Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-11-04
BULLION PURCHASE.
It Is Ended by Action on the Ben
ats Silver Bill.
RAILROADED THROUGH THE HOUSE
Beelined to the Executive Mansion, Where
Growers Autograph Puts n Quietus
Oh Law Which Was
Peculiar.


~chases by the government ceased yes
terday. The purpose for which Mr..
Cleveland called congress In special
session was accomplished ut 4:25 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, when he affixed his
signature to the bill to repeal uncondi'
tionally, the purchasing clause OF the
Sherman law. The struggle in the
house was short Only twenty-seven
men could be rallied for the last stand
by the silver leaders, Messrs. Bland
and Bryan. Mr.. Bland and his col.
leagues, knowing further opposition
was futile, preferred to sacrifice the
opportunity for few hours debate Of
fered by Mr.. Wilson in order to force
the majority to bring in the cloture
and concur in the senate amendments
by duress. But even in this they failed.
Their small following might have
succeeded had they been led by ex'
perienced and suitable parliamentary
ans Neither Mr.. Bryan nor Mr..
Snodgrass, his lieutenant, are well
versed in parliamentary proceedings
and when thrown off their guard by o
momentary distraction they exposed
their flank by failing to follow one
filibustering motion with another and
Speaker Crisp overwhelmed them by
putting the pending motion to order
the previous question. 1t was carried
with roar. The filibusterers had been
caught mapping and nothing remained
for them but to submit.
For thirty minutes under the rule
followed the rattle of oratory amid the
greatest confusion and excitement. AT
its conclusion the vote was taken on
Mr.. BANDS free coinage substitute.
The majority against it was 73. Then
came the final vote on concurring in
the senate amendments The vote
stood 193 for concurrence and 9i
against. When the original bill passed
the house August 2s the vote stood col
to 100, so that although the total vote
Yesterday was smaller, the proportion
was practically the same. The final
vote was taken at 2:5O The bill was
engrossed at once, and at $40 the for
NAL announcement was made to the
senate that its 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 it was
given to Speaker Crisp for his name.
A fieet-footed messenger carried it to
the senate, where it was signed two
minutes later by Vice President Stew
enson. Chairman Pearson. with the
bill under his arm, entered carriage
and drove rapidly to the White house.
The president had been kept duly adj
vised of the progress of events. Indeed,
he manifested so much interest in the
vote in the house that at his request a
duplicate of the names of those who
had voted for and against the concur
renee, was made soon after roll call
was over, and this list was lying on
his desk when Mr. Pearson arrived
with the bill Secretary Carlisle. At
torney-General Olney and Private Sec
rotary Thurber were present
After felicitating with each other for
few minutes over the victory, the
president took up the bill and read it
aloud. Then, picking up quill pen,
he affixed his autograph at 4:25. And
thus eighty-fve days, four hours and
twenty-five minutes after the extra
session convened, the remedy for the
financial distress which Mr.. Cleveland
demanded in his message was applied.
The analysis of the vote shows that
124 democrats, 6s republicans and l
populist (Cannon) of California, voted
for concurrence, and 20 democrats, Is
republicans and populists against.
The following members voted for the
Bland free coinage bill and also for
concurrence-Alderscn, Black Of Geor-
gia, Broollshire, Doncvan, Edlnunds of
Virginia, Geary, Holman. Richardson
of Michigan. Swanson, Mcrshall, Tur-
pie, Post and Tyler; wilils Ncall, Wea-
yer and Kyle, who voted :or the free
coinage substitute, did not vote on the
final vote.