Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-08-19
HOUSE MET AT NIGHT.
There Was a Slim Attendance
 to Hear Silver Talk.
SENATE REPEAL BILL REPORTED.

Next Tuesday It Will Re Taken Up, and
 Then Both Houses Will Be at Work In
 For a Day Two.
 WAsHINGToN. Aug. l9-The finance com mittee of the senate presented. through its chairman, Mir. Voorhees,, a bill to repeal the purchasing clause of the sherman law and containing a declaration that it is the policy of the government to maintain the parity between gold and silver coins. The minority of the committee. through its spokesman, Mr. Vest. presented a suhsti- tute fixing the number of grains of silver to be contained in the dollars, half dollars, quarters and dimes on 20 to l ratio.
 The bill and substitute went to the cal endar, and their consideration is to begin on Tuesday next after the morning hour.
 The bill to allow national banks to in crease their circulation up to the par value of their bonds on deposit occupied the at tention of the senate for most of the day There was long discussion on the amend ment offered by Mir. Allen of Nebraska fol the cessation of interest on the bonds or which the increase is to be based and or the amendment offered by MT. Cockrell oi Missouri for the redemption in greenbacks
 
 Mir. Aliens amendment was defeated by a vote Of go 70 II. and Mr. Cockrell's had not been acted upon when the senate ad journed until Monday.
 In the House.
 The new members of the house continue to come to the front. The star speech oi the day was delivered by Mir. Sibley oi Pennsylvania. the only member of the Keystone state who is opposed to placing the United States upon a single gold stand ard and who is firm advocate of bimetal lsm.
 He is about B years of age. gifted witl a fine voice. a vast fund of wit and a great flow of language. He immediately tool his place among the orators, the logician' and the humorists of the house.
 On the other side of the question thert appeared another new champion, Mir. Ever cit of Massachusetts, who succeeds Mir Lodge He is a fine speaker and attracted the attention of his colleagues. Beside! having good delivery, he has A keen ap preciation of humor and commanded al interested audience.
 Mcssrs. Haines of New York and Eng fish of New Jersey, both Democrats, spok' in favor of repeating the silver purchasing clause. At a night session the discussion was continued.
 There were about 9 members present | when the house met in the evening. MT Simpson, resuming his remarks, denounced the gold standard and predicted that sucl standard would produce a revolution that would shake the government to itt very foundation. He was opposed to com promise on any ratio. Compromises wer' dangerous. The men of the south anC | west would not stoop down to any aris tocracy, and especially they would no | stoop down to a moneyei aristocracy. Mir. Morgan of Missouri advocated thu | free coinage of silver.
 | Mir. Talbcrt of South Carolina appealed | to the representatives of the people to lay aside all party politics and to act as on, man for the benefit of the country. H. | appealed to them to give to the people tn, free coinage of silver.
 He was ready to stand by the free coin age plan of the Chicago platform. as b. was ready to stand by every plank of tn platform upon which he had been elected | The sherman act was a makeshift It wa l .uiune pill that would do good tempo lt.ly. but would not be of any permanen | benefit.
 l At the conclusion of MT Talbert re marks the Eotlse adjourned.