The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-11-01

WASHINGTON. Oct. 3O-At 7:26 by
a vote Of 43 to 80, the senate, after one
of the most remarkable and memorable
parliamentary battles of a generation.
passed the bill uncondidonally repeal
ing the purchase clause of the Sherman
silver law.
The end was reached at the conclusion
of a continuous session of fourteen days,
after sixty-one days of debate. during
which five volumes of the Congressional
Record had been filled with speeches
amounting in the aggregate to about
20,O0000O words, a stream of talk that
would stretch in cold type from the sea-
board 1,600 miles into the interior, from
Liberty enlightening the world in New
York harbor to the foot hills of the
Rocky mountains.
The closing day of the great struggle
was one of intense excitement The gal
leries were packed to the doors, every
seat in the senate was occupied and the
walls We're lined with representatives
from tie lower branch of congress. The.
aegis of senatorial courtesy was no pro-
lection in the last moments. Gray
haired men infamed by the fiery pas
sions that always characterize the close
Of a bitter contest, did not spare each
other.
Senator Morgan, with words that fair
Ri
Senator Voorhees,, the leader of the ad-
ministration forces. and Senator VOL
colt, the Colorado hotspur, concluded a
fierce philippe against Senator Carey
Panzo;" that 'it was a waste of lather
to shave an ass"
Closing Speeches.
The silver republicans, Teller, Stew
art. Dubois, wolcott and Jones, PETER
the populist and Morgan. the old war
governor of Tennessee, and Harris, each
made ais valedictory. The democrats
were hot and angry at the desertion Of
some of their colleagues that made the
defeat possible. The populsts admon-
ished the senate that the doom of sill
yer was the doom Of old parties, but
there was something tragically path
etic in the despairing cry of the silver
senators. It meant, they said, ruin and
destruction and desolation to the silver
producing states.
Senator Jones, with an emphasis that
will never be forgotten by those who
heard him, warned those about him that
the end Of the fight marked but the be-
ginning OF the battle that would be
waged before the people. In tones deep
and tragic he repeated Dundees famous
defiance Of Gordon:
There be hills beyond Pentland,
And Friths beyond Forth;
II there be lords in the lowlands.
There be chiefs in the North.
Senator Stewart had the last word.
When the white-bearded Nevadian. look
ing like an ancient patriarch, sank back
IN his seat vice-President Stevenson for
the last time announced that the bill
was before the senate for amendment.
He paused. Senator Voorhees,, the tall
sycamore Of the Wabash, arose.
The Decisive Moment.
The decisive moment had come. The
vice-president flashed his eye about the
chamber The galleries leaned over.
The food of light from the glass pam
eIed ceiling poured down upon the SEN
ate. The chamber was still as death.
Not a soul stirred Every one seemed
to hold his breath.
'sIf there are no further amendments"
said the vice-president slowly and SOL
emnIy. "the clerk win call the roll"
Mr.. Allen" began the clerk. The
suspense was over. The rubicon had
been passed. The roll was at last be-
ing called on the final passage of the
bill From all over the chamber came
q sigh Of relief Mr.. Bland. the silver
champion of the house. stood like
statue behind the senate desks while
the roll was called. Mr.. Sherman and