The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-07-02
DOINGS OF CONGRESS
After a Hard Fight the Senate
Passes the Silver Bill.
FREE SILVER MEN TRIUMPHANT
The House Agrees 10 the Conference Report
on the Agricultural ApproDria-
tion Bill.
SENATE.


to adjourn today until Tuesday.
Mcpherson withdrew his request for the
privilege Of addressing the Senate on the
silver bill. He also withdrew any and all
objections expressed or that implied to the
order OF the Senate that he would offer no
objection. He had no dilatory motion to
offer and would do nothing to interfere
with the carrying into effect the order of
the Senate.
Stewart said he did not desire to place
any senator at q disadvantage. Therefore
he proposed TO fix Wednesday st 3 o'clock
for the time for taking the vote without
any further debate on the bill and its
amendments. German said be felt himself
UNDER PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES.
He had been rather looked to by senators
on his side to object to the request for
unanimous consent, but he did not object.
An agreement of that kind had never been
violated In the Senate, but he submitted 10
the senator from Nevada, as be had already
done privately, that under the circum-
stances those In charge of the bill could not
properly insist on going on with the bill
without giving the gentlemen an opportun-
ity to be heard. Hugh said his colleague,
Morgan, was absent, and no argument
Stewart then Withdrew the request and the
matter went over without an agreement as
to the time for taking the vote.
The president approved the sentence OF
suspension in the case of Commander Ora
ham, recently court-martialed. This is no
longer any block to promotions in the navy.
The conferees on the river and harbor
bill agreed to the only two points in dis
pute, the Senate amendments providing for
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Washington canal.
The Senate conferees receded from both
with the proviso that q board of four army
officers and three civilians be appointed 20
re-exanine both railway projects.
The president sent to the Senate the
nomination CT George d. Johnson, of
louisiana, civil service commissioner, vice
II. S. Thompson, resigned.
During the discussion as to the restric-
tions imposed by the Senate agreement on
abe silver bill, Morgan entered. The presl-
dent laid the bill before the Senate. On
the rule pending on The question of Delphi
motion 10 re-commit, Hill announced that
he would vote against the motion on the
ground that it was violation of the unani-
nous consent given a few days ago. A
motion to re- commit was lost 81 TO %. A
vote was then taken on Senator Black
burns motion to table Vests motion TO
Tie COUhlUGLdbiOn u IuS DILL
December. Lost by a tie vote, and the
Senate proceeded to vote on Vests motion.
The vote on Vests motion resulted in q
tie so the motion was lost. The vote then
REQUIRED on Palmer's motion to strike out
all except the frat section of the bill.
Palmer's molten was defeated and
Stewart then offered as an amendment to
his substitute providing for free coinage OF
silver bullion under the terms Of the act OF
1878, excepting foreign coin silver and re-
pealing the law of 1870.
Vest moved to strike out the provision
as TO foreign coin. which was agreed to
without division. The other motions were
defeated and a vote then taken on Stew
arts amendment as amended by Vest, and
it was agreed to without division,
Morgan offered an amendment directing
the coinage of all silver bullion in the
treasury, which was also agreed 10 with
cut di. ision. The bill then passed. Yeas,
%; nays, %, as follows:
Yeas-Alen, Bate, Berry. Blackburn,
Blodgett, Butler. Cameron. Coclrrell. Du-
bois, Faulkner, George, Harris, HILL Jones,
(Neyada), Kenna, Kyle, Mills. Mitchell,
Morgan, PETER, Ransom, Sanders, Shoup,
Squire, Stewart, Teller, Turpie, Vest,
Wolcott-29.
Nays-Allison. Brice, Carey, Carlisle,
Cullom, Davis, Dawes, Dixon, Dolph, Eel
ton, Galllnger, German, Gray, Hale. HaW-
ley, Mcpherson, Henderson, Palmer,
Perkins, Proctor, Sawyer, StockDridge,
Warren, Washburn, White-25.
IT reads as follows: THAT the owner oil
silver bullion may deposit the same at any
mint Of tbs United States to be coined for
his benefit, and it shall be the duty of the
proper officers, upon the terms and condi-
<Gons which are provided by law for the
deposit and coinage OF gold to coin such
bullion into standard dollars, authorized by
the act of February %, 1878, entitled al
Act to authorize the coinage of the stand
ard silver dollar and restore its legal ten
der character, and such coins shall
| be legal tender for all debts anC
dues, public and private, and the
act of July II, 1890. are hereby
repealed, provided that the secretary Of
the treasury shall proceed TO have coined
all silver bullion in the treasury purchased
with silver or coin certificates"
While the vote was being read out by til,
clerk, Stewart, his countenance beamins
with delight, sat ia one of the front seats
keeping tally on mis- fingers.
When the result was announced Their,
was manifasttriumDh on the floor and il
the galleries. which the presiding Office
had trouble ID suppressing. After oroe
was restored u brief executive session wa
held and then the senate adjourned.