The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-11-02
SILVER PURCHASES
HAVE CEASED.
The Repeal Bill Receives the
Presidents Signature.
LAST SILVER RALLY WEAK.
One Hundred and Ninety.one ta
Ninety -four.
FiIibusterers Were Caught Mapping
Cleveland Anxiously Awaited The Re-
suit and Soon Placed his Au.
tograph on the Bill.

Washington, Nov. 1-Silver pur-
rhases by the government ceased to-
day.
The purpose for which Cleveland
ealled Congress IN extraordinary ses-
Bion was accomplished at 4:45 this at
ternoon, when he affixed his signature
to the bill to repeal Internationally the
purchasing clause of the Sherman law,
Only twenty-seven men could be raj
lied for the last stand by the silver
leaders. Their small following might
have succeeded had they been led by
experienced and skillful parliamentary
tacticians. Neither Bryan nor Snod-
grass, his lieutenant. were well versed
In parliamentary procedure, and when
thrown off their guard by a momen-
tary distraction, they exposed their
flank by failing to follow one fllibus-
tering motion with another.
Speaker Crisp overwhelmed them by
putting the pending motion to order
the previous question. 1t was car
ried with a roar.
The flibusterers had been caught
mapping and nothing remained fol-
them except to submit.
For thirty minutes under the rule
followed rattle of oratory amid the
greatest confusion and excitement
At its conclusion, a vote was taken
on BANDS free coinage substitute.
The majority against it was 70.
Taen came the final vote on concur
rim &C the Senate amendments.
VII the original bill passed the
HesSsef on Aug. 2S, the vote stood 201 to
1O6as although the total vote today
wa klaller in proportion, it was prac-
ticSfgs ne same. The final vote was
takSh at 2:50 p. m. The bill was en-
crossed Immediately and twenty min
utes later, at $40, the formal announce
ment was made to the Senate that its
amendments had been agreed 10 by the
House.
The bill was hurriedly enrolled, and
at $50 presented to Speaker Crisp for
his signature
A messenger carried it to the Senate,
where it YVES signed two minutes later
by Vice-President Stevenson.
Chairman Pearson, of the Committee
on Enrolled Bills, with the measure
under his arm, entered a carriage
awaiting him and drove rapidly to the
White House.
The president had been kept duly adj
vised of the progress of events. In
deed, he manifested so much interest
in the vote in the House that at his
request a duplicate of the names OF
those who voted for and against con-
currence was made soon after roll cal
was completed and this list was lying
on his desk when Pearson arrived with
the bill. Secretary Carlisle, Attorney
General Olney and Private Secretary
Thurber were present. After felicitat-
ing with cash other for a few moments
over the victory that had been achiev-
ed, the president took up the engrossed
copy of the bill and read it aloud
Then, picking up a quill pen, he affix-
ed his autograph at 4:25 and thus
IS days. 4 hours and % minutes. after
the extraordinary session convened, the
remedy for the financial distress which
Cleveland had demanded was applied
An analysis of the vote shows 124
Democrats and 6S Republicans and !
Populist
Cannon, of California, voted for the
concurrence and seventy Democrats
fifteen Republicans and nine Populists
against the motion.
The following members voted for the
Bland free coinage substitute and alse
for concurrence: Anderson, Black
Georgia. Brookshire, Donovan. Ed
munds, CVirginia) Geary, Holman
Richardson, (dichigan,) Swanson. Mar.
shall, Turpin, Post, and Tyler: while
Neal, Weaver and Kyle, who voted
for the free coinage substitute, did not
vote on the final vote