Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-08
AGAINST THE SHERMAN LAW.
A Majority of Congress Claimed te
Favor Its Repeal.

a MINORITY OF COm8fe00 SI01me0 10
Favor Its Repeal.
The New York Herald today has the fol-
lowing Washington special showing that a
majority Of the present Congress is in favor
Of the repeal OF the Sherman silver purchase
act.
On the Sherman silver law the Senate
stands: For unconditional repeal, 80; for
conditional repeal, 20; opposed to repeal. IA;
non-committal, 10: total, 49,
OF the five Senators not here accounted
for Mr.. Morgan is absent, Mr. Beckwith has
resigned. Mr. Perkins has not been sworn
in and the seats of Mr.. Mantle and Mr.. AL
len are contested.
The House stands: For unconditional re-
peal, 1877 conditional repeal. LIS; opposed to
repeal. 16: non-committal, "a; total, 302
The Sherman law is doomed.
The Herald presents to the business men
OF the country today carefully prepared
statement showing how Congress stands on
the question OF repeating the vicious Sher-
man silver law, which has worked such dis
aster to the business interests OF the coun-
Through the efforts Of a corps Of Herald
reporters S3 out of IS members of the Sen
ate have been interviewed. The other s
members of the upper House are also &C.
counted for. OF the 356 members OF the
lower House 500 have been placed on record.
restore confidence. 1t shows an overwhelm-
Ing and almost unlocked for majority in
FAVOR OF conditional repeal. There is also q
date repeal. such as has been demanded by
the Herald. or the non-committal Repre-
sentatives It Is only fair TO presume that a
to support the administration. I give you
the vote in detail:
For unconditional repeal-Platt, Dixon.
Mcpherson, Lodge, Blackburn. Mitchell Of
Wisconsin. Lindsay. Brfce. Chandler. Nor
rill. Sherman. Hoar. Caffery. Aldrich. Alli-
son. Cullom, Mcmillan. Stockbridge Carey.
Hawiey, Proctor. Smith. White of Louisi-
Gibson. Frye. Hale. Butler. Gallinger. Cor
ma NAN n , Gray. Higgins. Mills. Murphy and
Vest, Walthall. Squire. Shoup. Hansbrough.
Henderson, Pugh. George, Cockrell, Berry,
Mitchell OF Oregon. Jones of Arkansas.
M Myyle; DANIEL. Faulkner, Gordon. Vance ard
Opposed to repeaHPowers wolcott. Jones.
h DUBOIS sa. Psner: Stewart. Coke Allen Of Ne
Pasco and Teller. Total, IA.
Non,committal-Davis. Hill. Camden. Ear-
ris: Ransom. Turpie. Call. Villas, ColQuitt
Representatives.
For unconditional repeal-Aitken, AID
rich. Avery. Babcock, Baker Of New Hamp-
shire. Baldwin, Barnes, Barthold, Bartlett,
Boutelle. Brattan. Breckenridge Of Ken
lucky. Brickner. Brosius. Bynum. Cadmus.
Caldwell. Campbell. Capehart, Caruth.
Cochran. Cogswell. Compton. Coombs. Cor.
Curtis Of New York DalseiI. Davey. De
Forest. Dingley. Donovan. Draper. Dun.
PsInpny' FsIger Fitch Enslish
Geissenhainer. Gillett Of New York. GIiiett
OF Massachusetts,, German. Graham.
Gresham. ,I Grout Hanes, .Harter. Hayes.
Houk of Tennessee, Hunter. johnson OF
North Dakota. Joy. KEN. Kribbs. Lapham.
Of Ne% fork asasy Marlin Min
nesota, Mcdonald McDearmon, Mccain.
MeMilliken, Morse: ,Mutchler, Northway.
son. Payne. Pearson. Pendieton OF
West Virginia, Pigott Randall, Ray. Ray
Of Michigan, Robinson Of Pennsyivsni Hn
Rusk and Russell Of Connecticut. Ryan,
Scranton, Sherman. sickles. sperry, Ste
South Carolina, Talbot Of Maryland. Terry,
Thomas. Tracey. Turner. Van Vorhis OF
New York. Walker. Warner, Wilson of
q MsssseSasets.. Wright " Ss Ssan Mysat
For conditional repeal-Abbott, Adams.
ley. Bankhead. Bell Of Colorado. 0 seli pat Of
Texas. Black Of Georgia. Black Of Illinois.
Bland. Bower of North Carolina, Bowers
Of California. Branch. Brawley, Breckin-
ridge OF Arkansas. Bretz, Broderick. Brown,
Bryan, Cabaniss. Caminetti Clark of Mis-
souri,. Cobb of Alabama. Cobb Of Missouri.
Cockrell, Coffeen. Cooper Of Florida, Coop
er OF Texas Cooper Of Wisconsin, Cox,
Grain, Crisp. Dearmond, benson. Dinsmore
Dockery, Doolittle. Edmunds Ellis of KY,
Enloe Espes. Fithian. Fletcher, Funston,
Eynn. Gardner. Goldzier. Grady. Grosvenor.
Hall Of Minnesota, Hammond, Hare. Har-
mer Hatch; Haugen. Heard. Heiner: Hen
Hooker Of mississippi. Hoat OF Ohio. JOHN:
son Of Indiana, johnson Of Ohio. Living
ston. Mcguire. Mallory. Marshall and Mar
McCreary, Of Kentucky. McCulloch. Nc
Nagny. Mercer. Money. Moses. Newlands.
Oates. Paschal. Pence and Pendleton Of
Texas, Price and Richardson Of Tennes-
see, Robertson Of Louisiana, Robinson of
Pennsylvania, Russell Of Georgia, Settle
sibley. Simpson, sipe. Smith. Snodgrass,
sheringer, Stailings. stockdale. Stone OF
Taylor Of Indiana, Taylor Of Tennessee.
Tucker. Updegran. Washington, Waugh,
Weadock. Wells. Wheeler of Alabama,
Whiting. Williams of illinois, Wilson
Opposed to repeal-Allen, Baker OF Kan
sas, Beltzhoover. Born, Burnes Cannon of
California. Clark of Alabama, Davis. Ellis
Of oregon. Funk. Harris. Hull, Latimer,
McReighan. Neill and Sweet-l6
Non committal-Brookshir Cannon of
Illinois, Burrows Causey. Cousins, Culber-
son, Dolliver. Goodnight, Hopkins Of Him
OILS. Hopkins Of Pennsylvania, Kilgore, Les
ter. Maddox. Mcdowell, McRae. Montgom-
Wheeler Of Illinois and Wilson Of Washing
ton.