Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-09-30
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
The Senate.


The Senate.
WASHINGTON, Sept i9-In the scnate
this morning "a substitute for the repeal
bill was given notice OF by Mr.. Squire
rep. Washington. IL permits the daoosit
OF silver bullion by IT. oyners and the
coinage thereof into standard silver
dollars, of which he is to receive
only the amount corresponding TO
its commercial yaluc. The coinage Is not
10 exceed a, 600, O00 q month or S20O,00J,OO0
Ina all. The dollars are to be legal tender
and no Ger i~ficatcs are 20 bc issued
Mr.. Voorhees,. dem, Indiana. defended
himself from adverse criticism in the
management OF the bill by showing the
impossibiiity under the rules Of maNing
greater haste. He again asked that q day
be- fixed for a final vote.
Mr.. Dubois, rep, Idaho. as n represent
tative OF the silver men, objected in a bit
ter speech, defying Mr.. voorhees, 20 force
the issue. In reply SIR. Voorhees, said
there was no use talking Of cloture as the
discussion Of that proposition would take
mp all the time Of this and the next cor
gress. He therefore gave notics that
tomorrow nc would ask the senate 70 re-
main in session longer, perhaps Till night.
I Turning TO Mr. VOORHEES,, Mr.. Hoar re-
ferred TO the force bill and uttered what
was taken 20 be a threat. Mr.. Hoar
called il "A bill 10 provide for honestness
and permit the majority to rule.
Mr.. Piatt gave notice Of a clOture reso-
luton, which he had read at tho clerks
desk.
Mr.. Teller said IL the senator ia charge
OF the bill would consult him, he would
give him "A list Of fifteen members vino in
tended TO speak. thirteen OF whom had
not opened their mouths. The senator
from Indiana Qnul1 mot saw that
this was an incOnsequentiai mat.
ter, for he was on record
against that and had said in the past that
the protection of silver was more import
ant than anything that could come before
the senate. If he wanted night sessions
Mr.. Teller warned him that the frie5ds
OF repeal must be present too. Friends OF
..xlyer were neither frightened nor moved
: ~ the public opinion represented by Mr..
Voorhees,, because the real public
opinion of the country, not the
aggregated 60 pital of national banks, was
opposed to the repeal OF the sherman act.
II public opinion had got wrong on thiso or
any other question, senator's should he
guided by their own judgments. Mr..
Teller said he had also opposed the force
bill and in his judgment If the
opponents Of that bill had abso-
lutely throttled all oth"r legislation
they would have been justified The pend
ing bill he considered more dangerous 10
the rights of the people than the force
bill, for that was simply a political meas
ure while this struck az opr system OF
finance. This was "A more important mat
ter than any presented TO the
people since the war. Reconstruc-
were inc~onsequental in COMPARISON. The
senator from Indiana woulG. never be able
Ia ave a day fixed for it. 1T woul only
be taken up after the debate was ended
and holding night sessions would not i'm
prove the condition OF the bill or advance
IL one hour.
After a few remarks by Mr.. Stewart,
Mr.. Mills took the floor on the silver bin.
WASHINGTON, Sept 2l-Mr PETER, pop,
Kansas, re, ntroduced the bill to provide
for a bureau OF loans aud asked that il lie
on the table for the present. 1t is with
some notifications the same bill as he in
PRODUCED in May, ls92
Mr.. Piatt. rep. Connecticut, offered a
resolution for a c%loture, of which he gave
notice last Tuesday. The discussion on
Mr.. Platt's %cloturc rule was brief and
closed by letting the matter go over till
tomorrow, when Mr.. Teller is 10 speak
against 1t.
The repeal bill was then taken up and
Mr.. White. OF California, addressed the
senate. claiming that there were other
causes for the financial panic besides the
sherman act.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 90 After short rou-.
tine morning business the ~clotnre resolu-
ton was laid before the senate and Mr.,
Wolcott. rep, Colorado, took the floor
and made a statement. Althoug Oh he said
that he would vots against il, he d'Jlared
that no ~factiOus opposition would BE- made
to il, and that a vote upon IL could be
reached much sooner than a vote upon the
repeat bill could be. In closing Mr.. VOL
colt said that for himself he would just
as soon have the vote taken on the bill at
once and get it all over with. But his as
socia - knew no change or shadow OF
turning and should they deem il best to
contest the Measure inch 10y inch, he
would cheerfully and cordially join
with them IN meeting any test
Of endurance which the majority might
seem tit 10 impose. Within reasonable
and proper hours the bill could be dis
cussed until the time for a vote came
ANY attempt TO impose cruel and unusual
conditions would be met by every obsta-
Gle that the rules permitted until those
who controlled the senate should adopt
the cloture rule. lie reminded them that
"~festina lente' was a good motto to fol-
low.
Mr.. Teller. rep, Colorado, followed. Mr..
TellC: closed his speech with the earnest
declaration that he would resist, by every
! meth od. obstructive and otherwise, tho
adoption ola rule in the senate which
would limit or restrict debate.
The resolution then wen over till to-
morrow, when Mr.. Topper, dem, Indiana.
is TO speak upon II.
The repeal bill was then taken up and
Mr.. George. dem continued the speech,
against it which he began on Wednesday.
WAsHINGroS, Sept. %. After the intro
duetion OF u resolution by Mr.. Stewart
rep, Nevada, rs TO the independence OF
the three coordinate branches Of the SEN
ate. on which he said he would address the
sen tie next Monday, the cloture resolu-
ton was taken up and Mr. Turpie. dem
Indiana, made an argument against II on
| constitutional and ega grounds
At the end OF a long discussion the
~cloture resolution was, or motion of its
author, Mr.. Platt, rep. Connecticut. re-
ferred 20 the committee on rules, Mr..
Platt stating that h. intended going be-
fore that committee and state at greater
length than he had stated them 10 the
senate the arguments in favo' OF cloture.
~ A.. ,vAnnnAAI 20 agAntntIua