Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-01-18

OF discussion ct tn
a i capital are tn
i Wilson tariff bill
@ and the propose'
@WT~ bond issue. TIL
EAihiN~ free silver peopl
EMIyIyA are decldedl,
~ against any issue o
mnnI bonds, taking tn,
lllkE.M.l position that al
@ = that is needed is
okplentiful coinage o
VWhUI~t the white meta
.z3.and its use a
S6-@ww money. Tho Texa
N@D.ERrde delegation will b
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Millin, Of Tennessee, believes . meas
IRE should at nee BE- passed provid
ing for the use OF the eeignior
age Of the silver bullion. Thi,
would afford temporary relief, h,
thinks, and possibly obviate the neces
sity Of issuing bonds. It has been as
serted that until the silver bullion nov
In the treasury Is coined there can b.
no scigniorage, but the men who favoI
Its use argue that when 1t is known
the bullion will coin fifty million dol
lars more than wal paid for it there
can be no reason for hesitating abou,
It. They do NOT believe il necessary Il
coin the se~igniorage, but that certifi
Gates may be issued against 1t.
Tho Wilson BILL.
As to the Wilson tariff bill, the gen
eral opinion Is that IL will pull through
In some shape or other. Representa-
tive Tarnsey, q member OF the Ways
and Means Committee. who has JUS,
returned from his home in Missouri
avs he found no n among his con
~stituents dissatisfied with the tariff
bill. Repl e%sentative Hayes, OF Iowa
says the bill will become a law in time
and that all differences about it will be
adjusted within tho party, 81
that there will be no fata'
break v 1t. Representative Ste
vens, OF Massachusetts, who is q
member Of the Ways and Means Com.
mittee, and an extensive wooden manr,
House unchanged, and that whatever
changes are made before the measure
becomes q law will be made in the Sen
ate. Representative Cousins OF Iowa,
on the other hand, viewing the situa'
tion from q Republican standpoint, says
that ii all the Democratic members oil
the House that he has heard express
themselv 8 against the bill actually
vo.e as they talk now, the bill will ce-
tainly be leaten in the House. to say
nothing Of the Senate, where itt
chances are at least doubtful. How.
ever, he says, i is pretty hard to get q
Dem crat to kick out Of the party
traces, 80 you cannot just figure on re-
suits when Democratic D%clting becomes
an essential element in the calculation,
Routine Proceeding.
Since the rcassembling of Congress after
tho holidays but little has been done. Ftli-
clustering OF the Hawaiian matter and thg
Wilson tariff bill has been the rule In bott
houses 1t has been almost impossible Il
accomplish anything more thar the con r-
nation II appointments. The Indications
now are that the leaders OF both parties
In both Senate and House. will unite with
the presiding onhcers In action. which will
compel tho transaction OF business In
q event, exhaustive debates arc certain
to onsue upon both questions mentioned
above. and also the matter Of bonds
In the Senate Monday Senator Hoar's
resolution Of inquiry into Mr.. Rluunt'.
compensation was referred after q hot dis
cussion. Among h nominations sent Il
the Senate was that OF J. NJ. h Sill. OF
Michigan. 70 be Minister nnd Consul Gen
eral to COren An adverse report on the
nomination OF HI rnblower for the SUPREME
bench was agreed to by the Senate Com
mittec The tariff bill was taken up In
the house. the Democrats having mustered
. quorum. Nh. Wilson made a speech In
Its favor. CHICAGO members OF Congress
agreed to push the McGann bill for the
construction OF u new public building al
Chicago. Secretary Carlisle urged on the
Ways and Means Committee the necessity
Of . a to supply the Treasury = needs.
Debate on the tariff bill was continued ia
the House on TuesGa y. congressman Will
son. Burrows and Black ware among the
sreakre& The Federal elections bill was
taken up In the Senate 1t will soon be-
come unfinished business and will be
pushed to = vote
In the House. Wednesday. MIR. Boutelle
rep }. Of Maine, again precipitated a
heated discussion in regard 20 his Hl-
waiiAn resolution. Then Mr. Hopkins(Rep J.
OF Illinois. took the floor to conclude his
speech on the tarif bill begun Thursday.
Mr. Cummings (Dem.). Of New York,
from the Naval Committee, reported the
Boutelle resolution calm, Oh the secre-
txry of the Navy for. information on
Hawaiian matters and as to his
authority for defeating to Commits
Si0ne Blount control OF the United
States naval forces. The resolution
WAS reported back with IN amendment
asking for in Information In the Navy De-
partment from March I, 1892. instead OF
iva Mr.. Cummings asked for its
immediate consideration. As this re-
CURED unanimous consent. Mr.. Dock
cry (Democrat). OF Missouri. OBJ
jected. Mr.. Cummings then asked that the
resolution lie on the Speakers table with
out losing its privileges. and this was or
dered Debate on the tariff was continued.
Congressman Tom l. Johnson character
tied the bill rs . protection measure.
In the Senate u resolution by Eenator
PETER as to the inadequacy Of the
force In the Office OF tho Supervising
architect OF the treasury to rrernre
for new public buildings
was laid before the Senate In the morning
and was the subject OF a discussion.
In speaking on the FRYE resolution re-
claring against interference in Hawaiian
affairs. Senator Davis condemned Biount's
course.
Hawaii was debated In the Senate Tus--
day. Mr.. Turpie denounced ex- Minister
Stevens and Mr.. Davis the flag incident.
Speeches in the House upon the tariff bill
wore limited to one hour Many members
took part In the debate