy law on the
statute books.
Mr.. Brosius, of Pennsylvania spoke in
favor of the bill, and at the. conclusion of
his remarks the House, at 4:45 o'clock
D. m, adjourned