The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1893-10-13

spoke against the bill and Chairman Nc
Rae, Of the public land committee, replied
to the criticism. CONN wanted to- amend
% ~ TO declare that all reservations here
tofors made should be restored to the
public domain except in California, Ore
eon end Washington. Before the vote
was reached the morning hour expired,
and the bill went over.
The McCreary bill was then taken up at
the close OF the morning session and an
attempt was made 10 reach an agreement
as 10 when . vote would BE- taken, which
failed. McCreary SAID he had an under.
standing with Coxs Of Tennessee that the
bank bill. sst for consideration to-mor.
row, will b postponed, and that to.mor.
row at o'clock he would call the pro
vious question. Hit OF Illinois spoke In
favor OF the bill, denouncing tbs Geary
law. II was . violation Of public faith,
but II was Law, and II was the duty OF
victims 80 possible. II carried out Il
would bs strange IL It did not cause rup-
ture with China.
Hit admitted that Chinese coolis labor
was great evil, but the way to stop IL
was by international agreement. John
son, Indiana, read . pstition which he
tried to have printed, from the society of
friends asking the repeal Of the Gsary
Law. He criticised Richardson, Ten
nesses, and Outhwaite, Ohio, for object
ing TO his petition and defended the right
OF petition. Grosvsnor, Ohio, followed in
the sams direction, and claimed the
churches had the same right OF petition
~ persons.
Loud OF California took tho floor. but be-
fore he began Geary offered his amend
ments, which arc that certificates must be
accompanied with photographs, and du-
plicates filed in the Office of the collector
of internal revenue; that tue order OF de-
portation must be enforced by the United
States marshal, md that Chinese must
remain In custody until deportation with
out bail; nlso defining the term "mer-
chant" to mean any person engaged in
buying and selling at q fixed place OF
business In his namo. A Chinese mer.
chant seeking entrance into this country
on the ground that he was former mer-
chant. must prove by two witnesses other
than Chinese that he was such.
Loud criticised the argument made by
McCreary in support Of the bill described
the evils Of the Chinese invasion Of the
Pacific coast criticised tho administration
for not enforcing the law, and claimed
that the executive power was trying 70
overawe the legislative power. Hooker Of
Mississippi spoke In favor Of the bill.
Bartlett Of New York opposed the bill.
The underlying object, he said, was TO
allow tho Six Companies . chance to try
the case again and have . majority OF the
| supreme court turned into . minority. He
closed with criticism Of the Six Com
panies for prevention of the Chinese from
registering. The house then adjourned.
Satisfactory to silver Men.
WAsHINGroN, Oct. l2.-The Harm
amendment, introduced In the senate thls
evening. which 10 to furnish the ground
work OF compromise. II compromise il 10
| to be, 10 regarded ~ satisfactory by silver
men. First, II does not provide for bonds.
This indeed 10 its greatest weakness, from
the standpoint 1t eastern republican re-
pealers. who insisted all along on q
gold bond issue, but by providing for
the redemption of notes. and tho
rsooinage Of gold bills, II would force an
absolute hand to hand use of silver In all
ordinary transactions involving sums less
than $40. The idea Of the compromisers
IL for tho purchase Of silver enough to
coin 5000, 900 per month. In one way tho
administration 10 perfectly satisfied with
the silver provisions of the amendment,
~. by providing FIRST for the coinage Of the
bullion now In the treasury, amounting to
about CSC, ,000, 600, at the rate of S3.000,OOO
per month, the treasury would he relieved
for year and half of any silver pur-
chase at all.