The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-09-14
EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS
rwRNry.styru nay.

| who took lrpS tive ground against the re-
peal OF the sherman act until silver wa
! remonetized. The vote OF the Senate. x
yeas 10 p nays TO prc coed 10 the considera
iion Of executive business this afternoon.
| was the iirst set bsrk tue iepeal men hav,
thus far sustained in the senate. After 8
short executive ses ion the Senate adjourn
| ed.
Housr-NOi in scs.ion.
TWENTY SEVENTH DAY.
| SrNATr--1he first two hours were occu
| pied by Mr.. Morgan Democrat, ofAlabamp
| In advocacy Of his resolution to provide ioi
| y joint select committee OF finance and
! which he avowei was inttuded to superse
the Finance ommitiee q both the Senate
| and House. The repeal bill WAS taken up
| by vote of 81 to u an Mr. MotRan's res.
oution went To the calendar. from which 1t
can only be taken on motion aud by
! majority vote The remainder OF the da >
was consume by Mr.. stewart Republican
OF Nevada IN n continuation of the spe ech
| on which be had spent three hours OF YES.
| ierdav's session. After q short executive
| session the Senate adjourned
! HousE-rhe House to-day adopted the
code OF rules which will govern 1t during
the Fifty.ihird Congress. subject to the
decision OF the Committee on Rules, which
| under the rules has almost absolute pOwii
| To direct the business Of the body. The
| rules vary but little from those that con
| trolled the ri tv-second Congress. When
| first reported they contained one rad cal
! change aud re-enac,ed the clause which per.
! mits u members to constitute n quorum
! it, Committee OF the Whole. This clause
! was borrowed from the rules OF the Fifty
/ first Congress and although every member
! of the Committee on Rules was in favor OF
| ti,vet tha pressure brough, :linst il Oh the
/ democratic side proved too powerful and
| the clause was stricken out
After the adoption ofthe rules Speaker
| Crisp announced that 1t would be In order
for mem bers to send bi Is and resolutions
! to the Speaker desk Tor printing and refer
eDce, and petitions 10 the box Tor Ieterenc,
only. Immediately every page on the floor
was converted into messenger aud loadeo
with bills. The nunaction Of the varion,
committees indicates that there Is TO be nc
| general legislation until the Senate acts OF
the silver repeal bill The program Is thai
nothing shall be permitted TO get Ia the way
| Of the measure. ON oiion Of Mr.. Wilson
Democrat Of West Nrkinia. the Committee
on Ways and Means. was granted leaves tc
sit during the sessions uf the House The
House then adjourned until Saturday.
TWENTY EIGHTH DAY.
SESATE-ln the senate to-day Mr.. White
Of California, offered afesolutiOn calling foi
information regarding expenditures under
the Chinese exclusion act and whether any
additional APPROPRIATION il necessary. which
was agreed -. Mr. VOORHEES, moved to take
up the She man act rcneal bill, which was
agreed TO and Mr. stewart. Uf Nevada, gave
way To- MIR Wa.thall Democrat OF Missis.
Sppi, who addressed the senate, his speech
being in favor of bimetullism. At the
conclusion Of Mr. WHthalis speech Mr.
Stewart again took the fopr and proceeded
with the third insiaimeut Of his speech be.
gun Tuesday. At II Mr.. Stewart closed
his speech. The senate then proceeded 10
executive business and at T.. M. adjourn.
ed
The dreary. dlstory debate in the Senate
Is lacking IN all interest except as it shows
the policy OF delay. The House by its ad.
lonrnment few days ngO has shown prac-
tlcally that nothing will be taken up until
the senate acts on the repeal. There Is
rumor. however. that bill TO repeal the
Federal election laws will be called up in
the House next week lfit is discussed its
confederation will be in the nature of
safety valve. IL order to allow PAT.
tisanship tot front once more. Partisan
ship received ! sad blow in the repeal light.
HousE-No. in session
1wENfy.riSrH nay.
SENATE -lu the senate today the repeal
bill s-1s tsken up and Mr.. Faulkner tDem
sio"tt Nifgnit. announced his intentlL
10 W u for repeal. but expressed his ~4elief
in silver as IA money metal. aud declared his
inte;ltion Of Offering AL amendment To the
present bill providing Tor the coinage Of
s3. 600. 900 OF silver per m nth until the
aggregate circulation ofsiiver Of the country
shall reach $500 600, 900. Senator Faulkner
was followed by Senator Turpie Dem J, of
Indiana, who said he favored b.metalIism
Senator Jones tDen) OF Arkansas. followed
in n strong speech opposing the repeal bill.
At $3.50 o clock Mr. VOORHEES, rose He said
he would not ask an unreasonable session.
but he thought 3.3O an unreasonable hour
Ia adjourn. II there we're no senators who
desired TO speak he would have 10 ask vote.
Mr. Hae (Repl OF Maine, made some
sarcastic rem irks and Mr.. Voorhees, replied
10 them. and the gentlemen INDUCED in "A
nice little wordv SCRAP. into which several
other senators were drawn. After "a short
executive session the senate adjourned,
HoUsE.-Sot In session
TnIHtIErH PAY.
SESATE-The silver debate wos continued
without any definite action until adjourn
ment
HoUsF-The session Of the house today
lasted but brief halt hour.and no business
oflmportanCe was transacted when the
House adjourned until Monday.
THIRTY FIRsr DAY.
SENATT.-Ihe bill for the repeal of the
purchasing clause OF the Sherman law was
taken up and Mr. Pugh. Democrat, of Ala
bama, minority member Ot the Finance
Committee. made two and half hours
speech against il. declaring that II was the
determined and unaiierab purpose of the
opponents OF reptal To oppose II until their
physica, strength was exhausted and their
power OF speech gone. The remainder of
the session was OcCup ed in "A continuation
Of MI Teller 1eech against the bill,
HoUSE-The session OF the House TODAY
was brief aud uuimportnn, The colored
representative from South Carolina, Mr..
Murray, attempted to get consideration for
JOINT resolution appfoprintng 800 600 for
ne relief OF the cyclone sufferers in the
5 utr, but Mr. kllgoTe. OF Trxa-, ,obje tinI,
! ,ae rpsolt ton waS ItleG:ed. In his prayer
/ the chap ain prayed for the child which
- { gIaddencd the Nation and the hear OF
| the Chiel Magistrate OF the country"