The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-09-16
SENATORS ARE TALKING.
FACTS. ARGUMENTS, REASONS.
40 Danger that the Repeal Bill Will Re-
come . Law for = While Yet
House Preparing for
Business
Tuesday. September 9th.

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Tuesday, September 9th.
sES.TE-Amoug bills Introduced WAS one
BY Mr. PETER to appropriate s2SOOO,OOo for
u national scientific college. Mr.. Morgan
offered concurrent resolution creating
Joint select committee on finance, consisting
OF seven senators and seven representatives
This committee shall examine into the Imam
ciai and monetary condition of the govern
ment and the people OF the United States, with
a view OF revising the currency laws and re-
none ization of silver, Mr.. Aliens resolution
asking the secretary OF the treasury IL he
had redeemed any silver certificates In silver
was adopted.
Al the conclusion OF the morning business
Mr. PETER took the floor and concluded the
remarks commenced by him yesterday in sup
port of his free coinage amendment TO the re-
peal hill
lte va followed by Mr.. Stewart who reeltea
the events that led up to decentralization,
Mr. Sherman, he said, had introduced bill
prepared by clique in the treasury depart
ment, headed by John Jay Knox, professedly
10 revise and codify the mint laws, but which
In reality omitted the standard dollar from
the list Of coins After two days debate Thu
bill, which had beet reported by Mr.. sherman
from the finance rommittcH YVES passed, MT
sherman, he said, voting in the negative. Mr.
SHERMAN very wei hIt"s .ii-
before hi, name was reached in the calling of
the roll that the bill would pass by an over
whe,mnF riajotity The history OF the bill
In She house OF representatives was the same.
After 1t was developed that the bill demonctiz-
cd silver Mr.. Hooper OF Massachusetts,, in
charge OF the bill, affected to abandon IL.
Some DAYS afterwards In the absence of Re
preventative Potter of New York, who had
discovered the fact that the bill demonetiked
silver, Mr.. Hooper presented a substitute for
the bill, which he falsely claimed contained
none OF the Objectionable features OF the orig
inal bill. The substitute Was passed under
the erroneous belief produced by Mr. Hoop
crs statement, thPt the substitute was devoid
Of the Objectionable provisions of the original
bill. The substitute a. II came from the house
contained the sixteenth section provision for
a dollar Of 3st grains over profit.
Morgan moved that the Senate go Into exc
cutiye session and although the antl-silyer men
opposed the motion 1t carried by vote IS to
2s and the Senate afterwards adjourned.
Wednesday. sept. 9th.
SENATE Resolutions were reported from
the committee on privilege. and elections
granting g 800 each to John B, Allen, Wash
ington, Leo Mantle, Montana, and A. C.
Beckwlth, Wyoming, for their time and eI-
pensc in prosecuting their claims TO seats In
the Senate, The resolutions were referred
to the committee on contingent expenses.
MFR Voorhees, announced that he had de-
ciied not to ask the Senate to change the hour
of meeting to II O'Clock. Mr. voorhees,
stated that he would ask TO have Mr.. Nor
.an's resolution for q special committee TO
Investigate the financial copdition OF the
country referred TO the finance committee
Mr.. Morgan strongly opposed any such ac-
ton He made speech In which lie said
that he declined TO recognize Mr.. sherman
as the leader OF the Democracy. The repeal
- -. ~ e.
MIR Stewart resumed his address in opposition
to Il After few moments Mr.. Teller arose
and asked for call OF the Senate. Fifty-nine
senators appeared When the presence OF i
quorum was developed, Mr.. Teller temper
arily took .hc floor. He said that he diG not
suggest the absence Of quorum for the pur-
pose OF delaying the business Of the Senate,
but because he thought the question was
great enough 10 Justify them In insisting
that there be quorum present while the bus
ines OF the Senate was transacted. lie
wanted the supporters of the bill TO hear the
arguments Of the silver men. Mr. Stewart
then resumed the floor. He read
newspaper articles and authorities on matters
Of finance. and when his voice slightly failed
OF Oregon and the reading clerk were called
10 his assistance. The Senate adjourned be-
fore he bad finished.
HOUSE, The House completed the consid-
Grafton OF the rules to-day, and they were
WAN bH4N wv aAhpoi shehhN'
from ,heform in which they came from the
comnittec, The first change placed the Com
mittrc- on Banking and Currency and Coin
age. Weights and Measures on the same foot
ing with the Ways and Means and Appropria-
lions committees, clothing them with power
TO report at any time. The second restores
the Size Of the quorum In the committee OF
the whole to the old number, majority OF
the House The Rules committee made a
complete surrender on the latter proposition,
and General Catchings' announcement this
morning of the fact that the committee had
decided to retreat from its position In favor
of reducing the -iZr OF the quorum TO 100
member, gave rise to the most entertaining
debate OF the day. II was participated 10 by
the leaders on both sidc.. The Republicans
led by Mr.. Reed urged the proprtety OF adopt
ing the rules OF the Fifty-frs Congress, but
the Democrats denounced these rules ar
bitrary and voted them down by q vote 65 to
las. The House then adjourned until satur-
day
Thursday, sept. eth.
sESArI-When the Senate convened this
morning, Mr. Wolcott (Republlcan, Colorado
presented petition, which he said was signed
by every business man of Durango, Colorado,
praying for the repeal OF the Mckinley law.
He said the petition was on the blank form
sent out by the banks for the repeal of the
Sherman purchasing law. He said In this case
the petitioners had erased purchasing clause
OF the sherman actn and instead the Nc
kinney bill.m This statement caused laugh
ter among Republicans.
Mr. Wolcott also submitted resolution
directing the secretary of the treasury 10 in
form the Senate what has been paid MS boun-
ties on maple sugar under the law of October
IA, 1890, since the passage of the act, showing
the states ih which the payments have been
made. Adopted.
The repeal bill was taken up and Mr. Stew
w. alt hal of Inv,
who addressed the Senate. He favored the
passage OF the repeal bill II the declarations
of policy contained in the bill were embodied
In the form of binding act. He wanted sill
yer restored to the position 1t occupied before
the act of 1873 was passed. Mr.. Stew
art resumed, and read articles from
the New York papers which he criticised.
Referring to President Cleveland, Mr..
Stewart said 1t was a sad thing for the Ameri-
can people that in his carly life and ripper
manhood, he had not been surrounded, ~
Andrew jackson had been, by the producing
classes, by the laboringmen and the farmers
that he might sympathze with them. Mr.
Cleveland was reared In the city ibis office was
in the Nils building New FORK, the very center
in the United States, of European influence He
sympaihized with his surroundings, and hi.
surroundings were unfortunate for the
American people. Mr.. Cleveland's organs
said Mr.. Stewart, constantly praised him for
the use of federal patronage to secure the de
struction of all legislation that pointed &c
silver.
Mr.. Stewart said there were several othe,
branches of the subject Of which he would
treat hereafter 0aughter), but that he would
now close for the present. As a matter oi
fact Mr.. Stewart has in his desk six more
speeches, which Will consume at least two
days each, and he Ia ready, whenever the
.lull' about which Mr.. Voorhees, spoke the
other day comes, TO jump into the breech. Dur
ingthc day the roll WAS called several times.