Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-28
VOTING COMMENCED.

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and Senator Teller, OF Colorado. About
4 o'clock. when there was no one seek
ing the floor, Mr.. Voorhees,, of Indiana,
called for vote on the pending amend
mspt which was that offered by Mr.
PETER. of Kansas, for the free coin
aye of silver and the re-enactment OF
the free coinage act of 1887. Mr. Allen
called for the reading of the amend
lnent, and il was read. 1t provides Tor
the coinage ofsilver bullion deposited
bv anv owner thereof, as under the act
| Of January IS, 1897, and reyives and re-
enacts that act, and repeals all acts in
consistent Herewith. After some des-
ultory attempts to postpone action, the
vote was taken and the PETER resolu-
ton was reiected-yeas IS, nays 80, with
IS Senators paired. lIr. Daniel voted
yea and Mr.. Hunton was paired. This
ief. the House bill, known as the vii
son bill, with only one amendment to It
pendinc. that amendment being the
substitute reported from the finance
committee, and known az the Noor-
hees bill. Unanimous consent was Sii-
en- 10 have the vote taken on the SUB
stitute. with the understanding that tie
effect of that vote would be simply to
let the substitute take the place of the
House bill, and be open TO all amend
ments that might be offered to it; in
other words, it simplified the parlIa
mentarv status. The vote on the sub
stitute was-yeas IS, nays 9. The first
amendment offered 10 it was one by.
Mr.. Perkins, OF California, for the coin
age of American silver at parity OF IL
to |, with seignorage OF twenty per
cent. for the Treasury. No final action
was taken upon it, but several short
speeches were made.
Mr.. Stewart commented sarcastically
on the change which had taken place
in the votes of Senators since last
spring. when the bill to repeal the
sherman act was voted down. Among
the Senators who had voted against 1t
then, and who now supported uncondi-
tional repeal, he mentioned the names
of Messrs. Voorhees,, German, Ransom,
Hill, Mills, Turpie and Squire.
Mr.. Allen expressed his regret to
witness the back down" on the part
of Senators who favored the free coin
are of silver. II he had their expert
ence in legislative work, he would stay
here not only till next summer, but all
through next year, rather than have
unconditional reDesl Of the silver pur.
chase act. If q sufficien number OF
5 majors. having the true interest OF
the American people at heart, would
raise the banner of the free coinage OF
silver, he would stay with that banner
long as he had strength to do so, re-
q trdless of the time that it would take
TO fight the battle. The majority Of
last session in favor Of the Sherman act
seemed, by manipulation, to have pass.
ed into a majority for its unconditional
repeal. He thought it strange that all
executive could reach out and change
the opinions Of great body like the
Senate Even if that executive was
representative man Of his own party.
he (Mr. Allen would denounce such
interference, as he denounced it yester-
dav. Mr.. Allen referred to the long
continuance of the legislative day OF
October 10, and said it was fitting that
prayer should have ceased when this
most iniquitous measure" was entered
upon. He expected the Senators who
were pressing the repeal bill, and
whose God seemed to be gold, to come
together, and join in the good old
hymn, Nearer, my God, to Thee.
Mr.. Teller said that he would vote
for the pending amendments, although
he had not favored the exclusive coin
age of American silver. Still, if ii
passed it would be some relief to the
Silver producing States, and great re-
lief to the people of the United States.
He declared that he was neither cast
down nor detected, but he did not dis
guise the fact that the people of his
State were about to 60 Through the
valley of the shadow of death" He
knew what it was to turn over 10000
silver miners out of work in the fall OF
the year. The iron would enter into
their souls.
Mr.. Teller went on to speak with
great bitterness on the desertion of the
silver cause by some Senators. The
men. he said, with whom they hac
stood shoulder to shoulder in economic
battles had forsaken them. The States
of Neva la and Colorado had been held
republican for many year. They bad
stood by their eastern brethren who be-
lieved in the protective system, even
when it would have been to their inter
est to vote against them. Chow much
aid Mr.. President" Mr.. Teller asked,
with great feeling, "have we had from
them How much sympathy? How
much support? We were entitled TO,
at least, a little sympathy. As the Sen,
ator from Ohio (Mr. Sherman said the
other day, we were flesh of their flesh,
and bone of their bone. We were
children of New England and Of the
East. We will not abandon the faith
which is in us but when we shall be
asked to yield our judgment to their
Judgment on question in which we
have no local interest, trust they will
not be surprised if we do not sympa-
thize with them, as we have done in the
past. This great controversy ought to
have been settled by concession to us.
II am told now that there is to be no
concession. The die is cast. Onr iu
dustyies are to be stricken down with
out sympathy, and, fear, without re-
greet. But let me say this for Colorado.
We owe to the East large sums of
money. We have taken their CAPT
tai, and have returned to them hanG-
somely the gain. We shall not repu-