The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-01-22
FREE SILVER.
Mr. Vest Springs His Free Silver BIZ In the
Senate and It is Adopted as Substitute
For the Financial Bill.


Senate and 1t Is Adopted as q Substitute
For the Financial Bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-When the
Senate met yesterday the financial bill
was taken up and Mr.. Ingalls, spoke for
a little over two hours on it and as he
took his seat was heartily applauded.
The general debate having closed Mr..
Aldrich offered a substitute for Mr..
Stewards amendment which he after
ward withdrew and the debate con-
tinued under the ten minute rule.
Mr.. German offered as an amendment
the proposition presented by Mr..
Stewart Monday, providing for the inn
position of coinage charge on foreign
silver, but after debate withdrew his
amendment for the present.
Mr.. Sherman offered an amendment
adding to the words making the
Treasury certificates legal tender the
words Except where otherwise ex-
pressly stipulated in the contract" He
subsequently withdrew the amendment.
Finally the discussion on Mr.. Stew
arts amendment closed and the Senate
proceeded to vote on it. 1t was agreed
to-yeas, AZ; nays, 80.
Mr.. Stewart moved to strike out Sec
ton of the Finance Committees bill,
being the proposition for the issue of
5000, ,O00, 900 of per cent. bonds to buy
up outstanding bonds.
After discussion Mr.. Sherman said
that after the decisive vote just taken
there was no use in wearying the Sem
ate uselessly. With free coinage of sill
yer he doubted whether per cent.
| bonds could be sold at par. He would
not, therefore, oppose the motion to
strike out.
The question was then taken and the
fourth section was struck out-yeas 43,
| nays 10.
Mr.. Plumb moved to strike out the
| first section of the bill. 1t was agreed
without division. The section pro-
vides for the purchase of $4,000, 900
ounces of silver at the market price.
Mr.. Plumb moved to strike out the
second section limiting the compulsory
requirement of deposit of bonds by
| National banks to 81 ZOO. 1t was agreed
to without division.
Mr.. Plumb moved to strike out the
third section las to National bank cur
rency)and to insert in lieu of it the fol-
lowing: THAT the Secretary of the
| Treasury is hereby authorized to re-
place all sums of National bank notes
hereafter permanently retired and can
celled by the issue in lieu thereof of
like sums in United States notes of the
| description and character of the United
States now outstanding and authorized
| by the act of March IS, 1888, entitled
| AN act to provide ways and means for
the support of the Government After
long debate Mr.. Plumb's amendment
was defeated-yeas 26, nays 40.
The vote then recurred on striking
out the third section of the bill. This
was disagreed to-yeas 81, nays S5.
Mr.. Vance offered an amendment re-
pealing State bank taxation. 1t was
| lost.
The bill was then reported to the
Senate and the amendments made in
| Committee of the Whole were agreed
| to. Then Mr. Vest astonished the Sem
ate by bringing forward as a substitute
for the bill purely free coinage bill,
which provided that the unit value in
the United States should be the dollar
to be coined of 41211 grains of standard
silver, or 25.S grains of standard gold.
Mr.. Vest stated that his substitute was
similar to the free coinage bill that
passed the Senate last session.
| Mr.. Aldrich moved to amend the sub
stitute by adding thereto the National
banking feature of the original bill.
This was lost-yeas 33, nays 34
| Mr.. Vests substitute was agreed to
without division and the bill as amended
by the substitute was agreed to-Yeas
&c. nays 81, as follows:
| Yeas-Messrs. Allen, Barbour, Bate,
Berry, Blackburn, Butler, Cameron,
Cockrell, Coke, Daniel, Eustis, Faulk-
ner, Gibson, German, Hampton, Ingalls,,
Jones of Arkansas, Jones of Nevada,
Kenna, Mcconnell, Manderson, Mitch
ell, Morgan, Paddock, Pasco, Power,
Pugh, Reagan, Sanders, Shoup, Stan
ford, Stewart, Teller, Turpie, Vance,
Vest Voorhees,, Walthall, Wolcott-39
Nays-Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Carey,
Casey, Cullom, Davis, Dixon, Dolph,
Edmunds, Evarts, Frye, Hale, Hawley,
Higgins, Hiscock, Hoar, Mcmillan,
Platt, Quay, Sawyer, Sherman, Spooner,
Stockbridge, Warren, Washburn, Will
son of Iowa, Wilson of Maryland-27.
The Times Surprised.
LONDON, Jan. 15.-Referring to Mr..
Choate's motion in the United States
Supreme Court Monday regarding the
condemnation of the Canadian sealer,
libeled in Alaska, the Times is surprised