The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-08-10
Ne took the chair the speaker said.

OF it by an honest effort to discharg
the duties of the Office with fidelity,
with courtesy, and with the strictest
lmpartiality. Applause. l am now
ready to take the oath of office"
Representative O'Neal of Massachu-
sets, father of the house, admins
| tered the oath TO the speaker il iin
pressive tones.
Before administering the oath to
members" said the speaker, ''prayeI
will be offered by the chaplain of the
last house."
Prayer was then offered by the
blind chaplain, Milburn, now chap
lain of the senate. At the Conclusion
of prayer the oath of office was admin.
istered by the speaker to members the
roll of states being called for this pur-
pose.
When the state of Michigan. was
reached Mr.. Burrows, Republican said .
Il object, MIR, Speaker, to the oath of
office being administered to Mr.. Rich.
ar1son whose name appears on the
rolls. 1t is customary in such eases for
ent.n
Mr.. Richardson will stand aside un-
III the conclusion of the organization
OF the house." said the speaker, and
Mr. Richardson retired After the
oath had been administered to the
members Mr.. Farrell of Virginia Of
fered the following:
Resolved, That G. F. Richardson be
now sworn in as a member from Mich.
gan.
Mr.. Burrows offered the following
substitutes:
Whereas, The credentials upon
which Geo. +. Richardson claims a
seat in congress from Michigan have
been annulled and made void by
reason OF the judgment of the supreme
court of that state; and,
Whereas, In pursuance and compli-
ance with such judmeDt and the laws
of that state, the state board of can
vassers OF Michigan have declared and
certified that Chas. L Belknap was
elected from the Fifth district of Michi-
gan; therefore,
Resolved, That Chas. E. Belknap is
entitled to be sworn in as member of
this house on it's prima facia case.
After some wrangling two resolutions
were postponed until tomorrow.
SENATE.
The senate was called to order at
noou' After the presidents proclama-
ton converting congress in extra ses-
sion was read the oath of office was
administered to Senator Quay of Penn
sylvania and Senator Pasco and COM
munications read from Senator Beck.
with of Wyoming announcing that
owing to combination of circumStan-
ces he placed his resignation as sena-
tor in the hands of the governor. The
communication was placed on file.
The usual resolution to notify the
house and president was adopted, and
then the death of the late Senator
Stanford was announced, and as a
mark of respect the senate adjourned
until tomorrow. This prevented the
reception of the presidents message
today.
Tine Presidents message, unless some
hitch should occur, will probably be
IN at noon tomorrow. From sources
believed to be well informed, it is
learned that the message will be not
more than column and a half long.
and that it recommends the uncondi-
tlonal repeal of the Sherman act. He
however, recognizes silver as one of the
money metals of the country, but
points 'out that with the present
attitude of European countries the
proper ratio between gold and silver
cannot be maintained by this country
alone. Therefore he does not favor
the coinage of silver under present
conditions except for subsidiary pur-
poses! He thinks European ma
tions now depressing the
price of silver can, by suppression
of its coinage in this country except
for subsidiary purposes be coerced
into an international agreement more
favorable than we have heretofore
had. He is in favor of silver on a
parity with gold and stands by the
platform of 1892, but says that the
platform cannot be carried out for the
reason that a parity cannot be main
tanned.
DEMOCRATIC SILVER LEADERS.
Bourke Cochran of New York aud
Bynum of Indiana are said to be the
leaders of the anti-silver forces on the
Democratic side of the floor of the
house. 1t is stated that the Tam
many orator at the suggestion of
Cleveland himself has devoted his
spare time during the summer to the
study of the question. Day before yes
terday Cochran went to Culberson OF
Texas and Bland and said the anti
silver men were willing to start
in with a discussion of the silver
question on the second day of the
session without referring it or waiting
for consideration or report from any
committee. The underlying motive of
this is said to be fear on Cochran's
part that Speaker Crisp will give the
silver men a majority of the coinage
committee. He urged upon the silver
leaders that to wait for the committee
report would delay action.
Mr.. Culberson would not agree to the
proposition. He believed the silver
men could get their views before the
country in much better shape if en-
bodied in report of the coinage COM
mittee. Mr.. Cochran said he was will
ing to jump into the middle Of the dis
cussion at once. He would agree that
there be no closure, or every man have
his say on the subject without inter
ruption and there should be vote
taken on every proposition: =,
The intention is that Cochran shall