New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-01
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THE ANTI-OPTION BILL WINS.
IT is PASSED IN TIE SENATE BY a VOTE OF
40 TO 30.

MANY NOTIFICATIONS MADE IN The
sENATE-IT MUST PASS ANOTHER
ORDEAL IN THE ID1UcE
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEI
Washington, Jan Sl.-The Hatch or wash.
burn AntOption bill passed the Senate late thus
afternoon by a vote of 40 to 20. Mr.. Washburn
had counted majority of from IL 10 Is o1
the final vote That he got much as ! l show
that his canvass of the Senate has been all along
fairly accurate for the bill undoubtedly lost
some strength under the sharp attacks made upon
it. in the last two weeks. The bill as IL passed
the Senate follows in the main the lines OF tho
House or Hatch measure, though in three months
of discussion in the "deliberative branch 1t has
been modified in many ways and its text has been
greatly altered and amended.
In its present form it should perhaps be moro
Justly u,lled the Washburn bill. for the great
bulk of the notifications made were due, not 70
the opponents Of the bill in the Senate, but to
ITS Jealous defender and promoter, Mr.. WASH
burn himself The bill retains, however, the chief
and most essential feature Of the House measure
that which calls into exercise the prohibitive taxing
power of the Government to suppress dealings IN
futures Mr.. George and other Southern Sem
ators who believe in legisating against future
contracts but who are unwilling to apply tho
taxing power to prohibit them, struggled hard
to change the character of the House bill so as
to make transactions in options and futures pun
ishable by fine and imprisonment under the as
serted power Of the Federal Government to re-
move distractions to commerce. Such shifting
of base would have raised direct and difficult
constitutional issue with Mr. Hatch and the sup
porters of ant-option legislation in the House.
Mr.. Washburn saw the disadvantage Of such o
course and wisely resisted the George amend
Al - -. H. -
half dozen Southern Senator's Mr.. Georges
scheme of prohibition by fines was rejected by a
decisive vote of so to 10, and thereafter the pas
sage Of the House measure essentially intact,
was never in doubt.
The vote on the George amendment had been
set for | o'clock, and that the bill itself for
. o'clock Two additional hours were allowed
for debate, however. and the vote on final passage
was not reached until nearly o'clock. As tho
vote promised TO he the ONLY Of great in-
tercst ard Importance TO be taken at this ses-
sion. the Senate Chamber had all the afternoon
a greater air of brlskness and animation than has
been seen since the vote on Mr. Stewart's Free
Coinage BILL just after the adjournment last June
of the two National political conventions. More
than seventy Of the cightyeight Senators were
present in the hall in the coakrooms; and
on each of the various votes taken from siXty-lve
10 seventy names were recorded The galleries,
too were unusually we'll filled, and as debate
was carried on under the five-miEute rule there
was much 10 interest and anuse In the TWO
hours of discussion which preceded the voting
Short speeches were made by Messrs Wolcott,
Gray, Higgins. Harris, Ferry, Vest, White vance,
Bate, Call, Butler and others, most OF the SEN
ators talking in opposition to the DILL Mr. 'cso
made mild sensation by announcing that, thougn
the lower branch of the Missouri General Assembly
ol,,tio ipctr
port the Anti-Option bill. he could not conscien-
tiously obey this direction, and would leave IL
70 the reope of Missouri to judge between him-
self and the State House of representatives.. Sr.
Vests colleague, Mr.. Cockrell said nothing anu
read pamphlet studiously during the nepa,o'
He voted subsequently with Mr.. Washburn for inc
Hatch bill. ...
Mr.. Washburn had his hour of satisfaction
when the final vote came, after many "ehS "
dscouraging uphill effort. with practicaiiy
solid opposition from the members OF the Juuici-
ary COMMITTEES, and the leading CONSTITUTIONS
LAWYERS of the Senate; with only half-hearted
srnnort from the bulk of those who voted with
him. and with a determined and skilful minority
bent on defeating any action at this Session, hr'
washburn had 10 contend with difficulties In
nushinr the Anti-Option measure, which woula
have proved insurmountable to any one less caHI-
est and less pcrsevering. But competing 'he
continued consideration of his bill ana frustfa1
ing patiently all efforts to sidetrack it, either IN
the Senate or in party caucus, Mr.. Washburn at
last wore out the opposition and won personal
triumph of no little significance. 1t is, IN TACT,
not too much to say that but for the personal
qualities he brought to the prosecution OF the
measure it never would have reached vote In
the Senate during TINS Congress.
The vote on the Anti-Opton scheme showed an
entire abandonment of party lines, though more
Republicans supported it than opposed II, ana
more Democrats voted against it than for II. Or
the 40 affirmative votes - were cast by RcpuD-
licans. IL BY Democrats and By Populsts Of
the 20 Senators who voted in the negative, 20
we're Democrats and o Republicans. The Demo-
Gratis who supported the bill were Messrs. Black
burn Call Cockreh Faulkner, Gordon, Hunton,
IrEy. Morgan, Turpic, Voorhees, and Walthall.
The Republicans who opposed it were Messrs
Cameron. Dawes Dixon, IIiscock, lioar, Platt,
SAWYER stewart and WalcOtt.
he bin now zoe, back 10 the House, where the
amendment, will have TO be accepted the bill
thrown into conference Ii is said that great
difficulty will be encountered in tile House in get
ting action on the Senate amendments, and the
struggle over the bill will now be transferred to
the other end of the Capitol.
THE FINAL DEBATE On TIE BILL.
SprrcuEs ny -EN .T0PS wOICOTT GRAY AND