The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-02-11

for the next fiscal year precisely as it had
continued for many years past. 1t made
provision (as it shOu.d) for the expense of
the recoinage of certain gold and silver
coin. Before a dollar could be used the
secretary of the treasury must have in the
treasury some of the coin of the character
named in the paragraph. The paragraph
provided the secretary of the treasury
with means for the performance of the
statutory act. The amendment clearly
proposed a change In existing law by sub
stituting free coinage Tor the present coin
age. The amendment was not in order to
this paragraph OF the bill. The argument
as to the necessity and propriety of the
proposed legislation in the present finan-
cial condition OF the country could be con-
sidered only ia case the point was one OF
doubt, but in this case the chair was per-
fectly clear as 10 the proper construction
OF the rule. IL was equally clear that the
amendment was not germane TO the para
graph. The amendment presented new
point and entirely revolutionized the coin
age law. This could not be done in this
way and the chair accordingly sustained
the point of order.
Mr.. Bland appealed from the decision,
and after brief remarks by him and Mr..
Springer in opposition to the ruling of the
chair, the vote was taken on the question:
- hall the decision of the chair stand as
the judgment Of the committee?"
There was Immediately great excite
ment in the hall and as Messrs Cannon
and Bland took their places as tellers,
nearly every member in the house roso
anxiously and watched the count.
The following democrats voted in the
affirmative: Messrs. Andrew, Mutchler,
SnipDla nnpnhu Wilau opI
The following republican voted in the
negative: Messrs. Carter, Townsend
(Col.) Lind Bartine, Turner (Kas.), Kelly,
Laws, Connell, Herman, Sweet and Clark
(Wyo)
The vote was very close, and not until
the last moment was it evident which side
would win. When the chair announced
the vote To be l34 to l27 the republican
side burst into applause. SO the decision
was sustained.
Pending the announcement OF the vote
Mr. Mudd Md. stated that he was paired
with Mr.. Featherstone ARK. against the
free coinage bill, but not considering the
question OF sustaining the chairs decision
as vote on free coinage, he had voted in
the affirmative.
Mr.. Band suggested that the gentleman
from Maryland was violating MS pair.
Mr.. Dockery moved to strike out the
appropriation of $4,000 for recoinage and
insert the words land so much as may be
necessary to meet the expenses of such re-
coinage is hereby appropriated out of the
silver profit fund" Adopted.
In advocating his amendment Mr.. Dock
cry said that the object was TO provide for
the recoinsge of Sl9,OO0,0O0 of subsidiary
coin now in the treasury. About SlS,O00,-
600 of this consisted of half dollar pieces.
The amendment provided sufficient sum
to meet the abrasion or DETACHMENT of the
coin and permitted the secretary OF the
treasury 10 substitute coins in current de-
mand for these hall dollar coins. A fur
ther effect of the amendments was 10 com
pei the secretary 10 coin at once into
standard silver dollars the $6,000,000 OF
trade dollars now in the treasury.