Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1891-01-24
FREE COINAGE PASSES TIE
SENATE.

IL - wen 10 observe ana preserve tne
record in the Senate on the free coinage
measure. A caucus Of Republican SEN
ators had gotten up what they called "a
financial BILL" This bill proposed TO do
. good deal for the national banks and .
very little for silver. 1t proposed to
take up the slack in the silver market
by purchasing the 100000 ounce Of
surplus silver in the hands Of the Wall
street spectators and gamblers and stop
at that. The scheme, Of course, had
the Endorsement Of Window and the
Harrison administration. Stewart OF
Nevada finally offered an amendment
looking TO the utilization without coin
age Of all American silver. The Stew
art amendment was an improvement on
the Republican caucus bill, but il was
still open to the objection Of treating
silver as 9 commodity instead Of recog-
nizing il as . money metal and the CO.
equal Of gold. All Of the speech max
ing was over this Stewart amendment.
What finally took place in the Senate
when the voting began is well told in
the following Washington dispatch Of
recent date:
There was q long debate In the Senate
to-day upon Stewards amendment to
the financial measure, and the amend
ment was finally passed by q vote Of AZ
to 30.
The adoption Of the amendment was
regarded as q notable triumph. II
was followed by an attack upon other
sections Of the original measure, which
seemed likely to be shorn Of many Of its
distinctive features. Several sections
were eliminated and others were
changed.
But an the plans were upset by an
unexpected mUya. . move at least not
anticipated by the pustc.
The Senate passed q Free Coinage bill
as a substitute for the Financial BIN, .he
vote standing 80 to p.
Il was Vest who astonished the SEN
ate by bringing forward as a substitute
for the bill q purely Free Coinage bill,
which provides that the unit Of value in
the United States shall be the dollar. to
be coined OF standard silver 4l24 grains
or standard gold 25.S grains.
Vest stated that his substitute was
similar to the Free Coinage bill that
passed the Senate last session.
Vests substitute was agreed TO without
division, and the bill as amended by the
substitute was agreed to-syes 80, noes
q, as follows:
Ayes-Allen, Barbour, Bate, Berry,
Blackburn, Butler, Cameron, Cockrell,
Coke, Daniel, Eustis, Faulkner, Gibson,
German, Hampton, ingalls,, Jones,
tArk.l, Jones New. Kenna, Neon
nell, Manderson, Mitchell, Morgan,
Paddock, Pasco, Powers, Pugh, Reagan,
Sanders, Shoup. Stanford, Stewart. Tel
Ter, Turpie, Vance, Vest, Voorhees,,
Walthali, woleott-39.
Noes-Aldrich, Allison, Carey, Casey,
CulIom, Davis, Dixon, Dolph. Edmunds,
Evar.s, Frye, Hale. Hawley, Higgins,
Hiscock, Hoar, Mcmillan, Plat, Quay,
Sawyer, Sherman, Spooner, Stockbridge,
Warren, Washburn, Wilson tIa.h Viii.
SON (Md.)-27.
There we have the whole story. Vest
OF Missouri, a Democrat, and the ablest
advocate Of silver in either House OF
Congress. came TO the rescue with a free
coinage bill. pure and simple, which was
passed. If it ever becomes q law the
honor will belong to Vest for securing
its passage. The trouble with our West
ern Republican Senators is that they are
eternally trying to placate the Repubii-
can goldbugs from New England and
New York and want to do whatever
they may do without going outside OF
their party which is the anti.silver party
of this country. Every Democratic Sen.
ator but one. Wilson of Maryland. voted
for the Vest free coinage substitute.
Every vote, but the isolated M named,
against free coinage came from the Re
publican side of the chamber. Even
Allison of Iowa, hitherto claimed as q
friend of silver. voted with the gold.
bugs. OF those voting for free coinage,
as appears by the above vote. twenty.
four were Democrats and fifteen were
Republicans. The admission Of the new
States has given us . little additional
Republican help for the white metal.
There are possibly fifteen Republicans in
the House also who will not vote for free
coinage if Tom Reeds Committee on
Coinage ever gives them the opportunity
to do 80. As q matter Of fact there are
in both Houses Of Congress, with . to-
tai membership of about 400, only m
thing like 30 Republicans who can be
relied upon to do anything for silver.
And this substantially has been the rec
ord on every attempt at restoration
since the Republicans destroyed silver
in 1873. But strange as ii may seem the
mining States will 20 on year after year
sending Republicans to both Houses of
Congress to strengthen the enemy and
thus degrade and destroy our leading in
dustry. The history Of the world will
be searched in vain for a parallel Of the
course of these Western States. Our
people meekly kiss the rod that smites
them and deliberately vote to PROSTATE
themselves. We repeat what We have
said a thousand times before, that when
anything is done for silver it will be by
Democratic votes.
Salt Lake Times: All speculation as
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