St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-26
NO FRIEND OF SILVER.
The Popular Branch of Con-
gress Rejects the Free
Coinage Bill.
Had All the Democrats Stood
in Line 1t Would Have
Carried.
Senator Call Pads the Con-
gressional Record and Is
Called Down.
Democrats Denounce the Fed
eral Election Bill as a
Measure Of Force.

WASHINGTON, June 25.-The house
to-day adopted the conference report on
the naval appropriation bill. On mo-
ton of Mr.. Conger, of Iowa, debate on
the silver bill was extended from until
s O'Clock, at which time voting shall
begin. Mr.. Morse, of Massachusetts,
addressed the house in support of the
house and in opposition to the senate
amendments. He regarded the senate
bill as new outbreak Of the fiat money
or greenback craze which had swept
over the country some years ago. Mr..
McAdoo, New Jersey Democrat), an
nOunced that he was not in favor of
free coinage; but he could not bring
himself to the point of supporting the
secretary of the treasury's PROPOSE
ton to make silver commodity.
Mr.. Peters, of Kansas, believed that
the decentralization of silver in 1879 was
wrong, and that the mistake should he
corrected now. He had voted recently
to sustain the speaker because he be-
lieVed the speaker was right, but he
was confronted with the question
whether he would vote for free coinage
OF for inconvenience in the senate
amendments. He did not believe he
would be justified in declining to vote
for free coinage. Mr.. Taylor opposed
the senate bill, and charged that it was
being pushed. by the
Most Disgraceful Lobby
ever in the capitol. Hardly corner
outside of the hall of the house could
be turned without running against
some of them. He was for measure
that would bring the two metals together
at the shortest possible time. and that
would take the whole product of this
country. 1t seemed to him that the
house bill should satisfy the silver men.
Mr.. Dunnell, of Minnesota, was sure
free coinage bill would not receive the
approval of the conservative men Of
the country. Mr.. Williams, of Illinois,
charged that the president had sent
men here threatening a veto if a free
and Mr.. Brosius, of Pennsylvania, OPP
posed the senate bill. Mr.. Mckinley,
In closing the debate, said that the
question of to-day was whether the
financial system of the country should
be overturned. He opposed the senate
amendments because he wanted both
gold and silver used, and wanted them
to be equal in purchasing power and
legal tender qualities. The hour of 8
O'Clock arrived and the speaker declared
the previous question ordered. On mo-
ton of Mr.. Springer, a separate vote
was taken on the question of substitute
ing for the. first section of the house
bill the first section of the senate bill.
1t was the section providing for free
coinage, providing for the purchase of
S4,5OOOQ0 worth of silver bullion
monthly. On both sides it was recog
pized that this was to be the test, and
the yeas and nays were demanded on
Mr.. Springer's motion to concur in the
Senate amendment. As the. call pro-
crossed the votes were watched with
the closest interest, and the result-the
defeat of the free coinage amendment
by vote of 1876 to 152-was hailed with
applause on the Republican side. The
following is theivote in detail: