New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-29
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Washington Oct 2s.-Hghy encouraging and
satisfactory progress was made this afternoon
with the Silver Purchase Repeal bill in the
way OF disposing of the hostile amendments
offered by the opposition Ten or dozen Of
these were voted on and each defeated
by safe ma jority. though In one case the
margin of advantage on the unconditional re-
peal side was cut down to four votes. This
happened when the question was put on SUBJ
stituting the Bland Allison act. repealed In
1890 for the present Sherman act, and was
the in the House of Representatives. this
proposition developed a greater strength than
any other advanced by the opponents Of re-
peal. The other substitute scheme Jared little
better than did Mr.. PETERS out-and-out free.
coinage amendment. rejected yesterday. Mr.
Perkins's proposal to coin the American pro-
duct defeated by exactly the same majorty,
eleven; while Mr. Blackburns purchase bill
was beaten by fourteen votes. and Mr.. Squire's
somewhat similar project by twenty-five. A
second free-conage substitute brought forward
by Mr.. Allen came within ten votes Of success,
and Mr.. Stewarts proposal to authorize the
coinage Of sort Of pan-American silver dollar
was beaten by only nine votes.
Finally, after the series Of votes had shown
conclusively enough that no unfriendly amend
ment Of any kind could be incorporated In the
text OF the bill as reported from the Finance
Committee. the measure was reported from the
Committee Of the Whole to the Senate. and a
recess was taken till Monday The bill is still
subject TO amendment in the Senate. and
various additional attempts may be made on
Monday to saddle upon it some condition or
qualification unacceptable to its advocates.
Mr.. Voorhees, is reasonably sure, however.
after to-day's showing Of defeating all these
efforts. and he announced to-day that he would
insist final vote on Monday between and
p. m.
THE VOTE ON REvIvINT THE BLAND ACT.
The most interesting incident OF the after.
noon voting the rather uncomfortaby
close shave made by the repeal managers on
the Bland-Alllson bill amendment. The vote a.
recorded was thrty-three to thirty-seven. AT.
teen Senators being absent, and one vi tnose
on the repeal side being left unprovided with
a pair. As was stated In last nights dispatches.
the vote on Mr.. PETERS free-coinage amendment
showed that majority Of the Democratic
party in the Senate still Is in open opposition
to the Presidents financial programme ana
committed firmly to the theory of unlimited
silver imitation. The vote on the Bland Dill
substitute to-day disclosed still more strikingly
the hostility of the party in Congress to uncon-
ditional repeal. or any other sound financial
programme for II it had been left to the ma
jority OF the Democrats in both houses to de-
termine the policy of the Government toward
silver. unconditional repeal Of the Sherman act
would now be definitely shelved for the revival
of the Bland act If not for some even more
dangerous measure
The majority within the Democratic ranks In
the House for the revival Of the Bland act on
the vote taken August rs was eighteen. In the
Senate on the vote taken to-day the majority
was four In spite of all Executive pressure
and Establishments accordingly. majority OF
the Democrats in each house would, II they
could by this time have rejected the Wilson.
Voorhees, bill for the Bland-Allison "makeshift'
Of 1878 The vote on the revival OF the Bland
act was rs said above. thirty-three to thirty.
seven OF the thirty-three affirmative votes
twenty We're cast by Democrats. four by Pop
ulists and nine by Republicans Four OF tho
seven Senators paired in favor OF revival were
Democrats and three Republicans. To the full
strength for the amendment-forty-the Demo-
Gratis. therefore contributed twenty-four votes
the Populists four and the Republicans twelve
OF the thrty-seven votes actually cast
against the revival of the Bland act, eighteen
were given by Democrats and nineteen by Re-
publicans. Five Republicans and two Democrats
were paired against the substitute The full
strength of the opposition vote-forty-four-was
thus made up of twenty Democrats and twenty.
four Republicans. OF the forty-four Democratic
Senator'S twenty-four favored a resurrection OF
the act of 1878, and twenty opposed IL, the anti
Administration majority Of two shown on the
free-coinage vote of yesterday being increased
to four by the shifting of Mr. Faulkner to the
majority side. or the thirty-seven Republican
Senator's. twelve. or about one-third. supported
the Bland amendment, while twenty-four. or
two-thirds, opposed it, and one vote was lost
by some mischance with the pairs. Mr..
Perkins. Of California. and Mr.. Squire. OF WASH
ington, were the two Republicans who opposed
free coinage yesterday. and to-day gave their
support to the Bland substitute.
Mr.. Faulkners amendment for a gradual In.
crease Of silver circulation up to $500 900 re-
mains to be voted on on Monday. Ii Is not
likely to come any closer To success than did
the Bland substitute although it may get one
more Democratic vote-that OF Mr.. Faulknera
colleague Mr. Camden-than any previous
amendment has done. 1t is not believed that
Senator Quay will insist upon vote on his
amendment making repeal take effect on JAM
uary /, 1896. His own vote, added with that of
one other repeal Republican to the strength
developed to-day by the Bland amendment,
would reduce the unconditional repeal forces
to bare majority of one.
IMPORTANT CLOSING SPEECHES.
Some interesting and important speeches were
made this afternoon before the voting began,
Mr.. Wolcott delivered brief but pointed and
singing speech as a sort Of parting shot al
the triumphant repeal leaders He was bitter
In his reproaches Of both the Southern Demo-
Gratis who had abandoned the campaign Of OBJ
struction and the Eastern Republicans who had
made the success OF unconditional repeal
possible.
Mr. Sherman gave at some length the reasons
which had impelled him to urge the author.
ization of bond issue as an amendment Ia
the Voorhees, bill. He criticised the use made by
Secretary Carlisle Of the gold redemption fund
to meet current Treasury expenses improper
and illegal, nor could he admit the authority
OF the Secretary TO issue bonds to make good
the threatened deficit under the terms of the
Resumption act. He defended his proposed
amendment as one OF great urgency II not oi
absolute neccSsity but said be would desisI