Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-02
REPEAL HAS PASSED
Monday Night the Voorhees,
Repeal Bill Passed BY
Vote of 43 to 81.
A DAY OF EXCITEMENT.
Scenes in The Senate---Silver
Men Make Numerous
Threats.

" AsulNGToN, Oct. 3O.--At 1926
p. m., by vote of 43 to 80, the
senate, after one of the most remark
able and memorably parliamentary
battles of the generation, passed a
bill unc additionally repeating the
purchase clause of the Sherman
silver law. The end was reached at
the conclusion of the continuous
session of fourteen days, after sixty
one days of debate, during which
five volumes of congressional record
has been filled with speeches amount
ing in aggregate to about &c, 100000
The stream of talk that would
stretch in cold type from seab~ard
1000 miles into the interior, from
Liberty enlightening the world in
New York harbor to the foot hills
Of the Rocky mountains.
TIE CLOSING DAY.
of the great struggle for the repeal
of the purchase Of silver was one Of
intense excitement. The galleries
were packed to the doors. Every
seat in the senate was occupied and
the walls were lined with represen-
tatives from the lower branch of
congress. The aegis of senatorial
courtesy was no protection in the
last moments. Gray-haired men did
not spare each other. Senator Nor
gan fairly hcaped his denunciation
on Senator VOORHEES,, the leader Of
the administration forces, and Sena-
tor Wolcott, the Colorado hot spur,
concluded fierce Philippe against
Senator Garry with the Spanish pro-
verb Of Sancho Panza that it was
waste of lather to shave an ass.
Sew eral republicans, Teller, Stewart,
Dubois, Wolcott and Jones, Pfeffer
po opulists, and Morgan and the old
war governor of Tennessee, Harris,
each made his valedictory. The
democrats were.
HOT AND ANGRY
at the desertion of some of their
colleagues 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
said, ruin and destruction and des-
ISOLATION to the silver producing
states. Senator Jones, with an
emphasis that will never be forgot
ten by those who heard him, warned
those about him that the end of the
fight marked but the beginning of
the battle that would be waged be-
fore the people. Stewart had the last
word and roll call began. 1t took
almost ten minutes to call the roll
and arrange pairs. Then the Presi-
dent announced the vote, and within
sixty seconds the senate had adjourn
ed and the chamber was deserted.
YESTERDAYS SPEECHES.
The number of speakers in the
senate today was larger than any
day recently. The republicans
crowded into the senate as IL o'clock
approached. Five minutes after
that hour Morgan concluded hot
speech, in which he denounced what
he called Senator Sherman's DONNA
ton and dictation to the democratic
party. Vest followed, and after
him in short explanatory speeches
came Cockrell, Wolcott, Garry,
Washburn and Dubois Jones, of
Nevada, concluded his speech. A
little later Harris commenced talk
ing for repeal. Jones being allowed
to finish his speech, Pfeffer followed
him, and then Harris and Stewart
closed their speeches and the vote