Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-11-03
Total against repeal.

Total against repeal, 81
The voting in the Senate, after the in
terminable delay, began Friday, when an
amendment offered by Senator PETER of
Kansas was turned down, As to 81. This
amendment provided for the coinage of
silver bullion deposited by any owner
thereof, as under the act of Jan. Is, 1887.
The Senate voted down amendment aft
er amendment Saturday, the majOrities
usually representing the repeal margin of
IL. There was a narrow escape from bad
predicament, however, on the vote to re-
store the Bland-Allison act. Several of
the repeal senators were absent, and three
of those counted for repeal came out in ia
vor of the Bland act, so that only four
votes were lacking to carry it,.
After the result Saturday Senator VOor-
hees felt sure of defeating any attempts to
saddle upon the bill conditions unaccepta-
BILE to its advocates, and he announced
that he would insist upon a final vote be-
tween , and =. NJ. Monday.
The galleries were crowded at II Mon
day, when the Senate resumed session.
The vote was not reached as directly as
was expected, eight hours more being de-
voted to debate. These hours were full of
excitement, being in many respects the
most interesting since the beginning of
struggle which has scarcely a parallel in
congressional history. Acrimonious Ian
guage was INDUCED in by several of the
dignified senators. who gave vent to their
feelings in contemplate epithets. Cam
eron, Morgan, Jones, Cockrell, Vest, Du-
bois, Stewart and others spoke against re-
peal, which, they said, meant ruin and
desolation to the silver producing states.
1t was : o'clock when Vice President
Stevenson stated that if no further amend
ment was offered a vote would be taken on
the engrossment and third reading of the
bill. When the result was announced, as
stated above, an adjournment to the fol-
lowing day was at once taken.
,On account of an objection by Mr.. Bland
the repeal bill could not be acted upon in
the House on the day it was received, and
it went over to Wednesday. k-s4-st
THE bill became one of the acts of the
sd Congress Wednesday afternoon. The
final struggle in the House began soon
after II o'clock. Bryan of Nebraska and
Snodgrass of Tennessee attempted filibus-
tering, but their dilatory motions were
quickly voted down. After the half hour
of debate the roll was called on the one
permissible motion made by Mr.. Bland
to recommit the bill with instructions
to the committee to report the free
coinage act of 1897. This was voted down,
100 to 175, and concurrence with the Sen
ate amendment was then voted, 1913 to
| %.
The bill was engrossed as soon as the
roll.call was over in the House, and Repre-
sentative Pearson of Ohio, the chairman
of the committee on enrolled bills, carried
| it at once to the White House. 1t was
signed by President Cleveland, in the
presence of Secretaries Gresham and Car
Isle and Attorney General Olney.
The vote on the repeal by parties was as
follows: Yeas, Democrats 124, Republi-
cans 80, total 1893; nays, Democrats 90,
Republicans Is, Populists :, total, "a. The
Wilson bill passed the House August 2s
! by vote of $50 yeas, los nays.