Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-09-02
BY A BIG MAJORITY.

All the Amendments to tho Wilson Re.
peal Bill Voted Down. And the Bill It
self Easily Passed-HOw the Members
Voted on the Various Ratios OF Coinage
Proposed and OH the Final Passage Of
the Bill.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2a-When the speaker
commanded order In the house at IL
o'clock nearly every seat In the hall was filed,
On unmistakable evidence OF the general and
individual interest in the matter In hand.
Chaplain Haddaway prayed briefly. and IN
very inaudable tone at a distance Of more than
ten feet from the desk for an especial gift Of
wisdom and Judgment to rightly settle tho
great question before the house.
After the reading OF the journal, Mr.. Weaver
IN W appeared at the bar OF the house on
the arm Of his colleague, Gen. Tracey, and was
sworn in by the speaker.
The resolution contained In the order Of pro-
cedure on the silver question was reported BY
the clerk, providing for vote first upon FREQ
coinage OF silver at the present ratio OF 10 to l.
The roll was then called upon the amend
ment to the Wilson bill providing for the free
coinage Of silver at the ratio Of IS to- II re-
suited: Yeas, fs3; nays. rs
Mr.. Shell (dem. S. c., In favor Of free sill
yer, was paired with Mr.. Graham tdem, N.
~. opposed to it.
Not nearly as much interest was taken on
the second vote which was on the ratio OF IL
to |. The decisive vote on the ~ to ratio
seemed to dishearten the silver men. and In
place Of the attention which was paid to the
first was substituted a listlessness which was
spread throughout the hall The vote resulted
in the defeat OF the amendment by a vote Of:
Yeas, 10l; nays 226 The populist member
did not vote.
The members who voted for the 10 to ratio,
but against the II to l ratio were Messrs
| Bretz rdetn., Ind.), Brookshire dem, Ind).
Bryan tdcm., Neb.) Conn tdem., Ind), Doolit-
| tie rep. WASH, cieary (dem, Cali, Harris
| pop, kas), Holman dem, Indl, Larimer
| dem, S. c., Mcguire dem. Alal Mckeighau
| (pop., Nebl, McLaurin tdem., S. C), Post
| rep, ILL.,, Strait dem, S. g., Sweet rep.
Idaho) Talbert dem, S. c. and Taylor
| dem, Ind.
| The gentlemen who voted for l6 TO but who
declined to vote at all on the II to amend
ment we're: Messrs. Baker pop, Kas).
Banhhead Cdem,, Ala, Boen pop, Mimi
Cannon dem, Cali, Cockrell dem, Tex.).
Davis pop, kas). Grady dem, N. c., Hud-
son dem, Kas) KEN, (pop Neb), Pence
| pop COLI, Simpson (pop, Kas) and Turpin
| (dem Ala.
Messrs Russell (dem. Ca and Snodgrass
(dem Tenn who voted against l6 to /, voted
| in favor OF the II tol
The sto standard was defeated by vote
Of; Yeas, l02; nays 239.
OF those who had previously voted on l6 or
II to !, the following did not vote at all on the
| Is to | ratio. Messrs. Allen dem, MISS,
Bankhead dem, Ala). Baily dem, Tex.).
Cannon dem, Cali, Grady (dem N. c. and
Livingston tdem, Ga.).
The other changes on this vote as compared
with the vote on II to were as follows: Bald
win tdem, Mimi, who voted for II, voted
| 20 r,J rI
| (dem., o.. who voted against II, voted for Is.
The house then voted Immediately on the 10
to | amendment and it was also defeated:
Yeas, l0i nays 23S
On this vote there was one change for while
no one who voted for IS to |, voted against 10
to |, Allen (dem Miss who did not vote at
all on tho former proposition. voted for 10 10 l.
Then came the 20to amendment which was
In turn defeated, though 1t showed more
strength-the vote standing: Yeas, l2l; nays,
2222. No one who voted for 10 voted against 20
to I. but there was decided gain, as the fol-
lowing named members who had opposed 10 to
voted for the 20 to amendment: Messrs.
Anderson dem. w. Va.), Grain (dem., Tex.
