Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-11-02
REPEAL WINS.
The Long Contest in the Senate
Ended.
The Voorhees, Bill Passed by Vote OF AZ
Yeas to So Nays Exciting Scenes At
tending the Final
Struggle.
The Agony Over.

The Agony Over.
WASHINGTON, Oct 3L-At 7:26 o'clock
last evening by vote of 43 to 81 tSe
senate, after one of the most remark
able and memorable parliamentary
battles of a generation, passed the bill
Internationally repeating the purchas-
ing clause of the Sherman silver law.
The end was reached at the conclusion
of a continuous session of fourteen
days. after sixty-one days of debate,
during which five volumes of the
Congressional Record had been filed
with speeches amounting to in the ag
gregate about 20, O00 900 words, 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 harbor to the
foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
The closing day of the great struggle
was one of intense excitement. The
galleries were packed to the doors,
every seat in the senate was occupied
and the walls were lined with repre-
sentatives from the lower branch of
congress The aegis of senatorial
courtesy was no protection in the last
moment. Gray-haired men did
not spare each other. Senator
Morgan fairly heaped his denuncia-
tion on Senator Voorhees,, the leader
OF the administration forces, and Sena-
tor Wo1cott, the Colorado Hotspur, con-
/ cluded fierce philippe against Sena-
/ tor Carey, with the Spanish proverb of
Sancho Panza that it was ''a waste of
lather to shave an ass
The silver epublicans-Teller, Stew
art, Dubois, Wolcott and Jones, PETER,
! the populist, and Morgan and the old
! war governor of Tennessee, and Harris,
each made his valedictory.
| The democrats were hot and angry
! at the desertion OF some of their col
leagues that made their defeat possible;
F., the populists warned the senate that
| the doom of silver was the doom of the
old parties, but there was something
| tragically pathetic in the despairing
cry of the silver senators. 1t meant,
they say. ruin and destruction and
desolation to the silver r-producing
states Senator Jones, with an en-
phasis that will never be forgotten by
j those who heard him, warned those
about him that the end of the fight
marked but the beginning of the bat
tie that would be waged before the peo-
pie. In tones deep and tragic he re-
peated Drndee's famous defiance of
| Gordon.
There be hills bevond Pentland,
And friths hey ond Forth
If there be lords the lowlandS
There be chiefs in the North
Senator Stewart had the last word.
When the white e-bearded Nevadan,
looking like an ancient patriarch, sank
back in his seat Vice President Steven
son for the last time announced the
bill was before the senate for an amend
ment. He paused.
! Senator Voorhees,, the Tall Sycamore
of the Wabash, arose. The decisive
moment had come The vice president
flashed his eye about the cham Der.
The galleries leaned over. The food
of light from the ceiling poured down
upon the senate. The chamber was
still as death. Not a soul stirred.
Everyone seemed to hold his breath.
eff there are TO further amend
ments,'' said the vice president, slowly
and solemnly, 1.-The clerk will call the
ROLL
''Mr. Allen" began the clerk. The
suspense was over the Rub;con had
been passed. The roll was at last be-
ing called on the final passage of the
bill From all over the cham Der came
a sigh of relief. Mr. Bland, the silver
champion of the house, stood like
a statue behind the row of
desks while the roll was called
| Mr. Sherman and Mr. Voorhees,
facing each other, bolt upright, did not
move a muscle. Mr.. PETER stroked his
beard. Mr.. Mills and Mr.. Cockrell
paced impatiently up and down in
front of the vice presidents chair. Mr..
Hill sat in the front row talking to Mr..
Butler. 1t took almost ten minutes to
call the roll and arrange the pairs
When the vice president announced
the vote Mr. Voorhees, Strengthened up
to his full length 1t was a personal
victory for him.
81 now move" said be, with a note
of triumph in his voice, that the SEN
ate adjourn until tomorrow morning
at 10 o'clock
Before the question could be put, the
occupants of the galleries were jostling
each other in their attempts to crowd
out of the doors. The senators fed
from the chamber. In sixty seconds
none but a few employees remained
upon the scene The long battle was
over. The vote in detail was:
Yeas-Aldrich, Brice, CiGery, Camden,
Carey, Cuiiom, Davis, Dixon, Dolph Faulkner,
FRYE, Gainger, Gibson, German. Gray. Hale,
Hawley. Higgins Hill. Hoar Hunton, Lindsay,
| Lodge, Mcmillan, Mcpherson, MarderSon,
Mills, Mitchell OF Wisconsin, Morrill, Murphy.
Platt. Proctor, Quay, Ransom Sherman,
Smith Squire. Stockbridge, Turpie, Villas,
VOORHEES,. Washburn. White OF Louisiana :
Total i3
| Nlys-Alien. Bate. Berry. Blackburn But
ler, Call Cameron, Cockreil. Coke, Daniel, Du-
bois, George, Harris. Troy, Jones of Arkan las,
Jones of Nevada. Kyle Martin, Pasco. PETER,
Perkins, Pettigrew, Powers, Pugh, Skoup.
Stewart. Teller. Vance, Vest, Walthan Woicott
Total 81
The following pairs were announced, the first
named would vote in the Affirmative: Allison
with Mitchell of Oregon, Chandler with W hite
/ of California, Wilson with ColQuit., Gordon
with Morgan Palmer with Hansbrough
Rumored Treaty Denied
WASHINGTON, Oct 31.-Ihe state de-
partmeHt denies that the United States
government had entered into treaty