Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-06
Vote on the Silver Bill.
The vote on the silver bill in the
House was az follows;

House was as follows:
Ysos-Aiken. Aldrich, Atkins, Baker Of Ind,
Banning sayne Bell, Benedict Bicsnel. Black
Bragg, Brentano, Brewer, Bridges, Bright, Brog-
dick Butler. Caldwell Of Ky, CALDWELL Of Tenn.
Ia, .Clymer. Cobb, Cole. Conger, Cook, Cox Of
O., Cox ofN. Y, Cravens, Crfttenden, Culbert-
son. Cummings, Cntler. Danford, Davidson, Da-
Durham. Rdan, Elan, Ellis, Rrrett, Evans, Of
Ind, Evans of S C, Ewing, Fenton, Finley, For
ney Foot. Foster, Franklin, Fuller, Garth, Ged-
ma. Harris Of Ga, Harris Of Va. Harrison, Hart
ridge, Hartzell, Haskell, Hatcher, Hayes, Hazel
ton. Henderson, Henry; Hewitt Of Ala. Herbert,
phrey. ittner, James. Jones Of o Keghtly, Kelly
LuttreIi, Lynde. Mackey, Manning, Maish. May
hon, Metcat. Mills. Mitchell. Money. Monroe,
Of N Z, Patterson Of col. Phelps, Philips. POI
Rea, Reagan. Rice Of o, Riddle. Robbins. Rob.
erts, Robertson. Robinson Of Ind, Ryan. Samp-
son, sapp, sayler. Scales. Sexton, shallenberger,
Mich, Stone ofIo, Strait, Thornburg, Thompson,
Throckmorton, Townsend of O, Townsend Of N
Tsn Of M as Waser W
WEIGH. White Of Pa, White of Ind, whitthorne,
Wigginton, Williams Of Wis, Williams. of Ala,
Of WTgS9 WILLIS Willis FIX %ett VIII
Banks, Beebe, Bisbee. Blair, Bliss. Briggs Cain.
Camp, Campbell, Chittenden, Clatlin, Covert,
Grape, Davis of Cal. Dennis0n, Dwight, Eames,
Eichoi, Ellsworth, Field, Freeman, Frye, Car
field, Gibson. Hale, Hardenberg, Harmer, Harris
Of Mass, Hart; Hendee, Hewitt Of n Y, Hiscock,
Hungerford, james, Jones sfNH. Joyce, Ketch-
am, tapham, Lindsey. Lockwood Loring, Nc
Cook. Morse. Muller Norcross, O'Neill. Overtoa,
Potter PGWsrs Plsh sesd Rice Of Mass kon
smith:of Pa, staIin. stenger, Stewart, veder,
Jams Of n Y, Williams Of Del. Willis ofN Y, and
Ward-73.
The Speaker announced the vote
and said in obedience to the require.
ment of the constitution, two-thirds
have voted in the affirmative. and the
bill has passed, the objections of tht
| President Notwithstanding.
The announcement was received
with general hand-clapping.
THE VOTE IN THE SENATE.
Yeas-Allison. Bailey, Beck, Bruce, Chanee
6enns pofssy Enstis feqrv GaranS
Gordon, Grover, uarris. Hereford, Hill, Howe
Ing.lls, Jones Of Fla, Jones Of New, Kellogg
Matthew'S, Maxey, Merrimon. Morgan. PaddocI
Patterson. Plumb, salisbury, Saunders. Spencer
Teller, Thurman. Voorhees,, wallsce, Windor
Nays-Barnum, Bayard, Blaine, Butler, Conk
| ling, Dawes, Eaton. Hamlin, H0ar, Herman, La
| mar, Mcpherson, Mitchell. Morrill,, Randolph
Rollins. Sargent, Wadleigh and Whyte-l9.
AS it required q two-thirds vote t
pass the bill, the pairs, to be equal
were two advocates of the measure
with one opponent and they wer
announced as follows:
Oglesby and Ransom who wOplt
have voted in the affirmative will
Anthony who would have voted il
the negative; Cameron (Wis.) ant
Booth, who would have voted in tn
affirmative, with Burnside, VIII
would have voted in the negative
Cameron (Pa.) and Armstrong, VIII
would have voted in the affirmative
| with Edmunds, who would have 70
ted in the negative.
Christiancy and Sharon were alb
sent.
When the name of Hill was callc'
he said, l do not know the rules of tn
Senate, but / would like to make
brief statement.
Several Senators objected.
Hill-Then / vote aye.
Il Edmunds said, being obliged L
leave the city in q day or two, he hat
arranged for pair on this bill, blu
different from the one announced
The matter of pairs, his friend from
Iowa, (Allison) had arranged it dill
Iferently. Had he (Edmunds) know
that the vote would be taken on thi
bill to-day, he would not have agree
to q pair, because he thought out {
respect to the President, the messag
should be laid over until morrow
The President pro tenn, announcin
the vote, said two-thirds of the Sci
ate having voted in its favor, the bi
is passed and has become q law.