Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-11-10
THE REPEAL BILL PASSED
IHE MEMORABLE CONTEST
In THE SENATE ENDED,
ne Proceedings in DetaiI-Fortv-
tnree Votes Against Thirty-two-
ELEVEN Majority Recorded in Fa-
'or Oh stopping any Further Pur-
CHASE of Silver h. The q

thirty-two, the United States Senate. after
one OF the most remarkable and rn.rnors bIa
parliamentary battles os a generation. passed
Jill Internationally repeating the pur-
oiiaSe clause OF the Sherman silver law. The
.nh was reached at the conclusion Of a con
ono 5u1 session OF fourteen days, after sixty
oHF uaEs OF debate. during which Fl We volumes
oi ths congressional Record had been filled
"ie1 speeches, amounting in the aggregate
10 ABOUT twenty million words.
m me text OF the bill as passed is as follows ::
1000 nat SO much OF the act approved July Il.
1881. entitled ''An act directing the mr.
chase OF silver bullion and issue Of TrasGIIry
iotes thereon and for other PURPOSES as
uheets toe Secretary of the Treasury to pur-
chase from time to time silver bullion TO the
aSsFegate amount of 800. 900 ounces or so
miucn thereof as may be offered in each
"onth at the market price thereof not px-
ceedlnS 81 for 81 25-lOO grains of pure sill
Ner' ana 10 Issue in payment for such pur-
ShHSes treasury notes of the United States.
"e ana the same is hereby repealed.
ana IL is hereby declared 10 be the policy
pI tue United States to continue the use of
"olh gold and silver as standard money and
10 com both gold and silver into money of
eduai intrinsic and exchangeable value such
4uality 10 be secured through international
agreement or by such safeguards Of lcgsIa-
tlon as VIII insure the maintenance of the
aus and the equal power OF every dollar at all
Gnes IN the markets and in the payment OF
debts Pig
And it is hereby further declared that the
eiofts OF the Government should be steadily
directed to the establishment of such a aie
system OF blmetallism as will maintain at all
times the equal power of every dollar coined
or issued by the United States in the mar
hets and in the payment of debts.
=, Inc crowds in the halls surrounding the
senate chamber when the Senate resumed its
session surpassed any heretofore seen dur
ing the day at the Capitol except when some
great public ceremony is in progress Every
seat III the public galleries was filled, and
iolg lines of people were waiting patiently
III the corridors for an opportunity to secure
admissions wherever vacancy occurred.
A roll-call showed the presence of fiftv-two
(Senators- AS soon as the Vice-Presdent en-
&ered the chamber. at II a. m. he announced
hat the Senate resumed its session, and that
The Silver Purchase Repeal bill was now be-
fore the Senate
The proceedings of the Senate. which fol-
lowed, formed fitting climax to the Incl
dents of the twelve weeks discussion of the
financial question. There was a series OF
short, spicy, entertaining speeches by vari-
Gus Senators who wished to explain their
positions and strictly unparliamen-
the fighters were Senators Wolcott.
Carey, Washburn and Teller which
has rarely been paralleled in the history Of
the Senate, and could only have grown out
OF or been tolerated during the progress OF
such fight as the one just ended. a fight in
Which tradition, etiquette, courtesy, rules
and everything else have time and time
again been scattered to the winds.
Mr.. Hunton opened the debate and was
followed by Messrs. Cameron, Morgan (who
spoke three hours), Vest. CockrelI, Carey
and Dubois. At the close of Mr. DubOis's re-
marks there was a brief lull, and the Vice
President announced that the Voorhees, bill
was before the Senate and open to amend
ment.
Mr.. Pasco Immediately moved to take NJ
the amendment OF which he gave notice to
appoint commission OF three TO establish a
ratio between gold and silver by January l.
1894. after which silver dollars are to be
coined of weight fixed by the Secretary of
the Treasury and to be legal tender This
amendment. Mr.. Pasco said, was now in or
der. unless there was any other amendment
TO precede il.
At this moment Mr.. Stewart hurriedly en-
tering the Senate from the lobby in the rear
of the presiding officer, said amid laughter
81 have another amendment. It proposed
- reduce the amount of gold in the coinage
twenty-five per cent, 50 that the amount of
gold in the standard dollar should be nine
teen and thirty-five hundredths grains
This amendment was negatived without q
division.
Then Mr.. Pasco's amendment was rejected
by a vote OF &c to Al.
More speaking was then INDUCED in by
Messrs. Jones, Harris and Stewart.
Mr.. Stewart closed at lis. and then the
Nice-President said that, if no further
amendments were offered, the vote would
now be taken on the enRrossment and thir
reading of the bill That was agreed to
without division, and then the vote was
taken by yeas and nays on the passage of
the bill as amended, and it was passed
yeas, forty-three nays, thirty-two.
The vote in detail follows
Yeas-Messrs. Aldrich, Brice, Caffery
Camden. Carey, Cullom. Davis. Dixon, Doiph,
Faulkner. Frye GalIinger, Gibson, German.
Gray, Hale, Hawley, Higgins, Hill, Hoar,
Hunton, Lindsay, Lodge, Mcmillan, McPher
son, Henderson, Mills, Mitchell (Wis.), Nor
rill, Murphy, Plat. Proctor, Quay. Ransom,
Sherman, Smith. Squire Stockbridge, Turpie.
Villas, voorhees,, Washburn and White LA
-43.
Nays-Messrs. Allen, Bate, Berry, Black
burn, Butler Call. Cameron, COckrel, Coke,
Daniel, Dubois, George, Harris, Irby, Jones
CArk.), Jones (Nev.), Kyle, Martin, Pasco
PETER, Perkins, Pettigrew, Power, Pugh,
Roach, Shoup, Stewart, Teller, Vance, Vest:
Walthall and Woicott- thirty-tWo.
The following were the pairs
Messrs. Mitchell (Ore.D and Allison
and White (Cal): Colqutt and
Wilson Palmer and Hansbrough Gordon
and Morgan.
The party divisions We're as follows
For Repeal-Republicans. %; Democrats,
20.
Against Repeal-Democrats, IS: Repub-
leans, 10 /; Populists, 3.
There was no demonstration whatever dur
ng the roll call, and when Vice President
stevenson announced the result Of the vote
he Senate adjourned and the Senators hur-
led home to dinner. In ten minutes the gal
cries and the chamber were empty, the lights
we're extingushed, and the curtain rung
Town one of the greatest parliamentary strug-
;les in the history Of the Senate.
Passed By the House and Signed.
By vote of 1913 to ninety -four the House
If Representatives passed the Silver Pur-