New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-31
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chasing clause OF the sherman ACT came 10 du
end at half 1t o'clock tonight, the voorhees,
bill passing by vote of forty-three to thirty
two II Mr.. Voorhees, had planned spirited
and dramatic ending to the snai-paced legis-
lative contest of the last three months, he was
destined be disappointed once more in his
play to- the gallery strategy. He had said on
Saturday afternoon, with ample time ahead OK
him. that the final vote would be deferred till
to-day between 2 and p m.. and in response
to this hint one of the largest crowds seen at
the Capitol since Mr.. Clevelands Inauguration
struggled from II o'clock for admission into
the rather narrow limits Of Senate galleries.
Up to 5 o'clock a succession of brief speeches
full Of heat and bitterness and at one time rum
ming to an extreme of personal invective held
the unfagging attention Of the dense crowds OF
lookers-on. and whetted their interest to the
keenest pitch of expectation.
The climax of a final vote alone was needed
to round out completely one Of the most stirring
and absorbing sessions which the Senate has
recently held. But an anti-climax came In
stead. when after the yeas and nays had been
demanded on the passage Of the BILL the ex'
pectant onlookers Mr. Jones, or Nevada.
take from his desk another instalment Of his
still-unfnished typewriter speech and laying
a couple of reams upon pile of books. launch
out upon another phase of his apparently inter-
minabe essay on monetary science. The one
hundred odd members of the House of Repre-
sentatves who had come across from their end
Of the Capitol, and had gathered in the stand
ing space to the right and left OF the main
entrance of the chamber to see the end OF the
great Senatorial test Of endurance" looked
sheepshly at each other and stole quietly to-
ward the nearest exits. The spectators In the
galleries rose by files and streamed disgustedly
fhnr
homes Senators themselves by the dozen
sought the secusion Of the cloakrooms ana
committee rooms, and fifteen minutes later the
rumor having spread that Mr. Jones was to be
followed by Mr. Stewart and Mr.. Pener, the
Senate had taken on once more the dull ana
deserted aspect which it has worn Tor nineteen
hours out OF twenty during the monotonous
and fatiguing sessions OF the last thirteen
weeks
THE FIGHT ENDS TAMELY.
Two hours afterward with only handful OK
SPECTATORS in the gallery, and the weary ana DE-
lated Senate its own most appreciative Witness
the end of the great fight was reached, tameiy'
ineffectivey and without any noteworthy III
cident The verdict registered was, OF course
tho forced and reluctant submission Of the ma
jority party in the Senate 10 external pressure
from the Executive and the country, and in
IL
umph of unconditional repeal should be re-
corded amid general apathy in the champer
and with a lack Of all spectacular effect. The
vote on the passage of the bill was. as said
above. forty-three in the affirmative to thirty
two in the negative--the exact majority by
which Mr. PETERS free-coinage amendment
had been rejected on Friday last. A few
changes occurred on both sides however ana
slightly different political results were devel-
oped The vote in detail was as follows:
For repeal-Messrs. Aldrich. Brice. Caffery.
Camden Carey. Cullom Davis, Dixon, Doph.
Faulkner, Frye. Gallinger. Gibson, German.
Gray. Hale Hawey. Higgins. Hill, Hoar, Hum
ton, Lindsay, Lodge, Mcmillan, Mcpherson.
Manderson. Mills Mitchell Of Wisconsin, Nor
rill. Murphy platt. Proctor. Quay. Ransom.
sherman, Smith, Squire, Stockbridge. Turpies
Villas. Voorhees, Washburn and White of Loui-
siana Totals.
Against repeal-M essrs Allen. Bate. Berry.
Blackburn. Butler, Call Cameron Cockrell
Coke. Daniel Dubois, George, Harris. Irby.
Jones of Arkansas, Jones Of Nevada. Kyle.
Martin, Pasco PETER, Perkins. Pettigrew.
Power, Pugh. Roach. Shoup Stewart. Teller.
Vance. Vest Walthall and Wolcott. Total-32.
The pairs announced were as follows: For
repeal-Messrs. Allison Chandler. Wilson. Cor
don and Palmer Against repeal-Messrs. Nit
chel. Of Oregon; White. of California; Colquitt
Morgan and Hansborough.
THE VOTE ANALYzED.
An analysis Of the vote shows that OF the
forty-three Senators actually voting for un-
conditional repeal twenty-three were Republi.
cans and twenty Democrats Three of the five
Senator'S paired in favor of repeal were Re-
publicans and two Democrats. To the total
| tl,n
Democratic majority contributed twenty-five
votes while the Republican minority contrib.
| uted twenty-six. The votes actually cast
against the Voorhees, bl-thirty two In all
were given by nineteen Democrats. nine Repub.
| licans and four Popusts. Three Democrats
and two Republicans paired against res
| peal. so that the total anti-repeal strength In
| the Senate-thirty- made up Of
| twenty-five Democrats. fcur Popusts and
| eleven Republicans The final division on the
| Presidents programme of silver legislation
| found the Democratic party in the Senate split
| into two exactly equal parts. twenty-five votes
| being cast for the voorhees, bill and twenty.
two against it,
| Mr.. Hunter. Of Virginia, who had voted for
| free coinage on Friday and for the revival Of
| the Bland act on Saturday. to-day made good
| his promises of support to the Administrative
| by boosting the Voorhees, bill along when op.
position to it could do no further harm. Mr..
| Faulkner. who supported nearly every substi.
tute for the Voorhees, bill but that of free coin.
| age. also joined the repeal forces when they
were safely out of the woods. swelling, with
Mr. Huntons aid, the repeal majority from seven
| to eleven. These two changes had the i'm.
portant effect. also, of striking for the first time
| since the ballotng began an equilibrium In the
| majority party in the Senate. and preventing
by the creation OF tie, the reproach being cast
upon the Administration that It's fina ncial policy
| had been repudiated on every single test by
more than half the Democrats in the Senate
strength f'a FOL
| ing In the "deliberatve branch" should be esti-
mated, perhaps. by subtracting from the twenty.
| two votes mustered to-day the names OF the
signers OF the ill-fated Carlisle German compro-
mise OF October q. or the twenty-five Demo-
cratic Senators marshaled under the Admins.
tration's colors this evening no less than four.
| teen. or two-thirds Of ALL were ready only ten
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