Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-08-28
FIFTY THIRD CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON. August %, 1898.
SENATE.

There was an unusually small gamer
ering of spectators in the Senate this
morning, the voting in the House on
the silver bill having attracted the GU
rous and the sightseers to the south
wing of the Capitol.
Mr.. Morgan was not present at the
opening of the proceedings; but his re-
turn to the city from his foreign mis-
sion as arbitrator in the Behring sea
controversy was signalized by the ap-
pearance on his desk of the counterfeit
presentment of a seal-about one-third
natural-rising out of bank of roses.
Notice was given by Mr.. Sherman
that ne would address the Senate next
Wednesday on the silver question; and
by Mr.. Wolcott for Thursday.
Mr. Plat, from the committee on In
dian affairs, reported bill authorizing
certain Cherokee allottees or claimants
to purchase lands held by them. 1t
was passed.
A bill was reported from the Judicial
ry committee by Mr.. Hill for the repeal
of the federal election law, and it was
put on the calendar.
Mr.. PETER made personal statement
of the cause of his change of attitude
in the Lee Mantle case. He had voted
the other day against the right of Mr..
Mantle, but he thought that, in time of
public peril like the present, every
State should be fully represented in the
Senate, and he would therefore waive,
temporarily, his objection.
The bill to allow national banks to
increase their circulation was taken up;
and the vote was taken on the amend
ments offered by Mr. Cockrell for the
redemption of . per cent. bonds and
the payment therefor in new issue of
treasury notes. The amendment was
rejected: Yeas 90; nays %.
The Mcpherson amendment went
over without action, and the Lee Man
tie case came up. The first vote was
on laying on the table the motion to re-
consider the vote Of last week declar-
ing Mantle not entitled to the seat.
The motion to lay on the table was
agreed to Yeas 81, nays 2S. This fl
nally defeated Mantle.
An amendment was offered to the ma
tional bank circulation bill by Mr..
Cockrell akin to the Johnson bill in the
House. 1t allows the holder of any
United States bond to deposit it in the
treasury and receive its face value in
greenbacks; and it differs from the
Johnson bill in the fact that it proposes
that the bond owner, on withdrawing
it, is to be paid the interest which it
had earned while in the treasury less l!
per cent. per annum. The amendment
was being discussed at length.
The parliamentary rule required the
final vote in the, Lee Mantle case to be
taken on the original resolution as
amended and it was agreed to: Yeas
80; nays 20. The vote on the right of
John B. Allen, of Washington, under
the like circumstances, was precisely
the same-32 to %. The result Of the
vote is that those Senators are declared
not entitled to their seats.
HOUSE.
The public galleries of the hall of the
House of Representatives were filled
before 10 o'clock this morning and
many members were in their seats on
the floor at that hour The surround
ing corridors and Hobbies of the floor
were also filled with q throng of people
clrious to know the outcome of the
oratorical contest which has been going
Oh within the chamber for If days.
These people struggled for advantage
Gus points of view and perspired freely
from their exertions. But even those
fortunate enough to become possessed
ofseats and comparative quiet, found
it impossible to maintain any degree of
comfort, for the atmosphere was hot
and muggy heavy clouds lowered over
the city and within the building no
breath of air was stirring The practi-
cal outcome of the votes to be taken
was conceded on ali hands to be the de.
feat of every proposition relative to the
free coinage of silver at any ratio with
gold and also of the resolution reviving
the Bland-Allison act of 1873. This
much was freely admitted by Repre-
sentative Bland, the leader of the silver
forces. He said that the estimate Of
the anti-silver committee of a majority
of about 80 against any of the several
propositions included within the order
covering the proceedings of the day,
might even be exceeded. "The in
huences that have been brought to bear
upon our men have had their effect and
1 should not be surprised to see the
Wilson bill 60 through the Senate some
day soon with little or no friction"
The leaders of the House attracted
the usual amount of attention as they