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Show :THE SILArER tBILC: JJD : J "I." i Tlif YotIn;Thf rcon oa Satnrfaj In the Home ofTIfiirc- stfiUatires." A 3TAGE ATTACKED BV MEXICAN BRIGANDS in ;0rjnixeil Band- ofSmujgltrs Can;ht Afltr Tears or - ' ' Succ' - .1 jj; ; . T ; i ANOTHER DEATH BY AN ELEC-T ELEC-T I "a : I TRIC-WlfC. irhe-Unwalian-LegUIatnrr. Samoan j LirCiIral Ivj Lotiorjr imena-.' ' aait-'oilierAjni. , By. Telrmpa to tSs.Ners.1 TUT. NII.VKIC BILL. IU Adoption l,y llie rtonir.-I.laI or Trai nntt XnyH. . -WiSiLLSUTOs, June 7. In the Ui)ue, lifforo beRiunlas tlubate on the silver bill, at Die request of rnrson,ot Illinois, Conner, of Iowa, In eliargu of the bill, modified his miLbtitute to as to provide that Hie trtamry not K-ui-J In pursuance pursu-ance of the bill shall be Irgal tender in riiyment of all debts fiulilic and rirate, t-trikinir cut the lulloiring word), "except where otherwise ex-pre.Iy ex-pre.Iy htljiul ik-d in contracL" 1'jy-sou 1'jy-sou said that lio realized that the ubrlitute would, In Miltaui-e, am this body, and ' would I done in oticilieuce to n (Hlblic frentlinent, which he believed to be universal, hi favor of a larger use of Mirer as a money metal, and of a further increaw of the cunenoy of thu rountrv. If thnL'nviTfimtMit usul ftll. veratallltshouldbeUMila.samoney metal, anil nut ts u eonimmlity. lie wai oiose-d to the uutitute Itv cause of that, but hecxjiected togivp jt his tupiort. In this eontiuKeney he hoiaM an opportunity would be i;iTen to strike out the Lulliou re-demitiou re-demitiou feature. This hill was I on lid to be considered at Uie other end of the Capitol. It would lie amended there. Nine hundred and ninety-nine out of every thouraiW of his constituents opiused the bill, and, he said, in tile presence of the lloiuo ami the country, that 939 caucuses would never compel him to niirepretMjut theiwople he represented. repre-sented. Apjilause. l'jyeou then proceeded to CRITICIZE THE SlLVKItrOIJCY of the Ilayca, Arthur, Cleveland and Harri-on admiutstration?. llo-ferreJ llo-ferreJ to the denunciation of the Cleveland administration by the rejiublican party and said that lie indorsed the denunciation. Notli-iug, Notli-iug, he said, afjorded him more pleasure thau (he denunciation of tbe Cleveland administration for iU treatment of silver. He came down to the republican administration, administra-tion, and it wan no lietter. Ap-lilausc-. Silver liad no friend in the Treasury Department since the agitation agi-tation it-gaii, and he was a-ted W vote for a proposition cou-fldius cou-fldius to tlie Secretary of the Treasury Treas-ury ' dircretioii the u.eof silver a a money metal. If till- were the end of it he would vote a;;aln--t you. Never had this discretion beencon-lld-d to the Secretary of the Treasury, Treas-ury, u here jssible to evade it. that It had not Ixin evaded. Had Uie discretion vestnl in the Secretary Secre-tary of the Treasury Iwn fairly used for the past six nsontlis,let aloue Or eight years, no such ie-isUtion as this would be un.'cr discussion Utay. lApp!aue. The Treasury olTiclals were friends of gold and cold alone. Instiadof being a bill for the colnaee of silver, it was a measure which practically prohibited prohibit-ed the coinage of standard silver dollar!'