Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-06-18

ening had been rather rude. He ventured |
the opinion that if the presidents position |
on silver had been announced before the /
election, not a state west of the Missouri /
river would have given him a Republican |
majority. An open foe was to be pre-
ferred to a secret enemy
The Senate Begins Voting at Last.
Wolcott having concluded, the finance |
committees amendments to the house |
bill were taken up to be voted upon. The |
proposition to strike out the provision |
making the treasury notes issued for the |
purchase of silver legal tender was re-
jected-14 to 50. The amendment to strike |
out the bullion redemption clause was
agreed to-57 to THE nays being Chand |
Ter, Frye, Hale, Hiscock, Hoar, Morrill, |
and Sherman. The pl oposition to strike |
out the section for free coinage when the |
price of silver was 81 for 81 4 grains pure |
silver was rejected-16 to 46. The amend |
ment to limit the act to ten years was re-
jected-4 to 64-the yeas being Chandler, |
Edmunds, Morrill, and Sherman.
The Free Coinage Amendment
Plumb submitted the following amend
ment as a substitute for the first section of
the house bill: THAT from and after the
date of the passage of this act the unit of
value in the United States shall be the
dollar, and the same may be coined of
4l2.5 grains of standard silver or of -. s
grains of standard gold, and the said coins
shall be legal tender for all debts, public
or private; that thereafter any owner of
silver or gold bullion may deposit the
same at any mint of the United States to
be formed into standard dollars or bars
for his benefit and without charge; but it
abnll lou f.nl 70 Of
less value than 800 or any bullion so base
as to be unsuitable for the operation of the
mint"
Adopted Nearly Two to One.
The above was adopted by the following
vote: Yeas-Bate, Berry, Blair, Blodgett,
Butler, Call, Cameron, Carlisle, Cockrell,
Coke, Colquitt, Daniel, Eustis, George,
Gibson, German, Harris, Hearst, Ingalls,.
Jones lark, Jones New, Kenna, Man
derson, Mitchell, Moody, Morgan, Pad
dock, Payne, Plumb, Power, Pugh, Ran
som, Reagan, Sanders, Squire, Stewart,
Teller, Turpie, Vance, Vest, Voorhees,,
Walthall, Wolcott-43.
Nays-Aldrich, Alien, Allison, Casey,
Chandler, Cullom, Dawes, Edmunds,
Evarts, Frye, Gray, Hale, Hawley, His
cock, Hoar, Mcpherson, Morrill,, Pierce,
Sawyer, Sherman, Spooner, Stockbridge,
Wsshburn, Wilson of Maryland-24
The following pairs were announced:
Dixon and Hampton, Dolph and Brown,
Stanford and Wilson of Iowa, Higgins
and Petrigrew, Mcmillan and Blackburn,
Pasco and Fsrwell, Quay and Faulkner.
Edmunds Washes His Hands,
During the discussion a substitute was
offered by Reagan for three of the sections
of the bill, providing denominations of
certificates to be issued, etc. Edmunds
took occasion to disclaim all responsible
ity for the pending measure, and said he
WAS willing to deliver the management of
the finances of the country to the Demo- |
cratic party for the time being During a |
sharp debate which followed Edmunds
said that the Democratic party, which |
was now without responsibility, was en- |
deavoring to lead the Republicans astray |
as they had done in 1877 or 1873 when, by |
appeals to the worst instincts and unhap-
piest solicitudes of the people of the United |
States they had passed through the Dem !
ocratic house of representatives free
coinage bill
CIeveIand's Remark Endorsed. |
He spoke of Cleveland as brave enough
to tell his Democratic supporters that
Chat sort of delusiOn could not bs carried |
into practice" He said further that dur
ing the four years of the Cleveland admin |
istration the Democratic party (for won
DER had remained quiet. This statement
was denied by Reagan and Vest, and al
fusion was made to the anti administra-
ton silver speech made in the senate by
the late Mr.. Beck at the beginning of the
Cleveland administration.
Plumb spoke of Edmunds' speech as the
same sort of jeremiad which the senate
had heard from him in 1878, when the sill
yer coinage bill was passed.
Putting ON tho Finishing Touches.
Reagan's amendment was adopted, and
Teller offered an amendment declaring
the silver certificates to be issued legal
tender Teller's amendment was opposed
by Blair, Gray, and Eyarts, and defended
by Morgan and Daniel 1t was modified mt
the suggestion of Enstis, by adding the
words "and ali silver certificates already
issued.n and as SO modified it was agreed
to-yeas, "a; nays, q.
Plumb moved to insert an additional
section providing that owners of bullion
deposited for coinage shall have the option
to receive coin and such bullion shall be
subsequently coined. Agreed to without
division.
Refused to Bar Foreign Bullion.
The bill was then reported to the senate,
and all the amendments agreed to in tn
of the whole were agreed to in
the senate-yeas 49, nays 26.
Chandler moved to insert the following
mo gold silver bullion
shalfbe received by the treasury depart
ment under this act except such as shall
be shown to be the product of the mines
within the United States" Teller moved
to lay the amendment on the table.
Agreed to-yeas AZ, nays %. The bill was
then passed-yeas ~ nays 25-the vote be
ing practically the same as the one by
which the free coinage amendment was
adopted, Blair voting nay and Carlisle and
Gibson not voting, while Pasco and
Pierce were added to the yea vote. So
ended the chapter on the silver question in
the senate.
THE CONGRESSIONAL SU MMARY.
Synopsis of the transactions in the House
and Senate.
WASHINGTON CITY. June 1S-After
some routine business Yesterday the senate |