Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-11-02
nLHS DI IELthhArh !.
From All Quarters.
REPEAL BILL NOW ALAW.
It Has Been Approved by
the President.
NO MORE PURCHASES OF silver.
Orders Have Been Sent to
All of the MINIS.
BLACKS MOVED DOWN LIKE WEEDS.
Thousands of Them Were
Killed i'm Battle.
BLACKS MOVED DOWN LIKE Weeds.
REPEAL BILL APPROVED,

| AlllCu Iii DuUU1Cs
REPEAL BILL APPROVED.
| 1t Passed the House at About Thre,
O'Clock with a Majority of Ninety
Nine In Its Favor-AItemptsa at Della,
by the Enthusiastically wer,
Caught OF Their Guard by tn,
Speaker-The Bland Amendment
Was Promptly Rejected-Immedi
ateIy After the Bal Had Reen signed
by the Speaker of the House and tn.
Vice President 1t Was Taken to tn,
White House, Where One Hour and
Thirty-Five Minutes After Hts Pas
sage 1t Was Approved by the Presi
dent-No More Purchases of Silver
Ordered.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-The silver pur
chase repeal bill was signed by the speaker
shortly after it's passage in the houss. Tn,
announcement that the house had concur
red was made known at $40, but 1t was
O'Clock when the enrolled bill was laid upon
the vice presidents desk for his signature
Immediately after it was returned to the
house committee on enrolled bills, whose
outy ~ was w dclAfCI " LILO
for his signature.
The bill was brought to the white house by
Representative Pearson of Ohio, chairman
of the house committee on enrolled bills.
Mr. Pearson was admitted into the presi.
dents Office while the president was ex.
aiming the figures of the revised vote on
the final passage of the measure. Score
tary Carlisle and Attorney General Olney
were present.
When Mr.. Pearson presented the en-
rolled copy of the bill to the president, ex-
planning what 1t was, Mr.. Cleveland i'm
mediately took up his pan and wrote these
words in the lower left-hand corner:
Approved, November /, 1898.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
And the bill became law The bill was
signed by the president at 4:30 O'Clock, or
one hour and thirty-fve minutes after its
passage. Secretary Carlisle expressed him
self as highly gratified at the passage of
the repeal bill.
Soon after It's passage was announced
Acting Superintendent Preston of the mint
bureau, after consultation with Secretary
Carlisle, telegraphed to all the United
States mints not to make any further pur-
cheses of silver. Of the silver offered to-
day one dealer had declined to accept the
counter offer of .6S % cents.
Two lots aggregating so, 900 ounces had
not been heard from, and unless their
owners reply by telegraph tonight the
silver purchases under the Sherman act are
closed forever. At the present time the
amount of the Sherman notes outstanding
is 1852, 529, 900. With silver purchased,
but not yet delivered, this amount may be
increased $500, 900.
At twelve minutes past 10 to-day house
bill No. (the Wilson repeal bill with the
voorhees, amendmenD was laid before the
house and the amendment read by the
clerk, and Mr.. Wilson, DEM, of West Vir-
ginia, moved that the amendment of the
senate be concurred in, and on this he
moved the previous question.
Mr.. Bland, dem, of Missouri, rose and
addressed the chair and Mr.. Wilson eaid
that he had no desire to press a vote at the
expiration of the half hour, but would con-
sent to postponement of the vote until
such time as might be agreed upon for dis
cussion-say until or $3.50 O'Clock.
Mr. Bland said he had hoped the bill
would be permitted to proceed under the
rules without asking for the previous ques-
tion. Let the debate go On and when the
gentleman from West Virginia thinks it
has proceeded far enough call for the pre-
vious question.
Mr.. Wilson said the reason he felt COM
PEELED to ask that the previous question
be now ordered was, that If he permitted
the bill to GO to debate the way would be
open for all sorts of amendments and that
he would lose control of 1t.
Mr.. Stockdale, dem. of Mississippi, asked
If there were any rights on this floor ex-
cept to friends of the bill. He recognized
that he and his friends were in the hands
of the gentleman from Georgia, and that
what they secured was by his grace.
Mr.. Bryan asked Mr.. Wilson if the reason
why the previous question was insisted
mttted to vote upon amendments.
Mr.. Wilson replied that was one reason
and then Mr.. Bryan began filibustering
pure and simple in which he was assisted
by Mr.. Snodgrass of Tennessee. The latter
made motions to adjourn and to take re-
cess, all of which were rejected.
After few dilatory motions, General
Henderson of Iowa rose: "To what pur-
pose does the gentleman from Iowa riss?'
asked Speaker Crisp.
''To make a notion" replied General
Henderson, and he continued. az move
that the house take recess for thirty min
utes to allow the FIVE czars constituting
the COMMITTEES on rules time to retire and
propose and bring in a rule for cleture
and 90 pat stop to this foolishness."
A shout of laughter crested this motion
and Speaker Crisp raped the house to
order and said: "The chair refuses to put
the motion. The vote is upon the motion
of the gentleman from Tennessee to take G
recess" And for half an hour moro the
two southern flibusterers delayed the
| house. Snodgrass came over to a seat op
posite Bryan, and with q lighted cigar in
his hand amused himself smoking and puff
ing out great clouds of smoke from hii
mouth when that organ Vas not busy max
| Ing flibustering motions.
The two conspirators put their heads to
| gether and then tried to tie up the house BY
one making motion upon motion made
| by the other. For instance, when one
moved to adjourn the other would amend
1t by moving a recess; thus they secured
two votes. Pending one of the notion
for recess, Elijah Morse of Massachusetts
arose and said he wished to make ere
spectful motion-that the house adjourn
for fifteen minutes, SO that the committe
on rules could act"
Meanwhile the galleries began to fill a.
and the members began to show signs o
WEAKNESS at the conduct of the two flibus
terers and their twenty followers.
At 1:15 O'Clock Livingston of Georgi
arose to ask If motion to recommit wa
in order after the previous question he
been ordered, and he was told that 1t was
The Georgia member then turne
to Bryan and Snodgrass and began tellin
them that they could still have chance
reeommit the bill. Speaker Crisp the
saw his chance and embraced 1t. No me-
ton except the previous question we
pending; the fiibusters were listening t
Livingston. Instantly the speaker said:
s'The question is now on motion for tt
previous question. All In favor of 1t So
aye"
Neither Bryan nor Snodgrass could r
cover. The speaker put the previous que
ton and announced It carried. The su
| prise of the flibusters was terrific; the
had been caught mapping. The speak,
would not listen to their cries and al
} nounced that the motion was carried.
Great applause greeted this announc
ment. Mr.. Wilson then took the floor an
said that he would grant fifteen minutes
Mr.. Bland, and would reserve his time.
Snedgrass again attempted to start
flibuster, but was ruled out of order ar
was told that Mr.. Bland had the floor. IT
silver leader from Missouri left his seat
one corner of the house and was invite
over to seat in the center, and began b
speech by sending to the clerks desk q re
| olution to recommit the bill to the comm