Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-08-31
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

dSnluStOn, August s5,--IaScO OF Flof-
Ida gave notice of a substitute to Vests
minority bill, for silver coinage at 20 to |.
A motion to refer PETERS resolution as to
violation OF law by national banks in de-
Ginning to pay depositors checks in cur
rency to committee on finance was, after
lengthy discussion, defeated and the bill
was placed on the calendar. Hill broke
away from his colleagues aud favored the
cause of PETER. Hoar called up national
bank bill and argued against Buffers
amendment repeating the 10 per cent tax
on state banks. Case of Lee Mantil sem
ator Fl ON Montana, was taken up and he
was declared not entitled to his seat.
HOUSE
Cannon of illinois, denied that the Sher-
man law was responsible for the bad con
dition of finances. He favored utilizing all
the silver in the treasury at its commercial
value. Silver had been was now and al
ways would be one of the money metals of
the world The debate was, as usual,
rather monotonous
SENATE,
Washington, August - PETER spoke at
length against repeal. He favored free
and unlimited coinage of silver at III to
that or nothing. Allen argued for his
amendment to the Voorhees, bill for coinage
OF silver bullion now owned by the govern
ment. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
The five minute debate on the Wilson bill
began this morning and a score of members
took part in the debate
SENATE.
Washington, August .5.~-The chief in
terest conferred in the speech of Htl of New
York He declared himself a himetallist
and opposed to a single standard of any
kind. He was willing to repeal the Sher-
man law now and legislate on silver
afterwards. He was folio we'd by Stewart,
who declared the bill of the inance com
mittee would practically demonetize liver.
Joint resolution extending to Cheiok
outlet the provisions of the act Of May II,
1880, in regard to tow lship entries, passed,
Executive session. Adjourned
HOUSE
In the house the five minute debate was
continued. Springer spoke for repeal.
Dolliver assigned the existing panic TO dis
trust in the industrial minds that under
democratic rule an industrial revolution
was at hand.
Washington August g6 Two great
speeches were made IN the house today,
one by Thomas Reed and the ether by
Bourke Cochran Cochran paid Reed the
compliment of saying his was the greatest
speech he had ever heard. and the auditors
say Cochran made the speech of his life.
Reed favored repeal, whether just or not.
1t would not cause an immediate revival of
prosperity, but as the law is believed to be
the cause of the panic it would probably
stop the boarding of money. Only by re-
i peal could the nation hope to attract for
eign capital. Cochran favored repeal, say
ing the trouble was not due TO the lack of
money, but the lack of redundancy He
claimed to stand on the democratic Flat
| form with both feet, and it was those who
differed with him that were try ing to push
him off.
~ SENATE.
| Washington, August - Bill allo wing
| banks to increase the circulation to par OF
bonds deposited was taken up, and Cock.
| rell's amendment was defeated Cockrel
! then offered amendment authorizing hold
ers of United States bonds to deposit and
| 10 receive in exchange legal tender notes
| equal to the face value of bonds, the bonds
| to be held in the treasury subject to re
| demption in the same amount of legal tan
| der notes, which are then to be DESTROYED !;
! no interest to be paid on the bonds while
they are held in the treasury but when
they are again withdrawn there must he
| paid not less than per cent per annum
| Lee Mantle case was taken up and he was
| declared dot entitled to "a seat in the senate !;
like action was taken in Allen case, from
! Washington. Bill repeating Sherman pur.
| chase clause was presented from house and
| at once referred TO committee on finance.
HOUSE.
After a little discussion ms to the mode
of procedure the Wilson bill for the repeal
| of the purchase clause of the Sherman act
| came up and the roll was called upon the
amendment providing for the free coinage
of silver at the ratio of 10 to | The vote
resulted as follows: Yeas, l2I; nays, 926.
| The II to amendment was defeated yeas,
100: nays 30 The IS to | amendment
was rejected-yeas, 1902; nays, 23J. The ~
to amendment was rejected yeas l05;
nays 231. The 20 to | amendment was
| rpiprtpI
The amendment to re-enact the Bland AL
lison act was defeated yeas, 236; nays,
! 2l3. All amendments being rejected, the
| repeal bill was read a third time and or.
dered engrossed, and the house then by "A
vote OF 239 to ITO passed the bill.
SENATE.
| Washington August 39--Noorhees re
| ported back from finance committee house
bill repeating part of Sherman act with
the bill heretofore reported from the senate
committee as n substitute. Resolution by
Stewart inquiring as to possible deficiency
in the revenues of current year was referred
to finance committee Dolph introduced a
bill appropriating sjOO.OOO to enforce pro
visions of Chinese exclusion act. Repeal
of silver purchase act was discussed by
Gordon and Teller. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Resolution to investigate the Ford s
theatre disaster was referred to committee
on rules. report OF committee on 1ules
precipitated discussion between Crisp
and Reed. Reed favored the rights of the
majority as maintained in the Fifty fiji st
congress as against filibusterers. Crisp de-
nounced what he termed the usurpation of
authority practiced in that congress. Reed
regretted the democrats had merely
adopted half of the rules of that congress,
but thought they were on the road to adopt
them all. Springer introduced bill for
the coinage of the seigniorage of silver in
the treasury. Referred