The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-06-18
THE SENATE PASSES
The Silver Bill With Some Few
Amendments.
TWENTY-SEvEN DEMOCRATS AND
Fifteen Republicans Voted For, and Twenty
two Republicans and Three Demo-
Gratis Against the Bill.

WASHINGTON. June 17.-[Special telegram to
THE HERALD. Tho silver men we're on top in
the Senate to-day and when they had finished
voting upon the amendments which they Of
fered TO the House bill the friends of the latter
never would have recognized it, The full text
of the BILL which is an out and out
free coinage measure, is given below. The
conservative silver men were beaten 1t every
point and that, too, by greater maiorities than
they had allowed themselves to expect The
vitinS was preceded by 4 short half hour speech
by Mr.. Wolcott, the junior Senator from Colo
rado. 1t was Mr. Wolcott's maiden effort. He
spoke without notes, and as his clear, resonant
voice filled the chamber, the older members of
the Senatorial body came tip-toeing from The
cloak-roon, and Wheeling their chairs in the
speakers direction. followed him i1tently. 1t
was compliment such as no entirely new man
TO public life, with the single exception Of
General Malone, has received for u quarter
of a century AS soon as he had finished
score or more of his Senatorial
associates crowded about him and extended
their fluctuations. The crowd then waited for
( Mr.. ingalls,, who had expressed a desire TO be
heard. but for some reason he decided not to
speak. aud the House bill without further delay
was taken up. The first vote was
upon the proposition to make the treas
ury notes issued for silver q, legal
tender for all debts, public and private. but
was carried by a large majority. BY even a
larger majority the bullion redemption clause
was stricken out, and then came the prelimin-
airy test vote on fre9 coinage when silver
reaches parity with gold This too was car
ried by vote of 40 to l6. Then the silver
men saw that the day was theirs.
and after striking out the paragraph limiting
the operations of the act to ten years, they set
tied back in their seats and quietly awaited the
result of the vote on Mr.. Plumbs amendment
for free coinage. A yea and nay vote
on this amendment showed the pres
ence of sixty Senator's forty-three
of whom voted in the affirmative and twenty
four in the negative. Fifteen of the forty three
were Republicans and twentyeight were Dem
ocrats, only three members of the latter party
voting with the Republicans The eastern Re
publicans with the exception of Mr. Cameron of
Pennsylvania, presented a solid front against
free coinage. Later in the day Mr.. Chandler of
New Hampshire, offered an amendment that
fhe purchase of gold and silver should be the
product of American mines only. but this did
not suit the free coinage people, and Mr. Chand-
ler's amendment, upon motion of Mr.
Teller, was hastily tabled. No other
amendments Of national interest were adopted
and finally after continuous session of five
hours the amended bill was taken up, resulting
in its passage by q vote of 70 to %. What ac-
ton the House viii take upon the measure when
it is returned to them it is difficult to say.
The free coinage people are hopeful that the
moral effect of to-days victory will enable them
10 pass their measure without material change
Through the House. The speaker however. saws
that this cannot be done. and in this declara-
ton MIR. Couger, of Iowa. the chairman of the
Ions fran a,fr,a
measures, concurs.
1 saw mir. Conger this afternoon He said
ishere is no possibility that the House will
agree to the Senate amendments. The silver
men viii, of course, ask il, and upon this propo
fsition The test viii be made. Some of the Re
Pubhcans dozen or so, will vote for it, an;!
about an equal number OF Democrats will OBJ
pose it. This ought to leave fair working ma
Jority in our favor, the same practically that
We had against MIR. BANDS resolution
In the House ten days ago to recommit our bill
and report free coinage measure. lean think
OF but one thing more Mr.. Ccnger went on.
"a viii result in The concurrence by the ma
9oTNy OF the House With The Senate amend
ments passed tc-day-that may be desire on
the part OF certain Democrats who have no
sympathy with coinage l. embarrass the ad-
ADMINISTRATION by seuaing President Harrison a
measure of that character and forcing hun to
veto 1t, I have no doubt he would
! don't think that our eastern conser-
vative Democrats would do this, but it is
the only way whereby the Senate a1nerd1nents
can be agreed to in my judgment. a number of
gentlemen who voted for free coinage in the
Senate TO day would not have done so if they
had the faintest idea that their action would
result in the measure becoming a law They
believe It viii be killed in the House and that
al all events it viii not receive the Presidents
signature