The Portland daily press., 1893-10-31
IT HAS PASSED.
The Repeal Dill Gets 43 Votes to 50
Against 1t.
REPUBLICAN MEMBERS ARE THE
FRIENDS OF SOUND MONEY.

Less Than a Dozen Voted Against the Bill
| The Closing Scenes of the Long Debate
| in the Senate-Friends of Free Silver
| the Republicans the Credit of Beating
Them.
Washington, October 30.-The Senate
| this evening reached the final vote on the
silver repeal bill and passed it 43 to 30.
Repu blican votes passed the measure, 23
| voting for it to 20 Democrats, while of
the 80 opposed to the bill only 10 were
Republicans.
Now OF course, the measure will be
sent to the House for concurrence where
distinct affirmative action is required, as
the VOORHEES, bill is substitute for the
Wilson bill which passed the House Mon
day, August 2S by vote of 230 to 10S.
Representative Charles Tracey of New
York, the Congressional whip" of the
| repealers, is confident he can have a
| quorum on hand tomorrow when the
question is called up, and that the move
| ment said to have been discussed of post
poning action till after the election on
November 6 will not prevail.
The Senate resumed its sessions at ii
a. m, with crowded galleries and with 50
Senators present. The silver purchase
repeal bill was laid before the Senate
and Mr.. Hunton, Dem. of Virginia, ex-
planned briefly his position. He said
that he subscribed in good faith to the
Chicago platform; that he should vote
for the unconditional repeal Of the Sher-
man act; and that he stood ready to join
his silver friends in vote for silver, and
should earnestly and manfully strive for
victory.
He was followed by Mr.. Cameron,
Rep, of Pennsylvania, who expressed
himself somewhat to the same effect.
when I gave notice last week." said
Mr.. voorhees,, ''that 1 would ask for d
vote for this afternoon, and fixed the
hour of 2 o'clock, | meant that should
ask the Senate to take the vote at that
time. There may still be few short
speeches to be made, but none of them
will interfere with the taking of the
vote. Of course the hour may be post
poned little, but | confidently expect
the vote to be over by 4 o'clock. Ii it is
not, then can only say that the Senate
will remain in session until it is. 1t may
happen that our sitting may be prolonged
into the evening, but / scarcely look for
such a contingency. Before the Senate
adjourns today, whatever that hour may
be, the repeal of the purchasing clause
of the Sherman act will be accom-
plished.'
Mr.. Morgan, Dem, of Alabama, next
addressed the Senate. He said that he
had come to the chamber today, contra
ry to the advice of his physician, for the
purpose of expressing in the final stages
of the bill some opinions which he had
formed about it. He trusted that he
would not be considered as trying to pro-
crastinate even for a moment the final
calamity about to fall on the country
through the passage of the bill. The
country was prepared for almost any
thing 1t had been worried and provok-
ed, and discouraged and depressed, and
kicked and cuffed about by the monetary
power in such a way that, at last, it
found that its most material domestic in
terests were hanging by string.
Mr.. Morgan spoke in opposition for
nearly three hours and then his strength
began to give out. The depleted Senate
cham ber quickly filled and tagging in
terest was revived.
Mr.. Vest of Missouri, took the floor and
addressed himself with vigor to the main
question, contending that the passage of
the bill meant the establishment of gold
as the permanent and only standard of
value in the United States.
Mr.. Vest was followed by Mr.. Cockrell.
II 1r1r, ,+n, NV I'll
to the strange harmony brought about
by the demand for the striking down of
silver, when the :" lion at the other end
of the avenue and the tiger from New
York" lay down together. "The bill
will pass" continued Mr.. Cockrell, "but
the Responsibility will rest on the Repub-
licanS."
aUndoubtedly," added Mr.. Hale of
Maine
Mr.. Cockrell closed at 3.45 and MIR.
Carey of Wyoming, addressed the Senate.
He referred to the controversy that had
arisen in his absence as to the way in
which he intended to vote. He had never
"proffered" his vote to anybody. The
statement came with bad grace from the
said about the manner in which the
force bill was defeated Nh. Carey ex-
planned why he should vote for uncon-
ditional repeal, though he never regarded
that as the best way OF settling the con-
troversy. He would have preferred
compromise.
Mr.. Dubois warned the Senate that if
distress came over the country they could
not charge it to the tariff. He denied
that there could be prosperity with
contracted currency. Unless speedy pros
perity came of repeal, the people would
hold those who voted for it to account.
At the close of Mr.. Dubois's remarks
there was brief lull and the Vice Presi-
dent announced the Voorhees, bill before
the Senate and open to amendments.
MIR. Pasco moved to take up the amend
ment of which he gave notice last Satur-
DAY, to appoint a committee of three to
establish the ratio between gold and sill
yer by the first of January next, after
which silver dollars were to be coined of
the weight fixed by the Secretary of the
Treasury and to be legal tender. This
amendment, Mr.. Pasco said, was now in
order, unless there was any other amend
ment to precede it,
Thereupon Mr.. Stewart proposed
another amendment reducing the a.nount
Of gold in coinage 25 per cent, so the
amount of gold in the standard dollar
would be nineteen and thirty-five hun
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