Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1893-11-04
ALL IS over
The Sherman Act is No
More.
HOUSE PASSES FOR REPEAL.
Cleveland Signs the Bill With
Gusto-Bland Makes a SEN
sational Declaration.

WASHINGTON, Nov. l., p. m. (Bulle
tin. THE great financial fight of the
extra session of congress was over al
2:5O p. m. The house by vote OF III
to 81 concurred in the senate amend
ments and the repeal bill goes to the
president for his signature.
THE BILL Is SIGNED.
WASHINGTON, Nov. l., 4:30 p. m.
Bulletin. AT APO p. m. the repeal
bill was handed to President Cleveland.
There were present with him Secretary
Carlisle, Attorney General Olney, and
Private Secretary Thurber. The presi-
dent read the bill aloud and at 4:25 p.
m. he signed it.
WASHINGTON, Nov. with the re-
peal bill in the house the silver men
commenced with fiibustering tactics.
Speaker Crisp took advantage of a
momentary lull to put the motion for the
previous question, which was declared
carried.
It was all done so quickly the silver
men did not seem to know what had
happened. The result was greeted with
loud applause. Wilson asked Bland to
consume fifteen minutes to which bis
side was entitled, and Bland began his
address but not before Snodgrass had
asserted that dilatory motions were
continued on other stages of proceed
ings before vote could be reached on
the main proposition.
BLAND MAKES A SENSATION.
Bland created a sensation by the de-
declaration that the extra session and
this whole legislation had been thrust
upon the people as a stock-iobbing
speculation. Bryan, of Nebraska, fol-
lowed Bland. If the necessary silver
men can keep up filibustering reso-
luton will not be brought in.
Bryan announced that the anti-repeal
men would no longer filbuster as there
were too few silver men ready to join
in such proceedings. He left it to the
future to determ ne who were right on
this great public question. He called
on the American people to send to the
next congress representatives enough
to solve the financial question indepen-
IDENTIFY of the influence of the interfer-
ence of foreign gold bugs. Then the
roll call began or concurrence in
the senate amendment and final passage
of the bill.
Wilson closed the debate at 2 p. m.
and demanded vote. Bland moved
to commit to the committee on'coinage
weights and measures with instructions
to report on the law of 1887, which
would provide for free coinage at six
teen to one. Yeas and nays were order
ed and the motion was defeated, 109 to
175.
At President Cleveland's request a
complete vote on the repeal bill has
been prepared for him.
Silver men, or the most intense silver
men IN the house, will, it is said, insist
that repeal be put through by force and
without any agreement on their part as
to the time when the debate shall end,
or anything else. They say they mean
to be forced into submission. Repealers
have been worried about quorum and
today could count but 165 members who
voted against all amendments when the
bill was pending in the house before.
IL all other mem bers, about $50 who
supported silver in some form, should
refuse to vote on the various motions, it
would leave the house without a quo
rum, but it is understood they will not
do this.
Bland Will be given an opportunity
to move TO commit the bill to the C M
mittee on coinage, weights aud meas
ures. AS such a motion is not privileged
Under the rules it would of course be
voted down.
1t is probable that the rules commit
tee will fix the time tomorrow evening.
Perhaps about : o'clock.