The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-11-07
IT rs UNCONDITIONAL REPEAL.
PURCHASE OF SILVER STOPPED.

the Senate and the Bill is Prompt,
Approved by President Cleveland.
Special to the Atlanta Constitution.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-The House
made quick work of the repeal bill to-
day. BY 3 O'Clock it had been passed
and by o'clock it was in the hands Of
the President, who Immediately at
tached his signature.
There was but little debate, though
that was Of decidedly spectacular ma
ture. Immediately after the reading
of the journal Mr.. Wilson moved that
, the House concur in the Senate amend
ment. He then asked Mr.. Bland tC
agree upon q time for debate, which
Mr.. Bland declined to do.
After brief attempt to reach an
agreement, Mr.. Wilson moved the pro,
vious question. Then Mr.. Snodgrass,
OF Tennessee, and Mr.. Bryan, of Me-
braska, attempted to filibuster. They
had but about twenty-five men with
them. Even with these, however,
hey could have continued it all day
had they known about the rules. Mr..
Snodgrass attempted to assume the
leadership, and If there is anybody in
the House who knows less about the
rules than Mr.. Snodgrass he is not
known. He did not know how to put
motions, though he attempted them
Being dictated to by Mr.. Bailey, of
Texas, who sat at his side, he sue
ceeded for while, but when Mr..
Bailey moved off for monfsnt Mr..
Snodgrass was helpless, and after the
tilibustering had been going on for
appealing to some Of his colleagues to
show him how to continue the business,
the Speaker put the motion on the pre-
vious question without waiting on Mr..
Snodgrass.
Before the Tennesseean could Jump
to his feet the motion had been put.
Though he yelled, "Mr. Speaker, Mr..
Speaker !" it was too late. The vote
was taken and the previous question
ordered. Then, under the rules, thirty
minutes was allowed for debate.
Mr.. Bland consumed ten of the fif-
teen minutes allowed to his side. Then
he yielded three minutes to Mr.. Bryan,
of Nebraska, who made q strong and
eloquent speech. General Wheeler, of
Alabama, consumed the remaining two
minutes, which expired before he was
we'll under way.
On the other side the majority of the
time was consumed by Mr.. Springer.
Mr.. Wilson, however, made q brief
statement and then yielded two min
utes to General Tracy, of New York.
General Tracy is one Of the very small
members of the House who considers
himself the Napoleon of the silver
fight. He consumed his two minutes
support it had given him in his fight
for the passage of this bill. AS Mr..
Tracy's principal talk heretofore has
been to "read piece at night ses-
sion and in newspaper interviews, this
was the first notice the House had had
that he had been q leader in the great
fight. His seriousness and manner
brought forth much laughter from his
colleagues, and as he resumed his seat
aftcr ten seconds tribute to Mr.
Cleveland's victory an irreverent Re-
publican who evidently could not ap-
preciate greatness when it stood out in
and the House roared.
The first vote taken was on Mr..
BANDS motion to recommit, which
was lost by 100 yeas to IT'S nays.
When the vote was announced Pri-
vate" John Allen, of Mississippi, got
the floor for moment and afforded
great amusement to the House by the
delivery of a parody upon Tracy's
speech, in which he said he wanted to
thank the members of the House and
the other House for the gallant sup
port they had given him in his opposi-
tion to this bill that he had made a
great fight, everybody knew he had
made a great fight, and though he had
gone down, he would make the best of
it, because the country knew he had
make great fight and he was great
leader.
Silver purchases by the government
Co.. Il. -.
Mr.. Cleveland called Congress in ex-
traordinary session was accomplished
at 4.25 o'clock this afternoon. when he
affixed his signature to the bill to repeal
Internationally the purchasing clause
of the Sherman law. The struggle in
the House was short. Only twenty
seven men could be rallied for the last
stand by the silver leaders. Bland and
his colleagues, knowing that further
opposition was futile, preferred TO sac
rifice the opportunity for a few hours
debate offered by Mr.. Wilson, in order
to force the majority to bring in the
cloture and concur in tho Senate
amendment by duress. But even in
might have succeeded, had they been
led by experienced and skillful parlia-
mentary tacticians. Neither Mr..
Bryan nor Mr.. Snodgrass, his lieuten-
ant, is we'll versed in parliamentary
procedure, and, when thrown off their
guard by momentary distraction,
they exposed their flank by failing to
follow one filibustering motion with
another. Speaker Crisp overwhelmed
them by putting the pending motion to
order the previous question.
1t was carried with 4 roar. The fill
busterers had been caught mapping,
and nothing remained for them to do
except submit. For thirty minutes,
under the rule, followed the rattle OF
oratory amind the greatest confusion
and.excitement. At its conclusion the
vote was taken on Mr.. Bland's free
coinage substitute The majority
against it was 73. Then came the final
vote on cOncurring in the Senate
amendments. The vote stood 1913 for
concurrence and 81 against. When
the original bill passed the house, Au.
gust 28th, the vote stood POI to 100, SC
that, although the total vote to-day was
smaller, the proportion was practically
the same. The final vote was taken al
$50 o'clock p. IN. The bill was en-
crossed Immediately, and twenty
minutes later, at $40 o'clock, the
formal announcement was made to the
Senate that its amendment had beer
agreed to by the House. Tho bill was
hurriedly enrolled by Chairman Pear
son, from the committee on enrolled
bills, and, at $3.50 o'clock, was present
ed to Speaker Crisp for his signature
A lleet~foOoted messenger carried l.
To the Senate, where it WAS signed