The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-09-14
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.


Nebraska to obtain one days delay He moved
al adjournment as an indication that the sen.
ate was in sympathy with the working people
who we're observing labor day. Senator Voor.
hees promptly opposed the motion with the
statement that the best observation Of labor
day and the best evidence Of the senate's sym.
pathy with the working classes would be shown
in devoting this day TO work and thus bringing
nearer the hour when the Sherman act would
be repealed Senator Faulkner, Of West
Virginia. came to Mr. Voorhees, assist
ance and opposed Mr.. Aliens mo-
ton, invoking that ancient tradition
',sena torial courtesy" The day was spent in
listening to the speeches Of Senators Cullom,
(lL) and Coke, CTex). Mr.. Gallinger, IN. H.,
introduced bill supplemental to the pension
act of June q, 1890, and Its general purpose is
to provide that except In cases of established
fraud no pension shall be suspended or with
held until after q notice OF ninety days to the
pensioner and then only after Q full and impair
tial inves stigation.
HoUsE-The house spent Monday in discuss
ing the new ru es
WASHINGTON Sept 6-SENArE-The session
OF the senate Tuesday was principally occupied
with the speech OF Senator Stewart, OF Nevada
in which he had promised TO give what no
formed 1.-The true history" OF the demonet!za.
tion Of silver by the act Of 1874 Although Mr.
Stewards speech was in . sense Q reply TO Mr.
Sherman. that expert lnancier was conspicu
Gus by his absence.
HoUsE-Among the many bills fled with the
officers of the house, to be placed on the calen
dar at the proper time, Mr.. Harter. Of Ohio, has
q number looking to the regulation OF the
finances. One Of Mr.. Harters bills authorizes
the president to open the mints Of the United
States to the free coinage of silver when ho
shall have been of1icially advised that not less
than six nations Of Europe, including Great
Britain, Germany and France, have likewise
opened their mints
WASHINGTON, Sept 7--SENArE.-The reso-
luton offered by Mr.. Morgan, Of Alabama, for
the appointment Of q joint select committee on
finance came before the senate almost at the
opening Of its proceedings. Mr.. Morgan made
q bitterly violent assault upon the national
banks, which he declared had created this
panic; had refused to lend money for the move
ment Of crops; had forced the price of cotton,
wheat and corn to figure which he said was "a
disgrace to this congress" and then while the
people were starving had loaded them up with
deprecated securities and now, in order that
they might realize their profits had suddenly
released their locked-up money; had caused
the financial stringency which they had created
suddenly to disappear, and had caused stocks
to boom. After Morgans address of two hours
duration the repeal bill was discussed.
HoUsE-The house resumed business ednes-
day on the rules. Mr.. Catchings, democratic
member of the committee on rules, announced
that the committee had determined 10 recede
from tne prep1si.,on 70 nate max, w quorun run u,
tCe E,ifty.frst co,gress bnt was onnosed on the
democratic side of the present hou 1t was
voted out Wednesday, but not until there had
been good deal of useless party debate.
WASHINGTON, Sept S.-SENATE-The ses.
sion of the senate Thursday was exceptionally
dulI and deveIoned no new features in the situ
alton Mr. wa1tbou of Mississinni read n
long sneech in favor of bimetalIism in which he
advocated that the repeal hill he accompanied
by some formal and binding agreement that
legislation designed to maintain silver as money
upon an equality with gold should immediately
follow. Perhaps the most interesting event OF
the day was The conclusion of Senator Stewards
speech Mr.. Stewart occupied the time il not
the attention of the SENATE for a total period of
over ten hours scattered through three days
HoUsE-The house completed the considera-
ton of the rules and they were adopted with
only two important changes The first change
placed the committees on banking and currency
and coinage, weights and measure on the same
footing with the ways and means and appropri.
ations committees, clothing them with power
to report at any time. Z he second restores the
size of the quorum in the committee of the
whole to the Old number, majority Of the
house. AS soon as the rules were adopted
great avalanche OF bills was piled breast high
on the speakers table. At the request OF
Chairman Wilson, of the ways and means, that
committee was given leave to sit during the ses-
sen OF the house, The house then adjourned
until Saturday
WASHINGTON Sept 9-SENATB
Faulkner CW. Va.) was the first speaker Fri.
day on the repeal bill The striking point of
his address was the bold stand he took in op-
posing President Clevelands claim that the
Sherman act was the cause of the present finan-
cial depression Senator Faulkner was fol.
lowed by MIR. Turpie Ind.). The junior senator
from Indiana sounded what promises to be the
KEYNOTE of the treatment of the silver question
bv the majority He made an eloquent appeal
for political unity. Unity and harmony. he
said were a duty that the party owed to the
people who last fall. for the first time In thirty
wears had restored IL to mower. Mr. Turpie
was followed by Mr Jones tArk In speech,
aluioa.lns oenanee sI,uo w INC ''on anu
HousEUNot IN session.
WASHINGTON, Sent, l1,-SrsArE-The only
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