The Meeker herald., 1893-11-11
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
The Repeal BIZ Finally Passed by both
Houses and Signed by the Pres
ident.-Congress AdJourns.


the great speeches to be delivered and before
IL o'clock the galleries were black we're peo-
ME and the press gallery thronged with the
ncw.naper correspondents, who have vigil
lantly watched this tercely-contesteu paitie
from the outset.
Mr. Cameron of Pennsylvania then read a
statement as to his position and views on tine
reneal bill 1t was. in part, as follows:
Neither side of the Senate has made a sue
restlon. which In my opinion has been broad
enough and, therefore, / have studiously
avoided voting against the amendments pro
posed. There can be but one solution; free
Coinage of The American product of silver is
essential to our prosperity. The senate cam
not with self-respect pass such a measure y
| this Look for moment at the arguments
put forward In support OF repeal. one OF me
| most forcble is that 1t would obllge Europe
| 10 enter Into an agreement with US to return
| TO the use of silver as money That is TO say
we intend to cut oil our American market Tor
| silver in order to throw nifty million ounces a
| wear on the European market III adultloh 70
| what we already send, In the hope OF break.
| down It's market price We have a deficit of
| several millions q month II we manage TO
| keep tifty millions of gold in the treasury, we
| shall do well. We are wasting our silver ana
| our gold and our credit, and We call rcmoh-
| STRANGE factlous. e.
| Mr. Morgan then addressed the Senate.
| Thr situation In the Senate seemed i2ehdGuid
| speak OF only with pain, and which he could
| contemplate only with serious apprehension
|
| Mr. Morgan said the passage OF the bill
| would be an rreyocable surrender to the de-
| mands OF the most insolcnt and oycrbcIring
corporations. Referring TO. a statement OF
| Senator German that Senator sherman had
| dictated the course Of the majority, he said
| mpresslyely:
| Il thank Almighty God the senator from
| Ohio has never had the power 10 dictate
| terms to me as Democrat. He may have
| dictated them to the President. TO the COM
l -.
| this side, but he cannot dictate to me
| Mr. Carey OF Wyoming said he should vote
| for unconditional repeal, although he favored
| compromise. Mr.. Wolcott had said to him
he desired no compromise, aud II the senators
| from the silver states went home empty hand
| ed 1t was their own fault.
| MIR. Wolcott, in replying, said: III the
senator from Wyoming is content with his
| position ! have no objection 10 make,
| leave him to his constituents, He may be
| content with his vote. | leave him 10 deal
with the people who sent him here. MIR.
| President the senator has seen III TO refer TO
my wearing apparel. There are men TO whom
| clean linen Is ofYcnsc. | regret that the
| senator from Wyoming Is one Of them | owe
| the Senate an apology for lntcrruptlng this
| debate; for seeming to stoop so low as to even
notice an alluslon Of the personal character
| as that made by the senator from Wyoming.
| There has been enough said on that subject.
There IS a spanish provcrb that fits the case,
Mr.. Carey responded and after rld.culing
Mfr. Wolcou read an extract from magazine
article to the effect 1t wa. believed that there
had been n trade of votes by which the sena-
tors from the silver states had voted against
the force bill ia return 70: votes to be cast IN
favor OF free coinage This imputation was
hotly contradicted By Mr.. Harris of Tennes-
see and Mr. Teller.
Mr.. Pasco called for the reading of his sub.
stitutc, OF which he gave notice on saturday.
10 a.. IN.
seigniorage charge to be determined by the
market price of silver. Mr. Stewart presented
an amendment, which took precedence. This
was for the reduction of the size of gold coin.
The basis was the dollar, which was to con-
tain 1880 grains, or other coins In like pro-
sponsihllhy. Both were voted down.
Mr.. j mes of Nevada resumed his speech
by some OF my c,Jlf-ftS Ia '1ay hs>,.IsI'es'lsd
yer; but, sir. It Is only the commencement OF
the fight. We who favor this policy, and We
who are against constantly increasing value
OF money, propose to go TO the American
people and see to I, that every man, woman
and child In the country understands fully
the meaning of what we intend to do next.
We may be fewer in number, though doubt
1t, but we will show them that
Though there are lords on the lowlands,
There are chiefs In the North"
Mr.. Peiicr then spoke briefly and was fol
lowed by Mr.. Harris who declared the pas
sage of the repeal bill meant Enthusiastically
the utter decentralization OF silver as a money
metal. He characterized as supremely alb
surd that the American Senate, representing
I0,0c00O1 people, In legislating should con-
suit the Ideas or policies OF foreign countries.
Mr.. Stewart OF Nevada closed the debate
and his significant closing words were:
LET the vote be taken; let the object les
son be given. We will abide by the result"
A, 7;2o the vice president put the question
on the engrossmcnt of the amendment and
third reading of the bill, which was agreed TO
without division. The vote resulted, 43 yeas,
81 nays, so the bill as amended was passed.
Those voting In the affirmative were: Aldrch,
Brlce, Catircy, Camden, Carey, Cullou,
Davis, Dixon, Dolph, Faulkner, Frye, Gal
linger, Gibson, German, Gray, Hale, Hawley,
Higgins, liill, lloar, Huntou, Lindsay, Lodge
Mcmillan, MCPHERSON, Henderson, Mills,
Mitchell (Wisconsln). Morrill,, Murphy, Platt
Proctor, Quay, Ransom, sherman, Smith,
Squire, stockbrldgc, Turpie, Villas, voorhees,,
Washburn and White CLoulsianal-i3.
Scgatiyes-Alen. Bate, Berry, Blackburn
Butler Call Cameron, Cockrell, Coke, Dan
iel, Dubois, George, Harris. Troy, Jones (Ar-
kansas, Jones Nevada, Kyle Martin, Pas
CO. PETER, Perkins, Pcttigrew, Powers, Pugh,
Roach, shoup, Stewart, Teller, Vance Vest,
Walihall and Wolcott--32.
The following pairs were announced, the
first-named would vote in the affirmative: Al
lison with Mitchell Oregon, Chandler with
White California;, Wilson with Colquiit,
Gordon with Morgan, Palmer with Hans
brougb,
HousE.-Sevcral unimportant measures
were passed and then the bankruptcy bill
was taken up.
Seventy-Third Day.
SENATE.-The bill extending the time OF
payment on desert land entries was passed
Mr. Blackburn offered the following rcso-
luton, which was agreed to: "Rssoleed
Tina. the committee on rules be instructed to
inquire and report 10 the Senate what re-
vision of. or amendments to, the rules, If any, |
should be adopted TO secure more efficient
and satisfactory disposition of the business
of the Senate
The New York and New Jersey bridge was
then taken mp, on motion of MIR. Hill. The |
remainder of the session was almost wholly |
consumed with debate on the measure and It |
was passed.
IIousE.-Thc Oates bill to revise the
naturalization laws occupied large part OF
the days session.
An attempt was made TO take up the repeal |
bill at once but Mr. Bland insisted that It 90 |
over under the rules.
Debate on the bankruptcy bill was re- |