, 1890-06-19

coinage OF silver dOllirs would ne, as IL
desntvcd 10 be, hurled from power.
MIR. Plunib moved TO add new section
as follows That the provisions Of sec
tion of the act to authorize the coinage
Of standnrd silver dollars. and to restore
Its legal tender character which became
Law February IS, 1878. IL hereby made
applicable to tho coinage In this act pro-
vlded for; agreed TO without division.
Mr.. Reagan offered the following
amendment as n substitute for sections
3, 4 and 81
That the certificates provided for in
this act shall be Of denomination OF not
less than.s i;nor more than 500, and that
such cert iicates shall be redeemable in
coin OF standard value. A sufficient sum
to carry out the provisions OF this act Is
hereby appropriated out of any money
N the treasury not otherwise appro-
rated,
The provision in section of the act of
February iS 1878, which requires the
secretary ofihe treasury to purchase. at
the market price not less than 81, 0C0, 900,
nor more than 81 600, COO of silver bullion
per month, is hereby repealed.
Mr.. Edmunds here arose and said
without interfering with the fine SYM
postum we are having, wish to say
that l am opposed to the bill as II now
stands, to every one Of its amendments,
in general aud in particular, and, there
fore, that | am not to be called upon
hereafter to account for having allowed
the amendment to pass without calling
for the ayes and noes. am willing To
deliver over to the democratic party the
management of the finances OF the coun-
try for the time being. ] only state this
In order that may not trouble the SEN
ate with demanding the ayes and noes on
various ornamcntations that are being
mis- n fhta hnn1lnnN N xvh hiah la al n n "
Laughter.
Mr.. Plumb rctorted sharply, asking
what MIR. Edmunds was going to do
with the republican platform, and inti-
mated that Mr Edmunds did not repre-
sent the republican party.
Mr. Edmunds replied that he stood by
the republican party platform, but that
the democrats and their dcluded follow
ora had abandoned their platform and
transformed it into ono which no demo
cratic convention ever dared to propose,
because the people of the United States
would find out that they had been de-
luded and misled, and that when the
break come. 1t would not he tho poor or
the debtor classes who would have prof
tied, but the very people whom these
gentlemen were now bowling against so
strongly would have made all the
money.
Mr.. Vest called Mr.. Edmunds atten.
tion to the fact that the democratic house
in 1877 passed free coinage act which,
he said, was mutilated by the republi'
can senate.
After long discussion, the amend.
ment was modified, at the suggestion OF
Mr.. Eustis, by adding the words, and
all the silver ercertiticates already issued
and so modified, IL was agreed to-ayes
-, noes %.
Mr. Plumb moved to insert the follow
ing as an additional section: Owners
of bullion deposited Tor coinage shall
have the option to receive coin or its
In the certificates provided
for In this act, and such bullion shall be
coined" Agreed to with
out division.
Tho bill was then reported to tho
senate, and all the amendments agreed
TO In committee OF the whole were
agreed to--ayes 40, noes 20.
Mr.. Chandler moved TO insert the fol-
lowing amendments. No gold or silver
bullion shall be received by the treasury
department under this act, except such
as shall be shown TO be the product OF
mines within the United States.
Nr. Teller moved to lay the amend
ment on the table; agreed to-ayes AZ,
noes 25.
TIE VOTE ON THE BILL
iuo pii, US uintutchs was NHth passeH
ayes ~, noes 25-as follows:
AYgs.
Bate, Berry, Blodgett, Butler, Call.
Cockrell, Coke, Colquitt,
Daniel, Eustis, George, Gormnn, Harris.
Hearst, INGALLS,, Jones (Ark.l Jones
(Nev.l Rs,na, Manderson. Mitchell,
Pasco, Payne, Pierce, Plumb, Power,
Pugh, Ransom. Reagan, Sanders,
Squire, stewart, Teller. Turpie. Vance,
Vest, Voorhees,, Waltham, Wolcott--42.
Aldrich, Allen, Allison, Blair. Casey,
Chandler, Cullom, Dawes, Edmunds,
Eyarts, Frye. Gray, Hale, Hawiey His
cock, Hoaf, MoPherson, Morrill,, Plat,
Sawyer sherman, Spooner, Stockbrldge,
Wilson (Md )--25.
The title of the bill was then amended
80 as 10 read: AN act to provide for
The free coinage of gold and silver bull
lon and Tor other purposes"
Tho bill for the admission Of Wyoming
wa. then taken up so rs 10 make IL "un-
finished business" and the senate ad-
iourned.