Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-15
TAME AND PR0SAlC.
CURRENCY BILL DEBATE o""
paRaT1yELY UNINTEREsTING'
Mr.. SIBLEY'S CHANGE OF VIEWS.
=. Doex Not Lead Him so Far ~
Make Him n Supporter Oh
ruh,,cnu Measure-Pettfgrew "e""
luton sauelched.

luton Squelched.
u,,st.rNGTON. ID. c., December a.
~ So,,a,e on the currency bill In the
t,o,se to-day was tame ana pro'"'0
The attendance, both in the ga"eii'S ",N
an the floor. was light, and none VI NV
sneeches made attracted speclai a''e"'
| ton. ,,,
Mr. siblev DemocraD, of pennsylvania
who has publicly announced MS ch'nee
of views on the money question: anu "no
{, was thought, might vote FOR the Dili
stated that he would vote against IL.
NJ rbaver a Massachusetts, Democrat
was the only member of the opposi''oii
who made speech for the bill to-day
| The speakers to-day were 'h'9''@
| Criimpacker. Of Indiana; LoVerlns' Vi
Massachusetts: Olmstead. OF PenhsyNa-
-. NtcCiaarv of Minnesota; BOutelie'
| of Illinois. and Graft, OF limos p.e
| nubIicans). in favor Of the DiIl' anu
| Messrs COX. OF Tennessee; Lewis Vi
| Georgia: Ianham Of Texas; SiDiey' u
! Pennsylvania; Burke, OF Texas; leii!,
Of Arkansas; Ball Of Texas; Gilbert OF
! Kentucky; Smith, of Kentucky Berry
| OF Kentucky; Atwater. OF Norm caro-
lima. and Jet. of Illinois Democrats
against IL.
RESPECTS TO GROSVENOR.
Mr.. COX, OF Tennessee. who was the
| ranking minority member OF the bahhiHs
and Currency Committee in the last Con
| gress. opened the debate to-day in oppo-
! sition TO the currency bill. In the course
of his remarks Mr.. Cox paid his respects
TO Mr. Grosvenor. whom he character
| ized as the spokesman Of the ADMINS
tration on the floor. He was a most
adept representative of the Chief EXecu-
tive. said he, for when placed In a hole
he never experienced the least difficulty
! I'm getting out. Gaughter)
when Mr.. Slbley of Pennsylvania
arose to speak, much interest was mani
! tested on account Of the report that ne
had changed his views upon the silver
question.
SIBLEY DISAPPOINTING.
Mr.. sibley. however. disappointed his
| audience. He had only risen 10 sag that
/ he proposed to print his views In the Re-
/ cord He had been offered time by the
| Republicans, but as he had spoken
against the Republican candidates in
! twenty-seven States m 1856. he did not
desire to accept favors at their hands
on the other hand. he did not desire
to embarrass the Democrats by asking
FOR time from them. He would vote
against the pending bill. he said, but he
did not entirely agree with the views or
members upon tho minority Side. He
would therefore, content himself with
printing his opinions.
Mr.. Richardson, the minority leader,
called Mr. Slbley 10 witness that he had
been offered thirty-hve minutes within
which 20 present his views.
To this Mr.. Sibley assented. but said he
had not availed himself Of the proffer, as
he did not desire TO embarrass the gem
tleman who had rendered it.
MINNESOTA SARCASM.
Mr.. McCleary. OF Minnesota, remarked
upon the change which had come over
the Democrats. In past Congresses they
had always seems eager and anxious TO
offer Il free-silver proposition as a sub
stitute for almost anything that happen
ed to be pending During the debate not
n Democrat had come forward with
free-sivcr substitute.
At o'clock the House recessed until )
o'clock.
NIGHT SESSION
At the night session. the following mem
bers made speeches: Messrs II. G.
Smith Republican). Of Illinois and Glib
son Republican,. Of Tennessee, in favor
| Of the bill and Messrs. Sheppard Demo
! craft Of Texas: ShackelfOrd Democrat.
Of Missouri; w. +. Wilson OemOcraO,
Of Illinois; Burnett Democrat Of Ala
bama: Allen Democrat. of Kentucky
McLan DemocraD. OF Mississippi; Ridge
~ PopulisD of Kansas; Breazeale
/ OemocraO. Of Louisiana. Little Demo
craD. Of Arkansas; Talbort OemocraO.
Of South Carolina. and Stokes DemocraD,
Of South Carolina. against the bill
At II o'clock the House adjourned until
II o'clock tomorrow.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
The Senate to-day by a decisive vote.
and practically without discussion, laid
on the table the Pctugrew resolution Of
inquiry as 10 whether or not United
States forces had recognized the Filipino
insurgents flag and had turned over
Spanish soldiers TO the insurgents. II
agreed TO the House Christmas recess
resolution, and agreed also 10 meet to-
morrow, to receive reports on the COM
: position OF its committees for this Con-
gress.
The vote on the Pettigrew resolution
resulted in Al yeas and % nays. as fol-
lows:
Yeas-Messrs. Aldrich. Allison. Bever-
idge. Carter. Chandler, Clark CWyOming).
. / DebOe. Depew. Elkins. Fairbanks. Fora
ker Foster. Frye. Gallinger, Gear. Han
ma, Hawley, kean, Lindsay. Lodge. Nc
Bride, McCOmas, McCumber McEnery
{ McLaurin, Mcmillan. Nelson, Perkins,
Platt (ConnecticuD, Platt (New York;,
= Pritchard, Ross Scott, Sewel Shoup,
Spooner, Stewart, Thurston, Wellington,
Wetmore. and Wolcott-n.
Nays-Messrs. Bacon, Bate Berry But
Ter. Clay, Cockrell. Harris, Hetfeld,
Hoar. Jones (Arkansas). Kenney, Money,
Pettigrew. Pettus, Rawlins. sullivan, Ia
liaferro. Tillman, Turley and Vest-D.
: On motion OF Mr. Foraker. the Senate,
at 1905. adjourned out of respect to the
memory of the late Representative Dan