The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-10-11
TUCKER BILL PASSED.
The House DispOses Of the Eleo-
tions Law Repeater,
A MAJORITY OF A HUNDRED YEAS.

The Vote Was strictly Party one, but
the Third Party Men Joined with the
Demoorats-Proceedin in the Senate
lWAsHNGToN, Oct. 1.-THE house yes
terday passed by the overwhelming ma
jority Of yeas POI, nays 100, the Tucker
bill to repeal the federal election laws.
The Republicans had intended to refrain
from voting on the final passage. but when
the Democrats mustered 1888 votes on the
first amendment proposed they saw that
II was absolutely impossible to break a
quorum and yielded as gracefully as
might be- The vote was strictly a party
one; but the third party men joined with
the Democrats.
Senator Squire gave notice Of an amend
ment to the silver purchase repeal bill
10 proposes the coinage of silver for private
owners to the amount of s. 900, ,OOOa month
not to exceed a hundred millions in all,
the owners to receive in coin only the com
mercial value Of the bullion on the day Of
deposit and the difference to be retained
b. the government as seignorage 1t also
proposes the issue Of five year per cent
bonds to the amount of 5000 600 OOO the pro-
oeeds Of which are to be used for the re-
demption Of United States notes.
There were two speeches delivered on
the repeal bill, the first by Senator Nc
PhersOn, Of New Jersey, and the second by
Senator Cockrell, of Missouri Mr. Nc
Pherson's speech was in support of the
bill. He declared it to be his belief (Which
was shared, he thought, by two-thirds of
the people of the United States who had
any opinion on the subject) that the Sher-
man law was the main cause, the true
cause, the only visible cause, of the bust
ness troubles Of the country
Mr.. Cockrelps speech was in continue
tion of the one which he began Monday,
and was directed against the pending bill
| He ridiculed the idea of the Sherman law
| having any influence in bringing about
the financial panic, and attributed it
rather to the legislation to establish gold
monometalism in European countries and
| in the United States. But rs interna-
| tiOnal bimetallism, in his opinion. was an
| impossibility, a mere dream. as impracti-
cable as a universal language. He spoke
| for five hours, and had not then come to
an end Of his speech. The house bill to re-
| p al the election laws was received during
| Oue day.
The senate has confirmed the following
nominations United States consuls-N.
| w. NJ. Iver, Iowa, at Managua, Nicaragua;
Jonah L. Pearcy, of Nashville, Tenn,
| Colon (AspinwalD, Colombia Frank A
| Dean, Michigan, Naples, Italy; Wilbur B.
| Hall, Maryland, Nice, France; r. b.
| Spence, Kentucky, Quebec, Canada; Rea-
vel Savage, Maryland, Nantes, France;
/ Marshall Hanger, Virginia, Bermuda;
Edwin 5. Wallace, South Dakota, Jeru-
| salem, Syria.
As the eve of the test of physical endur-
/ ~, tla, t, J..
| festations of uneasiness on the part of the
| administration senators, and this feeling
was evinced yesterday afternoon in numer-
! Gus conferences between administration
| and antiadministration Democrats a num-
| Der of these conferences taking place in
! Mr.. Voorhees, rooms. The attitude of the
! Republicans is causing the Democrats
| some alarm. Whether they will go to the
| extent of remaining and assisting through
the weary watches of the night in main
! tanning a quorum is a question that can
not be definitely answered.
| According to the program of the silver
men they will make a motion to adjourn
! this afternoon when the usual hour of
arrives, which motion will of course be
voted down by the repealers Then Mr.
Dubois, speaking for the silver men, will
state their position, after which the debate
will proceed Mr. Martin, of Kansas open
! ing. He will probably be followed by Mr.
Stewart Mr.. Dubois will remain on guard
and insist upon the presence of quorum.
! The silver men will remain and aid in
! keeping up the quorum until about II
/ O'Clock, when as one of them put it, the
| screws" will be applied. This means
| that the silver men will withdraw and
force the repealers to have their own