The Dickinson press., 1893-08-26
FIFTY THIRD CUAGRESS
PROCEEDINGS OF riIE SPECIAL
SESSION OF CONGRESS-.

SESSION OF CONGRESS-.
Condensed Record Of the isusines~
beinE TrnG.actcsI by our National
LnN-mnhc Report Day
by Day.
Washington, Aug. l7.-rlc morning
hour i'll the senate itrr the introduction
Vt bills wa.i entirely occupied by Il dis
'.'lss:"n as to the u,rrluading of govrrll-
m"nt buildings in Washington with pub
lie hooks and Documents Mr.. Vest lDem.
Mob rr"poSing Il remedy by the passage
of hill nppropriating $,m,OOO for IL
F'l'iing L" be known as "thr hall of
rcc"'ls. Mr.. Berry HDrm. Ark) then
addressed the senate in advocacy of the
double standard of gold and silver After
adopting Il resolution calling ON the SEQ
rotary of the treasury for information
Respecting silver purchases. the debate
"l the Wilson hill was resumed. MIR.
Met all u;rp MasS., speaking for Ilr.
Till. MIR. Mccall wns followed by Mr.
Combs of New York. MIR Bryan tDrn,
N"h.' followed AIr. Combs and attacked
tlir president = m,rSS:." in vigorous terms.
TN" recommendations of the president
meant the burial of silver with no prom
iSc Of r,surrcrtiun
Washington, Aug 1S-Aftrr The orli-
nary routine of morning business in the
senate the report on the Montana srn:l-
,orll east was taken up, md an argu-
mcnt wn:; made by Mr. P;,sroc ,Drnl
f'la) against tine right of Mr.. Mantle To
his seat under the governors appointment
Afl"r the executive session the senate
passed the resolution providing for the
payment of their mileage. and as Il mark
of RESPECT 4" the late Representative
tbiprnan. adjourned. Mr. Daniels Htrp.
\. l.l opened the day. .irbat" III the
Ii hs" with Il speech urgin. tll, l,ncondi
ii"l.;'l repeal of the purchase sections Of
tl" Sherman act. Mr.. Col,lzirr Drm
lll) followed iii II speech in favor Of rc
peal. Al til" conclusion of his remarks
til" death of Reprrs' ntntiyr thipman WAS
announced by Mr.. W,nlork of Michigan
Th" usual resolutions w,.rr adopted, and
the li"ns" as Il mark of respect, adj
juurnrr.
Washington. Aug. 10. - The senate
r"inlniite" on finance rcpol,rh IL hill for
tn" repeal of the pl,rrlI,sin. clause of
IN" Sherman act. accompanying it hy Il
declaration i'll favor of biErt allsm The
committee Wa* i'll :'Sinn only an hour
ni tn" only point OF contention was
over tI" wording of the bill \ hill had
been drawn by Senator Voorhees, and WAS
put before the committee in printed form,
tn" tc,t being in accordance with the
suggestions of yesterday The bill thus
becomes an original measure, favorably
reported. and will probably be known as
the Voorhees, bill. The voir, by which
II WAS reported are those of Chairman
VOORHEES, and Senators Mcpherson. Nor
rill Sherman. Allison and Aldrrh the
last f''ur named being Republicans
substitute for the hill was reported
from the minority of the committee
MlcSsrs. Harris, Vance, Jones of Ar
| kanS;s. Jones of Ncvad:i, and NcsD
fixing the number Of grains of silver in
nitcd States coins l4Gfl grains of
pure silver per dollar and proportionntcly
for other silver coins). The bill and sub
| s,itutc w"r" ordered printed and placed
on the calendar and Mr. Voorhees, gave
| notice that he should call them up next
Tuesday.
| Tie silver debate WAS continued in
! botl, houses
Washington. Aug. =. Speaker Crisp
las announced tn" linuS" committees.
Til" rllarinahslip> of the more Important
committees are: Ways and means.
Bland AIo,: hnnkii & Springer lIll.,: ap.
preparations. Sayrcs iTcx.J. imtrrst,tr and
foreign commerce. Wise tNa.); rivers and
arh"r>, Blanchard liza }; foreign affairs,
Mrtrslry 'kyJ; p'nsi"ns, Moses ";a.):
naval affairs. Cummings tN. W; postof
iir"s, Henderson ~. G., MIR. Springer
MAS drrcSrd from ll:c cli:,irm ,nshp of
the ways and means committee
Eli" silver drha," was opened i'll the
house b., Mr. Powers ntcp. Vt, in favor
of r"I".tl The pu:'lasn. clause should
he Repealed unconltinnallv. he said, be-
cause it WAS vci"us in pri:rip. and
dang"r"Hs i'll :prlirati"n. Mr.. ll""K"r
I)cm. MiS>.J spoke against the Repeal.
believing that no relief would roiuc 10
the country from that REPEAL. Mr.. .AlrN
ander n)"nn. y. e., advocated hiln,.laIi>in
nd believed that ih Icp":,l "i .l.,. SficI
MIN az, would not r.,!ound To III" b"nc-
fit of the country. Mr. >Imrry W,.n.
Comm advn'antcd the unconditional re-
peal of the plii' hase clause of the Slicr
| man act
The committee appointments that went
TO the Northwest are: Baldwin. invalid
pension. militia: Horn. territories. ">prnd
itnrcs on public buildings: Fletcher. i'll
tnr>i.t. foreign commerce: kirfcr,
cl:,iln> Of labor; Hail. public lands. In
dian affairs: Mal'.iry. labor. railroads
and canals: Tawm"y. pensions, irrigation
Of arid lands: Johnson IN. ID. coinage.
weights and measures. election Of prc>i-
dent Vie" president and representative
in congress: I.uca> IS. d.. prvai" land
claims: Picker IS. d.. invalid pensions.
Iniian affairs: y. T. Hnugen CWis,,.
! tanhins ard currency: Hartman CMon,.,.
I:iiIi"s and mining expenditures i'll the de,
rartment of agriculture. Hunger CWisJ
| is also on improvements of tli. Mi>>i>-
| sippi river. Three Iowa members got
good places. Gear ways and means:
| Henderson. appropriations. and l'pl,-
| graft. judiciary.
| In I'll. senate nur croils bulls whi Ii had
been introduced and We're pending i'll the
| last congress wcr" rcntru!nced and re-
| fcrrctl To committees. a substitute for
| the national laI.k currency hill was Of
ferr'-l by Mr. PETER pop. kAn.J provid-
ing for the issue of S2JO:aU.GUO Of treas
mry notes 10 be deposited III the treasury
and TO be available as cash. 4 re>olm-
ton was offered hy Mr.. Chandler tItep.
y. H., dcciarin. that there WAS no law
! f;il election of t'nitetl States senators in
| Kansas when Mr.. Martin was declared
elected: also one looking 10 the opening
of a coast lin" of water ways. Tlc:s
Were. r.f"rred 10 con m,ni'tccS. Mr. Nor
rill dep. VT, asked and obtained in
definite leave of absence after o-'l;ly on
account of i'll health He iben addressed
the senate i'll favor of the hill reported!
from the iiIaace committee last Friday To
discotimne the purchase of silver bullion
The hill in ail Of the California mil
winter international exposition lauthoriz-
ing the transfer to San Francisco from
Chicago of the dutiahle goods OH rxlil,i-
li.n there and of the foreign .mployeS)
was taken M and passed. The vote on
the Lee Mantle case WAS postponed till
"Wednesday.