, 1891-01-15
FREE COINAGE GOES.
Stewards Amendment Passed
by the Senate.
Wyoming's Senators Vote With
the Gold Bugs.
Other Proceedings in Senate
and House.


WASHINGTON. Jan. l4.-Jones Of
Nevada addressed the senate today 10
favor OF Stewards amendment. The
senator's might as well make up their
minds that the time was last approaching
when the question of the world would be:
What is the money of the United
-Stltes2o and whenIhe effort OF the world
would be t. obtain some OF that money
wherewIth TO pay the United States for
the balances Of trade which they would
owe us. l believe il to be the privilege
and destiny of this republic to solve the
great problem oil perfect money-a riddle
which the snhinx of civilization is forever
putting TO the nations. AS in the case of
the enigmas of old. failure TO solve
this enigma means to be destroyed. The
debate was then continued under the IN
minute rule. German offered a. al
amendment the proposition presented by
Sherman on the 18th instant, providing
for the imposition of a coinage charge on
foreign silver. After debate, German
withdrew the amendment for the present.
Sherman offered an amendment adding
u the words making treasury certificates
legal tender, the words except where
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tract lie subsequently withdrew the
amendment. Finally, the discussion on
Stewards amendment closed and the sen
ate proceeded to vote on It. 1t was agreed
to-yeas AZ. nays 81, as follows:
Yeas-Alhen. Barbour, Bate, Berry,
Blackbura, Butler. Call. Cameron, Cock
rell, Coke, Daniel, Eustis. Faulkner, Glib
son. German. Hampton. Harris, ingalls,,
Jones OF Arkans Is. Jones OF Nevada, Nc
COnuell. Manderson, Mitchell, Morgan.
Paddock. Pascoe, Payne. Plumb, Power.
Pugh, Reagan, Sanders. Shoup. Stan
ford. Stewart, Teller, Turpie, Vance,
Nays-Aldrich. Allison, Carey, Casey
Cullom. Davis. Dixon, Dolph, Edmunds,
Evarts, FRYE. Gray. Hale, Hawley. Hig-
gins, Hisaock, Holr. Mcmillan. Me-
Pherson, Morrill,, Pl,tt. Quay, Sawyer,
Sherman, Spooner, Stock bridge. Warren,
Washburn, Wilson of Iowa, Wilson of
Marylaud-30.
Pairs were announced as follows: Col
quit and Dawes, George aud Blair,
Kenna and Farwell, Hearst and Petit
grew, Squire and Blodgetf, Brown and
Chandler, Carlisle and Pierce. Ransom
and Moody.
During the announcement Of the pairs
Wolcott asked by whose authority the
htuhAUIH nun 1Oull DdkutA lWuO, nt uU-
derstood, wero in favor of the amend
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The vice president said he c,uld give no
information On the subject.
Voorhees, said that he had been paired
with Mr. Moody. Having gathered that
that senator could not be relied upon to
vote for the amendment. but against it.
his Voorhefs pair had been transferred
10 K.na.r, ~. a.. a. n,lI H..u r.sal H..ts
amendment
Casey said he had telcgraphed Moody
and Petugrew four or five DAYS ago stat
ing that a vote would be taken today, aud
asking whether they desired any change
in their pairs, and received no reply.
Their pairs, therefore, remained with
Ransom and Hearst.
Stewart moved to strike out section 4
of the bill. being the proposition for the
issue OF $500, 0O0, 600 of . per cent bonds
to buy up outstanding bonds
Sherman said that after the decisive
vote just taken there was no use in weary
ing the senate uselessly. With the free
coinage of silver, he doubted whethtr the
. per cent bonds could be sold at lar.
The fourth section was struck out
Aldrich, Cameron, Casey, Dixon, Dolph,
Edmunds, Frye, Hale, Hawley, Higgins,
Hoar, morrill,. Plat, Power. Quay,
Sanders, Sawyer, Shoup and Wilson Of
Iowa Sherman voted aye.
Plumb moved to strike out the first
section Of the bill. Agreed to without
division. This section provided for the
purchase of twelve million ounces of silver
at the market price.
Plumb moved to strike out the second
section limiting compulsory requirement
deposit bonds by national banks to
$1,000. Agreed to without division.
Plumb moved to strike out the third
section las to national bank c1rrency) and
to insert in lieu of it the following: THAT
the secretary oil the treasury is hereby au-
thorized to replace all sums of national
bank notes hereafter permanently retired
aud cancelled by the issue-in lieu thereof
OF like sums OF United States notes OF the
description aud character of the United
States notes now outstanding and author
lied by the AIT OF March 3, 1868, entitled
an act to provide ways and means for the
support of the government"
Alter a long debate Plumb's amend
ment was defeated-yeas &c, nays 40.
The vote then required on striking out
the third section of the bill. This was
agreed to-3l to 35. The bill was then
reported to the senate and the amend
ments made in committee of the whole
were agreed to.
Then Vest astonished the senat, by
bringing forward a substitute Tor the
bill. A 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 (4l23 grains).
Vest stated that his bill was a substitute
for the free coinage bill that passed tbe
senate last session.
Aldrich moved to amend the substitute
by adding thereto the national banking
feature Of the original bill. Lost.
Vests substitute was agreed to without
division and the bill, as amended by the
substitute, was agreed to-yeas SO, nays
81.