Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-11-09
SILVER PURCHASE REPEAL.
Passed in the House and Signed by the
President.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-The
final touches were put On the silver
purchase bill in the House to-day.
It was taken up soon after the
reading of the journal, and wac,
after q series Of abortive atte mpts
at obstruction, and after half
hours discussion, the time being
parcelled out to some half~dozen
speakers, steered to the final vote
by Mr.. Wilson (W. Va.), who had
charge Of it. A motion by Mr..
Bland to refer it to the Committee
en- Coinage with instructions, was
voted down-yeas 100 nays 175;
and then the Senate substitute
was concarrsl in-yess 1913, NAYS
81.
The bill was signed by the
Speaker shortly after its passage in
the House. The announcement
that the House had concurred in
the Senate amendment was made
10 the Senate at $40, but it was 4
o'clock when the enrolled bill was
laid on the Vice-President's desk
tor his signature. Immediately
after it was returned to the House
Committee on Enrolled Bills, which
committee is charged with the duty
OF delivering it to the President for
his signature. The President sig ned
the repeal bill at exactly half-past
4 o'clock this afternoon, one hour
and thirty-five minutes after its
passage, It was brought TO the
White House by Representative
Albert j. Pearson, of Ohio, Chair
man OF the House Committee on
Enrolled Bills, who made the trip
from the Capitol on cable car.
Mr., Pearson reached the White
House about 1925. and was inns
mediately admitted into the Presis
dents office while the President
was examining the figures on the
vote on the final passage OF the
measure. Secretary Carlisle and
Acknowledgement Olney were
present when thePresident attached
his signature. Mr.. Carlisle had
come over to the White House to
see the final act in the repeal legiss
latiou, while Mr.. Oiney had drops
ped in to see the President on a
matter relating to his department.
When the enrolled copy of the bill
was presented, and Mr.. Pearson
explaining what it was, Mr.. Cleve-
land Immediately took up his pen
and wrote these words in the lower
left hand corner. "Approved Nos
vember 1, 1898. Grover Cleve-
land" and the bill became law.
Tomorrow the act will be
entered upon the official record at
the White House and the engrosse'1
copy OF the measure will be sent
to the State Department for pers
manent keeping.
Following is a more detailed ac-
count of the proceedings in the
House: There was a large attens
dauce on the floor and the galleries
were we'll packed. The opening
prayer by the prospective chaps
lain, Rev. Bagley, of the city of
Washington, and the first act of
the House after the reading of the
Journal was the adoption OF reso-
luton electing him as chaplain
and he Immediately took the oath
of office. The silver purchase rea
peal bill with the Senate amends
meut was laid before the House
and the Senate substitute was
read.
M. Wilson, of West Virginia,
who had charge Of the bill, moyed
to concur in the Senate amends
ment, and on that motion he moved
the previous question. He assured
he friends OF silver that he had no
desire to press for a vote immedi-
ately after the lapse of halt an hour,
which would be allowed for debate
on the seconding ofthe previousques-
tionIf the previous question could be
considered as seconded, he was pers
fectly willing that the halt hour
might be extended to such reasons
able time to-day as might be de.
sired for debate-say to 800 or
$50 o'clock.
Mr.. Bland, who leads the op-
position, said that be had no dis
position to delay the final vote on
the bill. He hoped that its friends
would permit it to come up in reg
ular order and to be debated in a
regular way.
Mr.. Wilson said that the parlia-
mentary difficulty in the way was
that if he did not move the pres
vious question le would lose con.
troll OF the bill, and the debate
would go on wiis opportunities fo1
the offering of I'll sorts OF amend
| ments.
After brief speeches by Messrs
Reed and Tracey, of New York
both of whom favor the bill, Mr.
Wilson closed the discussion. The
argument, he said, had ended, ano
Judgment had been recorded with
an emphasis which could not be
misunderstood. Nothing wnicl
could be said now could eithe
strengthen or weaken the position
of the measure. He had recognized
from the beginning of the contes
that there had been honest differ
ence of opinion on the measure