The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-05
PASSED THE HOUSE EY A VOTE
OF aol TO e4-
QUICKLY SIGNED BY CLEVELAND.
Kr. Bland and His Followers Made u
desperate Fight Against the BtII,
but Speaker Crisp Held the
Whip Hand mud SqueicheS
the SIlverites-Siiver Pur-
chase Now stopped.

passed the senate substitute Tor Lne
house silver purchase repeal bill in
less than three hours this afternoon
Then as speedily as possible the bill
was engrossed, slgned by the speaker
and vice-presi2ent and sent to the
president He was in readiness for 1t
and five minutes after he received it
his signature was attached to it. This
ends silver purchases by the govern
ment
To the firmness of Speaker Crisp
was in u large part, due the speedy
passage of the senate substitute by
the house. The silver men had an
nounced their determination to fill
buster as long and as vigorously as
they could but the speaker would not
permit this and in less than three
hours after the bill was called up it
had been pa assed and was in the hands
of the engrossing CLERK.
As soon as the house had settled
down to business to-day. in the pres
ence of a crowd of Interested specta-
tors, who filed the galleries, MIR Viii
son of West Virginia, called up the
senate substitute for the house silver
purchase repeal bill and ut once de-
manded the previous question.
Then began short but sharp fight
by the silver men. First Mr.. Bryan
of Nebraska, moved to adjourn and
demanded division. The motion was
defeated, yeas 26 NAYS 10s
The silver men then moved recess
until o'clock, but this was also de-
feated on a division. Then they made
an Intellectual attempt to secure roll
call, but on division 20 demanded the
yeas and nays and 1S5 were against
4ha nd Lost fThnS tho
silver men had not even been able to
muster sufficient strength to secure a
roll call.
After this the silver men again re-
sorted to alternate dilatory motions
for adjournment and recess.
At l:l5 o'clock Speaker Crisp took
advantage of Il momenta"y lull and
put the motion for the previous ques-
tiou, which was declared carried Mr..
Bryan of Nebraska was demanding
the attention of the speaker but was
not seen. 1t was all done so quickly
that the silver men did not seem to
know what had happened The result
was greeted with loud applause.
Mr.. SnodgraSS of Tennessee, who
had been assisting the tilibusterers,
made a motion 10 adjourn, but the
speaker said that he had recognized
Mr. Wilson and he could not be taken
off the floor.
Mr.. Wilson asked Mr.. Bland to con-
sumo the fifteen minutes to which the
silver side was entitled and Mr.. Bland
began his address, but not before Mr..
Snodgrass had asserted that these mo-
tions would be continued upon other
stages OF the proceedings before
vote could be reached on the main
proposition.
MIR. Band created a sensation by
4 u,
this whole legislation had been thrust
upon the people as stock jobbing
speculation.
At 1896 o'clock Mr.. Bryan began
speaking. His time was limited to
three minutes and Mr. Pence of
Colorado asked unanimous consent
that he should hare ten minues more
Objection was made.
''Who objects? demanded Mr..
Pence
Il object" defiansly replied Mr..
Outhwaite of Ohio
Mr.. Bland yielded to MIR Wheeler of
Alabama and when he had concluded
the silver men had exhausted their
time.
! Mr. Wilson then yielded five min
utes to MIR. Springer of Illinois and
then to Mr. Livingston of Georgia,
! who spoke briefly
Then Mr.. Wilson yielded five min
utes to Mr.. Reed of Maine, who said
J the country was generally letter off
when the Democratic party was dis
appointed. This was serious expert
ment which must be tried. Congress
had at last done it's duty bat delays
had robbed the measure of its chief
good.
Mr. Tracy of New York talked for
two minutes ana then Mr. Wilson
closed the debate and ,iA;nan1ed
vote.
Mr.. Bland moved 20 commit the
substitute to the commit e on coin
age. weights and lneaSu~ with
instructions to report the law OF 1887
which would provide for free coinage
at the rate of 10 to i. L pon this the
yeas and nays were ordered
Mr.. Bland's motion was defeated by
q vote of 100 yeas To l75 nays
After the l. and motion Air BRYAN
of Nebraska al 2:24 announced that
the anti-rcpeal men would not fiji
buster further as there we~e .xn few
silver men ready and wiling to Join
in such proceed gs- He left to the
future the task OF determining who
were right aud who were WRONG on
this great pubic quest on. He cal ed
upon the Ameri ,an people to send to
the next congress representatives
enough to solve the hnancta' question
independently of the influence or in
reference of foreign governments.
At 2:29 the roll call began on the
> concurrence in the senate amendments
and final passage of the bill.
At ESQ the house by vote of 19l
yeas to "a nays concurred in the SEN
ate amendments and the repeal bill
! went to the president for his approval
THE. VOTE FOR IHENPAssAaE
The detailed vote was as follows:
Yeas-Adams, Anderson. ,Aldrich Apsley
Avery. Babcock, Baker of New Hardpshire
Bal dNEir Bar ,,inr lalla..