Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-03-07


ssssians q the Efty-thiri eaurr-ss ex-
piring At avn TODAY were dosninatcd
hy their e,-ntrolling i~>u-S- The srst
oy the silver question. the SecoaI ~
the tariff question, ausi the third bv tlu.-
hnaneisl question
oa the 7th - August. t~al. the csa-
CrcSs cuuvcne,i in extrasrryiinarv sss-
sion fer the avovvs,i parr--sr q r~p~al-
ing the co-npulssry vrr-parrhase
provision of the iaU - I>1a ThiS as
the silver ses>iun- Mr " l. witSsn.
Chairman OF the e,'snnitte~ GA says
snd nnran>. pr-parvra a bill in cunf,-r-
NIFTY - the reeslnni-utlatiuuS - the.
prcsisieut's H--~ss-r anI On the e-sh
~ August, i>s5 thrS MEASURE pass.-,i
the heaSs-
1he senate in the meantime had
hscn preparing. thrssugh the esrsumft-
tee "a tuancr. \ sab-bsi ant "a the
II u November ta5> senate substitute
received the approval % both hou,s-s
and t--cane laW by the approval - the
prrSisient- This usca~urt aud th. ~
pal ef the remaining vrStf<c> uf the
reconstruction ani fs,i-ral eIectipa
laws clo>ert the iunportaas work ef the
extra se>siuu-
tFsn IL meetinE in regular ~sSsssu
IN IAs-emt-sr. ISg1- c,suxrsss eut~rrvg
uT-ru the ceu>iierati,su q the r,-vissssri
of the tariH- A. IN the cz~- = the
silver Qss--ti,rn- hat IN a mech sn.4-..
prysauancai us1nu-r. th, h.ss.- --p~s-
F~Hse,i AMI the senate -f5stra.s-A
The Wilsnu bili. nas~s-4 by the hssaSs.
February .. i~s4 was 1T aside for
the 1auys-tsdrnan c5mpry-niS. tar =
bill asispsr,i by th- S~nate eu
the ST Of Iuiv. I~st. after 6r~
Hsuuths' d-hate. and the hs,aS-
wzs given the blaas optioa II
tsar >~uate tsu er nothing 1t
te-,s the senate bail and ~-.at il - the
president On tls- I5th of August. I-ss
President Cleveland F--r-uitss-1 th- biII
- bsrrpaae a lNs Sith-s4t hfS approval.
AMI IN an Informal u,anu.-r c,suasuuni-
Gated - iniiviaaaI s1rmhs-rS - c,sa-
gre-s has sli~sati.f1rsiun At In. iaaIe-
quaey - the changes uazsic IN the tari z
- stem
>applcnental Ia the rzssSar- = The.
tariff izS the >enzte sat-rv.i uussa a
prudtless AMI iasasaciusIvc iuvrss5s-a-
tissu - rumCrS that senators had h--~a
improperly inaa~as-i - vote fsr the
sasTar schedule aaa aad s7--culase-s in
sis'e<s ot tae ss-eallcd -->@rar Tru~t
cssmPaay-
1he thirt ant AT ar -daanrEal~
sesss'sz ~ the sfty thi-,i -,su.-rvss h4S
h--sE especially aa4r<-si b. thr r~fzsal
II e1sh h,su~es - pat into Ir.yS>1 asFv,.
sA1gse the rcesuaHarnslatissus 4 the
president for the aIleg giatis.s Il
the sfriz<-nt su4nesal sitazt5.su.
Ibe Prr>ast~at N his aanaaI
usssags ealiea att~as5ss - the c..a-
tlaaal sAepa~tioa - tae gsla re<srv-.
zaa essuaPaaia~si that tllssarh il Nas
'P~rfeetly aaa palPah,v Plazn that the
@1Ag way. uzst~r. prr~rat crus3ItissnS
~ uhtch thlS re~ervc " hrn danger
essstE e~pieted eza h~ rrpi~nfshess -
through The iSsa- ausf sAlc ssf the h-snsfS
% tae government - gold. essa-r-sS
has Art oaly tha> far ds-eIIns-1 10
authorize the iSSa- % bsrueiS h--s. saEte.l
- SAGA a PurPo~e. har there s-cnas
dEspsssittse N s.ssza- quarters ta senr
both the necessity and power for the
sssae e the bansls at all
The banking and earrrurv commit
te~ II the aogse. with thu approval sf
the administration. suhuaitrr.i a snaa-
cal MEASURE which. among other PRO
Visions. materially mgsiiris-pi the baak-
ING laws and repealed the r,-str i-fiesslS
On state haH< circulation ThsS buI
was defeated by 81 ma jority II wzs
followed By a secoaf message fraul th..
president, receives. hy birth heus%s u
congress Issernh.-r = in uhbch tAs.
president saad that n hatexrr naixnt
have beea the merits of th.. original
plan proposed by hin he waS
a9zS ee1viac-d that its r-ceptissa by
the eon<r-sS aat oar ur-Senr
advanced Stacc - Gnaucial u--r-
plrxity neceSSit4tei additional ar ais-
fereat legislation lie Al onc-- r~--
osaHaeaieSt the passage u a lAw az
thoriziag the tssae Of Iox interest
bearing b-eotS - zaiatzia the ,,sgI rs.-
serve The banking Aad earrrncy
cuUamittee responded - this saxzcs-
tluu By Offering. % the TT 81 Frtsra-
ary, i>s1. a ball - .-aathorizr the $50
rrtzry Of the treasury - i~sa- h-sasss
to maintain a sasici~at gold reserve
and - re'ierm ant rrtirr nitsd stats
notes After oaly two DAYS debate
this bali was also defeated By a Haz pr
it, Of -
on the next day the prrsisi-at ia
formed eoagr~ss that A- had nexo-
tizted a eoaditiozal sal- of over -
eoe.o9o of s-Psr-e~nt eoin boais 10
syndieate largely rvpr~s~ntins for~iyu
capitalists. having ~ ether ressurce
left. beeaus- Of the -ogzasSiea thus far
on the part Of the eo1Er~ss 70 t~Ea--
aeially enlarge the powers % the SO
ret3ry of the treasury in the prem
iSeS~
This last message went 10 the xays
and means committee. wh~~= chair
maa- Mr. Wilsou. Il West Virginia.
seven days after is receipt. repsrtesa a
resolution authorizing the iSSue q
s<s.IIs.=-s Of gold s-per-eeat- boaAs. a.
Recommended By the president The
measure was called aP "a February u
and defeated tire sane day By - z.a-
lorlty, after starzny debate.
49, " @AaAAA+A-AAa aAATArLFN2 Win
the general appropriation balls eoa-
suned the greater part Of the session
Early In the s~SSioa the de-aeratis.
ezaeus OF the senate agreed that the
following matters should =. eauSia-
erea- A dazRei2l Measure ot sszn-
sort. details MT designated. the b4aG.-
ruPtey ball. the balls for the admission
Of New Mexico and Arizo1A, the NseA-
raglan canal biIl. and the st4te-bank-
TAX rep~al bill
Of all theSe measareS the Nicara-
guam canal bal alone passed the sen
ate after two muuths debate. and that
only bs-eazse the republicans utilized
II as buffer - keep OF the bank
ruptey bilL IL was -sisetrzcked- how
ever failed 10 receive consideration
IN the houS<-
The bankruptcy bill was made the
unfinished business. but was ehaked
OF - the aPprupriatio1 bills
Financial measures were not acted
upou by the senate. and nothing
planned BY the senate caucus resulted
IN legislation The So-ealIed .-Dov-