The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-05-07
WORK OF CONGRESS
Proceedings In she Senate and House
of Representatives.

Inan. representing opposing elementS
on the financial question. were heard
in the senate to-day. Mr.. Teller adj
dressed himself particularly to the
Ohio senator, c~ontrOverting the views
held by him and maintaining thai no
honest effort had been made i'm the
present congress to pass a tariff bill.
The senator referred in passing to the
Mckinley candidacy. saying that the
motto Advance agents of prosperity"
was deluSive, as no prosperity could
come until financial conditions were
reformed. The climax of Mr.. Telier's
speech was reached when he an
nOunced that he would vote as he
spoke, and that he would not hesitate
to separate himself from the great
party to which he had been allied for
forty years if il declared for the gold
standard.
Dir. Sherman answered Mr.. Teller,
arguing against n 30 cent silver dollar
and announced that the time had come
for a decisive opinion from the people.
He appealed the case, he said, to the
tribunal OF the American people at the
coming election. The early part of the
day was given to speeches by Senators
Villas and Mitchell of Wisconsin, Palm
cr and Kyle, eulogizing Pere Mar
quette, after which the resolution was
adopted, accepting the statue of Mar
quette, presented by Wisconsin.
The house spent the day In further
discussion of the bankruptcy bill. Mr..
Connolly Rep.. I'D spoke in favor OF
the measure and w. A. Stone Qkep.,
Pa, Mr.. Newlands (Silverite, Nev.),
and Mr.. Broderick (Rep., KAN In OPP
position to it. Mr.. Newlands. in the
course of his remarks. said that il the
Democrats ut the Chicago convention
abandoned free trade and declared for
free silver n fusion of the silver ele
mentS would follow, which would be
victorious, while Mr.. Connolly predict
ed in the event of the enactment Of q
free coinage law an universal demand
for a bankruptcy law.
Washington, May THE senate
spent another day on the naval appro-
priation bill without completing it. Mr..
German further opposed the item of
four haltleShopS, and expressed the
opinion that the appropriations already
made would consume the balance in
the treasury. A determination of the
number Of the battleShipS has not yet
been reached. Mr.. Chandler has pro-
pDSt'i Nlil'Nli'bllil- luiilN ldISt duH
fast torpedo boats for two of the bat
tleships. Mr.. White CCal1 spoke of the
need of coast deCenses before further
naval vessels were built, and Mr.. Allen
(NebD made a speech of over three
hours arraigning the two old parties.
The general debate on the bankrupt
cy bill vas continued and concluded in
the house. The bill will now be open
to amendments under the five-minute
rule. The friends Of the measur are
very sanguine that it will pass by 4
safe majority. Mr.. Bailey of Texas
gave notice that he would offer rs a
substitute his voluntary bankruptcy
bill. The surprise of the day was the
announcement of Mr.. Culberson OF
Texas, eX-chairman of the judiciary
committee, who has heretofore fought
every bankruptcy bill containing an
Involuntary system, that he would vote
for the pending measure.
Washington, May 1.-The debate In
the Senat was of q dramatic and SEN
sational character, recalling the fam
Gus Ingalls-NoOrhees contest of some
years ago. Senator Tillman of South
Carolina again brought his unique per-
SOnality into the debate, his speech be-
ing the first of any length since his
memorable maiden effort attacking pub
lie officials, high and low. While he
spoke the silver fork recently present
ed to him in the West was conspicu-
ously displayed in his scarf. The sen
ator used the blunt words character
istic OF his ~utterance, arraigninS the
president and cabinet officers with I'M
Sparing criticism and personal invec-
tive. He also addressed himself per-
sonally to Mr.. Hill and Mr.. Sherman,
and drew from the former sharp re-
~joinders, while Mr.. Sherman declined
to be brought into n controversy with
the South Carolina senator.
Mr.. Hill followed Mr.. Tillman, an
swering the latter point by point. The
New Yorker referred to the coming
Democratic national convention, de-
claring that there would be no split,
but that. the true Democracy would
recognize the rule Of the majority and
keep the party intact, despite the
threats of the South Carolina senator
to leave the party. Mr.. Hill spoke
freely and frankly Of his differences
with the officials of the administration.
and In particular referred to the griev-
GUS mistake as he regarded 1t of Sec
rotary Carlisle in not supporting Sen
ator Blackburn when the latter was
the nominee Of a Democratic caucus.
The senator discussed internal party
affairs, urging harmony and the ter
mination of assaults by
Democrats on a Democratic president.
He spoke for two hours and was
accorded the closest attention. The
debate attracted n great crowd to the
enate wing of the capitol-the great
est since congress assembled, filling the
senate galleries and overlooking into