Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-04-05
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
EIshty-ElEhth Day.

mains Of senator Colquitt drcw to the Senate
chamber to-day very distinguished com.
pany. Senate Chaplain Milburn conducted
the cercmonies and was rs as;isted listed BY Chaplain
peculiarly impressive In bis rendering Of the
service for the dead. In his address he
dwelt particularly on the virtues Of the home
life Of the distinguished senator, rather than
on his political achievements.
No business was transacted by the Senate.
HousE.-There was another day without
progress over the O'Neill-Joy contested elec-
tion case in the House, owing TO the lack of
quorum OF Democratic members, and Mt tho
close of the proceedings II was rs far from
completed MS when 1t first began. Roll
calls followed each other In rapid succession,
but while there was known to be 26O members
on the floor, the nearest tho Democrats came
to quorum was 172-seven less than n quo
rum.
Eighty-Ninth Day.
sESArE.-Mr Dolph introduced a joint
resolution declaring that the treaty between
the United States and Great Britain regard
ing the construction Of n ship canal in Nicar-
aqua, commonly known as the Clayton-Bul-
wer treaty, Is no longer in force.
Mr.. PETER of Kansas offered n resolution
directing the finance committee to prepare
bill for the repeal OF all laws authorizing the
secretary Of the treasury TO issue bonds or
other interest-bearing obligations without
specific authority of Congress. 1t was tenn
porarily Ibid on the table.
The resolution offered several days ago d.
recting the committee on judiciary to inquire
whether the existing statutes are sufficient 10
punish timulation OF silver coins OF like
metal, weight and tineness was laid before
the Senate by the Vice president, and after a
short discussion, was agreed to.
HoUsE.-After come routine business Mr..
Outhw aite, from the committee on rules, re-
ported rule limiting the debate to two hours
on the election cases, the final vote to be then
taken. The Democrats managed TO muster q
quorum on the adoption OF this rule. The re-
port OF the committee was discussed for two
hours, but as some OF the Democrats had
gone home a quorum could not be secured
and the matter was not settled.
Nint!eth Day.
SRNATR.-rhe House joint resolution ap-
propriating $4,000 additional to carry out
the provlsIons.of the Chinese exclusion act
was passed.
At o'clock the McGsrrahan bill was
passed without division. II refers the claims
Of William McGarrahan to the ranch of Pan
ocho Grandc, to the Court OF Private Land
secretary of the interior who shall issue u
patent to McGarrahan IL this decision shall
be In his favor.
HousE-Thc Joy-O'Neill contested cleo
tion case came up and the fight began. A
quorum did not vote. An order revoking
cussion followed between Crisp and Reed on
the propriety OF counting quorum. Party
spirit ran high when the vote was taken.
Telers were demanded but the Republicans
refused to serve. Speaker Crisp took the
bull by the horns and ordered the count with
only one teller, a Democrat. The Republi-
cans loudly denounced this infraction of the
rules but the vote went on Just the same, re-
sulting l64 to 3. The excitement subsided be-
fore adjournment
A message was received from President
Cleveland vetoing the seignioragc bill. While
expressing his regret at being unable to agree
with Congress, he stated that his sense OF du-
ty required that he should veto the bill. His
grounds for doing SO were numerous. he
pointed out its defects of language, which he
considered serious. He expresses the fear
that the sanction Of the bill would cause
revival of the feeling of distrust that has
hitherto prevailed but is now disappearing.
He said In closing:
II regard this section first as embodyiug =
plan by which the government will be
Obliged to pay out its ecanty store of gold for
no other purpose than to force an unnatural
addition of silver money Into the hands OF
our people. This Is an exact reversal OF poll
cy which safe finance dictates II we are to
preserve parity between gold and silver and
maintain sensible bi-metallism.
"We now have outstanding more than $780,
00O, 600 In silver certificates, Issued under ex-
listing laws. They are serving the purpose OF
tho money usefully and without question.
Our gold reserve, amounting TO only little
more than 100,000.000, is directly charged
with the redemption Of S348, 200, 600 Of the
United States notes. When It is proposed to
initiate our silver currency 1t is a time for
strengthening our gold reserve instead OF de-
pleting It,
II cannot conceive Of longer step toward
silver mono-metallism than we take when we
spend our gold to buy silver certificates for
circulation, especially In view Of the practi-
cal difficulties surrounding the replenishment
of our gold.
81 am not insensible of the arguments in
favor OF coming the bullion seigniorage now
In the treasury and believe II could he done
safely and with advantage II the secretary Of
the treasury had the power to Issue bonds at
low rate Of interest under authority In sub
stitution and better suited to the protection
of the treasury"
Niney-First Day.
HousE-The wrangle of tho previous day
was continued, and Reed and Crisp had hot
dispute. The presidents veto message was
read hut no business was done for lack Of q
Democratic quorum.
Ninety-second Day.
HoUsH.-In recognition Of the personal
sacrifice Speaker Crisp made yesterday In de-
clining the senatorship, there was a burst Of
applause again this morning when he ascend
ed the rostrum TO call the House to order.
After little routine business had been trans-
acted the House devoted the balance of the
day to eulogZing the memory OF Congress-
man O'Neill Of Pennsylvania.