Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-19
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
The Senate.

The Senate.
WASHINGTON, May t0.--A bill TO repeal
The act of July J. 1909. Ito regulate the
use of the capitol grounds" the law UNI
Ter which Coxey and his subordinates
we're recently arrested, tried ana cons
yicted, was introduced by Mr.: Alien,
pop, Nebraska, aud referred TO the judi
siary committee.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. PETER,
pop, Kansas, and went over till tomor.
row, providing for q select committee OF
three to consider the political condition OF
the country with special References to tho
prevailing business depression and the
large number of unemployed people,
and to report what legislation IL
necessary to afford relief. The Allen
Coxey resolution was laid before
the senate and Mr.. Gordon, dem, Geor-
Via, spoke upon It, He looked upon tho
Coxey movement, he said, from southern
standpoint. The remedies he suggested
for the present condition OF things were
two: /, to decentralize the general gov
ernment as much as possible and empower
the states to deal with IL, and :, TO decen-
traIze the currency; repeal the I'D per
cent tax on state banks and enable the
states to have currency by their own oiti-
Zcns.
Mr.. Teller reviewed briefly the occur
rences Mt the time OF Coxey's arrest and
spoke OF the action Of the police as most
disgrace ui--peaceable citizens having
been. he said, beaten over the head and
treated in a most brutal and outrageous
manner If the police, he added. had be-
snS saSed aeSsasv %ias ie s'" asorSh
army did, there would have been no
trouble at nll. 1t would not do, Mr.. Teller
said, 10 call Coxey crank when his
scheme was simply absurd, as great
nany other schemes were that were put
forth. Ii was not wicked scheme. lie
(Mr Teller had heard propositions In the
senate that we're not as sensible rs
Coxey's He had heard the senator from
Ohio (Mr. Sherman) advocate meas
ures on the floor OF the senate
which from his (Mr. Teller's)
standpoint were infinitely more objection
able, infinitely more injurious 10 the coun-
try--if they had been carried out--and In
tinitely more indcfensibie than Coxey's
scheme. That scheme would not bring %
the country the hundredth part OF the
distress some Legislation would, alluding
to the silver dcmonitizing act
Mr.. Stewart, pop, Nevada, spoke In
support OF the resolution and disclaimed
against the police and the police court for
what he called their exhibition OF petty
tyranny"
Mr.. FRYE, rep, Maine, broke In with a
"emark that while while manv senator's
might feel inclined TO vote for the resoiu-
tion, a speech such as Mr.. Stewart was
making would make ii very hard work foi
them to do so.
There was burst OF applause from the
crowded galleries when Mr.. Hoar, rep,
Massachusetts,, declared passionately
that he sympathzca with the public dis
tress great deal more than did
the senator's who sought TO make
use of 1t as an instrument for their
own political purposes or their own
political am bition. The true way 70 rem"
sdy the trouble was, he added, for con-
gress to legislate deliberately, but the
one thing which congress would not 40
was to lay down Its constitutional func-
tions and be clumored out of Its charac-
Ter as American legislators by
any mob spirit, whether Ii found
is utterances from n Coxey crank or
rom the threat of the senator from Ne
gada, pointing directly at Senator stew
art, who had just spoken.
The resolution went over without ac-
tion and now goes to the calendar. The
tariff bill was taken up at p. m.
WASHINGTON, May li.-After a great
deal OF unimportant morning business in
the senate resolution was offered by Mr..
PETER, pop, Kansas, for IA joint select
committee 10 investigate all the facts and
circumstances connected with the alleged
manufacture and delivery of defective and
inferior armor plates under contract by
Hnu through Oarnegis ana OtncrS, anu III
went over till tomorrow.
A resolution for daily meetings OF the
senate at I'D a M, was offered by Mr..
Harris, dem, Tennessee, and went over
till tomorrow.
Mr.. Allen, pop Nebraska, asked unani-
nous consent for the consideration OF his
Coxey resolution but objection was made
by Mr.. Hawiey, rep, Connecticut.
The resolution heretofore offered by
Mr. PETER, pop, Kansas. for n select com
mitiee IN the present condition OF the
courtr. with special reference to
the prevailing business depression aud the
large mum ber OF unemployed people, and
rs to the legislation necessary to afford
relief was laid before the senate and was,
after brief remarks by Mr. PETER. re-
ferred TO the committee cn rules.
Mr.. Harris, dem, Tennessee, moved az
~ o'clock To proceed to the consideration
Of the tarif bill and IL was taken up, the
pending question being on amendments
offered yesterday to the item OF boracic
acid In the chemical schedule on the first
page OF the bill There was no aliusion
TO the question Of boraclc acid in the
speech which Mr.. Stewart, pop, Nevada,
proceeded to make. or in Mr.. Doiph's,
rep, reply TO IL, both speeches being on
the de.ionetization of silver, to which Mr..
Stewart ascribed the business depression.
while Mr. Dolph took the contrary view
NAShiNuioN, Mo- i-'--At tooh thc SCH
lte considerable time to get u quorum
together this morning. After the
ransaction OF some routine bust
ness the tariff bill was taken up
1t ~ the pending question being
10 amend the item 'tannic acid or tan
ain" to rs cents instead of 35 cents per
pound Mr.. Jones, dem, Arkansas. who
nad offered the amendment, modified it
oy making the rate 20 cents.
At 1880 o'clock, during the course OF the
debate on the tariff bill. Mr.. Hale, rep,
Maine, made a brief speech in which he
made distinct and unmistakable threat
20 the majority, warning them that no
parliamentary trick could prevail in Sc
curing the passage OF any bill
iproaching the Wilson bill
complexion He said he
vas glad to see the concessions made, but
,e warned the democrats that If they
rave these concessions simply to get the
pill through the senate and then in con-
erence attempted to take them all away,
he minority would find way to prevent
the passage of the measure.
BY vote OF yeas 33. nays II, the duty
N tannic acid was fixed at 90 cents y