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FOR FREE SILVER.
That is the Way the United States Senate
Stands.

That is the Way the United States Senate
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-In accord
ance with the order made Thursday,
the Senate met today at II o'clock,
which is to be the regular hour OF
meeting till the 4th of March next.
There was fair attendance of Sena-
tors in the chamber when the pro-
ceedings opened. The Vice President
having laid before the Senate the res
olution offered last night by Mr.. Vol
colt, declaring it as the sense of the
Senate that consideration of the sill
yer bill should not be entered upon at
this session of Congress, Mr.. Jones
Dem of Arkansas, who has charge
of that bill, said: II wish to say that
the friends of the regular order-the
pending silver bill-have no disposi-
ton to incur the risk of an extra ses-
sion. We so stated at the beginning.
Developments have shown that while
the friends of the measure have ma
iority in this body, it is impossible to
pass the bill at the present late day of
the session without mourning very
grave danger to the appropriation bills
and an extra session. Under these cir
cumstances, the friends of the silver
measure have authorized me tosay that
they will not further proceed at this
session of Congress.
No comment was made on this all
nouncement by any Senator and no
formal action was taken on the reso'
luton. .,
Other business having intervened,
the silver bill was made the text of
speech by MIR. Higgins Rep.) of Della
ware, who referred to its status as
Legislation let alone" and said that all
the bill amounted to-inasmuch as i:
could not become law was decla-
ration of policy and that theresolution
of the Senator from Colorado meant
Just the same thing.
Mr.. Higgins speech was interrupted
at 10 o'clock by the Vice President, who
announced the close of the morn
ing hour and the taking up of the un-
finished business, being theslver bill
LET it be laid aside informally. ;.
Mr.. Jones, of Arkansas, suggested
$50 as to allow the Senator for Della
ware to conclude his remarks" "
Il must appeal to the Senator from
Delaware, Mr.. German broke In, "a:
we'll as to the Senator from Arkansas
to cease this discussion at this time
All the great appropriation bills art
pending in the Senate or in commit
tee, and it will be almost impossible tt
have fair consideration of them unles:
we begin now. T must appeal to thu
Senator from Delaware in the public
| interest to give way and to perml
me to make motion that the Senate
proceed to the consideration of the In
| dian appropriation BILL"
! After further discussion, Mr.. Cor
man made his motion, and Mr.. Butlel
who desiretto 90 on with the pooling
bill, demanded the yeas and nays
The vote was taken and the motor
agreed to-yeas IS, nays II. Th'
negative votes were given by Senator
Blanchard, Butler, Camden, Cameron
Faulkner, Hunton, Jones of Arkansas
Lindsay, Martin, Mite hell of Wlscon
sin, Quay and Wolcott. The effect O.
the vote was to displace the silvel
bill-remitting tito the calendar-ant
to bring the Indian appropriation bill
before the Senate. On this bill Mr.
Higgins resumed the floor and wen
on with the delivery of his speech OF
the Jones silver bill and against it.
MIR. Chandler next addressed the
Senate, not upon the Indian appro
priation bill, however. but upon th'
silver bill and against the Wolcot
resolution.
Mr.. Daniel replied to the speech o
Mr.. Higgins, which was, he said, 4
dismal and pitiful picture of the dis
tress now pervading the civilizet
| world. That distress, Mr.. Daniel said
was widespread. He might say:
From Greenland's icy mountain
To India's coral strand"
While that Senator had called at
tention to a starving Manchester ant
| to degraded India he had told tn
Senator but little of the distres
| which pervaded his own country il
consequence of the hl-conceived AM
I till-considered action of Congress in re
+, pealing the purchasing clause OF tn
Sherman act. Not single prophec.
which was made by the friends o
that repeal had been fulfilled, but th'
predictions which he (Mr. DanieD hat
then stated in his argument agalns
the repeal lid been fulfilled. He hac
predicted that the unconstitutional re
peal of the purchasing clause OF tn
| Sherman law would he followed by
decline in the price of silver, by
further decline in the prices of prop
erty, bonds and securities, and by al
attempt to retire the greenbacks; ant
all these predictions had been fulfilled
The Democratic party, which hat
pledged itself to the coinage OF botl
!, gold and silver. and to the repeal o
| the tax on State banks, had failed t.
keep its pledge, and would now b
"deprived of power, without ever be
ing in power.
| Burned to Death.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Feb. "a
special to the Advertiser from Gads
den, Ala, tells of two people being
burned to death. Mrs. Mary Burton
was discovered by two of her children
living on the floor, her head and shoul
ders lying in the fire and her entlr
BODY enveloped in flames. Mrs. Bur
ton was subject to epileptic fits, and i
is thought that she was attacked
while sweeping and fell in the fire: 4