Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-02
IT is NOW A LAW.
The Voorhees, Wilson Repeal Bill
Signed by the President.
ANALYSIS OF YESTERDAYS Vote.
States That Were SoIidIy For and
Against Repeal,
N ON-P RTISAN ACTION.

The Voorhees, Wilson repeal bill was
signed by President Cleveland at 4:30
o'clock yesterday afternoon, and there Is
no longer law providing for the purchase
or coinage Of silver. The much condemne ed
Sherman law has ceased to exist. The
work for which the extra session was
called by Mr.. Cleveland has been accom-
plished.
The result of the vote in the House was
given In The Star yesterday, and there re-
mains but to announce the signature Of
the President and to give an analysis Of
the several votes.
The action in this bill was certainly nom
partisan If ever any great legislation by
congress was. A majority of the demo-
crafts In both houses were opposed to the
unconditional repeal of the Sherman law
and voted to amend the bill. A majority,
very large majority, Of the republicans
in both houses were in favor of uncondi-
tional repeal On the question Of free COIN
age Of silver the democrats were a tie in
the Senate and in the House there was a
majority of eleven democrats against the
unrestricted use Of silver as a money metal
at this time.
The Free Coinage Vote.
was as follows: For-democrats. 1Os: repub-
licans. ID: populists. g. acknowledgements
ia; republicans. lib. On the Bland-Allison
bill the vote was: For-democrats IA: re-
publicans. IA; populists. g. Against-demo-
Gratis. 1o3; republicans, ITO. On repeal the
vote was: For-democrats, 1873; republicans,
101. Against-democrats IS; republicans.
"a; populists, s.
In the Senate the votes were on free sill
yer: For-democrats, Is: republicans. q:
populists, 3. Against-democrats, Is; repub-
leans. q. On the Bapd-Allison bill: For
democrats. 20: republicans, 10; populists. g.
Against-democrats. IT; republicans. 90 On
repeal For-democrats, 20: republicans. 3D.
Against-democrats. 10: republicans. 10:
populists. 3.
Vote by States.
Twelve states voted solidly in the House
and Senate for repeal. They were Con-
necticut, Delaware. Indiana, Maryland.
New Jersey. New York and Wisconsin.
which gave Cleveland a plurality Of 6s, 45s
votes In 1892. and Maine. Massachusetts.
New Hampshire, Rhode Island and YER
mont. which gave Harrison q plurality of
g. 81 votes.
Five states voted solidly in both Houses
against repeal. They were Colorado. Idaho,
Kansas and Nevada. which gave Weaver a
plurality Of N,212 votes, and South Dakota,
which gave Harrison a plurality Of S.344
votes. though all the votes which Montana
cast were against II. Harrison's plurality
IN this state was !, 30.
Three states. Colorado, Idaho and Nevada.
were solid for free silver. and all the votes
Of Montana were cast in the same way.
Ten states. Delaware, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jer-
sey. New York. Rhode Island, Vermont and
Wisconsin. voted solidly against free silver.
Original House Vote.
In the original vote in the House eighty
two Of the 49, votes for free silver, ninety of
the 1876 votes for the Bland-Allison bill and
sixty-flve Of the 10S votes against repeal
We're by members from Alabama, Arkansas
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi. Missouri. North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee. Texas and Virginia.
which gave Cleveland a plurality Of 614,SS7
votes contributed to his plurality in the
whole country of 49,. s56 In the Senate the
democratic representatives Of the same
states, with the exception of Louisiana.
gave seventeen of the thirty-two votes
against repeal, eighteen of the thirty three
votes for the Bland-Allison BILL and sixteen
of the twenty-eight votes TO- free coinage.
Three Of these states were divided in the
Senate. Kentucky. North Carolina an6
Texas, on the last two propositions, and
but one vote was cast by Texas on the first.
while Virginia was divided on the last. In
the House a majority of the members from
Alabama, Arkansas. Georgia. Mississippi,
Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas and Virginia were for free
silver, Kentucky and Louisiana being equal
ly divided, Florida being against and West
Virginia giving majority against. North
Carolina was solid for II with the exception
of the one republican. Majo-ities against
repeal were also given by all these states
except Florida, equally divided, Georgia.
Kentucky, Louisiana. Virginia and West
Virginia. Floridas Senators were directly
opposed to Florida's Representatives on the
free silver proposition.