The Portland daily press., 1893-10-28


| Stood 80 to 28-Mr. Jones Calls His
Concluding Speech an Obituary-Mr.
Teller Predicts Hard Times and Various
Other Things = General Washington
News.
Washington, October 27-When the
Senate convened today, Mr.. Stewart con-
tinued his speech against the repeal BILL
He ventured the prediction that if the
Voorhees, bill with promise of bimetal-
lism in it went to the President it would
never receive his signature. That promise
would be taken out in the House of
Representatives or in conference COM
mittee or in some other way. Failing
that, the President would never sign the
bill. He would let it become law with
out his signature. The President was
not going to give any such promise.
Mr.. Stewart at 1. 80 yielded to Mr.. Jones
of Nevada. AT 334 pm, Mr.. Jones
pleaded that he was somewhat tired ssand
said he would prefer to finish tomorrow
what little more he had to say. He
hardly knew whether to call his remarks
an argument or an obituary, for he took
it for granted that the cause he had de-
Tended was practically lost.
Mr.. Voorhees, asked for vote on the
pending question.
The Vice Presiden 1.-THE question is
on the amendment off cred by the Sena-
tor from Kansas Mr.. Peffer)
Mr.Allen called for the reading of the
amendment. 1t provides for the coinage
of silver bullion deposited by any owner
thereof as under the act of January is,
1887; revives and re-enacts that act and
repeals all acts inconsistent Herewith.
Mr.. PETER said: IT. Wesdo not intend to
interpose any factipus opposition, but we
intend, at every sage of the bill, to in
terpose determiEed resistance and de-
termined opposition."
No furtherssobj bjection was interposed to
taking the vote on Mr.. Peffer's amend
meDt. 1t was taken amid much excite
ment The vote was announced as, yeas
2s, nays 49, The following is the vote
in detail
Yeas-Messrs. Allen, Bate, Berry,
Black burn, Butler, Call, Cook, Daniel,
Dubois, George, Harris, Irby, Jones of
Arkansas, Jones Of Nevada, Kyle, Mar
tn PssShco sha,n Pssffer PoMer Rsg5er JPugh'
Vest, Walthali, Woicott. r
Nays-Messrs. Aldrie.I., Cafferty, Cam
den, Carey, Cullom.S Davis, Dixon,
Dolph, Faulkner, Frye, Gallinger, Glib
son, German, Gray, Hale, Higgins, Hill,
Hoar, Lindsay, Lodge, Mcmillan, Nc
Pherson, Henderson, Mitchell Of Wiscon-
sin, Morrill,, Murphy. Palmer, Per-
kins, Proctor, Quay, Ransom, Sherman,
Smith, Stock kbridge, Turpie, Villas,
Voorhees,, Wash burn, White of Louisi-
ana.
Pairs-Messrs. Pettigrew and Gordon;
Squire and Mitchell of Oregon Brice
and Cameron; Mills and Hansbrough; !;
Chandler and White of California;
Colquitt and Wilson; Coekrell and Alli-
son: Morgan and H@gley,S Huntoon and
Platt.
Mr. Voorhees, therr Esked unanimous
consent to have Il yS5e taaSen on his sub
stitute to the House bilLwith the un-
derstanding that it W3a4d then be treated
as an original measure, open to amend
ments. After some discussion of the re-
quest it was conceded that vote should
be taken on the substitute and it was
greed to, yea, 5S; nays, g. The negative
votes were by Messrs. Allen, Bate, Call,
Coke, Irby, Kyle, Peffer, Roach and
Vance,
The substitute strikes out the whole of
the House bill and inserts in lieu of it,:
"That so much of the act approved July
a, 1880, as directs the Secretary of the
| Treasury to purchase from time to time
silver bullion to the aggregate amount of
four million, five hundred thousand
| ounces or so much thereof as may be
offered in each month at the market
price thereof, not exceeding a dollar for
31.25 grants of pure silver, and ito issue
in payment treasury notes Of the United
| States, is hereby repealed. And it.. is
hereby declared to be the policy of the
United States to continue the use of both
gold and silver as standard money and to
coin both gold and silver into money of
| equal intrinsic and exchangeable value.
such equality to be secured through in
| ternational agreement or by such safe
guards of legislation as will insure the
maintenance of parity in the value of the
coins of the two metals and the equal
power of every dollar at all times in the
market and in the payment of debts.
| And it is hereby further declared that
| the efforts of this government should be
| steadily directed to the establishment .of
such safe system OF bi-metallism as
will maintain at all times the equal
power of every dollar coined or issued by
| the United States, in the market and in
| the payment of debts"
| Mr.. Perkins then offered an amendment
| which proposes to open the mints to the
coinage of silver of proved American pro-
| duction at parity of 16 to 1, with a
| minting or seignorage charge Of 20 per
cent. to be paid into the treasury. No
| OOlu pl6CSS VI lGoo dClOiulQdUlOn fh1n S1O
are to be coined. Silver dollars may he
exchanged at the treasury into legal
| tender notes of not less denomination HAN
$40. A commission of five monetary ex-
perts is to be appointed, whose div II
Shall be to keep Congress and the Execn.
tive advised on all necessary matters re-
| lating to the currency.
Debate followed during which Mr.
Teller said he would vote for the nendino
amendment although he had favored the
exclusive coinage of American si1va,.
Still if it passed, it would be some relief
to the silver producing states and a oreat
relief to the people of the United Ststas
He did not disguise the fact that th.
people of his state were abont to 'no no
through the valley Of the shadow ST
| death" He knew what il was to t,,r, ~,
over 10000 silver miners out of worI IL in :,
the fall of the year. The states Of NeYada n l.,
and Colorado, he said, had been held IIfi
Republican for many years. Thev had had
stood by their Eastern brethren wboo Iaa hel
lieved in the protective system eyer nn
when it would have been in their IN +erast ove.t
to vote against them. How mnch ia ~. !,
Mr.. Teller asked with great nufa faos;s, aia,
"have we had from themf How ieea,ng, sl,la
sympathy? How much sunnort2 niuUa WI
| are entitled to at least littfe svn,+ +,v we
We will not abandon the fai+t 'y yuPdGuy.