The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-11-10
THE BATTLE OVER.
Passage Of the Bill Repeating the
Sherman Act.
An Exciting But Interesting Scene In the
Serate-Dignified Senators Get Warm
The Vote AZ yeas to 80
Nays.

Serate-Dignff1ed Senators Get warm
The Vote 43 yeas to SO
Nays.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3l.-At T:26 o'clock
last evening by vote of 43 to 50 the
senate, after one of the most remark
able and memorable parliamentary
battles of a generation, passed the bill
Internationally repeating the purchas-
ing clause of the Sherman silver law.
The end was reached at the conclusion
of 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 to in the ag-
gregate about 20. 900, 900 words, stream
of talk that would stretch in cold type
from the seaboard 1,600 miles into che
interior, from Liberty En)ightening
the World in New York harbor to the
foothills of the Rocky Noun tains.
The closing day of the great struggle
was one of intense excitement. The
galleries were packed to the doors,
every seat in the senate was occupied
anu lllc Walls WtEc liHcu WIZ
sentatives from the lower b,anch of
congress. The aegis of Senatorial
courtesy was no protection IL the last
moment. Gray-haired Inen did
not spare each other. Senator
Morgan fairly heaped his denuncia.
ton on Senator Voorhees,, the leader
of the administration forces, and Sena-
tor Wolcott, the Colorado Hotspur, con-
cluded fierce philippe against Sena-
tor Carey. with the Spanish proverb of
Sancho Panza that it was "a waste of
lather to shave an ass"
The silver republicans-Teller, Stew
art, Dubois, Wolcott and Jones, PETER,
the populist, and Morgan and the old
war governor of Tennessee, and Harris,
each made his valedictory.
The democrats were hot and angry
at the desertion of some of their col
leagues that made their defeat possible;
the populists warned the senate that
the doom of silver was the doom of the
old parties, but there was something
tragically pathetic in the despairing
cry of the silver senators. 1t meant,
they saw, ruin and destruction and
desolation to the producing
states. Senator Jones, with an en-
phasis that will never be forgotten by
those who heard him, warned those
about him that the end of the fight
marked but the beginning of the bat
tie that would be waged before the peo-
pie. In tones deep and tragic he re-
peated Dundee's famous defiance of
Gordon.
There he hills bev ond Pentand,
AMI friths beyond Forth
II there be lords on the lOwlands
There be chiefs in the North
Senator Stewart had the last word.
When the white bearded Nevadan,
looking like an ancient patriarch, sank
back in his seat Vice President Steven
son for the last time announced the
hill was before the senate for an amend
ment. lie paused.
Senator Voorhees,, the Tall Sycamore
of the Wabash, arose. The decisive
moment had come. The vice president
flashed his eye about the chamber.
The galleries leaned over. The flood
of light from the ceiling pou red down
upon the senate. The chamber was
still as death. Not soul stirred.
Everyone seemed to hold his breath
If there are DO further amend
ments," said the vice president, slowly
and solemnly, 1.-The clerk will call the
roll"
'Mr. Allen" began the clerk The
suspense was over, the Rubicon had
been passed. The roll was at last be-
llaI IN, fba fpal ,,aCcaoa Of ho
bill. From all over the chamber came
a sigh of relief Mr.. Bland, the silver
champion of the house, stood like
statue behind the row of
desks while the roll wa, called.
Mr.. Sherman and Mr.. Voorhees,
facing each other, bolt upright, did not
move a muscle. Mr.. PETER stroked his
beard. Mr.. Mills and Mr.. Cockrell
paced impatiently up and down in
front of the vice presidents chair Mr..
Hill sat in the front row talking to Mr.
Butler 1t took almost ten minutes to
call the roll and arrange the pairs.
When the vice president announced
the vote Mr.. Voorhees, Strengthened up
to his full length. 1t was a personal
victory for him.
Il now move" said he, with a note
of triumph in his voice, that the SEN
ate adjourn until tomorrow morning
at 10 o'clock"
Before the question could lie put, the
occupants of the galleries were jostling
each other in their attempts to crowd
out of the doors. The senators fled
from the chamber. In sixty seconds
none but few employees remained
upon the scene. The long battle was
over. The vote in detail was:
Yeas-Aldrich, Brice, Cutlery. Cam len,
Carey. Cullom. Davis, Dixon. Dolph. Faulkner,
Frye, Galiinger, Gibson, German. Gray Hale,
Hawley. Higgins. HILL Hoar Hunton, Lindsay,
Lodge. Mcmillan. Mcpherson. Henderson,
Mills. Mitchell of Wisconsin, Morrill, Murphy,
Platt Proctor, Quay, Ransom. Sherman,
Smith. Squire Stockbridge. Turpie, Villas
VOORHEES,, Washburn. White Of Louisiana =
Total ~
Nays-Allen. Bate, Berry, Blackburn But
Ter, Call Cameron, COckrell. Coke, Daniel, Du-
bois, George. Harris Irby. Jones or Arkansas
Jones OF Nevada. Kyle Martin, Pasco. PETER,
Perkins, Pettigrew, Powers, Pugh, Shoup.
Stewart, Teller Vance. Vest, Walthall Wolcott
Total 3.
The following pairs were announced, the first
named would vote in the Affirmative Allison
with Mitchell Of Oregon, Chandler with White
OF California, Wilson with Colquit'. Gordon
with Morgan Palmer with Hansbrough
Attacked by a Wild Pig.
ALLENTOWN, Pa, Oct 3f.-The resi-
have been greatly agitated during the
past few days over the presence in it's
precincts of an alleged wild pig. 1t