The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-08-19
>D0fNGS OF CONGRESS.

WAsHGNGToN, y. c., Aug. IO.-The
thaplaln's opening prayer Yesterday
. morning was a eulogy on the late SEN
ator Stanford. The journal of yes
tefday having been read the
House Joint resolution for the
payment of seasonal employees OF
the House and Senate was laid before
the Senate and ii was referred to the
committee on appropriations Nr.
Gorman then moved that the Senate
adjourn, and Mr. Platt, of Connecticut,
demanded the yeas and navs on that
motion. The vote resulted: Yeas. IS;
nays, 2l; and the Senate at 1920 ad-
lOurned until tomorrow at noon.
lhe negative votes We're all given bv
Republicans-Mr. PETER Pop. of Kan
sas, voting with them, and Mr. KYLE
lfop( of South Dakota, voting with
the Democrats. The Democrats all
voted for adjournment and were Joined
IN that vote by the following named Re
pubCans Messrs. Dubois, of Idaho:
Jones, of Nevada; Perkins. of California
Power, Of Montana; Shoup, of Idaho;
Stewart, of Nevada; Teller and Wolcott,
of Colorado.
There was no session Of the House.
caucus was held bv friends of silver
Of both parties, the following rcsolu-
tons being adopted:
ReEo'rcd, That we will support hill re
peallng the purchasing clause Of the Shcr-
man act and cUncurreutly providing for the
free and unlimited coinage of silver with
full legal tender quality on such a rao as
VIII provide and mail ain the parity be
tween gold and silver. BE ii further
ReSOircd, That committee Of seven be
appointed by the chairman of this confer
cnce to draft and introduce such bill and
take proper steps To secure the full and free
discussion and consideration thereof and a
vote OF the House upon the bill and all
proper amendments.
W WAsHINGToN, y. C., Aug. l0.-Brief
sessions of House and Senate were held
to-day. No action was taken by either
body, the Senate adiOurnimg until Mon
day and the House until tu-mor-
row. Several conferences were held
by the Democratic caucus Of the Senate
and the friends of free silver. Wilson,
OF West Virginia, was selected to frame
the administration silver bill. Bland,
OF Missouri, has free coinage measure
prepared.
WASHINGToN, d. G., Aug. 1.-THE
silver and anti-siIVcr men in the
House have locked horns. Representa-
tive Wilson, of West Virginia. pre-
sented bill to-day for the repeal ofthe
silver purchase clause of the Sherman
act. Mr.. Bland, the apostle of free sill
yer, followed with a bill for free
coinage, introduced as substitute
for the repeal bil! Representative
Bland also offered the agreement made
tins morning governing the course
of debate. 1t limits debate to four
teen days, sessions continuing from
II \. NJ. to , p. NJ, and with night SCs-
sions for dcb2tc only if desired; the
vote first to be taken on the bill present
ed as substitute for the Wilson bill.
providing for free coinage at the ratio
of l6 to |. If that fail, then at
ratios running from l. To | up 10 20 to
II they all fail. then on the revival of
on the original measure.
Mr.. Bland demanded the previous
question on his order, but this was an
tagonized by the Republicans under the
leadership of Mr.. Cannon, who wanted
time to debate the question. Under
the ruling OF the Speaker, in the alb
scnCc of rules or agreement, ordering
the previous question would cut Oft
debate. BY the operation of voting
bv tellerS Mr.. Cannon secured
sufficient support to secure q vote by
yeas and uayS: and at l2:3) the calling
of the roll hegain The vote resulted:
Yeas. 2l7: nayS, 100. So the previous
question was ordered. The Republic
ans generally voted with the Demo
Gratis in support of the motion. The
resolution was then adopted
At five minutes after o'clock Mr..
Ravncr Dem l, of Maryland, began the
debate in support of the Wilson bill for
the unconditional repeal of the silver
purchase clause.