Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-06-09
M'KINLEY LEADS.
And the Ohio Man Character
istically Gets There.
HIS SECOND IMPORTANT MEASURE

Put Through the House on Schedule
Time-The Silver Bill Passed with
Eight Republicans Voting Nay to the
Last-Cooper's Charges Against Raum
Declared by the Latter to Have No
Basis-vest Wants to Talk Beef.
WASHINGTON CITY, June 9.-The pas
sage of the silver bill by the house Satur-
day was another feather in McKinley's
cap, if presenting a proposition and bring
ing it successfully to vote is any critic
rion. 1t was he who, after the house
caucus last Wednesday, had talked on the
subject for hours, brought forward the
bill and got a heavy caucus majority for
it; and he it was doubtless, who arranged
the hustling tactics which wound the bus
mess up on it first stage Saturday after
noon There were Republican kiekers-
plenty of them. Payson vigorously OPP
posed the bullion redemption feature, but
otherwise favored the bill; MARITIME of Ne
vada, was dead against it, He opposed
buying silver as commodity"
A Complaint Against the East.
He said that the attitude of the Repub
to their heads nor 10 their hearts. The
people of the west bought the highly pro-
tected products of the east. Every year
| the Republicans of the west helped the
Republicans of the east win the battle of
protection; but when the Republicans of
| the west asked the Republicans of the
east to put silver where it ought to be,
| Sbr
| thing, and said the west wanted to cheat
] them with - cent dollar. His people did
not like this bill. They objected especially
to the bullion redemption feature. He
| had voted against it in season and out of
season, at all times and in all places. The
monometalist said that recent dollar
was a dishonest dollar. A 149-cent dollar
| was more dishonest.
Cannon for the Whole Measure.
| Cannon of Illinois said he stood upon
the platform of the Republican party. He
had always favored the use of the two
metals, and he would not willingly vote
for any law that he was satisfied would
bring the country to the use of either to
the exclusion of the other He would vote
for the substitute, because he believed
that at the present time and under pres
| ent conditions it was the best that could
be secured, and would insure the use of
both metals as money. He thought the
bullion redemption, by some gentlemen
| regarded as a stumbling block, was wise
one. Silver was not worth sixteen to one
| of gold, and the United States alone could
not make ii so, pending an international
agreement.
Some Remarks for and Against.
Anderson, Perkins, and Funston OF
Kansas, and Council of Nebraska, all Re
publicans, opposed the BILL the latter say
ing that if the speaker and the ''so-called
| leaders OF the party expected the rani
and file to do their bidding without re
gard to what was right or fair they would
wake up some day to find themselves mis-
taken. Brewer of Michigan said that the
bill met his entire and hearty appreciation
as it tended to bring together the coined
gold dollar and the coined silver dollar
| Conger of Iowa had charge of the meas
ure, but Mckinley closed the debate. III,
said that the bill would utilize every dol
lar of the silver product of the United
States. 1t provided also that the instant
silver was on a par with gold, that very
instant there would be free and unlimited
coinage of silver Congress must see
that the money provided for the people
shall be absolutely safe from financial
wrecks and from commercial commissions
and absolutely safe and secure in tn,
hands of the holders.
The Time to Vote Arrives.
Promptly at O'Clock the debate closed
and the previous question was considere,
as ordered Two amendments were adopted
one striking.out the words after declaring
that the certificates shall be full legal ten
der, except when otherwise expressly slip
ulated in the contract" This Congo
agreed to at the request of Payson. Tn
other provided that when free coinage i
attained the purchase of bullion shall
cease. There was but one motion that tn
opponents of the bill could make. and tina
was to recommit. Bland made it, and i
was defeated-1i0 TO 1l6.
How the Members Voted.
Fifteen Republicans voted with tn
Democrats as follows; Allen of Michigan
Anderson of Kansas. Bartine of Nevada
Carter of Montana, Connell of Nebraska
DeHaven of California, Featherstone O
Arkansas, Funston of Kansas, Hermann
of Oregon, Kelley of Kansas, Morrow c
California, Perkins of Kansas, Townsen
of Colorado, Turner of Kansas, and Van
| dever of California
Thirteen Democrats voted with the Re
| publicans rs follows:
| Dargan, Elliott and Hemphill of Sout
Carolina: Dunphy, Flower, Quinn, Trace
and Wiley of New York; Geisshainer c
New Jersey, Maish and Mutchler of Penn
sylvania O'Neil of Massachusetts, an
, | Venable of Virginia
Final Passage of the Bill.
: The bill was passed: Yeas. 1S5; nays
119 On the final passage eight Repub
licans. as follows, voted with the Demo
Gratis against the bill: Anderson of kaI
sal, Bartine of Nevada, Carter of Montana
Kelley of Kansas, Rockwell of Massachl
sets, Townsend of Colorado, Turner G
Kansas, and Wilson of Washington. Blu
one Democrat Wilson of Missouri vote
with the Republicans for the passage c
the bill
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