Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-11-02

Washington. Oct. Ex-senator Stew
art came into the seuute, armed via
Il lemon this morning. and announced
to his colleagues around that if his
throat would hold out and he thought
! it would, he would wish to occupy the
floor the greater part of the day
Senator Stewart had not concluded
| his speech when he yielded the floor
to his colleague Mr.. Jones'
! After Jones had been speaking a
short time amid frequent Interruptions,
the yice-president stated that the ques
| ton was to be on the amendment of
! the senator from Kansas Peffer).
! PETER said he was not ready to vote
on the amendment. Referring to re-
ports that he had surrendered PETER
said: I'VE haven't surrendered, nor do
we intend to. At every stage we shall
interspose determined resistance and
/ opposition"
VOTING BEGINS.
| The question was then put on the
amendment and it was rejected, yeas
2S, hayes 80.
The detailed vote is as follows:
Yeas-Allen, Bate, Berry, Black
burn, Butler, Call, Coke, Daniel, Du-
bois, George, Harris, Irby, Jones, of
Arkansas, Jones, of Nevada, Kyle, Mar
tin, Pascoe, PETER, Power, Pugh, Roach,
Shoupe, Stewart, Teller, Vance, Vest,
Walthall and WolcOtt-2S.
Nayes-Aldrich, Caffrey, Camden, Ca
rey, COLON, Davis, Dixon, Dolph,
Faulkner, Freye, Gilinger, Gibson
German, Gray, Hale, Higgins,
Hill, Hoar, Lindsay, Lodge, Mcmillan.
Mcpherson, Henderson, Mitchell, of
Wisconsin, Morrill,, Murphy, Palmer,
Perkins, Proctor, Quay, Ransom, Sher-
man, Smith, StOckbridge, Turpie, Villas,
Voorhees,, Washburn and White, of
Louisiana-39.
The following pairs were announced,
! the first named being at1irma tive: Cock
rell and Allison; Cameron and Brice;
/ White, of California. and Chandler;
/ Colquitt and Wilson; Pettigrew and
! Gordon; Hamsbrough and Mills; Nor
gan and HaWley; Hunton and Plat;
Mitchell, of Oregon, and Squire.
yived with some exception the coinage
act of 1887 and provided for the free
! coinage of silver.
| Voorhees, then moved that the substi-
! tute reported by the finance committee
for the house bill be adopted. On his
! motion the yeas and hayes were taken
and by vote of yeas 5S, hayes 9, the
substitute reported by the finance COM
mittee was agreed to. Those who vot-
ed against the substitute were Allen
Bate, Call, Coke, 1rby, Kyle; PETER.
Roach and Vance.
Perkins, republican, of California,
then offered an amendment providing
for coinage of American silver at the
existing ratio with seignorage charge
Og 20 per cent; no gold issue of a de
nomination less than $40 to be coined
and no legal tender, national currency,
or treasury notes of less denomination
thai So to be issued. The holder of any
standard silver dollars may deposit
the same at the treasury or at a sub
treasury of the United States and re-
ceive therefore notes of a denomi-
nation less than $40, which notes shall
have the legal tender quality of the
coin for which they are exchanged
There is to be appointed a committee
of five monetary experts, the members
of which shall be otherwise connected
with the government. whose duty it
shall be to keep the treasury and ex-
ecutive advised on all necessary mat
ters relating to the currency.
| Stewart, republican, of Nevada, call
ed attention to the change over on the
part of Voorhees,, GOrden, Ransom
Hill, Mills, Turpie and Squire on the
silver question, who last spring voted
for free coinage and now on PETERS
amendment voted against it.
Teller said he would vote for Per
kinS, amendment as it is better than
the proposed act.
Teller went on to speak with great
bitterness of the assertions of the
cause Of silver by republican senators.
ITO me this is the most terrible mo-
ment of my legislative life said Tel
Ter with much feeling. ''To me it brings
more fear than any other since l enter
ed public life, I fear we are entering
upon a financial system from which
there is absolutely no escape. I know
there will be no favorable legislation
: for silver until the American people
are heard from at the ballotboX and
heard from in a way that will compel
attention to their desires"
Here Teller'S voice choked and tears
came to his eyes. He spoke most i'm
pressively and received attention Of
every senator and the large audience
in the galleries.
Il cannot contemplate this condition
of things without absolute ,error," he
continued. 1T strikes to my very soul
and I want to enter this as a warning
to the American people that if they do
not resist they will enter upon a system
of industrial slavery that will be the
worst known to the human race"
| Voorhees, desired to secure a vote on
! Perkins amendment, but as Wolcott
expressed a wish to submit some re-
marks he moved that the senate take
! Il recess until IL o'clock tomorrow
morning. The motion was agreed to.