Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-08-29
S|LYER|TES DOWNED.
Bland Knocked Out in the
Vote for Repeal.
THE CABINET IS SATISFIED.
Result Of q Days Work in the Senate
and House.

WASHINGTON, AK. 20. After the read
ing of tn .na, ~ louise Mr.. Weaver
of New Yorh Hpr,.r 1 ~ tae bar OK the
house anl A., =? the speaker.
The resoluii = he order OF
procedu.,. g.. ,on was re-
ported by ~ a. x for vote
first upon ir.e ol"sa OF silver at tho
present ra'io o tp'
RepresentaJi,e .iai,oy vi Texas asked II,
in the event II the 'rnendments In
cluded in tie oruer Deing defeated. IL
would he In order propose an additional
amendment gerniaie 10 the subjectf
Speaker Crisp replied that AZ at present
advised he would answer no; that the
order provides exhaustively all that the
house may consider, but that when the
time came to formally present the ques-
tion the gentleman from Texas might be
heard.
Representative McMillin of Tennessee
desired to offer an amendment providing
for the free coinage of the product Of the
silver mines of the U nited States, but Mr..
Blaud objected to even having 1t read,
saying that such proposition was nos
free coinage at al.
How the Vote stood
The drst vote ON the bill for the repeal
of the silver purchasing clauses Of the
Sherman law was taken shortly after II
o'clock yesterday afternoon, the point being
the first amendment, which calls for free
coinage at a ratio Of 10 to l. 1t was de
feated by a majority Of x25 nays to l23
yeas
The vote on the second amendment,
which proposes ratio Of IL to !, was de-
feated by vote of 24O to 100
The vote on the IL TO I ratio was still
another bad defeat for the silver men.
being 239 to l02 against its adoption.
There was majority OF 1872 against the
10 to proposition.
The vote on the 20 to proposition was
nays 222, yeas ll9.
The Wilson bill was then passed by a
vote Of 240 to 100.
In one sense the voting in the house was
uninteresting When 1t was seen that the
anti-silver men were In "A strong majority
upon the first vote taken the galleries re-
lapsed into their usual buzz OF converse
tion and on the floor the vfctors and
vanquished alike retired TO the cloak
rooms to fight the great battle over again
I'm genial mood. The silver men felt
chagrined at their overwhelming defeat,
but they took their overthrow philosophi-
cally and found In their late opponents
men who were too generous to say any
thing ungracious.
Will Restore Public Confidence.
All the members OF the administration
took the greatest interest in the votes on
the Wilson BILL Secretary Carlisle espe-
ciaiiy. in his Office la the treasury, where
the official announcements Of the several
votes were seen as soon as they were
flashed across the wires When the first
vote was received, which showed that
free coinage at the ratio OF 16 to was
beaten by l03 majority, he said the ma
jority was greater than he had anticipated,
and that be would have been satisfied
with 90 majority. AT the conclusion Of all
the votes, Secretary Carlisle stated TO q
representative of the American Press that
he was much gratifled at the result and
felt that il would do much to restore pub
lie confidence.
He expressed the hope shat the senate
would take speedy action on the silver
question" In the course Of a converse
ton, Secretary Carlisle was asked IL the
present strin yeucy was due to lack Of
money. He refuted the idea, and among
other things said;
..No greater mistake could be commit
ted than to assume that the present fnan-
cial embarras ment Is caused by an actual
scarcity of money In the country. The
fact is that the amount Of currency of all
kinds In the country, outside Of the
United States treasury. on the 18th day Of
the present month was s5s, 452, $50 greater
than the amount outstanding on the
first day of the month, and $40, ,2o4, ,783
more than the amount outstanding on the
first day Of September, 1892, when business
was active and prosperous There IL
money enough to transact all the legiti-
mate business of the people, but the diff
Guilty Ia that il has been withdrawn from
circulation aud boarded. The true remedy
is to restore confidence and credit, and
thus put the money now in the country
IN circulation again"