Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-02
THE FIGHT ENDS.
The Sherman Law Has Beer
Repealed at Last.
THE HOUSE ACTS PROMPTLY.


The Voorhees, Bill Passed and Signed
by the President.
by Vote of 1913 to 81 the House Accepted
the Substitute Measure Sent by the Sen.
ate, and the Silver Purchasing Act BE-
came 9 Dead Letter The silver Men
Made n Weak Stand, and Their Attempt
to FIIibuster Was Pathetic Failure
Speaker Crisp Caught Them or Their
Guard-some Obituary Remarks by the
Defeated Leaders
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2-Silver purchases
by the government are closed. The pur.
pose for which Mr.. Cleveland called con
gress in extraordinary session was accom-
plished when he affixed his signature to the
bill to repeal Internationally the purchas-
tug clause of the Sherman law.
The struggle in the house was short.
Only u men could I've rallied for the last
stand by The silver leaders-Messrs. Bland
and Bryan. Mr.. Bland and his colleagues,
knowing that further operation was futile,
few hours debate offered by Mr.. Wilson in
order to force the majority to bring in
closure and concur in the senate amend
ment by duress. But even in this they
failed.
Their small following might have sue
ceeded had they been led by experienced
and skillful parliamentary tacticians Nei-
Their Mr.. Bryan nor Mr. Snudgrass, his
lieutenant, is well versed in parliamentary
MI . ~ ~.
guard by momentary distraction they ex-
posed their flank by failing to follow one
hhbustering motion with another. Speaker
Crisp overwhelmed them by putting the
pending motion to order the previous Ques-
ton. 1t was carried with roar.
The tilibusters had been caught mapping,
and nothing remained for them TO do ex-
cept TO submit. For 80 minutes under the
rule the rattle of oratory followed amid
the greatest confusion and excitement. At
its conclusion the vote was taken on Mr..
BANDS free coinage substitute. The ma
Jority against it was %. Then came the
final vote on concurring in the senate
amendments. The vote stood 1873 for CON
currence and "a against. When the orig
inal bill passed the house on Aug. y, the
vote stood col to 100, so that, although the
total vote was smaller, the proportion was
practically the same.
Signed by the President.
The final vote was taken at $50 p. III.
The bill was engrossed Immediately, and
70 minutes later the formal announcement
was made to the senate that its amend
ment had been agreed to by the house The
bill was hurriedly enrolled by Chairman
Pearson of the committee on enrolled bills,
and at $50 it was presented to Speaker
crisp Tor his signature. \ fleet footed mes
senSer carried il to the senate, where il
was signed two minutes later by Vice Pres
ident Stevenson.
Chairman Pearson, with the bill under
his arm, entered a carriage waiting for him
ON the plaza in front of the capitol and
drove rapidly to the White House. The
president had been kept duly advised of
the progress Of events. Indeed, he mani
Tested so much interest in the vote in the
house that at his request duplicate of the
names of those who had voted for or against
the concurrence was made soon after the
roll call was completed. and this list was
lying on his desk when Mr.. Pearson ar
rived with the bill. Secretary Carlisle,
Attorney General Olney and Private Sec
rotary Thurber were present
After facilitating with each other for a
few moments over the victory that had
been achieved the president took up the
engrossed copy of the bill and read it aloud.
AA-NAf tfANNlAlSN bi % lALLl pen. ut MS
autograph at 4:25 And thus s. DAYS, 1
hours and 25 minutes after the extraor-
binary session convened the remedy for the
financial distress which Mr.. Cleveland de-
manded in his message was applied
The analysis of the vote shows that 1914
Democrats, Is Republicans and Populist
Cannon Of California; voted for concur
renee, and 20 Democrats, Is Republicans
and PopuliSts against the motion. The
foil
free coinage substitute and also for con
currence: Anderson, Black of Georgia.
Brookshire, Donovan, Edmunds of Vir-
ginia, Geary, Holman. Richardson Mitch
ell, Swanson, Marshall, Turpin Post and
Tyler, while Neill, Weaver and Kyle, who
voted for the free coinage substitute, did
not vote on the final vote.
Just Before the Vote.
During the half hour of debate before the
vote the silver men had their last word
Mr.. Bland closed his speech by declaring
that the law had been repealed in the in
terest of stock gambling in wheat and cot
ton, and the products of the farm had been
depressed by it.
When Mr.. Bland finished, he yielded to
Mr.. Bryan, his lieutenant from Nebraska
Il realize" said Mr. Bryan, that moth
ing can he said at this time which will af-
feet the fate of the measure, but l desire
that the gentlemen who vote for it should
do so with clear understanding of what
they are doing. We have been told that
the Democratic platform demanded the I'M
conditional repeal of the Sherman law. No
person has Yet brought in single word of
any platform that substantiated the state
ment. Gentlemen who favor this bill may
follow the leadership of John Sherman and
call it Democratic, but so help me God I'M
Ill he is converted to the true principles of
finance l shall never follow him or call it
Democratic or honest You have done
this"
General Joe Wheeler of Alabama was al
lowed half a minute in which to reiterate
his opposition to the bill.
He was followed by Mr.. Springer of Hi
nois. The Illinois congressman, with the
never failing red boutonniere on his coat,
devoted his time to showing that the
prompt action of the house in passing the
bill in the first instance, giving assurance
that it would soon become a law, had al
ready done much to relieve the country
from the commercial crisis that was upon
it when congress met.
Mr.. Livingston of Georgia then gave the
reasons that actuated him in opposing the
bill and which would govern his vote
against it. He was unwilling to submit
the destiny of this great people to the
whlms and wishes of Europe.
Mr.. Reeds Sarcasm.
MIR. Reed was then recognized. He said:
81 have not the slightest desire to mingle
in the discussion so far as it has proceeded
nor do intend to make this the occasion
for any suggestion as to the natural disap-