Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-08-24
AT THE CAPITOL.
a Full Synopsis Of What Has Been Done 4,
Washington the Past Week.
SENATE.

| 'ohf INin ALL - tnan nHI tne mem.
oers we're present wnen the senate was called
W oluei aI noon To-Day, but the galleries
We're luii. Inc House JOINT resolu on for
appropriaoe commemorationof the IN an
hlVersary OF the laying or the corner stone
Vi ohe capitoi oil the United States was re-
celveu ana passed.
mere were numerous petitions presented
a,iu referred ior the repeal OF the purchasing
cause OF the sherman law, some condition-
WY ana some unconditlonaliy, and quite as
many against therepeal several for the free
States and for the appointment of a couymis.
sion to consider an adeouate uan of curren.
| cy, and some for fire coinage of silver at a
ratio Of sixteen to one Mr. Voorhees, chair.
man of the committee on finance. intro
duced and had referred to that committee a
bill to provide for the issue of Circulating
| notes Of national banks. MIR. Vest introduced
| a bill for the coinage of silver bullion.
Mr. Hill of New York offered a resolution
declaring IL to be the ssnse of the senate that
no legislation other than legislation rar cain-
ing to the finances shall be Considered at the
present extraordinary session OF congress.
| He asked that the resolution Law on the hahls
for the present M, Vest calle,l nm the res
oiution offered by him last nTuesday in the
words Resolved, That the American peo-
Die. from tradition and interest. favor bf.
inetalsm and the free and Unlimited coinage
o. poth gold ana silver, wltaout discr,minat-
my aguiise eitner metal that u Is also the
sseaoiisheu Pohcy u tue oniteu states 70
sn',,t parity VI we ewo iuesuis. ~
~ s, ~ l fa n"uy " " spssuy ~
ase suGn Jaws as WI. enectuate anu hainIain
49, 1880 y rne Pe'E.o Una. onset sn1n
1870 N'ee !, 'ue oiiesu o'a'eS as inoley
| ''esa'; ~.
| , ~ .ne CLOSE Vi nls sPeecn Mr. hoar o.
s,,.i'. ''io , iio. e,,A sueu ai.ei SLUT
$3.50 sessioi " leieie.ce 40 ,ne cou,-
i i' 'ouay' tie SENATE a0 4'So ocioch ao'
'ou'
EIaHTa DAY LIN the Senate TODAY a bill
| to repeal so n,uch of the act of Jnlv ID 1891
/ as directs the purchase of silver hnllion was
| introduced by Mr. Mcpherson. democrat Of
| New Jersey. Mr.. Gordon of Georgia intro
/ duced bill to suspend for six months the Or
| Grafton Of the law which now imposss a tax
| of 10 per cent. mon stats banks. In his
! speech adv coating the bill he asserted that IL
| it slonld become n law il would and the MAJ .
| ic in fifteen DAYS Mr.. Voorhees,. chairman
| of the finance COMMITTEES reportesi hack the
| bill introduced by him Yesterday to enahls
| National banks to issue circulation TO The
| amount Of the par value Of their bonds An
| objection of Mr. Cockrell sent the bill over
| till tomorrow. Speeches were made hv
Messfs nunton, Lodge, Waicott, hoar,
ose , s.,G Ioesrsli. Aiuricn, ana sherman,
anu o'io 'ne''enaee auJourhea.
| NINTH DAY The Senate snent only
| three hours in its session today but that
! time was well filed IN. Mr. Vests hin an
| propriating $500. 600 for a site and bnildipy
| in Washington. 10 be known "a the sHall az
| Records y was passed. Then the nil to in
crease the circulation Of national banks was
h ken IN and postnoned till to,norrow Rnt
before It was laid asids an important amend.
,nent was proposed nv Mr.. OockrsIl 70 an.
,horize the redemption lat par and accrued
INTEREST," of sach . per cent bonds lover Se5
100000 in ain as NAV be offered and to An
thoriae the ssuesof new treasury legal tan.
,ler notes in navmant tbarafor anothor
amendment to the bin was ofYered later on
by Mr.. Allen of Nebraska for The cess ,tion
OF interest on the bonds on which tne in.
Ct eased national bank circulation shonld Ia
based. Mr. Berry Of Arkansas addressed
the Senate in favor of the double standard
of gold and silver The T,odoa resolntion was
taken up with the GalIinger am ndmant 70
it, to the effect that II would he nnwisa and
inexpedientto make any radical changes in
the tariff prior to March 1897. and Mr.. Gallin-
ger addressed the Senate HedecIaras him
self readv 10 vota ar tha aarlioSt yaon,ant a.,
the repeal OF the Sherman act. After a brief
executive session the S nate at 3:l5 O'Clock
adjourned until tomorrow.
iENrh DAI,-Gontrary to general expec-
LIONS neither tne blil TO allow national banks
70 issue notes TO the par value OF their bonds
oeposited TO secure circulation, nor anV other
nnanciai measure came up in the Senate to-
uay Inc only new proposition In that d.
Tection was an amendment offered by Mr..
norman TO the bank circulation bill prohib-
lung national hanks from Withdrawing
circuiatlon Without previous sixty days
notice 70 the comptroller OF the currency
ana without the approval OF the secretary OF
the treasury, and limiting the aggregated
amount OF such Withdrawals to 900
within any calendar month, After a brief
executive session the House joint resolution
for payment Of mileage to senators and rep
resentatives for the extraordinary session
was taken up. Mr. Vest made vigorous
protest against its passage. Messrs Hoar,
Villas, Pasco and Cali supported the resolu-
ton. Mr.. PETER moved its indefinite post
ment and demanded the yeas and nays. The
motion was rejected-yeas IL, nays 42--and
thu joint resolution was passed The death
of Representative Chapman Of Michigan was
and resnect vera aSantad an5 .onn,ittes
appointed to represent the Senate at the fun
eial. The Senate then adjourned until to.
morrow.
ELEVENTH DAY. Ten DAYS and one more
have passed and the Senate il where ii was on
the day OF convening, at least apparently.
The finance committee, however, through its
chairman, Mr., Voorhees,, presented bill to
repeal the purchasing clause of the Sherman
act. and making u declaration that il il the