The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-08-29
HOW VIRGINIA VOTED,
EfGHT OF THE DELEGATES Sup
PORTED THE 10 TO1
How tho Virginia and North Carolina Dele.
cations Voted on the Repeal Bill Vote.
The PETER Resolution.
IIMrs BUREAU. RAPLrY BUILDING. !
WARRINGTON. August 25 1sq2-

which were being urged by Congressman
Hatch, the Populists and representatives
OF the silverrotten burrough States OF
the West Many Of these very States were
taken into statehood from their terri
torial forms Of government, by the Re
publicans for no other reason earth
than to keep the Senate in the RepubIi-
can majority, and yet to-day they are
trying TO form an alliance with south
ern Democrats under the guise Of more
money and better times for the mani
Test purpose alone Of creating a larger
market for their products Of silver.
Every member of both the Virginia
and North Carolina delegations were in
their seats early, and I'm fact there were
but very few absentees in the entire
| House.
On the first vote which was taken on
the proposition TO have free and unim-
ited coinage of silver at a ratio Of Is to
/, eight OF the Virginia delegates. voted
| for the measure, and Messrs. Wise and
| Tucker against it. The North Carolinians
cast eight votes for the measure and Mr.
| Settle, Republican, voted against it, The
| result OF the vote was 225 against and 123
for It, thus defeating the proposition by
the enormous majority Of 1O2 votes.
There was no middle ground with the
! free silver men. They wanted each Of
| these ratios. and failing in their efforts
| 10 secure any OF them, they were not
| willing TO vote for the repeal OF the
| Sherman purchasing act which they held
| was at least half a loaf for them. The
fact however that the unconditional re-
| peal was obliged to be carried i'm the end
gave a splendid opportunity for some first
class political scheming i'm the voting
ana as general thing the men who fl
nally voted for repeal would have done
so right on the start without any ratio
votes at all, had that proposition come
first. Some members OF the House argue
that not having been able TO get anyone
OF the ratios they voted for repeal. but
this argument does not suit the free sill
yer men who claim that even II they
could not get free coinage they should
rot have taken away the last hope Of
the silver men by repeating the monthly
purchase OF 10000 ounces and the issu-
ing of certificates In payment therefor.
There are Of course two sides TO these
votes. vote for all ratios pleases the
farmers and silver men, and the final
vote for unconditional repeal means
showing for the presidential suggestions,
and a standing In on both lines OF polit-
ical preferment.
However these things may be the rec
ord is now made up. and the votes are
cast, and the Sherman Purchasing Law
has been repealed IN the House. and is
now left TO the tender mercy Of the Sen
ate. After the first vote was cast the fate
of the ratios was sealed and the succeed
ing ratios were defeated by a similar
vote.
There was no break from the first vote
in the vote Of either the Virginia or
North Carolina delegation unti the ratio
on Mr
Tucker cast his vote for the proposition,
as he also did for the substitution Of the
d-Allson act.
The question then came up on the un-
conditional repeal Of the purchasing
clause of the Sherman law, and the vote |
OF Virginia and North Carolina was as
follows:
For repeal-Virginia: Edmonds Mar |
shall Meredith, O'Ferrall, Swanson. Ty- |
Ter and Wise. Against repeal; Epes and |
Jones.
North Carolina-For repeal; Bunnard |
and Settle Against fepeal; Alexander, /
Bower. Branch, Crawford. Grady, Hen
derson and Woodward.
1t has finally crept out through a Pop
ulist Congressman that the PETER resOlu-
tion. which was taken as a text by Sena-
tor hill to deride the administration,
was conceived BY the New York Senator
himself, and was simply introduced by
Senator PETER I'm order TO give Senator
Hill a chance. II is strange how lightly
Senator Hill is now regarded by public
men, indeed, 'how the mighty have
fallen"
Mr.. Cleveland might have said, Public
Office is a public thirst" If he could
have known to what extent the craze was
10 be carried 1t seemed toerably bad
last spring, but now the situation Is, the
office hunter run mad.
Even the modest sth District OF Vir-
ginia, which now only has about 800 Cfii-
ces. comes up daily with smiling regulari-
ty TO see IL something has not been
overlooked. l counted twenty-five people
waiting to see Congressman Meredith
morning and the tally at the
door showed one hundred and forty-four
cards sent in to him in one single day
last week
Mr.. Leroy H. Shields OF Norfolk has
lust returned from the Worlds Fair, and
left Saturday night for the Natural |
Bridge where his family are summering.
Messrs. J. r. McMurdo, c. T.. Wingo |
md w c. Taylor of Richmond are reg
stored at the Metropolitan.
The life of the average Congressman IS
lot happy one, he is often compelled to
cave his quiet research into the realms
II political science TO mail a few garden
eed or treatise upon "Lumpy Jaw in
Cattle" or 'Wool growing in the West.
md even Saturday while Bourke Cochran
vas in the midst OF one Of his most
eloquent flights, Hon. Paul Edmonds
vas compelled 10 hurry through the corri-
ors in search Of his private secretary in
rider 10 express at once a half dozen bot
les OF American Champagne TO a valued
at Houston.
Hon. Harry Tucker has the following {
,ills ready for introduction as the rules
will permit
For the reimbursement Of Washington !
'ollege for damages during the war: For i
he relief of the heirs Of Sarah \ Ran
Olph: For the election Of senators hy
he people, To provide for purity IN
Elections To place sulphuric acid or
ttriol on the free list; To place binding
wine on the free list; To reimburse the
rustees Of the Presbyterian church at =
IcDowell: For facilitating commerce q
mong the states; To prevent trusts !
lonopolies aud combinations in trade. +
The resignation Of Hon. Josiah Quincy, !
5 First Assistant Secretary OF State, IS
matter which just now IL OF cOnsifera- u
e importance to a number OF Virgin
ms and North Carolinians who were
.ndidates for Consulships and whose
auses, by letter and by their Congress
cn had been fully presented TO Mr.. $
uincy. or course their papers will re- v
ain on file, but a new man will not Il
, possessed OF the status Of their 4
H.. Il al /