Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-31
THE SILVER BILL PASSED.

the bill to repeal the purchasing Clause
oftbe Sherman act came 20 an end last
night with victory on the side Of re-
peal. The vote on the passage of the
bill as amended that ia, OF the Voor-
hees substituted YVES: Yeas -: nays 81,
Not only was the repeal bill brought to
2 termination last night, but so also
was the abnormally long legislative
dav of Tuesday the 18th OF October.
il was lust seven o'clock when, after
more than eight hours OF explanation.
sharp colloquy and closing argument,
The Senate nassed the bill. This result
was reached after more than ten weeks
of debate. The result was reached
without demonstration. The excite
ing scenes OF the afternoon were follow
ed By dead calm when Senator Jones
of Nevada, made his vaiedlctory TO the
cause OF silver. He was followed by
Mr. PETER, who made his protest
AGAINST the inevitable in behalf OF the
poDuli.,s. Senator Harris, of Tennes-
see. who was visibly affected by the
excitement Of the occasion, made last
Irotest. and the debate was closed by
Scn,tor Stewart, who dolefully pro-
claimed the downfall of the nation
through the ''consummation OF the
crime Of 1875" =,
WIN the GAzETTE's report closed
Yesterday Dir. Vest had just taken the
floor. He said no car nor kaiser
would ever decimate province OF ms
empire as the Senate Of the United
states was now about TO destroy Tor
tunes and carry misery into the homeS;
OF rich and poor in these States, ana
without a parallel in the history OF the
world to punish a portion of the Anglo
saxon race for having discovered too
much OF precious metal. Mr.. est
concluded by passionately declaring
that this was BY no means the end OF
the contest for silver. This was but the
skirnish line. The shock OF battle was
vet to come in an appeal to the people,
whose voice would be heard attne neXt
elections in unmistakable tones.
Mr.. Cockrell f, loved his colleague.
His speech was devoted to review of
the parliamentary history of the repeal
bill from the time when 1t was tlrst IN
troduced in the House.
It will be remem bered that some time
ago Mr.. Washburn, of Minnesota. con
tradicted Mr.. Wolcott, of Colorado, b.
stating that be had the authority OF the
Senators themselves for announcing
that Mr.. Carey, of Wyoming, and Mr.
Squire. Of Washington, were both II
favor of unconditional repeal. Neither
Of The Senators whose votes We're thu:
brought into question made any state
melt at that time on the floor OF The
Senate.
In his silver valedictory Of last week
Mr.. Wolcttt made biting reference Il
the silence Of Dir. Carey, and remM ke'
that Mr.. Carey had allowed his vote L
be :'proiierred' to the cause of unconG!
tiolal repeal by the Senator from Min
nesota. Mr. Carey yesterday rose L
object to this language, which he de
pounced as unjust and unwarranted
He alluded TO ne Senator from Colo
rado Mr.. Wolcots as not having utter
ed these words IN heated debate, be
. cause he was in The habit of retlrln
q from the public, p cparing his speeche
with elaborate Gre, and after commit
ting them to memory, delivering thei
: to the galleries with frequent change
r of costume. This allusion to the well
known fact that Mr.. WolcOtt is proba
blv the best dressed man in the Senate
caused the galleries to laugh and tn
,, handsome countenance of the Colorad
Junior Senator to blush with annoy
auce.
!, No sooner had the Wyoming Senate
4 resumed his seat than Mr. Wolcott wa
;, on his feet. After 1eciting the event
i which had led to his remark of las
J. week to which Dir. Carey objected, Nj
It Wolcott defended his position wit
e some detail, and thea reached Nj
:, Carey's personal criticisms, which b
pronounced mean, petty and small. A
J. for his apparel, Mr.. Wolcott salt
# "There are some men to whom cied
8 linen is an offence" He followed IN
/. thrust with another: The su3Jet
may be dismissed with an old SPANS
: proverb which fits the case, 1T Is
waste of lather to shave an ass. " LII
galleries were convulsed with laughte
e The Senate sat in petrified silence
+ such language, but even worse was
j. come.
=. AS soon as the Vice President had s
y fenced the galleries by threatening I
: clear them, Mr. Carey essayed to strlk
: back. He quickly caught the sympf
v thy of his hearers by the manly carr
estness of his bearing. Again he dc
;. Tended his vote, and declared that b
i had no apology to make to the Senate
D from Colorado, whose utterance he ha
q criticized because he regarded 1t
! unjust, unwarranted and dishonorf
: able.n A chill swepS over the Senat
at these words. Mr.. Butler, of Sout
Carolina, who was so recently Gale
to order by Mr. Henderson, OF Nebra:
n ka, f,r having invited Mr.. Hill, OF Ne
q York, to meet him on a street corne
e aud have it out, at once asked Nj
. Henderson to call Mr.. Carey to orde
e and TO have his words taken down.
# Mr.. Henderson suavely replied that b
had no desire for quarrel with tn
e South Carolina Senator, whose pugiIE
tic proclivites were such that he couI
o safely leave him to deal with the ma:
: sive Wyoming Senator.
8 After this interchange of courtesic
both Mr.. Washburn and Mr.. Dubo
came to the defense of Mr.. Carey, eult
: giving his honesty, his adherence
: principle, and his conduct throughot
the debate. Mr.. Dubois made an elC
onant review OF the course of the silve