The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-07-27
WARRINGTON.

BcOn ON the SILVER Q1eS6lOm-EQltOrlal
Utteringa Of the Man Whom Kansas Re-
PubllcSns are Expected to Support for
vice President.
Editorial cOTTcsDOndenCe.)
On Friday, July /, 1892, the United
States senate passed a silver bill, which
provided for q free coinage Of 1t, as OF
gold, and Its language was as follows:
That the owner Of silver bullion may de-
post che same at any mint Of the United
States, to be coined for his benefit, and it
shall be the duty of the proper officers, upon
the terms and conditions which are provided
by law for the deposit and coinage Of gold,
to coin such silver bullion into the standard
dollars authorized by the act of February
%, 1873, entitled "An act to authorize the
coinage Of the standard silver dollar and to
restore it's legal-tender character" and such
coins shall be legal-tender for all debts and
dues, public and private. The act Of July
IA, 1880, entitled "An act directing the pur-
chase of silver bullion and the issue of
treasury notes thereon, and for other pur-
poses," is hereby repealed: provided, that
the secretary of the treasury shall proceed
TO have coined all the silver bullion in the
treasury purchased with silver or coin Ger.
tificates.
The Congregational Record gives the
following ON the passage of the bill:
The result was announced - yeas 20, nays
25; as follows:
Yeas, 9-Allen, Bate, Berry, Blackburn,
Blodgett, Butler, Cameron, Cookrell, Du-
bois, Faulkner, George, Harris, Hill, Jones
of Nevada, Kenns, Kyle, Mills, Mitchell,
Morgan, PETER, Ransom, Sanders, Shoup,
Squire, Stewart, Teller, Turpie, Vest, VOL
colt.
Nays. 25 Allison, BriCe, Carey, Carlisle,
Cullom, Davis, Dawes, Dixon, Dolph, Eel
ton, Gallinger, German, Gray, Hale, Haw-
ley, Mcpherson, Manderson, Palmer,
Perkins, Proctor, Sawyer, Stockbridge,
Warren, Washburn, White.
Not voting, "a Aldrich, Call, Casey,
Chandler, Coke, Colquitt, Daniel, Frye, Glib
son'of Louisiana, Gibson of Maryland, Cor
don, HansbrOugh, Higgins, HiscOck, HOar,
Hunton, Irby, Jones of Arkansas, McMil-
Ian, Morrill,, Paddock, PasOO, Pettigrew,
Platt, Power, Pugh, Quay, Sherman, Stan
ford, Vance, Villas, Voorhees,, Walthall, Will
SON.
So the bill was passed.
OF the eighty-eight senator's, forty
seven are Republicans, thirty-elght are
Democrats, and three are counted as Pop
ullsts. Hon. John Laurens Manning
Irby, Of South Carolina, is counted as
among the three "People'S" senators.
These three are for the free coinage of
silver.
OF the Democratic senator's. twenty
eight are for free coinage; ten are
against It OF the Republicans, fifteen
are for free coinage; thirty-two are op
posed to 1t.
The ten Democrats opposed to free
coinage, are Senators Brice OF Ohio, Car
lisle Of Kentucky, Gibson and White Of
Louisiana, Gibson and German Of Mary
land, Gray Of Delaware, MCPHERSON Of
of New Jersey, Palmer Of Illinois, and
Villas of Wisconsin.
The fifteen Republicans who are favor
able to free coinage, are Senators Allen
and Squire Of Washington, Cameron of
Pennsylvania, Dubois and Shoup Of
Idaho, Jones and Stewart Of Nevada,
Mitchell Of Oregon, Paddock of Ne
braska, Pettigrew of South Dakota, Pow
ers and Sanders Of Montana, Stanford of
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