The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-08
THEY PASSED The BILL
Mckinley IlnaSes to Push the 0ppOs-
iton to Free Coinage.
A Few Republicans Including Carter
Vote Against t-Nothing Left to
Do But to Wait for Action
In the Senate.


Vote Against It-NothtnR Left to
Do But to Wait for Action
In the Senate.
Special TO the standard.
WASHINGTON, June - Al about 4
o'clock this afternoon the house passed
the republican caucus, or Mckinley, sill
ver bill with the objectionable bullion re-
demption clause In il. Mckinley told
everybody, before the vote was cast, that
the members would have to take the hill,
as they could not have free coinage.
When Mr.. Bland. of Missouri, made
the motion 10 recommit with instruc-
tions to the coinage committee to
bring In free coinage bill,
fourteen republicans, including four
members from Kansas and two from CAL
ifotpia, with Carter of Montana and the
NevadA and Colorado members, voted
with the democrats. The caucus held
most Of the republicans on the passage of
the bill. Seven refused 70 support the
measure with the bullion clause In Il.
The house adjourned at o'clock. and
while Mr.. Carter was assuring the STAND
ARD correspondent that the senate would
certainly drop the bullion clause from the
measure, . messenger handed him
telegraphic dispatch. II was from
Butte. According to the check Of
the telegraph operator IL had been ssre-
ceived ct the capitol at 3:67 O'Clock, read
as follows; "You must stand by the sill
ver interest. Declare against bullion re-
demption. We will hold you responsible
for your vote and influence in this mat
ter" This was signed by W. A. Clark,
w. 4. Hall. Thos. Couch. Harry Will
liams, Charles w. Gootlale, Charles 4.
Rueeer, Charles p. Palmer. Jos. X. Clark,
e. l. Gaylord.
Carter said that it had not come::too
late for II would not have changed his
course particle. He had used all the in
| fiuence he could command In and out of
| committee to impress upon oil the repub-
licans the Importance Of passing a true
silver measure, but his influence was not
greater than that of the entire republican
side led by the speaker, and he could only
hope that the senate would move care
| fully and consider the interests of his con-
| stituents.
II il had been anybody but Reed who oc-
cupied the chair, partly by the aid of Car
ter's help, the vote would not have been
taken up at this time. Reed pushed IL to n
passage as II was, and il is regarded by
sagacious democrats as a very cunningly
devised bill to do nothing at all.
BY Associated Press.
| WASHINGTON, June before begin
ming the debate on the silver bill, at the
request OF Payson of Illinois, Conger of
Iowa, in charge of the bill. modified his
substitute so as to provide that treasury
notes issued in pursuance of the bill shall
be legal tender i'm payment Of all debts,
public and private, striking out the fol-
lowing words: Except where otherwise
expressly stipulated in the contract"
Payson said that he realized that the
substitute would i'm substance pass this
body. and il would be done i'm obedience
TO public sentiment which he believed to BIZ
universally i'm favor of the larger use OF
silver as money metal and of a further
increase Of the currency Of the country
II the government used silver at all i
should be used as money metal and mo-
as commodity. He was opposed to tn,
substitute not because of that but becaus,
he expected to give il his support i'm thi,
contingency. He hoped the opportuni,,
would be given to strike out the bullion
redemption feature. This bill was bount
TO be considered at the other end OF tn,
capitol. II would be amended there
| Nine hundred and ninety-nine out OF ever.
thousand of his constituents are opposes
/ to the bill, and he said in the presence ol
. the house and the country that Hs9 eau
c,lses would never compel him to misrep
resent the people he represented. Paysol
, icy of the Hayes. Arthur, Cleveland an,
) Harrison administrations. He referre.
TO the denunciation of the Cleveland ad
ministration by the republican party an,
said he intlorsed the denuncialion. Al
over Illinois nothing, he said, afordet
1 ft.as su1trs Atntt
Cleveiand's administration for its treat
ment of silver. He came down to repui
2 lican administration and II was no bet
r ter. tApplause.l Silver had had no frien
in the treasury department since the agita
: tion began, and then he was asked 4
|. vote for the proposition confiding TO III
r secretary of the treasury's discretion 1
: the use OF silver as a money metal. ~
this were the end OF IT," he would vot
against II. Never had discretion bee
confiled to the secretary Of this countr
where II was possible TO evade IL. No sue
legislation as this would be under dis
i cussion to-day. The treasury official
$ were friends of gold and gold alone. IL
= stead of being a bill for the coinage G
= silver, II was a measure which practicall
e prohibited the coinage of the standar
Q silver dollar.
4 Payson was followed by Mitchc
OF Pennsylvania and Hatch of Mi
souri, In opposition to the bill
Mr.. Hatch said: "lf the gentlemen on th
other side who on the floor declare
l. themselves I'm favor of free and unlimite
: coinage would throw of caucus shackle,
o before the sun went down to-day silvs
y would be restored to perfect equali,
J. with gold"
( Bartine. OF Nevada, declared himself
i. fiat-footed free coinage man. Canno
said he would vote for the substitute b.
cause he believed at the present time an
under the present condition IL was III
best that could be procured. While he dI
: not apprehend that the bill was perfec
!, his Judgment was that. take IL all in all,
n was the soundest measure the house coul