The Irish standard., 1893-09-02
DON'T LIKE SILVER.
The House Passes the Bill for On.
conditional Repeal
The Final Vote Shows MAJORITY of $50
Against silver-Votes ON the yart.
Gus Amendments-Other Con-
Eressionssl News.
THE SENATE.

yesterday MeSSrS. feHef than. and
Allen (Neb.) spoke in favor of free sill
yer. Up to date 6s7 bills have been in
troduced in the senate, among them
being measures for an income tax, one
cent postage, to repeal the federal cleo
ton laws, thirty-seven pension bills,
thirty-nine for public buildings and
twenty-four for the advancement of
commerce and American trade.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.--In the senate
yesterday Senator Hill (dem., N. w
made the principal speech on the silver
question. Among other things he ac-
eused the president of being gold
monometallist and said that in his
recent message he overdrew the
picture of financial distress in
the interest of the creditor classes.
Mr.: Hill announced himself to
be bimetallist and urged the repeal
Of the Sherman law because it stands
in the way of bimetallism. At the
close of Senator HIPS address Senator
Stewart (rep., New spoke in favor of
silver.
WASHINGTON, Aug 29.-In the senate
yesterday the bill to increase the ma
tional bank circulation was discussed
and bill was reported for the repeal
of the federal election law. It was de-
cided by vote of 80 to 20 that Mr..
Mantle, of Montana, and Mr.. Allen, of
Washington. are not entitled to seats
and that governor of a state has not
the right to appoint a senator to fill
vacancies.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 80. Mr.. Voorhees,,
chairman of the finance committee in
the senate, reported back yesterday the
house bill repeating part of the Sher-
man act with an amendment in the
nature of substitute. The difference
between the house bill and the Voor-
hees bill is found in the attachment to
the latter of paragraph declaring
that it is the policy of the United States
to use both gold and silver as money
metals and to preserve, parity. No &C.
ton was taken. Senator Dolph (Ore.)
introduced bill (which was referred
to the committee ON foreign relations)
appropriating 100000 to enable the
secretary of the treasury to enforce the
Chinese exclusion act.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-ln the house
yesterday the time was occupied by
many mem ers in five minute speeches
for and against the silver bill.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.-In the house
yesterday Mr.. Pendleton (dem., Tex
and Mr.. Bowers rep, Cal.) spoke in
favor of free coinage, and Mr.. Dockery
(dem.. Mo- spoke in favor of bimetal-
lism: Mr. Moon rep, Mich. spoke for
bimetallism, and Mr.. Cobb fdem., Ala.)
opposed unconditional repeal. Mr.. Bur-
rows (Mich.) made the principal speech
on the republican side in favor of re-
Peal.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-The feature
of the silver debate in the house yes
-terday was the speech of Thomas B.
Reed (rep., Me- ex-speaker of the
house, and that of Bourke Cochran
(dem., n. ~ in favor of repeal of the
Sherman silver law. The debate was
closed by Mr.. Wilson, w. Va.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. The house
yesterday voted on the Wilson bill to
repeal the purchasing clause of the
Sherman law and the various amend
ments. The result of the voting shows
4 solid majority Of 100 in the house
against silver, the majorities ranging
from II against the revival of the
Bland-Allison act up to 1919 in favor of
unconditional repeal. Following is the
vote on the various propositions: