New-York tribune., 1890-06-18
,u To THE IRIDUSE.l

-. Ir,e 1.-THE cccolhase n0P'"
Ncans in the Senate CARED ,i''"7" , ,,r,o.e 70
dav their more or less openly ' -. ,ris session
49,, ,na uov n any silver legislation al "''9 ,
oiooh ue ""s - oxtrcmc views are TO be acqu'esceu
uh.' i pon,hlican majority in both hr"l''cS VI
III - D' r,t,ocn Republican SenatorS-ah ''' o,S w
=, .bsn, from the states Of the Far ,ro
.h. n.mocratic minorit yto deied' INV ,, =,
oa hv the Treasury Department ''N ,.,o /
To- In..i,.es and the senate Finance 'o'""l''''
80 =, tho first flush OF a demoi''lN''F >',''' ,
an" III ~ m, ,o,ctb Of passing an outaHdout HV"
eve" w., 18th NOT single feature th't can
.On,n'end itself to the Judgment OF 'no i'Sp'
po,uhlican majority in either HOUSE, n
IT,. .ucce,sful combination was he"ueu on -"
n,roon side BY Mr. Plumb, of Kansas ana '.r'
-. ~ Colorado. and on the Democratic sue ~
,..non NJ Texas and 10 this chance and hreSpo"'
-, d,.sc,orv the real leaders Of the senate on
financial questions reluctantly torccd 10 >ie" Wv
r.rol srd direction Of the silver legislation whch Is
now 10 be credited in Conference Comm''ee To '40
,oher Judgment to the north end Of the Capl'ol'
Tbo hill Of course as passed, is not likely 10 DC
..csrted bv the House Of Representatives. ana 'he
nrosnect OF satisfactory measure at TINS session seems
now almost as distant as il did before 'e lonE oVo%
had begun The Republican senators WHO o'"No
away from the sentiment of the party ana a'ueu '''
Democratic inaatonists substantial Victory came
i.h an. excenon As has been said. from the extreme
,vss, Ny Plnmb and Mr. Teller had gathered ther l"i
lowing into a compact force on speclou>N So'"'
issue In the body of the silver extremists "cic' iar
uralv enough Mr. Wolcott, Mr.. TellcrS coleaHuo l''
Colorado; MIR. Ingalls, Of Kansas; MeSNrs' Jones anu
e.r+ 80 Nevada. Mandcrson and Paddock, of
Nebraska. Moody and Pett-rew, of south paNo'a'
Sanders and Power. Of Montana: squire OF Nd>"'"e
Ton; MITCHELL Of oregon and stanford oi 'aiii''
The stray Eastern man who was gathered ln'o u'0
oorhiration WAS Mr.. Cameron, of PennsyNaWd'
Nessrs stanford and Pcttgrew did not vote Du' uoH
rore naired in favor of coinage with Eastern lie
ruhlicans Mr. Pierce. of North Dakota, Noteo VIII"
,be Finance Committee until the hght was hoPc'oNNN
lost, and ioined the combination only on 'e quoN''n
of final passage Mr. Blair of Ne~-hamp9hre' No''u
Gov Mr. Plumbs free substitute, but aiterWafu
osed II and smoke against the provisions tackled on
later TO the bill. ,+,. -.
The three crucial votes were on the aNopuoh d'
Ibe outset of free coinage clause on agreeing !" o
hill az constructed by Messrs. Plumb, leler anu
Reagan in ,re Committee of the Whole ana on ''e
Anal passage cf the bill in the senate ON the nts'
.re ,.e coinage combination had AZ votes IN the he
nubllcan opposition's Cd. on the second the heueN
werc 40 10 20. and the third AZ to 20 iHIoc
DEMOCRATS opposed the triumvirate'N programme dV
evcrv stage They were Messrs. Mciherson' OF New
Jersey. GRAY OF Delaware. and Wilson, OF MaiNlaiu
rverv other Democratic vote thrown mo the
scale 10 assist the Republican minority In trumphhg
over the accredited leadership and the Conservative
purpose Of its side of the chamber.
