The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-07-02
The Bill Passed by the Senate
Yesterday.
IEEFFEcTUALEFFoRTsT POSTPONE

INEFFE0TUAL EFFORTS TO POSTPONE
The Bill Amended SO as TO Provide
for the Coinage OF ALI Silver Bull
lion I'm the Treasury Purchased
with Silver Coin Certificates-The
Vote on the Measure.
WASHINGTON, July 2.--The silver bill
was rushed through the senate yester.
aay under circumstances quite as extra
ordinary as any which have attended
the fate of this measure In its very
thequered career in the Fifty-second
congress. As Mr.. Higgins. of Delaware.
teminded the senate yesterday, 1t first
tame before that body as dead meas.
IRE, the junior senator from Colorado
Mr.. Wolcott) singing its obsequies, and
laquiring "who killed Cock Robin2" Il
was afterwards unexpectedly resusci.
lated on the spur Of the moment by Mr..
Stewart, Of Nevada. accepting the sug-
Eestion of Mr.. Morgan, Of Alabama,
and moving Consideration" OF the free
tonnage bill at the close of one Of Mr..
norgan's long speeches on series of
teclaratory resolutions intending to
shell the woods" and elicit expressions
Lrominent presidential candidates.
Unanimous consent to take vote on
II was given day before yesterday by a
'fuke" very few of the Senators, as now
lppears, knowing what they were doing.
1t was called up and put to q final vote
To-day after the senate had twice in
formally given its tacit assent to prepo-
ihons to postpone the vote for week,
The galleries were fairly filed, and
were once or twice rather demonstra-
live. This was especially noticeable
when Mr.. Morgan said he had tried to
End father for the alleged desire to
lpeak on the question, and had asked
Jenator Hill If he wished to do SO, and
was answered in the negative. There
was general laugh at this, in which
the New York senator good humoredly
Joined, but the president pro tenn (Mr.
Anderson, of Nebraska,) admonished
the galleries that it must not be repeated.
Many Interested Spectators.
The sofas in the rear Of the senatorial
fesks were filled with members OF the
house and other privileged listeners dur
ing most of the debate. Mr.. Pierce of
Tennessee, Silver Dollar Bland's most
tctive lieutenant. and Congressman Bar
time, Of Nevada, and Townsend, of Col
brado, held long conferences with the
Colorado senators, Teller and Wolcott,
Representatives Tracey and Payne, of
New York, Andrew and O'Neill, of
Massachusetts, and other anti-silver
lnen talked earnestly with the anti-silver !.
lenators on the Democratic side. SEN
ktors Sherman and Villas were absent
but paired against the bill. Senator
Hill voted for free coinage; Senators
Brice, German, Carlisle, Gray, McPher-
ION, Palmer and White against. Twelve
Republican senators voted for the bill
Ind had Vice President Morton been
present in the chair his vote would have
ent the bill over tosthe first Monday in
December.
Mr.. Morgan expressed willingness to
postpone the consideration to Thursday
next, but Mr.. Stewart said he could not
Assent to q postponement except upon
condition that all dilatory motions
should be ruled out.
Mr.. Morgan said, "Then let us get to
! vote now"
The president pro tenn announced that
;he question was upon the motion of |
he senator from Oregon (Mr. Dolph) |
hat the bill and amendments be recon-
nitted to the committee on finance.
5enaror HfIi opposes Recommfttal.
Consent being given, Mr. Hill Demo-
rat, N. ", who was listened to in
ilent attention. said: II desire to speak |
! single word in regard to this particu-
ar Inttion-the motion to re-commit,
which | understand is the pending ques-
ion. 1t involves purely question Of
law. But it does seem to
ne strange If the senate recognizes the
oh vol
oter that it has a right to enforce. |
Use simply to say that l shall vote
gainst the motion to recommit, not on
grounds, but because |
elieye that the motion to recommit is
. violation of the unanimous consent
iven to take vote on the bill and
nendment at O'clock
The roll was called on motion to re-
ommit and resulted 2S to 81, SO the
lotion was lost.
Mr.. Vest moved that the considera.
on of the pending bill and amendments
g postponed until the first Monday in
'ecember, and Mr.. Blackburn Demo
rat, Ky.l moved to table Mr.. Vests
lotion. and on that proposition de-
landed the yeas and nays. The motion
, table was lost-28 to 28, tie vote
similar tie vote also defeated the mo-
0AA |
Mr.. Stewards amendment bill then
ame before the senate. Mr.. Vest
loved to strike ont of Mr.. Stewards
nended bill the proviso that foreign
lver coins and bullion formed by melt
g down such coins should be excluded
ON the provisions of the act. Mr..
tewart accepted the amendment, and
was adopted without division.
How the Bill Was Amended.
After some hours play the bill was re-
orted from the committee on the whole
the senate with the following amend
ent attached to it on motion Of MIR.
organ: "That the secretary of the
easury shall proceed to have coined all
10 silver bullion in the treasury pur-
iased with silver coin certificates
Mr.. Morgan explained that as the bill
pealed the act Of 1890 there would be
} provision for the coinage of silver
,Harsl unless this amendment were
lopted. The bill was ordered to a
ird reading and passed 29-to 25.
The final vote on the adoption Of the
II was in detail as follows: Yeas
odgett. Butler, Cockrell, Faulkner,
Gorge, Harris, Hill. Kenna, Kyle (F.
j, Mills, Morgan, Ransom. Turpie
i'd Vest-17. Repnblicans-Allen Cam
on, Dubois, Jones New, Mitchell,
teffer IF. A.. Sanders, Shonp, Squire,
ewart, Teller, Wolcott-12. Total, 90.
Nays: Democrats Brice, Carlisle,
ornan, Gray, Mcpherson. Palmer and
hith-7. Republicans-Allison Carey,
illom, Davis, Dawes. Dixon, Dolph,
,lton, Gallinger Hale, Hawley, Man.
rson. Perkins, Proctor, Sawyer, Stock.
idge, Warren, Washburn-1s. To- ,
/, 25.
At p. m. the seuate went into execu-