The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-10-19
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
NEW PLANS FOR KILLING TIME I'M,
TRODUCED IN THE SENATE
IAe Senate Refused to Excuse Senator Du
beis From Voting, and Senator Dubois
Refused to Vote Just the Same
Dull Session In the Rouss,
SENATE.

WAsHINaI ON, Oct. 14.-The session
OF the senate today lasted only six
hours. 1t was session of much in.
terest. 1t opened with personal OK.
PLANTATION from Senator Morgan (Ala. J
IN reply to newspaper structures on
MIN for his supposed hostility to IN.
conditional repeal of the Sherman
act. He denied having ever init.
mated that he would vote against I'M
conditional repeal as proposed in
Voorhees, substitute, which he char.
acterized as Every ridiculous, very in
furious and very cowsrdly.n Various
important amendments to the rules
were offered and went over until
Monday. They propose to forbid
reading by senators of speeches, either
written or printed, to permit counting
of senators present and not voting, to
disqualify senators interested in ma.
tlonal banks or national bank stocks
from voting on any bill affecting coin
age or currency, to provide for closing
debate on any bill or resolution by
same arrangement as now in opera
tion in the house of representatives.
The silver purchasing repeal bill
was taken up, and it was ascsrtained
that In some preliminary roll calls
there were " senators present, or only
IL less than the whole number. 1t
was perhaps that fact which stimu-
lated senator Voorhees, to declare at
the close of the days session that af-
ter the remarkable speech az ainst the
bill by Senator Jones New that in
the language of John Paul Jones the
friends of the bill chad only
begun to fight" Preliminary
to opening of the session the
"silver senator's" had the cham.
Der to themselves exclusively.
Senator Morgan regained possession
of his own desk, which had been for
the two days past usurped by senator
Stewart. 1t was noticeable that Senator
Morgan was st one time in earn.
est conversation with Senators Kyle
and Allen, who had come to
consult him on some subject. At az
other time with Senators Dubois and
Teller and still later with Senator
PETER.
During the time occupied by the
reading of the journal the seats on
both sides of the chamber were gener-
ally filled up, although IL senators
only listened to the chaplain's prayer.
The resolution offered Ivy Senator
Dolph yesterday referring to priv.
iliges and elections, the question Of
whether absent senators may be COM
PEELED to attend, was presented and
agreed to.
The silver purchase repeal bill was
taken up at 12:45 o'clock AM the vice
president set about disentangling the
parliamentary twist into which the
Senate got itself last night over the
question of whether Senator Dubois
should be excused from voting on the
question of allowing Senator PETER to
have q document read at the clerks
desk. By a vote of 20 to 81 the senate
refused to excuse Senator Dubois.
The name of the Idaho senator was
then called, Senator Dubois remained
in his seat silent.
Then there was no roll call because
no quorum voted and no less than ~
responded, 20 more than a quorum,
and by far the largest number that
appeared On the roll call during the
session. Then after some more par
liamentary pitfalls Senator PETER
yielded the floor to Senator Jones,
New, and he addressed the senate
against the bill.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.-At no time
during the day were there more than
a hundred members present In the
house and the discussion of the Dill
for suspension for six months OF the
provisions of the Geary Chinese ex,
clusion bill was rather dreary and
uninteresting. 1t was participated in
by Messrs. Mcguire, Cultivate
Everett, Herman, Sibley, Mahon
Williams and Heburn. Without dis
posing Of the bill the house at O'CLOCK
adjourned.