Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-02

five Gallii ger, Gibscn. Gorm,o g..
.iaie' Higgins, Hill, Hoar I;odna'
Lodge, Mcmillan, Mcpherson Manaa,'
an, s4i,cheil tWis.>, Morrill,. Murphv
ra,nler, ierklns, Proctor, Quay, Ransom
Snernan, Smith. S~tockbridge. Turnis
na voorhees,, Washburn, White ua.l
Inc Following pairs were announced
hrst m being affirmative: CockraIl
= Allison, Cameron and Bruce. Whit,
,oal.) and Chandler, Cloauitt and Wilson
and Gordon. Hansbrourb and
Mills Morgan and Hawley, Huuton and
fiatt, Mitchell (Or.) and Squire,
air, voorhees, then moved that the s,,b-
utut reported by the finance committee
'F tne mousse bill be adopted and asked
unanimous cor sent that after its adoption
II might be treeted as open TO amendment
as the original bill would be. To the LAT.
yer request there was no objection. On
his motion the ayes aud nays were toton
ana ny a vote of IS to 9 the substitute
reported ny the finance committee WAS
aeree.i ia. Those who voted against the
substitute We're Senators Allen, Bate.
caii, Coke, lrby, Kyle, PETER, Roach
and Vance.
MIR. Perkins, Rep. Cal.) then offered
the amendment of which he had given
notice on Oct. IA. 1t provid - for the
coinage of American silver at tho ex-
listing ratio With a ~saignorage charge Of
~ per e The vote on this amend
ment was not reached when the senate
adjourned.
The senate passed the bill providing
Tor the assistance of schools of mines
by the general government in certain
states to the amount of $4,000 from the
proceeds of the sale of mineral lands.
The bill includes South Dakota, Montana
and other Northwestern states, and Sena-
tor WaShburn succeeded in having Min
nesota added.
Nothing was done ir the house.
Washington. Oct. 30.-The silver eight
IN the senate is rapidly drawing To a
close, and by the middle of the present
week the repeal bill will have passed the
senate and have been sent TO the house,
where it will be passed after n short de-
bate. Mr. Perkins amendment was re-
jtCted by a vote of SO TO Al. Mr.. Berry
offered an amendment providing for the
revival of the Bland-Allison act, and
spoke in its SUPPORT. Mr.. VOORHEES, said:
AT this late hour, however much I
might approve any proposition. / would
lot feel at liberty TO support il in connec-
ton with this bill" r . .
Mr.. Berry'S amendment was rejected
by n vote of :S2 10 37-the highest vote
aEy amendment received. Mr.. Aliens
amendment for the free coinage Of silver
at a ratio of 16 to l was r~ejected-31 10
Al. Mr.. Blackburn's amendment was re-
j~ectcd-2S to 42s oa,Stewart's amend.
ment inviting snl0nlblics Of Central
South America Y nc United States
in a convention sTt T~ejected-32 to 43.
The first section of Mr.. Squires' amend
ment was rejected-20 to IL. The sec.
Ond section was withdrawn. Mr.. Butler
did not offer as he had proposed 20 do his
amendment for the repeal of the state
bank tax. Mr.. PETER offered an amend
ment which was voted down without re.
sorting to a roll call. Mr.. Harris did
not offer to ask a vote on his amend
ment. Mr.. Pasco offered an amendment,
which was not read, but WIS ordered
printed, with the understanding that i!
could be offered later.
The senate then went into executive
session, at the expiration Of which q
recess was taken,
The bankruptcy bill still occupies the
attention of the house and there will be
o bitter fight against its passage.