The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-11-04
The Senate Repeats the Sherman
Silver Law.
A LIST OF THOSE VOTING
The Conclusion Reached After Sixty-On
Days of Debate-How They View the
Situation in England.


after one of the most remarkable par
limentary battles of this generation,
passed the bill Internationally repeal
ing the purchase clause of the Sherman
silver law. The end was reached at
the conclusion of continuous session
of II days, after 81 days of debate,
during which five volum mes Of the con-
gressional record have been flied with
speeches, amounting in the aggregate
to about 20, 900, 900 words.
The last day attracted a great crowd
of sightseers to the galleries, and many
members of the house and diplomatic
corps were present.
The roll call showed the presence of
So members when the consideration of
the repeal bill was resumed. Senator
Haughton of Virginia said that he
would vote for unconditional repeal
and then would be ready to join his
friends in fight for silver.
After Senator Cameron had announced
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silver, Senator Morgan addressed the
senate. He said that the passage of
the bill would be an irrevocable sur
render to the demands of the most in
solvent overbearing corporations.
Senator Morgan then read slowly
these sentences from Senator Gorman's
speech of Saturday: "We are com
PEELED to take these terms offered by
the senator from Ohio. He has the key
TO the situation. You have dictated
terms to u.s." 81 thank Almighty God,
said senator Morgan impressively.
"that the senator from Ohio has never
had the power to dictate terms to me
as democrat. He may have dictated
them to the president; to the committee;
to the minority of democrats on this
side, but he can not dictate to me-
Senator Morgan concluded his re-
marks about $40 and Senator Vest fol-
lowed, saying that no car or Kaiser
would desolate an insurrectionary
province as congress was about to desc
late the silver states Of the west.
Senator Cockrell said the republican
party would be infinitely more respon-
sible than the democratic party if re-
peal of the Sherman law failed to re-
store prosperity.
Senator Carey of Wyoming defended
his position on the repeal bill, and re.
scented the statement of Senator VOL
colt that Mr. Washburn controlled his
(Carey's) vote.
Senator Wolcott replied in a caustic
manner. He read statement made
some time ago in which Senator Wash
burn stated that Senator Carey had
told him that he would vote for uncon-
ditional repeal. SAT the time that
statement was made" said Senator
Wolcott, 1.-THE senasor from Wyoming
sat quietly iu his seat, and from that
day until this, has seen fit to give no
utterance on the subject. Here APP
parently stood this new common wealth,
with its people unanimously in favor
of free and unlimited coinage of silver,
represented in this body by a senator
who not only said no word, but per-
mitted a senator from an adjoining
state to define his position. If the
senator foom Wyoming is content with
his position have no objection TO
make. leave him to his constituents. /"
Senator Carey having said in his re-
marks that senator Wolcott strove
after effect, changed his costume with
each speech, ETC., Senator Wolcott re-
piled holly that there are some men to
whom clean linen is an offense; he re-
GREETED that the senator from WON
ing is one of them. He apologized to
the senate for STOPPING to such a per-
sonal allusion and said there was a
Spanish proverb that fits the case: cit
is waste of leather to shave an ass. ="
This provoked great laughter in the
galleries and the voice of the president
admonished the occupants.
Senator Carey replied in a warm
manner and charged Senator Wolcott
with abandoning his party in the last
campaign and said the trouble with
Senator Wolcott and his people had
been that they attempted to interfere
in the affairs of his (Careys) people in
stead of looking after their own. He
Carey had a letter from reputable