The sun., 1893-11-02


Finally Disposes OF the Measure,
Which Now Goes TO the House,
Where 1t VIII Soon he Passed.
Washington, Oct. 30.-At 7:26 D. m,
by vote of 43 to 81, the senate, after
one of the most remarkable and memora-
BILE parliamentary battles of genera
tion, passed the bill Internationally re-
pealing the purchase clause of the Sher-
man silver law The end was reached
at the conclusion of continuous session
of fourteen days, after sixty-one days of
debate, during which five volumes of the
Congressional Record had been filed with
speeches amounting in the aggregate to
about twenty million words, stream of
talk that would stretch in cold type from
the seaboard 1000 miles into the in
terror, from Liberty Enlightening the
World in New York harbor to the foot
hills of the Rocky mountains.
The closing day of the great struggle
for the repeal of the purchase of silver
was one of intense excitement. The gal
leries were packed to the doors, every
seat in the senate was occupied, and the
walls were lined with representatives
from the lower branch of congress. The
aegis of senatorial courtesy was no pro-
lection in the last moments. Gray
haired men did not spare each other.
Senator Morgan fairly heaped his de-
nunciation on Senator Voorhees,, the
~:
Senator Wolcott, the Colorado Hotspur,
concluded fierce philippe against Sena-
tor Carey with the Spanish proVerb of
Sancho Panza that it was a waste of
lather to shave an ass. The silver Re
publicans, Teller, Stewart, Dubois, VOL,
colt and Jones; PETER, the Populist, al.
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 sill
yer senators. 1t meant, they said, ruin
and destruction to the silyer-producing
states. Senator Jones, with an emphasis
that will never be forgotten by those who
heard him, warned those about him that
the end of, the fight marked but the be-
ginning of the battle that would be waged
before the people In tones deep and
tragic he repeated Dundee's famous do
fiance of Gordon:
There be hills beyond Pentland
And irths beyond Forth;
If there be lords in the lowlands,
There be chiefs in the north
Senator Stewart had the last word.
When the white-bearded Nevadian, look
ing like an ancient patriarch, sank back
in his seat, Vice President Stevenson for
the last time announced that the bill was
before the senate for amendment. He
paused. Senator Voorhees,, the tall Syca-
more of the Wabash, arose. The decisive
moment had come. The vice president
flashed his eye about the chamber. The
galleries leaned over. The flood of light
from the glass-paneled ceiling poured
down upon the senate. The chamber was
still as death. Not a soul stirred. Every
one seemed to hold his breath.
eff there are no further amendments" !"
said the vice president slowly and sol
emnly, ''the clerk will call the roll"
At Last the Roll Call.
''Mr. Allen" began the clerk. The sus-
pense was over The Rubicon had been
passed. The roll was at last being called
on the final passage of the bill. From all
over the chamber came sigh of relief.
Mr. Bland, the silver champion of the
house. stood like a statue behind the row
of desks while the roll was called. Mr..
Sherman and Mr.. Voorhees,, facing each
other, bolt upright, did not move a
muscle. Mr.. PETER stroked his beard,
Mr.: Mills and Mr.. Cockrell paced impa-
tiently up and down in front of the vice
presidents chair. Mr.. Hill sat in the
front row talking to his late antagonist,
Mr.. Butler. 1t took almost ten minutes
to call the roll and arrange the pairs,
Messrs. AIdricR. Brice, Caffery, Camden,
Carey, Cullom, Davis, Dixon, Dolph
Faulkner, Frye, Gallinger, Gibson, Cor
man, Gray, Hale, Hawley. Higgins,
Hin, Hoar, Hunton, Lindsay, Lodge, Nc
MILAN, MCPHERSON, MaQuefSO0, Mills,
Mitchell of Wisconsin, Morrill,, Murphy,
Platt, Proctor, Quay, Ransom, Sherman,
Smith, Squire, Stockbridge, Turpie, Villas,
Voorhees,, Washburn, White of Louisiana
-43.
Those voting in the negative were
Messrs. Allen, Bate, Berry, Blackburn,
Butler, CALL Cameron, Cockrell, Coke
Daniel, Dubois, George, Harris, Irby,
Jones of Arkansas, Jones of Nevada,
Kyle, Martin, Pasco. PETER, Perkins,
Pettigrew, Power, Pugh, Roach. Shoup,
Stewart, Teller, Vance, Vest, Walthall,
Wolcott-32.
The following pairs We're announced
the first named would vote i'll the at1irma-
tive: Allison with Mitchell of Oregon,
Chandler with White of California, Will
son with Colquitt, Gordon with Morgan,
Palmer with Hansbrough.
When the vice president announced the
vote, MI Voorhees, Strengthened up to his
full length. It was a personal victory
for him. ST now move" said he, with a
note of triumph in his voice, that the
senate adjourn until tomorrow at II
o'clock"
Before the question could be put the
occupants of the galleries were jostling
one another in their attempts to crowd
out of doors. The senators fled from the
chamber. In sixty seconds none but a
few employees remained upon the scene.
The long battle was over, the field de,
serted.
ROATH WAS DISMISSED