Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-11-02
THE SENATE HAS VOTED!
PETERS Amendment Rejected.

WA H1NeToN. Oct Promptly at
IL this morning the VicesP resident
announced that the Senate had re-
snmed it's session, referring to that
which began on Tuesday, the 19th,
and has continued ever since. He
then announced that he laid before
the Senate the question of uns
finished business, this being House
bill No. 1, the silver purchase re-
peal bill.
At this time there ws7e hut few
Democratic Senators present,
although many Of the most distin~
guished on the Republican side
were in their seats-includiug Mr..
Sherman who was one Of the first to
enter the ball this morning, and
Mr.. Morrill,, who made his appear
ance for the first time since he left
the city on leave OF absence abent
two months ago. The absence of
quorum was noted and the roll
was called, producing Al Senaa
tors.
Stewart took the floor again and
held it, with briet interruption,
until 1870, when he yielded to his
colleague, Mr.. Jones, promising to
60 on with his speech alters
wards.
Before Mr. Jones took the floor
there was a call of the Senate,
when SO Senators responded.
Mr. Jones, who had not, as was
suppceed al the time, closed his
long speech when he addressed the
Ssn te last Tuesday, weat on in
continuation OF that speech, this
being the seventh lnstallment of
it.
At 3:45 Mr.. Jones pleaded that
be vas somewhat tired and said be
would prefer to finish tosmorrow
what little more he had to say. He
hardly knew whether to call his
remarks as argument or an obitas
airy, for he took it for granted that
the cause which he had defended
was practically lost.
Mr.. Voorhees, asked for vote
on the pending question. The Vice
PRECEDENT stated the question to be
upon Mr.. PETERS amendment to
the Voorhees, bill.
Mr.. Alien called for the reading
to the amendment and it was read.
If provides for the coinage OF silver
bnrlou deposited by any owner
thereof, as under the act Of janus
ary Is h 1927, and revlves and res
enacts that act and repeals all acss
in conflict with it.
The vote was taken amid much
excitement and was finally an
nounced, after much shifting OF
pairs, as follows: Yeas %, nays
80.
The following is the vote in de.
tail: Ieas-Allen, Bate, Berry,
B ackburn, Butter, Gail, Coke,
Daniel, Dubois, George, Harris,
Irby, Jones, Of Nevada, Kyle, Mar
tin, Paeco, PETER, Power, Pugh,
Roach, Shoup, Stewart, Teller,
Vance, Vest, Walthall, and VOL.
cott-26.
Nays-Aldrdrin, Caffery, Cams
den, Carey, CalIom, Deavis, Dixon,
Dolph, Faulkner, Frye, Gallingter,
Gibson, Gormon, Gray, Hale Higs
gins, Hal, Hoar, Lindsay Lodge,
McMllion, Mcpherson, Mander-
son, Mitchell, of Wisconsiou, Nor~
rill, Murphy, Palmer, Perkings,
Proctor, Quay, Ransone, Sner-
man, Smith, Stocksridge. Villas,
VOORHEES,, Washvnrn and White, OF
Louisiana-39.
Tue pairs were announccd-Pets
tingrew and Gordon, Squire ana
Mitchell, OF Oregons; Brlce and
Cameron, Mills ana Hansbrouth,
Chandler and While. OF California;
Collquitt and Wilson; Cvckrell and
Allison; Hayslery and Morgan,
Hnnton and Plat.
Mr.. Voorhees, then asked unans
imous consent to have the
vote taken on his substitute to the
House bill, with the undertaking
that it would then be treated as
the original measure, open to
amendment After some discussion
Of his request 1t was coincied in,
and the vote was accordingly
taken on the substitute. 1t
was agreed to-yeas SO,
nays 9-the negative votes
being given by Allen, Bate, Call,
Coke, Irby, Kyle, PETER, Roach
and Vance. The substitute as
agreed to strikes out the whole OF
the House bill, and inserts in lieu,
of it the following: "'lhat SO much
of the act approved july IA $780,
entitled an act directing this
purchase of silver bullion and the
OF notes thereon, and for other
purposes, as directs the issue
the Secretary of Treasury to pur-
chase from time to time, silver
bullion to the aggregate amount OF
iour million five hundred thousand
ounces, or so much thereof as
may be offered in each month at
the market price thereof, notex-
ceeding one dollar for three hune
dred and eeventysone and twentys
five one hundredths grains of pure
silver, and to issue in payment tor