. Applause. Payson was followed by Mitchler (Ca.) ami Hatch (Mo.) In opposition to the bill. If the gentlemen oil the other tide wln, on the floor, declared de-clared thcmscUcs III favor of freu and unlimited coinage, would throw ofT Tllt: CACCCS AAD SIIACKLtS, said Hatch, before the sun went down to-day silver would be restored to a ierfect eijuality ith gold. liartine (Nev.) declared himself a flatfootcd free coinage man. Cannon slid lie would vote for the substitute, lit cause he believed at the present time, and under the present conditions, it was the best that could bu procured. While he did not apprelu lid that Uie bill was perfect, his judgment was that, Like it all in all, it was thesouudtst measure the House could originate, ami joss and from every standjioiut and all tilings considered it met his unqualified approval anJ endorse-ment, endorse-ment, standing, as h'l did, Iietu'ctu the extreme silver men on the one hand, and the gold niouoiiulisLs on the other. Anderson (Ivan. I favored free coinage. l'erkins (Kan.) said the bill did not meet his approval, but lie would vote for itlncause he knew that In any other form it wcu!dbcam-ndcd. Thurston (Kan.) anJ ConneM ( Neb.) favored a (ree coinage measure. meas-ure. Diogley (Me.) supjwrted the bill. Brewer (SIIdi.)audSweeuey(Iii.l spoke for the bill. Grosvenor(Ohio) characterized as a fraudulent preteuso of the demo-eralle demo-eralle raHy that It had ever favored fa-vored tlie free and unlimited coin ago of silver. It had been tlie shuttlecock shut-tlecock of tlie democratic dishonorable dishonor-able methods of politic. McKinley said Uie bill would utilize util-ize every dollar of silver produced in the United States. It provided also that the Instant silver was on a parity itii gold, that very in-taut there would I free and unlimited coinage of silver. Coogrcss must see that the money provided for the eoile must !ealolutelr CAFE mo:i FI.VAKCIAL, 1VKECKS and from financial convulsions, and lualvolutely safe and secure In the hands of the holders. This bill gave' the country a money that was good for the iccple and would lie good for all time. Vote down this measure and the gentlemen knew there would be no legislation on the subject. sub-ject. The democrats knew they wnuld not get free coinage when they were in the majority; they knew they could uot gel it now, and to defeat tills bill was to defeat all silver legislation. Tlie hour or 3 o'clock having arrived, ar-rived, the previous cmtstion was ordered. or-dered. Amendments to the original bill wrre offered by Taylor (III.) and O'Donuell (Mich.), and informally adopted. ilcComas' amendment tosuspend was also adopted. It provides that when free coinage is attained the monthly bullion purchase shall cesse. The substitute, &a amended, was then agreed to, and tiie question occurred oc-curred upon agreement (o the bill as nmended by the substitute. liland (Mo.) moved to recommit tlie bill with instructions to the committee to rejort a free coinage bill uot later than Tuesday next. Dingley (Me.) made a point of order or-der against the latter portion of the iij-truetious, which was sustained, nut Klaud modified the motion to as to omit the provisions fora report by a specified date. Defeated yeas 116, nay 140. On the motion to recommit, re-commit, fifteen republicans "votetl Willi the democrats, u follows: Allen, Al-len, Anderson, liartine. Carter, Connell, Deliaven. Featlierson, iinston, Herman, Kelley, Morrow, Perkins, Townsend, Turner, Vande-ver. Vande-ver. Thirteen