New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-20
CANDIDATES "SMOKED OUT. ="
AN AMUSING SILVER INCIDENT IN The
SENATE.
HILL, VOTES WITH THE FREE-coISAGE MEN AND
PALMER AGAINST THEM, BUT OoRMAN
KFrps orrT OF THE. WAY
rBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TLi6UrE',

washington, Aprll lD-Ihe StH"VN W."
to-day toward the close OF tho morning ho'' W W., ~
Of those sudden ahd peculiar personal pancs wipoh
arc likely to happen only just before the uhe vi lo
nominating conventions In Presidehuai sei'
aspranr, for the Presidential nomination on tie Doio
cratic side ~ the Chamber were, 1t happened inc
especial victims Of the furry and the cause Vi o,e
alarm and annoyance nothing more nor less '',i
the temperance OF the silver qlesuoh rum ""O'
unsus pected quarter. go
An apparrntly innocent and unimportant House Dill
amending the act OF June IS. 1880, which approved
some funding operations recently unoer'aAeh Wy u"
Legislature OF Arizona, was called mp ior '"c 'o'
currence OF the Senate, the Committee on lerrioores
having recommended its passage Inc puiPo'o VI '''
hill was TO change the law Of 1880 so that interest on
Tho bonds issued bv the Territory Of Arizona could
he maid semiannually instead OF annually but' by
the language of the measure as the House approNcu ~
the interest was made payable ." In goa coi vi "o
United satcs.p BY Intention or by lnauVer'c"oc i"o
qualifying clause Of the original act OF Ill ''9 ciu
lent I'm lawful money OF the uhlVen oIaI's' w"
omitted so that the only form Of money recog'~pu io'
the paymcnt OF the interest was gold coin ImS, nov"
,, WAC not surprsing in view Of the fact that IN
,rzona os I'm other states and Territories OF the
Pacific slope gold coin is the only money Ill se"ei'i
Use in all ordinary contracts. Even III those en'eu
into by rudral advocates OF fee silver colasc hNo
senator stewart the payment Of principal and interest
in gold is expressly stipulated.
MAJ AurpiuS
Arizona In the House OF Representatives, saw no III
cnncruItv IN recognizing gold as the actual and eX-
cusve medium of payment OF debts in the Territory
and made 10 objection to the text Of the Dill rs IL
passed the house. But Senator stewart VINO rccon'p
prpmlsed publicly TO make no more goh com c'i-
tracts promptly seized the opportunity 10 proNe uo
nccritv ot his repentance when the Arizona bill was
read to-day from the clerks desk and his CRITICISM
Of the gold COIN stipulation as an unjust and
dscfimipatiOn against silver drew OuI
motion made by Mr. Kyle, OF south Dakota, to SUD
sttute for gold coin the equivalent phrase OF inc
ori gnal act, lawful money OF the uhited o'atcS'
Irasmrch as the people Of Arizona apparently pre-
ferrcd 10 use gold coin for the payment o interest OH
their bond, and proposed themselves to enter into
gold COIN agreement Mr.. Phtt, chairman Oh the
Committee on Territories. and the Republican sena-
tors generally could see no reason why the House
hill should not be adopted without any change. But
the radical silver insisted ON pressing the law
fnl money! amendment, in spite OF the evident con
sternaon and dismay OF the Presidential candidates on
tho Democratic slde and for ten or fifteen minutes
the Senate was In an amusing state OF panic. Mr.
German, who war1ly anticipated what was coming,
hurried out of the Chamber without leaving word
where he was going. Mr. I'LL slipped out OF his
seat In the back and sought refuge In the Demo
cratic cloalroom. Senator Carlisle, seeing that Mr.
sherman, with whom he has general pair was
absent stuck 10 his place keeping at the same time
n close watch all the entrances on the Repubhcah
side Of the Chamber. General Palmer who also felt
protected by pair with absent Republican, put on
a bold face and listened To the brief debate on the
lawful money Amendment without ninclIlng.
on tho first roll call there twcntyone Senator'S
of amendment and sixteen against it-clght
votes less than quorum On the call OF the senate
Whcl. fDIlowvi. Mr.. n returned 10 his desk In the
back row. and then. seeming ashamed to dodge ont
again. ncryously In his seat nntil the roll was
called for another vote.
After some hesitation and with apparent cmbarrass-
mcnt he sided finally with the silver men supporting
the amendment Mr.. Carlisle announced blandly that
he was paired with Mr.. sherman md would have To
withhold his vote. This caused n general SMILE rs
Mr. sherman and Mr. Carlisle are this year both on
the same side Of the silver question. Mr.. Germans
ooyl.ae1le Mr. Gibson voted for the amendment though
the senior MARYLAND senator found II more convenient
~ well more pOlitio To remain In secluSion. hr.
Palmer when his name was called. said that he
paired with Mr. lIausbrough, Of North Dakota, ana
would have 10 withhold his vote, but Just at that
moment Mr.. liansbrough came into the room. TO the
general amusement. and General Palmer voted "no'
with the Republicans. explaining that he thought the
I.,pc Of Arizona ought TO be allowed to manage their
financial affairs In their own way. This frank aid
courageous statement relieved the Illinois Senator from
all suspicion Of "straddling' and nlve him corre-
spending credit among those who have been eager 70
smoke out7 the Democratic Presidential candidates
The lawful money! amendment was nnaHy
adopted by vote Of % TO "a Mcssrs. Gray Of
Delaware and Palmer Of Illinois were tho only Demo
Gratis on the negative side. Eight Republicans voted
with eighteen Democrats and two Farmers Alliance
senators In the affirmative. The bill had hardly passed
as amended when Mr. Gormnn came back into the
senate chamber. lie had evidently been kept in
formed VI the progress OF the b a the safe distance
II a terrace or upstairs committee room
The incident Of course unimportant In n legs-
lativc sense but II had political well n
fnrclcal value II was the first time this year the
Democratic candidates In the senate had been put on
the silver gdiron and the brief spectacle greatly
cnioycd both on the Senate floor and I'm the galleries.
The vote I'm detail a. follows
Ayes-Mcssrs. Allen. Bates, Berry Blackburn. Blod
qett Butler Call. Cockre. Coke. Colqutt Daniel Du.
ois Faulkner Gibson ND, Hansbrough Harris, I'M.
Jones Nevada. Kyle. Mitchell PETER. Pugh Ransom
stewart, Teller Vest. Walthal and Wclcot,-2S.
Nnys-Mcssrs Allison, Carey. Chandler. Culom. Dixon.
Frye Gray, Hale. Hawley Higgins. Iscock Ioar McMil
lan henderson. Paddock Palmer. Perkins. Pcttigrew.
pIat, Proctor Sawyer Sockbrdge WASN'T urn and Wilson
"a.
FOUR NEGROES LryCHED