Omaha daily bee., 1890-06-18
THE SILVER MEN VICTORIOUS.
A Big Majority in the Senate in Favor Of
Free Coinage.
THE HOUSE LIKELY TO FOLLOW SUIT
Crowded Galleries Fake Great Inter-
est in the Procecdings-The Nc
Kinlcy Tariff Bill to be
Reported Today.
BUREAU The OMAHA BEE,
5l3 FOURTEENTH STREET,
WksnIvGroY, d. C., June IL.

WASHINGrON, IL. u, June IL.
Free coinage wins. There is to be unlim-
tied free coinage of American silver If the
bill which has passed the senate is adopted
by the house and signed by the president,
The senate was the scene of very lively action
this afternoon from the moment MIR. Wolcott
of Colorado took the floor to ''round up" the
single standard men and severely criticize the
attitude of Secretary Window towards silver
coinage until the final vote on the amended
bill was taken. The galleries began to
fill as soon as Mr.. Wolcott commenced
to deliver his maiden effort, and
when he had finished there was hearty
round of applause The seats above and on
the floor were all occupied and large portion
of the house were commingling with the sena-
tors, and not only did the free coinage amend
ment, which has been pushed by MIR. Teller
of Colorado, succeed, but also an amendment
offered by him, making the certificates which
are to be issued for the purchase of bullion
full legal tender for the payment of all public
and private debts. The free coinage amend
ment was adopted by II vote of 43 to -.
There was, in the parlance of
the west, "a hustling to get on the band
wagon.n AS amendment after amendment
was proposed and voted upon senators who
had proclaimed openly against placing silver
upon the same footing with gold and legal
tender notes seemed to be eager to vote for
the amendments cevating silver to the
highest possible standard. After several of
the amendments were adopted Mr. Edmunds
of Vermont, who led the opposition to free
coinage and full legal tender provision,
gusted with the whole proceeding,
desired to wash his hands of
it and was willing to turn 1t over to the
democratic party, where it belonged. This
precipitated very lively exchange of scnti-
ment between the senator from Vermont and
Mr.. Plumb, but when quiet was restored
other amendments were proposed and
adopted with an increase of majority, the
accesSions coming from the republican ranks
SO overwhelming were the votes upon the
amendments that it was freely stated by the
strongest single standard men on the republi-
can side that only free coinage bill could
pass the house, as many free coinage men
who had been coerced by Speaker Reed when
the bill was before that body short time
since would feel at liberty, in view of the
large majOrities in the senate, to consult
their own convictions and be guided in ac
cordance
1t is conceded now that the senate bill will
pass the house despite the opposition of the
speaker, but it is not thought probable that
the president will sign such measure. The
friends of free coinage give Senator Teller
the credit of having wrought the wonders
which were shown by the votes in the senate
today. He was the first man to come out
boldly for free coinage and continued to fight
for it till last week, when it
looked as though majority of the entire SEN
ate from the republican side would sign Il
pledge to vote against free coinage Mr..
Teller never lost faith in the ultimate success
of his position, and he was very heartily con
graduated when the bill was finally passed
this afternoon. Mr.. Plumb of Kansas was
also prominent laborer in the vineyard of
free coinage.
~ is stated by members of the committee on
ln. snt h.lf1s tlaA 1n1 thn
when it goes to the house, will be placed upon
the calendar, and that unless Speaker Reed
desires it adopted it will not be considered at
this session. Mr.. Reed is committed against
free coinage and the legal tender provisions.
TIE M'KINLEY TARIFF BILL.
The Mckinley tariff bill is to be reported
from the committee on finance to the senate
tomorrow and ordered printed. The commit
tee will not submit its report under q day or
two, and it is understood that the report will
consist only of an explanation of why the va
riOus changes in the bill were made and none
OF the usual arguments in favor of prOtec-
tive tariff will accompany the report. 1t has
been customary to submit a political argu-
ment with tariff bills. The senate commit
tee has contented itself with making reduc-
tions of the duties fixed by the Mckinley bill.
The duty OF about half cent a pound upon
the low grades of sugar is the one important
increase over the proposition of the McKin-
ley Dill. Among the most important reduC-
tiOnS made in the bill as it will come from the
committee are the removal of the proposed in |
crease of duty on tobacco, leaving as at pres
ent sliding scale of about 20 per cent on bar
ley and some other farm products, the duty
upon which was almost doubled by the McKin-
ley BILL and cut of about 80 per cent
upon the duty on common bagging. 1t is
likely that the bill will not be called
up in the senate for debate before July l. as
it is the desire of the appropriation committee
to get all the pending appropriation bills out
of the way before the end of the present
month, which is the end of the fiscal year.
The debate on the tariff will be very long and
will probably last until the end of August. IL
is generally understood that the democratic
senators have entered into pledge among
themselves to keep up an endless supply of
tariff eloquence in order that the senate may
become so tired out before the end of the de-
bate as to be willing to take up the subject of
federal election bill.
OMISSIONS IN TAKING THE CENSUS.
When handed Superintendent Porter dis
patch tonight from THE BEE, stating that there
were egregiOus errors in the work of taking
the census of Nebraskas metropolis, and that !
TnE BEE had proven beyond doubt that hum
drcds of legal residents had been omitted
from the returns, Mr. Porter expressed no
surprise, but seemed considerably worried
over the information. He stated that he had !
heard that complaint from every direction,
and that number of states had gone
TO the trouble and expense of employ |
ing out of their private funds emu
the federal cnumeratOrs and make an unoni- |
cial census for the purpose of protecting
themselves against Misrepresentation and |
against the inaccuracies of the government
work. He said that Kansas City had com
planned that the federal census would show a /
decrease of 40 per cent of the anticipated |
population while some of the cities which |
have employed enumcrators at their own eX- !
pense would undoubtedly be able to show !
that the figures of the public and private |
cnumcratOrs We're at wide variance. |
This, he stated, was condition |
of affairs which the government |
could not help. There was no remedy, al |
though the fullest extension of time allowed |
by the law to enable the enumcmtors TO Sc
cure a census ofpersons who could not upon |
the first second on more calls be found at .
their places of business or residence would |
be given He stated that IL was necessary TO |
make limit of time when the official returns |
should be made 10 the supervisors and that +
fourteen working days were ample especially !
since the cnumerators districts were cut up |
into small territories. Mr.. Porter is /
unable TO do anything in the .
way of rcctifying omissions, and
II looks as though the dcccminatcd figures /
representing the population of Omaha would /
have to stand in the permanent census report I.