democrats voted with the republicans in opposition to the motion to recommit, as follows: Dargan, Dumplirey, KIIiott,FIower, Gelssenhalner. Hemphill, Marsh, Mutchler, O'Neill, Quinn, Tracy, Venables, Wiley. Tlie hill then passed yeas 135, nays 119 as rollout: Yean Adams, Allen (Mich.), Arnold, Atkinson (Pa.), Atkinson (W'yo.), llaker, ISanks, . ISayne, lieckwlth, Brlden, Belknap, Bergen, Ber-gen, Bingham, Boolhani, Boutelle, Bow den. Becker. Broslus. Brewer. Browne, Buchanan, Burrows, Bur-tou, Bur-tou, Butterwortli, Caldwell, Cannon, Can-non, Caswell, Clieadle, Clark (Wis.), Cogswell, Coleman, ComstocK,Con-gvr, ComstocK,Con-gvr, Connell, Crl, Dalzell, tv haven, Dingley, Dolilver, Dorsey, Dunnell, livans, Kwart, Far-quliar, Far-quliar, Fealhcrstone, Finley, Fleck, Flood, Funk, Funston, Gear, Gcst, GiSbrd, Grecnhaige, Grosvenor, Hall, Hanshrocgh, Har-mer, Har-mer, Haugeu, Heuderson( Ills.), Henderson (la.), Herrmann, Hill, Illlt, Hopkins, Houck, Kennedy, Kerr(l'a.), Keteham, KInwy, Ij-cey, Ij-cey, la FoIIette, Llnd.IXHlge, Laid-law, Laid-law, McComas, McCord, Mason, McUutll.-, McKinley, McCormick, Mollit, Moore, Miles, Morrill, Morrow, Mor-row, Morey, Mtidd, Morse, JCutt, O'Neill (I'a.), Payne, O'Danncll, Perkins. Pickler, i'ayson, Quackeu-hush, Quackeu-hush, italues, lmgsley, Itevtl (la.), Beyburii, Itay, Itoweli, ltuell, Bise, Sawyer, Scanlon, Sanford, Sherman, Simouds, Stull, Sniyser, Snyder, Smith (West Vn.), Stock-bridge, Stock-bridge, Struble, Htephenson, Taylor (Ills.), Taylor (Tenu.), Stevens, Sttcucy, Vaudever, Tliomas Uzm II. Taylor, Wade, Walker (Mass.), VanSchalck, Wright, Wal!ace(.Mo.), Vardley. Nays. Abbott, Alderson, Allen (Mis.), Anderson (Kb.), Bankhead, Barnes, Bartlne, Banrig, Biggs, Blancliard, Illau.l, Blount, Bieckiu-ridge Bieckiu-ridge (A), Breckinridge ( K.), Breck-ner, Breck-ner, itrook-hire. Buclianan (Va.), Bullock, Bynum, Candler (Ga.j. Carter, Carutli, Ciitchlngs, Chap-mau, Chap-mau, Clancy, Clark (Ala.), Cohu, Cooiier (I nd.), Coeimine, Cowlo, Cralii, Cri-ii, Cullierlsou (Tex.), Dargan, Davidscn. Dockery, Dun-phy, Dun-phy, Kdmunds. Klliott,Ii:iIis.l-:ulee, Flower, Forney, Fowler, Geisseu-heimer, Geisseu-heimer, Gileon, Goodnight, Grimes, llalcli.IIaves, Ha'ues, Heard, Henderson Hen-derson (N'.C). Herbert, Hohuau, Kelley. Kilimre, liue, Iiuham, Lee, (Cala.), Lester, (Cala.), lister, (U.1.L Lolvr. (N.O.Lester. (Val. Ievris, Marsii, Mansur, Martin, Mar-tin, Ind.), McCLimmy, Mc-Creary, Mc-Creary, Mrltte, Montgomery. Moore (Tex.). Morgan, Milchler, O'Ferrall, O'Neil (Pa.), O'Neil (Mavs.), Outhwaite, Owens, IVrrott, Peel, Pennington, Perry, Pierce, Quind, Raines, Ilirhanison, Itobert-son, Itobert-son, ltellley, Rockwell, Rodgers, Rouland, Klyrrs, Seney, Shively, jSkinner, Springer, Stewart, (Tex.). Sloekdale. Stone (Ky.). Tarsney, Tiuuuau, TuwnsenJ (Col.), Tracey, Tucker, Turner (Ga.), Turner (Kas.). VenaMc, Walki-r (Mo.). Washington, Washing-ton, Wheeler (Ala.) Whitthorne, Wilke. Wilej-, Wilkinson, Williams (III.), Wibou( Wash.). Wilson (Mo.). Wilson (W. Va ). Voder 119. On the limit vote tight republicans, republi-cans, as f Minus, voteil wltli the democrats agai list the bill: Anderson (Kas., H-trliue, Carter, Kelley, Rockwell, Tnwnseud(CoI.), Turner (Kas.). WiIm(Wa-h.). liut one Uuncerat, Wilson (Mo.), vottsl with the republicans for the