The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-18
THE SESSION OF CONGRESS-.
II Was Abbreviated in Both Houses
Yesterday.

the SILVER Discussion progressed.
Mr.. Cooper, a New Member From
Florida, Makes Fine Impression
Through His Maiden Speech.
Washington, Aug. 17.-Contrarv to the
general expectation, neither the bill to
allow national banks to issue notes to the
par value of their bonds deposited to Sc
cure circulation, nor any other financial
measure, came up in the Senate to-day.
The only new proposition in that direc-
tion was an amendment offered by Mr..
German to the bank circulation bill, pro-
hibiting national banks fcom withdraw
ing circulation without previous sixty
days notice to the controller of the cur
rency and without the approval Of the
Secretary of the Treasury and limiting
the aggregate amount of such withdraw
ais to 100000 within any calendar
| month.
THE LEE-MANTLE CONTEST CASE.
Some two hours time was consumed in
| discussion of the case of Mr. Mantle,
claiming a seat in the Senate under an
appointment from the governor of Mon
| tana and, by unanimous consent, the
vote on that question was fixed for five
| O'Clock, p. m, next Monday.
After brief executive session, the SEN
ate joint resolutions for the payment of
| mileage to senator's and representatives
for the extraordinary session was taken
| up. Mr.. Vest made vigorous protest
| against its passage, urging that the law
did not justify the payment of mileage at
the present session.
Messrs. Hoar, Pearce, Vest and1 Call
supported the resolution. Mr. PETER
moved its indefinite postponement and de-
manded the yeas and nays.
MILEAGE FOR THE SESSION WINS.
The motion was rejected: Yeas 12;
nays 40; and the joint resolution was
passed. The senators who voted for Pef-
| fer's motion were: Messrs. Bate, Berry,
| Coke, Irby, Lindsay Mcpherson, Mills,
PETER, Perkins, Pugh, Smith and Vest
The death of Representative Chapman,
| of Michigan, was announced, anu the
usual resolutions of regret and respect
| adopted and a committee was appointed
to represent the Senate at the funeral.
The Senate then adjourned until to-mor-
row.
SILVER DEBATE THE FIRST BUSINESS.
In the House the silver debate was re-
sumed promptly after the chaplain S
| prayer. Mr.. Daniel, of New York, was
| the first speaker. He declared himself in
1 IhNOE Oh bll6 ItpCdl VI bllS RuECn0SlAAA
/ clause of the Sherman act. Terror, he
said, had taken hold of the public mind
and disaster was bound to follow from
| the accumulation of silver bullion in the
! treasury. This fear had been supple
mented and voiced by the President
| Congress should intervene to give some
measure of relief to the people by chang
| ing the financial policy.
THE WILSON BILL FIRST AND LAST.
Mr.. Cooper said that he would vote for
| the Wilson bill, and against each and
every one of the propositions presented
| by the silver men He admitted that he
did not know much as to the industries of
this country, but as far as he could get
information he was convinced that mills
were not closing up for lack of money or
for lack of orders, but they were closing
because they could not get the cash He
argued that the Sherman law was the
cause of the present depression. The
want of public confidence had caused the
runs upon banks, had caused the
failure OF su ubstantial banking institutions
and had brought about the present finan-
cial stringency,
A POINT REMARKABLY WELL MADE.
He could not resist saying one thing,
and that was, that when the Democratic
| party had governed the country for four
years, at the end of Mr.. Cleveland's first
term, it had turned the country over to
the Republican party prosperous and hap
py. The Republican party turned it back
to the democrats in a condition of depres-
sion, with the country going over the
| financial precipice into the abyss of dis
aster. The democratic platform at Chi
cago had declared for the coinage of gold
and silver at an equal intrinsic value, and
the men who stood now for the free coin
age of silver undertook to override the
democratic platform, and they could not
do it. Applause. Some gentleman had
said that for three long years he had held
his conscience in allegiance. He Cooper
had never held his conscience in abey-
ance; but if he did, he wanted to make
that abeyance accrue to the benefit of the
people. Within the next few weeks, if
the situation were not changed, there
would be lower prices for every pound of
cotton in Florida; there would be dimi-
milton in the great streams of northern
tourists.
REPUTED FLoRIDlAN DIET NOT LITERAL.
He did Aot mean that this latter re-
mark should be taken inits literal accepta-
ton, because the people of Florida denied
the statement that they lived on fish in
summer and Yankees in winter. Laugh
ter. 1t had been asked whether the
United States was to be dictated to by
England If he had come to this House
when the country was not in a state of
depression he would probably be found
voting with the men who would vote con-
trary to his present views. But he now
believed that for the United States of il
self to establish a free silver coinage
would be neither wise nor courageous; it
would be foolhardy. Congress was not
here TO try hazardous experiments. He
was ready to support any measure which
would bring the money of the people out
of it's lfiding-place and place the cur
rency on a stable basis: but he
did not believe that the country
would safely provide for the
free coinage of silver at the ratio of 20
to l.
COOPER NEW BUT RISING MEMBER.
Mr.. Cooper is a new member and the
attitude taken by him was somewhat of a
surprise to his friends. He is a young
man, with a strong voice, ready flow Of
language, a quiclness for repartee, and
pleasant manner He bids fair to join the
ranks Of the rising young members of
the House.
Mr.. Goldzier (deIn., Ill., spoke in favor
of the repeal of the Sherman bill and
raised his voice in favor Of the creditor
class which did not he said, consist Of
the bankers and brokers of Wall street,
but of a great mass of people.
AT the conclusion of Mr.. Goldzier's re-
marks, Mr.. Weadock announced the
death Of his colleague, j. Logan Chapman
of Michigan. The usual resolutions were
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