The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-09

the number was growing constantly.
Others who spoke for the bill were
4 Messrs SlllloWay Of New Hampshire,
Bingham Of PENNSYLVANIA, Mudd OF
Maryland and Minor Of Wisconsin.
! Those who spoke against the bill We're
Robinson Of Nebraska, Thomas OF
| North Carolina, Lloyd Of Missouri.
| SnOdgrasS of Tennessee, Rucker Of
Missouri Robb of Missouri. Davenport
of Pennsylvania, Lamb Of Virginia,
Caldwell Of Illinois. Stephens Of Texas,
Gordon Of Ohio and Neville Of Ne
,braska. At 1915 the house adjourned.
In the senate.
The practical completion Of the sem
ate committee for the Fifty-sixth COM
gress were ann lnced officially by Mr..
AldricE Of Rhode Island. He present
ed to the senate an order fixing the
committees and it was adopted without
dissent. A few. vacancies in the mi-
nority representation are yet to be
filled. They will be disposed of In a
few days. No other business Of impor-
lance was transacted by the senate.
Washington, Dec. Is. The six-day
debates upon the currency bill closed
Saturday In II sensational manner.
The Republican leaders had evidently
set trap for the minority to show
that discord existed on the money
question, and 1t was timed SO MS to
make the scene as dramatic as posi-
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Just at the close OF the debate three
of the heavy weights--Cen. GrosyeDor
Of Ohio. Mr.. Dalzell of Pennsylvania
and Mr.. Dolliver of Iowa--were put
forward to call the attention Of the
country to the fact that in the long
debate very little had been heard
about free coinage of silver Mt 10 to I 4
from the minority side of the house,
and that not one had offered an amend
ment containing such Il proposition.
MI. Grosvenor said it was one of the
signs Of the coming regeneration Of the
Democratic party, Mr.. Richardson.
the minority leader. Indignantly de-
MED any Intention of abandoning sill
yer and called attention to the fact
that under the special order under
which tie house was operating, nei-
thef n substitute nor u motion to re-
commit was In order.
Then Mr.. Dalzell challenged men,
Der of the opposition to a free coinage
amendment. In response half the \
Democratic membership rose and de-
manded the privilege. but here and
there was an Eastern Democrat shout
ing his disapproyal.
There Were shouts of bluff, from
the Democratic side, but the Republic
ans, after the parliamentary obstacle
had been removed through Mr.. Over
street, who was In charge Of the bill,
asked unanimous consent for an
amendment to the rule to permit the
amendment to be offered. Then Mr..
briggs and Mr.. Levy, two New York
Democrats, blocked the game with OBJ
jectioIs.
No amendments were offered to the
bill and only one section of the bin
was read. The whole time was occll-
pied in tive-minute speeches. The in
cidents of the day were 4 sensational
speech by Mr.. Lentz {Dem., Ohio de-
nouncing the prosecution of the war In
the Philippines and charging an alli-
ance between Great Britain and tie
United States to subvert liberty, one
In South Africa and one in the Orient,
and an attack upon the memory Of ex-
President Hayes by Mr. Clark Dem,
Mo-. Mr.. Brown, an Ohio Republican,
warmly defended the memory OF Mr..
Hayes.
The vote upon the currency bill will
be taken Immediately after the read
ing of the journal on Monday. Mr..
Overstreet, in charge of It, says it will
have 80 majority. He says s Demo
Gratis will vote for lit and Z Will not
vote either way. ),