Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-08-11
Congress.

Monday. The galleries, packed with spec
tators, showed the popular interest felt in
the event. In the House Clerk Kerr call
ed the members to order and read the Pres
idents proclamation. The roll call show
ed 33G members present. The next busi-
ness was the election of speaker. Mr..
Holman of Indiana nominated Mr.. Crisp
of Georgia for reelection. Thomas b.
Reed of Maine was the Republican candi-
date There was a general laugh when
Mr.. KEN of Nebraska, speaking for the
third party, presented the name of Jere-
miah Simpson of Kansas. When the vote
was taken Crisp had PA, Reed 122, Simp-
son I. The other officers elected were
James Kerr, clerk II. w. Snow, sergeant
alarms; A. b. HURT, doorkeeper; Lycur-
gus Dalton, postmaster and Samuel Had
away, chaplain.
The members-elect were then sworn in,
the seats were drawn, and the House ad-
journed. The only contest was from Mich
igan, Mr.. Burrows claiming that Chas. F.
Belknap, Republican, should be sworn in,
in place of Geo. F. Richardson, Democrat,
who was called as the member-elect.
The Senate also met at u o'clock, and
adjourned after session of only 30 min
utes.
The Presidents message was sent in
few minutes before o'clock Tuesday, and
its reading was attentively listened to in
both houses. Contrary to all expectation
the first skirmish over financial legislation
arose, not in the House, but in the usually
staid and prosaic Senate. AS soon as the
took up the Michigan contested election
case, while the Senate, before its own
members realized it, was engaged in a very
heated interchange of compliment" be-
tween the silver and anti-silver men. Mr..
Lodge of Massachusetts precipitated the
furry by offering resolution instructing
the finance committee to report immediate
ly bill for the repeal of the Sherman act,
and providing that vote should be reach
ed on Aug. %. This brought Senator
voorhees,, chairman of that committee, to
his feet with vehement objections, and the
excitement was increased when Senator
Hale offered a resolution that the Senate
meet at II A. NJ, and urged that this
would give more time every day for the
consideration of this important subjec:
and permit ample debate while fastening
the final vote. This revelation of the fact
that the New England senators meant to
stand with the ant-silver Democrats for
the repeal of the silver-purchase law was
too much for German of Maryland, and in
a hot, bull-headed way, he proceeded to
accuse the Republican minority of trying
to make political capital out of the finan-
cial situation. Mr.. Hale effectively an
swered that no taunt of that kind would
prevent Republican senators from uphold
ing the hands of patriotic senators on the
Democratic side at every stage of the con-
troversy for sound money and for relieving
the embarrassment of the country"
Senator Sherman of Ohio followed with
calm, deliberate, patriotic speech, in
which he said that, while there should be
time for the fullest discussion, the ques-
tion ought to come to an early determina-
tiOn. His speech calmed the perturbed
spirits of the Democratic senators in great
measure, but Teller, the silver advocate
from Colorado, was hot with wrath at the
| implied suggestion of a closure rule, and
after "hitting out" at the New England
hard-money men, he declared over and
over that there would be no vote on Aug
%, or in 30 or 60 days, and that no closure
would ever be added to the Senate rules
His intimation was plain, that, if necessa.
ry, the silverites would filibuster against
unconditional repeal of the Sherman law
During the session there were introduc
ed in the Senate resolutions for the repea
of the Sherman law, for the free coinage
of silver at the present ratio and at a new
and higher ratio, for the repeal of the ta2
on state bank issues; and for an income
tax.
No progress was made Wednesday, tn,
Democrats and silver men carrying an ad
journment of the Senate after a session
only 40 minutes long.
No progress was made yesterday, tn,
Senate adjourning until Monday and tn
House until today, without transacting an,
busin ess of importance.
Hon. f. j. Phelps of Burlington, one o
the American counsel before the Berin