passagcof the bill. Washington, June 7. In the Senate, Mitchell's motion to reconsider recon-sider the vote parsing thcSeuatu bill to authorize tlie construction of a bridge acniss the Columbia River liy tlie Oregon Railroad Kxlensiou Coiutt!iy was amended by striking out the stxtion which teiil all former- acts authorizing bridges, wherever cviisiiiictlon has not tieen i-niiimeiiretl, anil so amended the bill Was psssesi. The following bills were pas-;J: The House till as to tlie fees of tlie Judicial ofiirersiu New Mexico nnd Arzuua. uitli n sule-tituUi allowing allow-ing mar-h.i's und district a'.tor-urys a'.tor-urys of New .Mexico and Arizona tt rttnin of their fersand emoluments enough to make their coinpensaiion $ a year each, If such fts.-s aiel emoliuiH ntsare sufticient therefor. The Senate bill to ratify and con-flrtn con-flrtn certain agreements with the Ctcur u'Alene Indians In Idaho Territory. The Senate hill for relief re-lief of Major Rash, army laymastcr. The Seuale bill to ruvidu for thu compulsory education ef IiidLin children. Thu House bill to prevent pre-vent dcsi-rtioii from tlie army, by witlihnlding iart of the soldiers' monthly jay ns .1 itepoil, and the House hill t' authorize tbe purchase of certain i-ublic lands by thucityof Butlaln, Wyoming, for cemetery purposes. The conference report on the bill approving tlie funding act of Ari-znia Ari-znia was presented and agreed to. The private lcuiou bills on (lie calendiir were taken up and 13) loucd. Tlir Ilannllan aislatnrr. San FitASCisco, June 7. The steam-hiji Alameda arrived today fnini Sydui-y and Honolulu. The United States strainer UmrUttun arrived at Honolulu May 29th. The Hawaiian I,cgislaliv Assembly was opened May 21st by the King. Theru was no dl-tutlunce. The national reform turty secured control con-trol of the organization of thu House. Kllleil by an Kleelrla Wire. BAI.TUIOIU-, June 7. Charles Frasler, an employe in the saloon of Charles Kern, at Pratt and Free-mout Free-mout streets, weut into tlie cellar to get a keg of lieer. In his work he (aught an electric light wire, and was instantly killed. Tlie smell of burning flesh attracted theattentiou of Kern and he went to thu assistance assist-ance of Frasler, but as soon as he touched tbe Iwdy received a shock which knocked him senseless. He was restored to consciousness after some labor. Frazier was terribly burned. Ttie Fisheries Trouble. St. Johns, N. F., June 7. The newspapers are outspoken on the subject of the fisheries troubles. The Herald says Uiat Holland must light France or abandon her British American possessions. Tbcafofl says: "The British naval officer at tills station should lc clad with petticoats, instead of breeches, and adorned with a lawn tennis racquet. The British ships are in Newfoundland waters ostensibly ostens-ibly for fishery protection, but in reality they are here to bolster up the French claims to the fisheries and to play lawn tennis." The furious address of tbe Legislature Legis-lature to the Queen relative to tho fishery troubles here, published several days ago, has not y tt passed the Legislature. The document was a rough draft of the proposed address, a copy of which, it Issuii-posed, Issuii-posed, was purloined by some one In the government printing orilce. The address may bo modified considerably con-siderably by the Legislature before, tassed. |
