St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-06
THE BANKRUPTCY BILL.
Several Members of the House
Discuss 1t.


WASHINGTON, Dee. 5.-The second
day of the session of the house was dis
mally dull. Not a spark of interest
enliyened the proceedings. The only
thing of moment accomplished beyond
the passage of several small bills affect
ing land titles in the far West, was an
agreement TO close the general debate
on the bankruptcy bill tomorrow. This
materially advances the parliamentary
stage of the bill. As soon as general
debate closes the bill will be open to
amendment and debate undr the five
minute rule.
Col. Oates, in charge, is anxious to
bring the bill to vote, and with gem
eral debate at an end he expressed him
self as confident of succeeding before
the tariff or something else Of more
urgent importance side-tracks it.
A dozen executive documents were
laid before the house, and letter from
Gov. Altgeld, of Illinois, inviting the
members of the house to be present at
the unwilling of the monument to the
memory of Gen. James Shields tOmor-
row afternoon in Statuary hall, was
also read,sand the speaker ordered 1t to
lie oil the table. On motion OF Mr..
Richardson 10000 copies OF the presi-
dents message were ordered printed.
After some 70 1tine business Mr.. Nc
Rae, OF Arkansas, called up his bill to
confirm cash entries of offered lands in
Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas.
After some discussion the bill was
passed. Mr.. McRae then called up 8
bill to amend section 8 of the act forfeit
ing certain lands granted to aid
in the construction of railroads so as
to extend the time under which
persons in possession of these
forfeited lands may purchase the same
to Jan. l, 1897. The time under the
present law expires on the first Of the
coming year. Mr.. Fills, of Oregon,
the hard times had prevented settlers
on the Northern Pacific forfeited lands
from completing their payments, and if
the laws were not amended they would
lose their homes. The bill was passed.
Mr.. McRae also called up and had
passed joint resolution to confirm the
entries of lands in the Mile Lacs1ndian
reservation (Minnesota} during the
period between 1891 and Dec. y, 1892,
on which latter date the secretary of
the interior held that the Mile Laos
reservation was not subject to DISPOSE
sition under the general land law. The
object of the bill was to confirm the
entries made during that period in good
faith. 1t involved about 80. 900 acres.
The morning hour having expired,
Col. Oates called up the unfinished bus
mess, the bankruptcy bill.
Pending the motion to go into the
committee of the whole, Mr.. Oates
moved to limit the general debate to six
hours. This motion was carried, and
the house went into the committee of
the whole, with Mr.. Cultivate, of Ohio,
sfu the chair. Mr.. Bailey, of Texas, who
had controlled the time against the bill,
yielded to Mr.. Terry, of Arkansas, who
commended that the country was not
clamoring for this drastic measure. At
the conclusion of Mr.. Terry'S speech the
committee rose temporarily to permit
Mr.. Springer to offer resolution in re-
ply to Gov. Altgeld's letter relative to
the unwilling of the Shields statue,
which was laid before the house early
in the day. accepting it on behalf of
congress.
Resuming the debate on the bank
ruptcy bill, Mr.. Layton, of Ohio, advo-
Gated, and Mr.. BretZ, of Indiana, OPP
posed the measure. Mr.. Stoekdale. of
Mississippi, antagoniZed the bill. If
this bill were passed, Mr.. Stockdale de-
elared, it would demonstrate that con-
gress had no heart, no soul, no con.
science. Mr.. Stockdale spoke an hour
and half
Mr.. Boatner followed in support of
the measure. He said it was his duty
as member of the committee to defend
it from the assaults made upon it. The
time had come when the commercial
conditions of the country demanded a
uniform method of iquidating insolyent
estates so that creditors in any part of
the country could feel that they would,
in case of insolvency of their debtors.
receive their fair and equitable share of
the assets. At the conclusion of Mr..
Boatner's speech the house at Ass p.
m, adjourned,