Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-11-03


Il lemon this morning. and announced
ia his colleagues around that if his
throat would hold out and be thought
it would, he would wish to occupy the
floor the greater part of the day.
Senator Stewart had not concluded
his speech when he yielded the floor
to his colleague Mr.. Jones.
After Jones had been speaking
short time amid frequent Interruptions,
the yice-president stated that the ques
ton WAS to be on the amendment of
the senator from Kansas Peffer).
PETER said he was not ready to vote
on the amendment. Referring to re
ports that he had surrendered PETER
said: I'VE haven't surrendered, nor do
we intend to. At every stage we shall
nterspoSe determined resistance and
opposition"
VOTING BEGINS.
The question WAS then put on the
amendment and it was rejected, yeas
IS, hayes 80.
The detailed vote is as follows:
YeaS-Allcn, Bate, Berry, Black
burn. Butler. Call, Coke, Daniel, Du-
bois, George. Harris, Irby, Jones, Of
Arkansas, Jones, of Nevada, Kyle. Mar
tin, Pascoe, PETER Power, Pugh. Roach,
Shoupe, Stewart, Teller, Vance, Vest,
Walthall and Wolcotr-2S.
Naycs-Aldrich, Catfrey, Camden, ca
rey, Colon, Davis, Dixon, Dolph,
Faulkner, Freyc, Cinlinger. Gibson.
German, Cray, Hale, Higgins,
Hill, Hoar, Lindsay, Lodge, Mcmillan,
Mcpherson, Henderson, Mitchell, Of
Wisconsin, Morrill,, Murphy, Palmer,
Perkins, Proctor, Quay, Ransom, SheT-
man, Smith, Stockbridge Turpie, Villas,
Voorhees,. WaShburn and White, of
LolliSiana-,9.
The following pairs were announced,
the first named being affirmative: Cock
reH and Allison; Cameron and Brice;
White, of California, and Chandler;
! Colquitt and Wilson; PettgreW and
Gordon; Hamsbrough and Mills; Nor
gan ana Hawley; Hunton and Plau;
Mitchell. of Oregon, and Squire.
! The amendment thus voted down re-
] yived with some exception the coinage
act of 1887 and provided for the free
F., coinage of silver.
/ Voorhees, then moved that the SuDSti-
tutc reported by the finance committee
! for the house bid be adopted On his
motion the yeas and hayes We're taken
and 10y Il vote of yeas So, hayes 8, the
substitute reported by the finance COM
! mittee was agreed to. Those who vot-
ed against the substitute were Allen,
Bate, Call, Coke, Irby, Kyle, PETER,
Roach and Vance.
Perkins, republican, of California,
! then offered an amendment providing
for coinage OF American silver ut the
existing ratio with Il Seignorage charge
og 20 per cent; no gold issue Of a de
nomination less than $40 to be coined
and no legal tender, national currency,
or treasury notes of less denominati ton
thai 50 to be issued. The holder Of any
standard silver dollars may deposit
the same 1T the treasury or at 4 sub
treasury Of the United States and re
ccive therefore notes of denomi-
nation less than so, which notes shall
have the legal tender quality Of the
coin for which they are exchanged.
, There is to be appointed Il committee
of five monetary experts, the members
of which shall be otherwise connected
with the government. whose duty it
shall be to Keep the treasury and eX-
Ccutive advised on all necessary mat
tcrs relating to the currency.
Stewart, republican, of Nevada, call
Il ~, !
part of Voorhees,, Gordon, Ransom,
Hill, Mills, Turpie and Squire on the
silver question, who last spring voted
for free coinage and now on PETERS
amendment voted against it.
Teller said he would vote for Per
kins, amendment rs it is better than
the proposed act.
Teller went on to speak with great
bitterness of the assertions of the
cause of silver by republican senators.
ITO me this is the most terrible mo-
ment of my legislative life said Tel
Ter with much feeling ITO me it brings
more fear than any other since l enter
ed public life, l fear we are entering
upon financial system from which
there is absolutely no escape. / know
there will be no favorable legislation
for silver until the American people
are heard from at the ballotboX and
heard from in Il way that will compel
attention to their DESIRES
Here Teller'S voice choked and tears
came to his eyes. He spoke most i'm
pressively and received attention of
every senator and the large audience
in the galleries.
I cannot contemplate this condition
of things without absolute terror," he
continued. 1T strikes to my very soul
and I want to enter this as a warning
to the American people that if they do
not resist they will enter upon a system
of industrial slavery that viii be the
worst known to the human race
Voorhees, desired to secure a vote on
Perkins amendment, but as Wo1cott
expressed 4 wish to submit some re-
marks he moved that the senate take
a recess until IL o'clock tomorrow
morning. The motion was agreed to.
BADGER BRIEFS.