Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-11-04
REPEAL GOES.
The Senate Passes the Repeal Bill
by a Vote Of AZ to 80.
Exciting Incidents Attending the Closing
sccnes-The Longest Debate on Rec
ord "A Legislative Day of Un-
precedented Length.


precedented Length.
WASHINGTON, Oct 3l.-At 100 o'clock
last evening by a vote of As to 80 the
senate, after one of the most remark
able and memorable parliamentary
battles of generation, passed the bill
Internationally repeating the purchase
ing A)ause of the Sherman silver law.
The end was reached ut the conclusion
of q 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 to in the ag-
gregate about 20, 900, 900 words, stream
of talk that would stretch in cold type
from the seaboard 1000 miles into the
interior. from Liberty Enlightening
the World in New York harbor to the
foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
The closing day of the great struggle
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 repre-
sentatives from the lower branch of
congress. The aegis of senatorial
courtesy was no protection in the last
moment. Gray-haired men did
not spare each other. Senator
Morgan fairly heaped his denuncia-
ton on Senator Voorhees,, the leader
of the administration forces, and Sena-
tor Wolcott, the Colorado notspur, con-
cluded 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 republicans-Tcller, Stew
art, Dubois, Wolcott and Jones, PETER,
the populist, and Morgan and the old
war governor of Tennessee, and Harris,
each made his valcdictory
The democrats were hot and angry
at the desertion of some of their col
leagues thatmade 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 say, ruin and destruction and
desolation to the silver-producing
states. Senator Jones, with an en-
phasis that will never be forgotten by
those who heard him. warned those
about him that the end OF the fight
marked but the beginning of the bat
tie that would be waged before the peo-
pie. In tones deep and tragic he re.
peated Dundee's famous defiance OF
Gordon.
There be hills bevond Pentland,
And friths beyond Forth
II there be lords on the lowlands
There be chiefs IN the North
Senator Stewart had the last word.
When the white-bearded Nevadan,
looking like an ancient patriarch, sank
back in his seat Vice President Steven
son for the last time announced the
bill was before the senate for an amend
ment He paused.
Senator Voorhees,, the Tall Sycamore
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 ceiling poured down
upon the senate. The chamber was
still as death. Not n soul stirred.
Everyone seemed to hold his breath.
IF there are no further amend
ments," said the vice president, slowly
and solemnly, 1.-THE clerk will call the
roll"
"Mr Allen" began the clerk. The
suspense was over, the Rubicon had
been passed. The roll was at last be-
ing called on the final passage of the
bill. From all over the chamber came
a sigh of relief. Mr.. Bland, the silver
champion of the house, stood like
n statue behind the row OF
desks while the roll was called.
| Mr.. Sherman and Mr. Voorhees,
facing each other, bolt upright, did not
move muscle. Mr.. PETER stroked his
beard. Mr. Mills and Mr.. Cockrell
paced impatiently up and down in
/ front of the vice presidents chair. Mr..
Hill sat in the front row ticking to Mr..
Butler. 1t took almost ten minutes to
call the roll and arrange the pairs
When the vice president announced
the vote Mr. Voorhees, Strengthened up
to his full length. 1t was q personal
victory for him.
~ now move" said he, with note
of triumph in his voice, that the sem
ate adjourn until tomorrow morning
ut 10 o'clock"
Before the question could be put, the
occupants of the galleries were jostling
each other in their attempts to crowd
out of the 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 vote in detail was:
Yeas-Aldrich, Brice. Cafery, Camden.
Carey, Cullom, Davis. Dixon, Dolph. Faulkner.
Frye Gallinger, Gibson, German. Gray. Hale
Hawley. Higgins, Hill, Hoar. Hunton, Lindsay.
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