The Dickinson press., 1893-10-14


actlnent nj ti," free roi,l:.s,. act uf 1881
and the Tcnis>,'.l of ~ per c,,m, vi tariff
duties to the countries which receive
American standard lnllarS tot the pres
.At weight and ii9rnrS,A Il, par us legal
tender money. The debate on tx" rc-
peal I'LL WAS continued hy Senators
l'"lrh "f Oregon and r.'n"r ~ Illinois
in advocacy ri Inc lill an.i hy MIR Puwrr
ot Montana against the bill
The debate OF the election i,ill in the
house "ilN showed one flash "f interest
When Mr.. Murrav. tie S"u,l, Carolina
h"sr" representative. in,rIr""atrl llAl.
of Mississippi. Enutpl. ui Mainn sun.
ported the c"lrr,n. ann. and between
them they force, III. Mi>>iS>ippi:,n to
appeal to the speaker la proven, further
Interruptions
Washington. oct = In rl.. senate th"
flr>i Open sag 'i"l. of Il conn r,.,ni>,. IN
the repeal Iii! WAS made and u,troctrl
the closest attention IN h".h sides nf the
rkamh,r. Senator III tier uf South Caro-
INA, in an impaSSinEcd speech against
the passage of the hii made compromise
TIL" salient feature In reply to tn. ,,,,rs-
tloa which Ii" said had been askc,, ever
and over again as t" when Il vote would
he had on the hill. MIR. Butler said:
compromise. compromise is the solution
OF the Strussl" here" At the conclusion
"f MIR. Buffers remarks Mr.. Blackburn
Dem. Fy.l addressed the senate in op-
position TO repeal, and said that if he
We're Obliged To choose between Il gold
and silver basis for the financial standard
OF the country. lie would prefer a silver
one. He hoped some acceptable compro-
mise would be reached ,r. Blackburn
closed his speech by stating that while
hr allowed 10 "l' To exceed him i'll
friendship for. and loyalty tn. silver. he
would not rnGag" in amy obstructive tar
ties i'll opposition 10 the bill. The people
demanded action. :nd they were entitled
10 know their fate.
In the house under call of committees
Col. Oates reported the bankruptcy hill.
MIR. McCreary reported the substitute
for the Everett lill, amending the
Gcary exclusion act, and MIR. Whrt Ter
reported favorahly Ii hill requiring r:il-
ways passing through territories I" cS-
tahliSh stations III {; II town sites located
by the interior department. The de-
bate on the elections bill waS taken up
by Mr Compton of Mar! land in support
cf the repeal
Washington. Oct. e. In the >"nat" Mr..
Hill Diem. y. ~ glv" notice THAT Il.
some future day he would move 10 amend
the rules proviling that upon amy roll
call lotlicr tlan one ,o expressly de-
tcrmnc the presence of Il quorum, amy
scrator who is paired may announce
in III,
nouncrment shall be entered in the jour
nal and the senator Su present and paired
but not voting shall he counted as pres
rnt, for the purpose of making Il quorum.
The repeal bill was then taken up. Mr..
Call of Florida technically resumed the
floor and on motion of Mr.. Voorhees, the
senate proceeded To the consideration of
executive business. The senate remained
in executive session until 5:15 p. IN. and
then adjourned.
Interest in the elections debate is not
sustaining expectations i'll the house. II
is tagging instead of increasing. To-
day the only speeches that attracted any
attention We're those of the coorcd man,
MIR. Murray of South Carolina and Mr..
Mooney of Mississippi. Mir. Murray was
accorded unusual attention, larg .ly, per-
haps, out Of curiosity nn account of
hls color. The public gallery was packed
to the doors with negroes who ;lppluuded
his uttrrancrS.
Washington. Oct. 7.-Congr, ssman j.
A. Tawncy of Minnesota addressed the
house for more than an hour on the sub
jcct of the repeal of the federal election
laws, making what such Republican
leaders as Henderson and Hepburn of
Iowa, Boutclle of Maine, Grosvcnor of
Ohio and Burrows of Michigan pro-
nounced the best speech yet made on the
Republican side during the progress of
the debate. lie was listened to with
marked attention. There was an un-
usually large attendance of members on
both sides of the house, and more came
in from the cloak rooms and lohbics dur
ing the progress of the speech. Even
Speaker Crisp, who had resigned the
chair early in the afternoon and was
engaged in his private room. came ont
and listened attrntivcly to the Mime
sofa representative. AS he concluded l.c
was congratulated by every Republican
member on the floor. Altogether. ii was
as favorable a debut into the arena of
national politics as Representative
Tnwnry and his friends could have wished
for him. The elections repeal bill was
discussed hy several others on both sides
of the house.
In the senate Mr.. Blackburn of Ken
tmrky submitted an an, n,lmcn, to the
bill repeating the silver purchasing clauses
of the act Of $3.50 1t strikes on, the
Voorhees, substitute. lravin. til" hi!l as
it passed the house, and then provides for
the free coinage of silver of American
production. The secretary of III" treas
ury is authorized on the first day of each
month to establish the srignorayc To be
charged for the following month. which
is to be the difference between The market
price of silver bullion alhl til" mntrd
value after coragr. This sriSnor.,.c is
not to b. coined. bui is to b,' Soll hl The
secretary of the trc: >mry for gold, to be
used for the purlos" of Inrihtining lli.
parity of lnl, and silver. This is the
amendment whi'.h M.. Hla, khurn in his
recent speech said he w"iild pr"p,S" with
view of reaching II compromise. The
debate on the repeal bill was continued
by Cop"tofs Call, Allison III j others