Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1893 — THE NATION’S SOLONS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE NATION’S SOLONS.

SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Our National Law-Makers and What They Are Doing for the Good of the Country— Various Measures Proposed, Discussed, and Acted Upon. Doings of Congress. Washington correspondence:

AN impression is growing- about the Capitol that the present extraordinary _ _ session of Congress may come to an end jgV" about the middle of |gft September. This. |HI appears to bo based Yga* upon confidence in agfa the possibilities of Scftfr'i a compromise being nfjjsßSjentered into within that period upon gygi -the financial question. Nearly all ranrnrr important legislai! 11 1 ii^ on accomplished , in recent years has 1* been the result of

compromise and the outcome of conference committees. Those persons who hold to the opinion that adjournment is possible in September say that .Mr. Vest’s proposition to provide for free coinage of silver at a ratio of 20 to 1 will be passed by the Senate and ultimately will become a part of the bill for unconditional repeal of silver purchase, which, it is expected, will be passed by the House. The likelihood of a veto by President Cleveland of such a measure has thus been discounted by the believers in an early adjournment. They argue that it would be impossible to rally a two-thirds vote in either branch to pass the measure over a veto, and that nothing could be accomplished, so far as the financial situation is concerned, by Congress remaining in session after such a veto was received. It should be added, however, that the more experienced watchers of political events place no confidence in these predictions.

Routine Proceedings. Congressman Bryan made an eloquent speech In the House. Wednesday, In advocacy of silver, winning applause from friends and opponents alike Senator Peffer, of Kansas, Introduced in the Senate, by request, two financial bills, one of which provides for the issue of $600,000,000 of legal-lender money on sheets of aluminum or silkthreaded paper, as the people may prefer. The amount Is to be covered into the treasury as’“surplus money,” and a call for all the outstandlrg interest-shearing bonds Is to be made,and they are to be redeemed at par and paid for from the surplus fund. Senator Manderson, of Nebraska, introduced in the Senate, by request. a “free minting” bill prepared by a banker of Omaha, Neb. It proposes to fix the price of silver at ihe mints in the same manner as parliament fixes the price of gold at the Bank of England, and declares it the policy of the government to maintain all its money on the gold standard of value as now fixed by law. It also proposes the appointment of a “mint commission.” which shall fix the price of sliver and regulate Its purchase. The House transacted no business Thursday, because of the death of Congressman Cbipman of Michigan. But Friday morning the silver debate opened promptly with a speech by Mr. Sibley, of Pennsylvania, In favor qf bimetallism and the Johnson Interconvertible proposition. At the conclusion of Mr. Sibley’s speech, which was listened to with great attention. Mr. Catcbings, of Mississippi, from the Committee on Rules, reported a resolution authorizing the appointment of the committees by the Speaker. Several of the most Important committees are Increased in membership. In the Senate, Senator Voorhees announced that he wotlld ask the Senate to proceed with the consideration of the national bank circulation bill. Senator Allen (populist), of Nebraska, argued In fax r or of his amendment to suspend the payment of Interest on bonds on which the increased issue is based. Mr. Voorhees introduced a repeal bill providing for bimetallism very similar to the Wilson bill. House committees were announced Monday by Speaker Crisp. Wilson Is at the head of ways and means, Springer of hanking and currency and Sayers of appropriations. The silver debate was continued. A large audience assembled to listen to Mr. Breckinridge, of Kentucky. Mr. Powers spoke for. tho Wilson bill. Hooker against it. Cooper thought it inexpedient to ndopt free coinage at this time, and Mr. Sperry took the opposite view. Mr. Cox advocated free coinage and Mr. Little spoke In opposition. Other speeches were made at the evening session. Senator Morrill addres-ed the Senate at length In advocacy of the repeal of the purchase clause of the Sherman silver bill.

Currencies Condensed. Prince Leopold, of Austria, is on a hunting trip in the Adirondacks. Chang Foy. a Chinese laundryman, died at New York of small-pox. Maj. M. B. Farr, a well-known Brooklyn newspaper mar, is dead. The Finney County Bank of Kansas was deliberately looted by the officers. A block of buildings burned at Texarkana, Ark., causing a loss of $40,000. The German bark Kelmula, from Newcastle-on-Tyne for Valparaiso, was burned at sea. Banker Kink aid, who disappeared at Mound City, Kan., leaving debts oi $2C0,000, has reappeared at his home. Burglars cracked the safe in the Missouri Pacific freight office at Nebraska City, Neb , and secured $4,000. The Irish Catholic Benevolent Union met at Pittsburg and decided upon York, Pa., as the next meeting place. The Southern Distilling Company, of Dallas, Texas, has filed a chattel mortfage to secure claims aggregating 68,500. John Boyd and George Terry resisted arrest at the hands of a sheriff’s posse at Winslow, Ark., and Boyd was shot dead. Fred Stoddard was arrested at Kalamazoo, Mich., charged with cashing a check for $350 in Toledo, Ohio, intended for another man of the same name. _J. B. Bruner, treasurer of the combined Masonic lodges of Omaha, Neb., is alleged to be $1,200 short in his accounts. In several counties in Illinois the deadly anthrax is spreading rapidly among the cattle. The situation is serious. Western Kansas politicians want the capital removed from Topeka to their section. McPherson is the town suggested. The Flack and Osterholt families tried to settle a long-standing feud at Bascom, Ohio, by a fight. Two of the Osterholts were fatally injured. Charles Baker was instantly killed by lightning in Logan County, Kaii. Lewis Bowen, teamster, was buried alive by caving sand at Findlay, Ohio. When disinterred ten hours later he was dead. St. Louis merchants have asked Senator Ccckrell to withdraw opposition to the measure to permit banks to issue currency. Treasury officers have received an appeal from distinguished Frenchmen asking closer trade relations with the United States. The National Bank of South Pennsylvania at Hyndman, Bedford County, closed its doors. The liabilities are $350,000; assets, $450,000