Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1893 — THE NATION’S SOLONS. [ARTICLE]

THE NATION’S SOLONS.

SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Oar National Law-Makers and What They Are Doing for the Good of the Country— Various Measures Proposed, Discussed, and Acted Upon. Doings of Congress, The House met at 10 o’clock Wednesday morning and the silver debate was opened at once by C. W. Stone (Rep) of Pennsylvania, who spoke for repeal. Mr. Dalzell (Rep.) of Pennsylvania and Mr. Covert (Dem.) of New York pleaded for unconditional repeal. Mr. Fitch (Dem.) of New York followed In the same line. Mr. Hatch (Dem.) of Missouri, In speaking In favor of free coinage, advocated a caucus of the Democrats of the House and Senate to Interpret the Chicago platform—every man of whom would pledge “his life, fortune, and his sacred honor” to abide by the decision. Among the bills Introduced In the Senate was one by Mr. Pasco (Dem.) of Florida as a substitute for the minority bill of the Finance Committee (proposing silver coinage at 20 to 1). The substitute proposes a commission of three citizens of the United states to ascertain and report before January, 1894, the intrinsic relative value of gold and silver, apd that on such report the Secretary of the Treasury shall fix and determine the ratio. The President sent to the Senate the following nominations: Joshua E. Dodge, of Wisconsin, to bo Assistant Attorney General, vice W. M. Maury, resigned; G. M, Brumby, of Louisiana, to be Register of the Land Office at New Orleans: C. P. Johnston, of Louisiana, to be Receiver of Public Moneys, New Orleans: William D. O’Toole, of Washington, to be Register of the Land Office at Seattle. Washington; I. J. Wooten, of Delaware, to be Agent for the Indians of the Nevada Agency in Nevada. Also a number of recess appointments, including the Collector of Customs at New Orleans and a half-dozen Postmasters. The Vice President announced in tho Senate Thursday the appointment of the Committee on the Commemoration of the One Hundredth'Anniversary of the laying of tho Corner-stone of tho Capitol as follows: Senators Voorhees, Sherman Ransom. Chandler, White, Squire and Martin. The House joint resolution, making the act of May 14. 1890. as to town sites, applicable to the Cherokee Outlet, was reported back to the Committee on Public Lands with an amendment requiring the trustees who - are to be appointed to ho residents of the territory of Oklahoma atthe time of their appointment. and an effort was made by Mr. Berry (Dem) of Arkansas to have It passed, but objection was made by Mr. Mander=on (Rep) of Nebraska and the bill was placed cn ihe calendar. Tho sliver debate was then resumed In the Senate, as also In the House.

Saturday, in tho House, ex-. Speaker Reed and Bourke Cochran spoke In favor of tho repeal of 'ho Sherman law. Mr. Bland followed Mr. Cochran, advocating free silver, and was followed by Mr. MeMillin, of Tennessee; Mr. Goar, of Iowa: and Mr. Wilson, author of tho Wilson repeal bill, who all oppose the Sherman latv. The debate In the was ended. The Senate will probably go right along talking silver, as It has been doing for several days. It will do this for two weeks, and probably longer, before the final veto will be taken. The House was occupied Monday altogether with tho silver question. The Senate, by a vote of 32 to 29. decided that Mr. Mantle, of Montana, and Mr. Allen, of Washington, sire not entitled to seats In that hody, and that the Governor of a State has no right to appoint a Senator to fill a vacancy caused by the expiration of a regular term not happening by resignation or otherwise. The House bill to repeal tho Sherman act was laid before theSenato and referred to the committee on financo. The bill allowing the banks to increase their circulation up to the par value of the bonds deposited by them was taken up. the question being on the amendment offered by Mr. Cockrell for the redemption of such two i e • cent, bonds as may be made aud the payment therefor in a new issue of treasury notes. The amendment was re-jected-yeas 23, nays 29. Mr. Cockrell then offered an amendment authorizing the holders of any United States b-nds to deposit and receive in exchange legal tender notes equal to the faco value of the bonds, tho bonds to be held in the treasury subject to redemption in the same amouutof legal-tender notes, which are then to be destroyed, and no Interest to be paid on the bonds while so held In the treasury, but when again withdrawn the interest Is to bo paid, loss V/, per cent, per annum; but without action the Senate proceeded to executive business and soon adjourned. Tuesday In the House was marked by a lively tilt between ox-Speaker Rood' and Speaker Crisp. The latter left the chair to reply to criticisms by Mr. Reed and to sustain his own position. In the Senate a resolution offered by Mr. Stewart, directing the Secretary of the Treasury to inform tho Senate whether there is danger of a deficiency In the revenues of the government during the current year, and, if so. what is the probable amount of such deficiency and whether the legislation is necessary to supply such deficiency, was adopted. Mr. Dolph Introduced a bill (which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations) appropriating 5500.000 to enable the Secretary of tho Treasury to enforce the Chinese exclusion act. Sliver discussion Is not yet ended.

FIENDISHNESS UNPARALLELED. Crippled Beggars Manufactured to Order in Austria. The most fiendish cruelty which has ever come to the notice of the Austrian authorities has been disclosed by the arre3t of a gang of men whose profession was crippling young childi on to become beggais. The gang, which had followed this horrible practice for years, was discovered in Biskupitz, Croatia, Austria, and there was found the house which the fiends used for the purpose. The business to them has been a lucrative one. Young children were stolen from their parents and taken to the operating house, located on the outskirts of the town. Then they were bound and subjected to the most inhuman tefrtures. When the police forced their way into the house last week a horrible sight met their eyes. On cots were two girls, between 12 and 14 years of age, suffering frightful agonies. Each of them had both legs broken, which had been done purposely to make them cripples for life so that the profession of begging which they were to be compelled to follow would be the more profitable. Bound on a bed near by was another girl of about the same age. Her i-ight arm was broken, and both eyes had been gouged out.

How the World Wags. The Fourth National Bank of Louisville, Ky., has resumed. It is said that Miss Annie Howard, of New Orleans, will marry Mayor Carter Harrison, of Chicago. A mob of unemployed laborers at Denver drove away seventy-five men who were working on a sewer at $1.20 a day. In an address at Kissingen Prince Bismarck declared himself opposed to the centralization of the imperial power. Georgians express an opinion that Minister Blount will receive the Democratic nomination for Governor of Georgia. Mollie Bigford. a pretty 18-year-old member of the Wilbur Opera Company, died at St. Paul from a criminal operation. Speakers at a meeting of unemployed in New York made anarchistic speeches and the police broke up the gathering. Several encounters occurred at Vienna between strikers and the police. A large number of persons were wounded.