The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-07-09
SILVER TO THE FRONT.


Senator Morgan of Alabama after a
long and stubborn fight for silver in the
senate won a victory for the white metal
in the passage Of the Stewart free coin
age bill in that body day before yester-
day. 1t was a glorious fight and a glor-
ious victory and will not be barren OF
good results though the house fail to
pass the measure at this session. Flo
the second time since the decentralization
of the metal in 1873 the highest branch
Of the national legislature has passed a
free coinage bill, thus showing to the
gold bug world that the conservative
senate is with the people upon thst ques-
ton.
What disposition the house will make
Of the measure remains to be seen. 1t
will go to that body and, under the rules,
take its place at the foot Of the calendar
where it cannot possibly be reached I'M
til sometime during next winter unless
its friends can obtain a special order
from the rules committee to bring the
bill squarely before the house for a vote.
Nothing will be left undone to accom-
plish this, and nothing will be left I'M
done by its enemies to defeat it. The
little body of democrats-paid attorneys
of Wall street gold bugs and of London
silver speculators-bank on the republl-
can minority in the house to join
in the fight against the bill. They
may be reckoning without their host.
Reid may not now feel SO keen a desire
to relieve Harrison from an embarras-
sing situation as he did before the latter
shelved his friend Blame. He may rather
enjoy the sight Of seeing Harrison placed
in a position where he must sign a free
coinage bill and thus lose the electoral
votes of gold bug states, or veto it and
lose all the western and southern states,
and refrain from leading his eighty odd
followers in the house to the and of the
few gold bug democrats.
Now is the time for silver men to
make their fight in the house. The sit
uation warrants the employment of des-
perate means. They should insist upon
an immediate vote upon the senate bill.
They should strain every nerve to get
an order from the rules committee set
ting the day and hour for the vote, and
after giving a reasonable length of time
over to debate cause the roll to be called
upon the passage of the bill. They will,
of course. see that every silver member
is in his seat or, what amounts to the
same thing, paired with an enemy to the
measure.
An analysis of the vote cast upon the
final passage of the bill in the senate
shows the following standing of demo-
Gratis and republicans upon the measure.
Whole number of votes cast, "a, of which
% voted aye and % voted nay. Demo
Gratis who voted aye are Bate, Berry,
Blackburn, Blodgett, Butler, Cockrell,
Faulkner, George, Harris, Hill, Kenna,
Mills, Morgan. Ransom, Turpie, Vest
-l6.
Farmers alliancs-Kyle, Peffer-2.
Republicans-Allen, Cameron, Dubois,
Jones (Nev.) Mitchell, Sanders, Shoup,
Squire, Stewart, Teller, Wolcott-1l.
Those who voted a are:
Experimentation Carey, Cullom,
Davis, Dawes, Dixon, Dolph, FELTON,.
Gallinger, Hale, Hawley, Henderson,
Perkins, Proctor, Sawyer, Stockbridge,
Warren, Washburne--1S.
Democrats-Brice, Carlisle, German,
Gray. Mcpherson, Palmer, WHITE.
Sixteen democrats, eleven republicans,
and two Farmers alliance voted for the
measure and eighteen republicans and
seven democrats voted against it.