The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-07-12

the number was growing constantly.
Others who spoke for the bill were
Messrs Sulloway 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 10:1o the house adjourned.
In the Senate.
The practical completion of the SEN
ate committee for the Fifty-sixth con-
gress were annt Inced officially by Mr..
Aldricf of Rhode Island. He present
cd 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
filed. They will be disposed Of in Il
few days. No other business of ,impor-
lance was transacted by the senate.
Washington. Dec Is. - The siX-day
debate upon the currency bill closed
Saturday in a sensational manner.
The Republican leaders had evidently
set trap for the minority to show
that discord existed ON the money
question, and it was timed so as to
make the scene as dramatic as posi-
BILE Is
; Just at the close of the debate three
Of the heavy weights-Gen. Grosvenor
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 at 16 to l
from the minority side Of the house,
and that not one had offered an amend
ment containing such n proposition.
Mr.. Grosvenor said 1t 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-
Their substitute nor a motion to re-
commit was in order. -.az#. g..
Then Mr.. DalZell challenged a men,
Der of the opposition to p 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 disapproval. -..
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 bin,
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
jections.
No amendments were offered to the
bill and only one section Of the bill
was read. The whole time was occ,l-
pied in five-minute speeches. The in
cidents Of the day were Il sensational
speech by Mr. Lentz Dem., Ohio de-
nouncng the prosecution Of the war In
the Philippines and charging an ALL
ance between Great Britain and the
United States to subvert liberty, one
in South Africa and one in'thc Orient,
and an attack upon the memory Of cx-
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 1t, says it will
have 80 majority. He, SAYS 3 Dcniu-a
Gratis will vote for it and Z will not
vote either way.