The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-11-04
THEREPEAL BILLSIGNED
The Measure Quickly Rushed
Through the house
AND HURRIED TO THE PRESIDENT.


Signature 60 tho Historic Document, and
the Nation Re, rms to a Single Stand
ard.
WAsHiNeToN, Oct 81.-At 720 last night,
by vote Of forty-three to thirty-two the
senate, after one Of the most remarkable
parliamentary battles Of a generation,
passed the bill unconditionally repeating
the purchase clause Of the Sherman silver
law. The end was reached at the con-
oluElon Of continuous session Of fourteen
days, after sixty-one days Of debate, dur
hg which Ave volumes Of The Congress
bional Record had been filled with speeches
amounting in the aggregate to about 90,
100000 words, a stream Of talk that would
stretch in cold type from the seaboard
1000 miles into the interior, from Liberty
Enlightening the World in New York har-
Dor to the foot hills Of the Rocky noun
tains.
The vote in detail was as follows;
Yeas-Aldrioh, Brioe, Caffrey, Camden,
Carey, Cullom, Davis, Dixon, Dolph,
Faulkner, Frye, GsllinRer, Gibson, Cor
man, Gray, Hale, Hswley, Higgins, Hill,
Hoar, Hunton, Lindsay, Lodge, Mcmillan,
Mcpherson, Manderson, Mills, Mitchell
CWis,), Morrill,, Murphy, Platt, Proctor,
Quay, Ransom, Sherman, Smith, Squire,
stookbridge, Turpie, Villas, Voorhees,,
Washburn, White Ua.) .)-4s.
Nsys-Allen, Bate, Berry, Blackburn,
Butler, Call, Cameron, Cockrell, Coke,
Daniel, Dubois (Ga.), George, Harris,
Irby, Jones (Ark), Jones (Nev.), Kyle,
Martin, Pasco, PETER, Perkins, Pet
dgreW, Power, PuRh, Roach, Shoupe,
Stewart, Teller, Vance, Vest, Walthall,
Waloott-92.
TIE following pairs were announced;
the first named would vote in the affirma-
tive; Allison and Mitchell tOre.l Chand.
Ter and White Cali, Wilson and Col
guilt, Gordon and Morgan, Palmer and
Hansbrough.
At the conclusion Of the vote the SEN
ate, on motion Of Mr. VOORHEES,, adjourned
until noon to-day.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.-Silver purchases
by the government closed yesterday. The
purpose for which Mr. Cleveland called
congress in extraordinary session was ac-
oomplished at 1925 in the afternoon, when
he affixed his signature to the bill to re-
peal Internationally the purchasing clause
Of the Sherman law. The struggle in the
house was short Only twenty-seven men
silver leaders, Messrs. Bland and Bryan.
Mr.. Bland and his colleagues, knowing
that further opposition was futile, pre-
ferred to sacrifice the opportunity for a
few hours debate offered by Mr.. Wilson in
order to force the majority 20 bring in the
oloture and concur in the senate amend
ment by duress. But even in this they
failed. They exposed their flank by fail
ing to follow the filibustering motion with
another.
Speaker Crisp overwhelmed them by
putting the pending motion to order the
previous question. It was carried with a
roar. The flibusterers had been caught
mapping, and nothing remained for them
to do except to submit For thirty min
utes, under the rule, followed the rattle
Of oratory amidst the greatest confusion
and excitemout. At its conclusion the
vote was taken ON Mr.. Blands free coin
age substitute. The majority against II
was 70. Then came the final vote on con-
curing in the senate amendments. The
vote stood 1893 for concurrence and o.
against. When the original bill passed
the house, Aug 9s the vote stood POI to
100.
The final vote was taken at ESQ d. m.
The bill was engrossed Immediately, and
twenty minutes later the formal an
nouncement was made to the senate that
It's amendment had been agreed TO by the
house. The bill was hurriedly enrolled
by Chairman Pearson, of the committee
on enrolled bills and at $3.50 was pre-
sented to Speaker Crisp for his signature.
A fieet messenger carried it to the senate,
where 1t was signed two minutes later by
Vice President Stevenson.
Then Chairman Pearson, with the bill
under his arm, entered carriage waiting
for him on the plaza in front of the Cap
ttol and drove rapidly to the White House.
The president had been kept duly ad-
Vised Of the progress of events. Indeed he
manifested so much interest In the vote
In the house that at his request a dupli-
cate Of the names of those who had voted
for and against the concurrence was made
soon after the roll call was completed, and
the list was lying on his desk when Mr..
Pearson arrived with the bill. Secretary
Carlisle, Attorney General Olney and
Private Secretary Thurber were present.
After felicitating with each other for a
few moments over the victory that had
been achieved the president took up the
engrossed copy of the bill and read IL
aloud. Then picking up a quill pen he
affixed his autograph at 4:95, and thus,
eighty-fiye days, four hours and twenty
ave minutes after the extraordinary ses-
sion convened, the remedy for the finan-
oiAl distress which Mr.. Cleveland de-
manded in his message was applied.
The analysis Of the vote shows that 124
Democrats, 6s Republicans and Populist
Cannon, Of CALI voted for concurrence,
and 10 Democrats, Is Republicans and Q
Populists against the motion The fol-
lowing members voted for the bill and the
free coinage substitute and also concur
renee: Anderson, Black (Ga), Brookshire,
Donovan, Edmunds (Va.), Geary, Holman,
Richardson (Mich.), Swanson, Marshall,
Turpin, Post and Tyler while Neill,
Weaver and Kyle, who voted for the free
coinage substitute, did not vote on the
final ballot