The Lamar register., 1893-09-23
SILVER SENATOR'S ARE TALKING.
FACTS. ARGUMENTS. REASONS.
No Danger that the Repeal Riii WIN he.
come . Law for = While Yet
House Preparing for
Businesa-
Ihirfx-thlrd Day.

senators are Interested in national banks Was
then taken up, and that gentleman spoke In
support of It's adoption. Mr.. Allen Nfopc-
list Nebraska) favored the adoption of the
resolution. He said there were hundreds of
thousands, II not millions, of people In the
country who believed that much OF the leEis-
lation OF Congress wa. Influenced by the per
soual interests Of senators and members. II
they were mistaken IL was due to senators and
members that the people be enlightened on
the subject No action was taken
The repeal bill came up, and Mr. voorhees,
In order to elicit expression, asked that ono
week from to-day the general debate close
with the understanding that amendments
then be discussed under the ave minute rulc
until Saturday AT O'Clock, when vote
should be taken Mr.. Dubois OF ldaho 90
jectcd, and asked Mr.. Noorhee. II there a.
a likelihood OF the repeal bill being supple
rnented by other silver Legislation, Mt Noor-
hees replied that there certainly would be
Mr. Dubois said that burnt children dread
the hrc- Was there any Senator who could
say that the present executive wnull siEn
bill favoriug silver. He had not heard u
stated The senators from the .llrer states
did not propose TO repeal the sherman act
know tag that for thrce md half years Al
least no relief could be secured.
Mr. Shuup Cldahol thea addressed the
Senate In opposition TO the bin
Mr Shoup had spoken bat a few minutes
when Mr. Stewart called attention to the ab-
seuce OF quorum. The roll being called,
% senators respohdrai anu Mts SAoHF N'N-
cluded his remarks.
Mr.. Dolph Republican, Oregon, who fol
lowed Mr.. Shoup did not believe that with
free coinage at 10 10 l, or ~ TO I, or ans
other ratio, the concurrent circulation Of
gold and silver could be secured The
{ Mite! States was confronted by a condition
20 which Il must submit
Mr. IsNef said that he would reply 20 Mr.,
Dolph sone tinc In the future
On motion Of Mr.. VOORHEES, the Senate
aEiHs
wards adjourned.
Horsr-After being Idle the uouse got
down TO work to-day. The whole day Wa oc-
cupied II considering the bill providing for
the printing and distributing OF public dccu-
meuts. Oue hour and forty minutes -ss
Consumed Il deals with the entire question
Of the priating and distribution of public
documents aud substitutes for The old plan
system proposed By loint committee of the
House and Senate at the last session II aims
al economy by the appointment Of = bureau
through which all documents shall be cent
out. thus reducing largely the number OF en-
ployes by concentration, and prrvcuts rrtcn-
sive duplication that nos results fro1i the eS-
lsience OF the many different sources frum
which public documents arc distributed The
bill vas not finally disposed Of
Thirty-foarth Day.
sENATE-When the Senate met Mr. FAulk-
ner democrat, Wesf Virginia. submitted an
amendment to the repeal bill which wss read
IL provides frst for the coinage Of ihe bul-
lion now In the treasury at u. coinage value
worth now sI5f, 90, coo, at the rate OF 8 0oo--
600 per month, and authorizes IN aldiiioa the
though thi. amount purchased Is not to be
coined until the bulliou noN In the treasury Is
coined, unless, 10 the opinion Of the secretary
of the treasury, the business demands OF The
country require H. After all the bullion nos
In the treasury IL coined. the amendment
provides that t3 600 600 Of silver shall be
purchased and coined every month until the
aggregate silver circulation OF the countrT
shall reach $50 ooO. 600. All silver dollars
thus coined and heretofore coined arc 10 be
legal tender.
When the routine morning business VS.
concluded, Mr. Stewart tSeyadA) moved TO
take up his resolution for committee 20 IN
vestigate whether senators were interested In
national banks
Mr. VOORHEES, counter motion TO proceed to
the consideration Of tho repeal bill "a. agreed
to on a viva voce vote, which was quite unAn-
lmous. and Mr. Stewart sat down
Mr. Daniel OF Virginia addressed the sea-
ate for four hours In opposiiiou 10 the repeal
OF the Sherman law. Mr.. Daniels address
vas a very brilliant effort and held the aiten-
tion Of The Senate and the people who crowded
the galleries. lie disproved the assertion
that the Sherman law was responsible for the
panic. The bankers were Interested In sec
ing the Sherman lAg repealed, 30 that new
bonds might be issued on which they eolld
bdsc currency lie went on 10 SNOW Tue IN
terest which England had In destroying Ill
yer money, quoting In that connection Mr..
Gladstone's speech the subject The
Norsemen who invaded England many cen
turtles ago had sailed under the Raven Sag
and bad boAsied that they were "the rayagers
of the World The present financial condi-
tion showed that the breed of the ''rAyagers
of the world WAS not extinct and that the
Raven flag was still flying. There we're
certain chal aeteristic. of the English people
that made them the economic foes OF the
people of the United States. Great Britain
was creditor nation. The United States
was debtor nation. IL was TO the interest Of
Great BpitAin to make silver low and to
make gold dear. The annual product of gold
for the United States was about one-half OF
its silver product, while the gold product of
Australia was about twice its silver product,
and England was striking at silver Ia order TO
crush out the silver interests OF the United
States and build up the gold interests OF Aus
tralia-
HousE-The Democrats being prepared to
Introduce bill TO repeal the laws providing
for federal supervisors Of elections, the Re-
publicans, led by Mr.. Burrows, began the
fight to-day to prevent such action. They
refused to vote on all motions, but the Demo
crats finally adopted resolution revoking all
leaves of absence and ordering members back
to the House, that the Democratic majority
nav be strong enough to cope with the Re-
publican minority. No other business was
done
1hirty-1nh Day.
SESATE.-Mr. Cullom presented petition
tected from detectives who ''yisit the homes of
pensioners, and. with the basest hypocrisy
and fawniug deception. seek to find some
clew to furnish the pension office to deprive