Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-11
CONGRESSMAN GRAIN DEAD Sudden Demise of a Lone Star
 Statesman. BOTH HOUSES ADJOURNED Senate siIverS Substitute Bobs Up Serenely in
 the House. MIR. BRYAN OF NEBRASKA WAS THERE Cuban War Resolution Shows Its Head in the Senate, and Is Promptly Ta-
 bled for the Present. at
 Least.
MIR. BRYAN OF NEBRASKA WAS THERE

Washington, Feb. 1O.-when the house resumed it's session at 10:3O o'clock this morning black draped bunch of hya- cinths and roses on the desk occupied by the late Representative Grain of Tex as announced to the half dozen members present the unexpected and sudden death of their associate, who only last Thurs- day was among them taking part in the proceedings of the house.
 MT. Hainer, republican. of Nebraska, opposed the free coinage substitute or the senate to the tariff bill. He asked why this debate was carried on in the face of the fact that they knew the prop osition in the bill could not be crystal lzed into law, and the debate tended only to increase the disquiet and unrest or the people. One of MT. Hainer's most interested listeners was Ex-Hepresen.a- tive Bryan his colleague in the F'ltty- second and Fifty-third congresses, who occupied seat just across the aisle.
 Mir McDearmon, democrat Of Tennes- see, speaking in favor of the senate sup stitute, advocated the coinage or the seigniorage of the bullion Tn the treas- ury.
 MT. Calderhead, republican, of Kansas, opposed the senate substitute, deprecat- ing the attitude of the faction In iaVor or the free coinage of silver, by when they said that unless their views should be al lowed to prevail no reilet Wouio pe Pei- mitted to the country.
 Mr. skinner. populist, of Kansas, ad- vocated the senate substitute for the req son that a great majority Of the peopie desired free coinage of silver
 The house at 11:58 a. m. adjourned sat urday,s session and two minutes later was called to order for the legfslative aay of Monday In his prayer Chaplain Cou- 2 den referred in appropriate terms to the death of Mr. Crain asking that divine comfort and consolation be admihistereo to those who mourned his death. -.
 In view of the sad death which hao been brought to the attention of the mem bers. MT. Dingley republican, of Maine, asked and obtained unanimous consent for the following arrangement:
 l. That tomorrow cTuesday) from ll 10 5 o'clock be devoted to the consideration of business of the District of Columbia.
 2 The rest of the legislative day or Tuesdays session, from to 10:3o O'CLOCK D. m. and from 10:30 a. m. to lI noon Wednesday and all of the leglsiatve @ ses- sion .of Wednesday be devoted to the fur ther discussion in general debate or tne pending bill. ho
 B. That from 12 to D. m. Thursday pc devoted to the consideration or the Dll, under the five-minute rule TOT depate anu anu amendment; at o'clock the committee of the whole to vote upon recommenoing concurrence or non-concurrence Ill the senate substitute to the house pill.
 MT. Savers, democrat, of Texas, an non,nced the death of his colleague NIT; Grain, and after the adopton oi .he u' sa resolutions the house at 12:15 p. m. ao- iourned until tomorrow.
 The Senate.
 MT. Cameron in the senate today lhtro duced A joint resolution relative 10 the termination of the war in Cupa. Alter preamble quoting from the president last annual message what IS Sa'o III .e.'a rele,, Drovides: ."As it appears there are no means of securing permanent peace to Cnha except by the recognition or US right to self-government, the good oiiices Inf the. United States are earnestly recom mended to the favorable consideration or the Snanish government for the recogni- yton of the independence of Cuba.
 The resolution was read first and second time and laid on the table Tor the present.
 Senator Quay's resolution to recommit the house tariff bill, with the free coin age amendment, to the finance commit fee for further consideration was laid be- fore the senate and on the suggestion Of Mr. German MT. Quay consented to let 1t go over until tomorrow.
 On motion of MT. Call the resolution as to the recognition of the belligerency in Cupd WAS IIlduC lhc oPS~A"' S'N~- the urgent deficiency bill.
 MT. Thurston republican, of Nebraska made a personal explanation in reference to bill introduced by him last Thurs day providing pension to the reed men. He stated at the time that he in- troduced 1t by request, and that fact was noted on the bill Nevertheless he found himself credited by the press of the coun- try with authorship and advocacy of the measure. He was entitled to no such credit.
 It was a copy of the bill that had been introduced in the house in the Fifty-first congress and that had been prepared by a Virginian Colonel Vaughan), who had been a soldier in the Confederate army and who was democrat of the ultra bourbon type. He (Mr. Thurston) be- leved that the bill had been framed with a just recognition of the great moral ob- legations which the government assumed when 1t called people from bondage not only to the privileges, but also to the responsibilities and duties of free men. The bill, he said, was entitled to careful examination and he had intro duced it in order that 1t might be brought to the attention of congress for future ex- animation, deliberatiOn and action.
 A speech in relation to the Monroe doc Urine was made by MT. Smith, democrat, of New Jersey. He declared himself op- posed to the resolution offered by his COlIeaRue, NIT. CeWeii, TcPuuiCdli,-O Ol NeW Jersey, which declares the presidents message inopportune; equally opposed to that reported to the committee on foreign relations by MT. Davis, republican, of Minnesota, extending the appropriation of the Monroe doctrine. and as having very little sympathy with the position assumed by Senator Wolcott of Colorado. In his opinion there was no occasion for any action of any kind by the senate at this time, and he wound up his speech by a declaration that there was only one thing for which he would cheerfully give his vote and that was motion to ad- 1ourn.
 Mir. Lindsay, democrat. of Kentucky,