Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-10-31
REPEAL WON.
The Senate Passes the Voorhees,
Substitute Bill.
A MAJORITY OF ELEVEN.
The Silver Men Died Hard and In the
Last Ditch.

After n Debate Which Lasted For Sixty.
markable Parliamentary Struggle In n
Generation, the Senate, by n Vote of IS
to Sc, Decided In Favor of Unconditional
Repeal of the sherman Silver Law-The
Closing Debate Marked by Sharp and
Cutting Sarcasm The English Press
Gives the Praise to President Cleveland.
How the News Was Received In Denver.
WASHINGTON, Oct. Shy a vote of 43 to
81 the senate, after one of the most remark
able and memorable parliamentary battles
of generation, has passed the bill uncon-
ditionally repeating the purchasing clause
of the Sherman silver law. The end was
reached at the conclusion of a continuous
session of IA days, after 81 days of debate
during which five volumes of The Congress
sional Record had been filled with speeches
amounting in the aggregate to about 20
7 100000 words-a stream of talk that would
stretch in cold type from the seaboard !, 600
miles into the interior: from Liberty En-
tightening the World in New York harbor
to the foothills 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 galleries were
packed TO the doors, every seat in the SEN
ate was occupied, and the walls were lined
with representatives from the lower branch
of congress. The egis of senatorial cour-
tesy was no protection in the last moments.
Gray haired men, intlamed by the fiery pas
slons that always characterize the close of
bitter contest, did not spare each other.
Senator Morgan, with words that fairly
burned, heaped his denunciation on Sena-
tor Voorhees,, the leader of the administra.
tion forces, and Senator Wolcott, the Colo
RADIO hotspur, concluded a fierce philippe
against Senator Carey with the Spanish
proverb of Sancho Panza that it was "a
waste of lather to shave an ass"
All Had a Last Word.
The silver Republicans-Teller, Stewart,
Dubois, Wolcott and Jones-Peffer, the
Populist, and Morgan and the old war gov
ernor of Tennessee Harris, each made his
Naledictory. The Democrats We're hot and
angry ut the deSertion of some of their col
leagues that made their defeat possible; the
Populists admonished the senate that the
doom of silver was the doom of the old par
ties but there was something tragictlly
pathetic in the despairing cry of the silver
senators. 1t meant, they said, ruin and de-
struction and deSulntiun to the silver pro
ducing states.
Senator Jones, with all emphasis that
will never be forgotten by those who heard
il, warned those about him that the end of
the fight marked but the beginning of the
battle that would be waged before the peo-
pie. N tones deep and tragic he repeated
pundee's famous defiance of Gordon:
There be hills beyond Pentland
And FriIhs beyond Forth.
II 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. and 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 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.
If there are no further amendments"
said the vice president slowly and solemn
ly, the clerk will call the roll
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 a sigh of relief
When the Vote Was Taken.
Mr.. Bland. the silver champion of the
house, stood like n statue behind the SEN
ate 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 impatiently up and
down the area in front of the vice presi-
dents chair. Mr.. Hill sat in the front row
talking TO his late antagonist, Mr. Butler
1t took almost 10 minutes to call the roll
and arrange the pairs. When the vice
president announced the vote, Mr. Noor-
hees Strengthened up 10 his full length 1t
was personal victory for him.
Il now move said he, with note of
triumph in his voice, that the senate ad-
journ till tomorrow at y 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 90
seconds none but few employees re-
manned upon the scene. The long battle
was over; the field deserted
Last Words of the Debate.
The closing of the great debate brought
out some Of the most brilliant speeches of
the season. Mr.. Hunton and Mr. Cameron
were the first speakers. Then came Mr..
Morgan, who spoke until 2:+O.
Mr.. Vest followed Mr.. Morgan. He ex-
pressed his sympathy with the people of the
silver states, and said no car or kaiser
would desolate an iusurrectionary proviso
as congress was about to deSolate the sill
Yer states of the west.
Gou have struck down in these states
| everything that makes life dear, he said
/ You have Impoverished men who yester-
/ day Were millionaires; you have darkened
| the homes and hearthstones of the hum
! blest citizens, the Junior senator from
! Colorado (Mr. WolcotD said. and l can
never forget it, This is the first instance
/ in the history of the human race when men
/ of the Anglo-SaXon line have been pun
ished because they discovered too much of
| the precious metals. This is but the Skin
mish line The shock of battle is vet to
/ come"
! Mr.. Cockrell argued that at the last cleo
| ton the tariff question aud not the finan-
cial question had pressed 10 tine front, and
on ii the Democratic party secured a ma
! jority. Democrats had expected that if
there was to be an extra session it would
be called to reform the tariff. But now
that the election WAS over tariff was lost
sight of, and the senior senator from New
! York MIR. HID was beheld pitching to the
! front headlong on the financial question.
! The lion at one end of the avenue and the
/ tiger at the other (meaning HID were COM
/ ing together in a fond embrace. Laughter. ]
| The senator from Ohio Mr.. Sherman), the