Ellis rep, Ore.), Hermann rep, Pa. y LIN
ton rep, Mich.), Mallory dem. Fla.), Meikle.
john rep Neb), Moon rep, Mlch.), Oates
tdem Ala), Paschall tdem., Tex.) Price
tdem,, La.), Tucker dem, Va.), Turner dem,
Ga), Weadock dem, Mch.), White rep.
o. and Marsh rep, Ill.). The members who
voted against 90 to and not on 10 to l were:
Messrs KEN pop, Neb.) and Mcguire tdem,
Cali.
The proposition to re-enact the Bland-Alli-
son act rs proviso to the repeal bill received
the strongest support. but even that was de.
feated by Il majority OF II, the vote standing:
Yeas l26; nays, 2l3,
| 'bo vnt inn, for IN I md Of
the Bland Allison substitute we're: Broderick
rep, Kasl, Grain dem. Tex, Curtis rep,
kas.), Funston rep. kas.) Mallory dem,
Fla.) Marsh rep, H. }, Meikleiohn rep, Neb>,
Moon rep. Mlch.), Turner (dem., Ga.) and
White rep, o.,
Voting for 20 to | and did not vote on the
Bland-Allison substitute, Newlands pop,
New.
Voting for Bland.Allison act and against 20
to f Bretz dem, Ind, Brookshire tdem.,
Ind) BRYAN dem, Neb.) Conn dem, Indl,
Doolittle dem, WASH, Hare tdem,, o.. Har
ris pop kas.), Holman (dem, 1nd.), KEN
,pop., Neh), Latimer dem, S. c. Mcguire
(dem., CALI, McCreary dem, KY Mckeighan
pop, Neb), McLauren tdem., 5. CO. Post
rep. Illl, Rich dem, o., Strait (dem, s.
ca, Sweet dem Idaho), Talbert (dem., SC),
Taylor dem, Indl.
Voting for the Bland Allison act and not on
20 to 1: Baker pop, kas.) Boen tpop.,
) Mimi, Davis pop, kas.l, Hudson pop,
Kas) and Simpson tpop.. kas).
Then came the final vote which Mr.. Bailey
(dem., Tex endeavored to stave OF for q
, short time by Offering an amendment to repeal
the parity clause OF the Sherman act, In tho
hope that ty SO doing he could rally some OF
gold men to his support and thus weaken the
friends OF the unconditional repeal Of the pur.
| chasing clause, but the speaker ruled that this
) was not in order pending the demand for the
engrossment and third reading of the bill, and
the bill was accordingly ordered to third
reading.
Then Mr.. Bay raised the point that there
should be a division of the question. One part
OF it repealed the purchasing clause and the
other retained the parity clause. There should
. | be q separate vote on each. But again the
speaker pointed to the decisive order OF the
resolution under which the house was acting.
! and held that such separation could not be
, | had The vote was then taken upon the final
; | passage OF the Wilson bill and 1t was passed.
Yeas, 30; nays ITO.
> The members who stood by silver under the
l Bland-Allison act, but who finally voted for
: unconditional repeal were: Anderson, Black,
, Bretz. Brookshire, Boen, Conn, Donovan Doc
little Edmunds Hare Holman, Hunter. Law
son. Lester, Luton, Marshall, McCreary, Nc
l Millen Meredith Montgomery, Oates, OFerrell,
, Paschal, Painter, Pendleton, Post, Price,
Richardson, Ritchie, Russell Stone, Swan
son, Taylor, Tucker, Turpin, Tyler, Weadock
| and Whiting.
There were ten uncompromising silver men
r who voted against even the Bland act and then
| against repea'. They we're: Broderick, can
non. Curtis, Hepburn, Loud Mallory, Marsh,
Meiklejohn, Smith and.Taylor.
The anti-silver men knew that they were
! playing a winning game from the start and the
! silver men were in the calm OF despair and so
p when this overwhelming majority was shown
! | for the Wilson bill its advocates did not IN.
: duge In enthusiastic cheers, but contented
themselves with single round Of applause.
Cen, Miles Directed to Send More Troops
tn the Indian Territory.