The voting on the amendments 10 the pending Dill
bcgau about o'clock The changes made IN tie
Y,se hill bv the Finance Committee quickly dlS
uos.d of The dropping Of the bullion clause was
aoouesced In by a vote Of 81 to . The other al'vI"
tons omttng the legal tender feature ana the clause
for coinage at the par point fixed by the House ~
well as the ten-year Imitation were all dc'isNeN 10
trted the vote standing so H. 46 to 10 and 81 to q
Mr. Plumb then forward as the a'o"e'
chsuuion of the combination, and proposed I" SUI
s,itute for the first section Of the House o'H a.
section opening the mints TO the worlds silver ID"
cost of coinage to fall uDon the Government Inc
result was rothng of surprise. except that the
strength of the combination rose slightly above inc
limit that had been put upon it by the Finance
Committee and its friends. Fifteen Republicans ana
twenty-eicht Democrats supported Mr. Plamo's piopo-
sition. Twenty-cne Republicans and three Demo
cgats opposed it,
The vote the PLUMP free coinage diheHuhio't
wac as follows:
In the amlmauyc-Messrs. Bate Berry, BaiF, Blodgeu
Butler, Call Cameron. Carlisle. Cochie, COKE Coquit
uaniel Eusts George, Gibson, German, Harris Hearst
ingalls, Jones Arkansas Jones Of Nevada, henna
Manderson Mitchell Moody. Morgan, Paddock Payne
Plumb Iueh, Ransom, Reagan Sanders squire
stewart. Teller Turpe, Vance, Vest voorhees, Waihai
In the neratye-Messrs Altrich Allen. Allison. Casey
Chandler CUrom. Dawes Idinunds, Evarts' Frye Gray
Hale Hawley H.scock HOar Mctherson, Hoirh! fiefce
Sawyer sherman, Spconel, Sto,kbrcse, WashDofh anu
Wilson OF Maryland-2i.
The pairs were. For free conage-Barbour. Blackburn.
Brown, Faulkner, Hampton, Pasco PettisIew and STAN
ford
Mcmillan. Platt, Quay and Wilson OF Iowa
The only two Eastern Republicans favor Of free
coinage. it. Will be noted. Nessrs BLAIR and
Cameron. Among the senators from the Far west
ONLY Nessrs. Dolph Of Oregon Allen, Of Washington
and CASEY and Pierce. Of North Dakota. stood WITH
the majority Of their colleagues Oh the SILVER q'e'
After the announcement Of the vote Mr. Ednurds,
for the Republican side Indignantly turned uc
Vietoiions % co2bnation. T the Irresponsible Dcmoc
racy." as he called II. ana u" deiiteu H0Ne's
good deal Of confusion the iree conafe men men Per.
fected their BILL the ONLY sharp fight OF ne discussion
thcatcs representing coin. heretofore issued or to
be issued ~ the future full ara complete " legal
matched together il authorized free coinaec pro
rIdcd for the issuance Of certihcates as under the
present law. these cerhc full legal tender,
ser,hcateS in lieu Of coin and Gnally added the
section in all the bills for th9 covering Of the bank
count at the Treasury.
The vote agreeing to the work Of the Committee
Of the Whole under whose manlpatiuns SECTION
but one Of the House bin had vanished, showed The
relative strength Of the combination and the RepnIl
free coinage men, and there few rpadjustInents
Of pairs The totals on the vote we're 40 TO 26 The
only formal The final roll-cal resulted as follows
For the reconstructed tnMe,srs Bate, Blodgett
Butler. CAN Cameron Cockrell Coke Colqutt, Daniel,
Eusts George. German. Harris, Hearst, ingalls, Jones,
Of Arkansas; Jones Of Nevada Kenna MaDdcr'on, Mitch
ell, Moody, Morgan, Paddock, Pasco. Payne, Pierce.
Plumb Power, Pugh, Ransom Reagan. Sanders Squire
Stewart Teller Turpe. Vance, Vest, voorhees,, Wath@l
and Woeott-Total ~. Republicans Is. Democrats y.
Against the bllMessrs. Aldrich Allen Allison Blair,
Casey, Chandler Culom, Dawes Einunds. Evarts Frye,
Gray, Hale. Hawey. Hiscock HOsr. MCPHERSON, morrill,
Plat Sawyer, sherman Spooner Stockbridge, Washbun
and Wilson, Of Marylsnd-Total 25 Republicans %,
Democrats 3.
The pairs were: For the bl-Barbour Blackburn Car
isle Brown, Faulkner, Hampton Pettigrcw, Stanford
Against the bil-Dayls. Dixon Dolph, Farwel Higgins
Al. Ou2y and Of Ioy2 lDrDn
Louisiana. did not vote
Tie Dill as ii finally from the hands OF 'he
acting directory of the legislative combination
read as follows:
Section l. That from and after tho date Of the passage
Of this act the unit Of value United States shall
the do!lar and nv hc cnncd olains