The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1893-08-31
HE WILSON REPEAL BILL
PASSED Rl A VOTEOF
2N to ITO.
Free Coinage Voted DOWn.-Five
Amendments for Different
Ea'i.A Defeated.
Re; re>.rfafiytS on Record

flee coiuage at Ia,'o- ranging all the
way from Is to to % to l, and all
OF which togethe, with proposition
to re-enact the Blaud-Allison act,
were promptly voted down, the
House Of Representatives to-day
passed the Wilson bill providing for
the repeal Of the purchasing clause
of the Sherman act by vote of 24O
to ITO. 1t was great victory for
the anti silver men and showed a
strength which even the most san
guine had not dared to hope.
When the speaker called for order
at noon nearly every seat on the
floor was filled, indicative of the un-
mistakable evidence of the general
interest in the matter in hand.
Chaplain Haddaway prayed briefly
and in a voice inaudible at distance
OF more than ten feet from the desk,
for al especial gift of wisdom aud
judgement to rightly settle the great
question befor the House.
The resolution contained in the
order of procedure on the silver
question was reported by the clerk,
providing for vote, first upon free
coinage of silver at the present ratio
of 16 to l. Representative Bailey
of Texas asked if, in the event of all
the amendments included in the Or
der being defeated, it would be in
order to propose an additional
amendment germane to the subject.
| Speaker Crisp replied that as at
present advised he would answer 10;
that the order provided exhaustively
all that the House might consider;
but that when the time came to
formally present the question the
gentleman from Texas might be
heard. Representative McMillin
} desired to offer an amepment provid
ing for the free coinage of the
product of the silver mines of the
!; United States, but Mr. Bland OBJ
jected to even having it read, saying
that such proposition was not free
coinage at all.
THE VOTING BEGINS.
The Wilson bill having been read
Mr. Bland, Dem. of Missouri, offer
ed his first amendment. that of fre,
coinage at the present ratio-of II
to land it was defeated by vot,
; of 124 yeas, 226 nays, amid applause
from the anti silver men, who re
; ceived one more majority than the,
: expected
. With the wave of applause ane
jubilation which swept over the hall
as the crushing defeat of free coin
age was announced, the whole Hous,
seemed to take deep breath act
to lose interest in what was to fol
g low for the next few votes. Thes,
!, were on the various ratios, bu
S everyone knew that the ratio ques
: tion was not only dead but burie.
r ten days ago,
= Mr.. Bland asked a yea and ma,
8 vote on the question of free coinag
, at the ratio of II to and secured
/ it. As the clerk began calling th
l roll Mr.. Bryan walked down tn
. center aisle, calm and grave, aroun'
9 to where the silver leaders sat. The
: sat in consultation some time an
then Mr.. Bryan by easy stages
made his way back to his own seat
The vote on the question of fire
coinage at the ratio of II to resul,
ed-yeas, 100; nays, 24O. On thi
vote, beside the loss of Populis
votes, the members of that part
Withholding their votes, there wer
several negative votes from thos
who voted in favor of ratio of /
to l.
The Is to l standard was defeate
by vote of yeas, 102; nays, 239.
Then came the 20 to ratio an
this In turn was defeated, though