The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-16
Debate on the Bill.

Washington, March 15.-In the Sen
ate the Bland seigniorage bill was
taken up and Carey, of Wyoming,
finished his argument begun yesterday.
He was followed by Dubois, of Idaho.
Dubois said he hoped when the Sher-
man law was repealed that Congress
would stop all piecemeal legislation.
He declared he took little stock in all
the suggestions that the position of
silver should be determined by inter
national monetary conferences, be-
cause all such agreements would be in
the interest Of foreign nations, and not
in our interests. He believed the SEN
timent favorable to silver was growing
rapidly in this country, and he feared
this legislation might have q tendency
to check that sentiment.
Mitchell. of Oregon, made an earnest
plea for the passage of the bill. He
would vote for the bill, not because it
& met his full approval; not because it
= went to the extent to which silver
legislation should go, but because it
was a STEP IN the right direction. He
held,(this proposed legislation provided
only for carrying out the provisions Of
thehact of 1890. He undertook to say
no att of Congress was ever more free
from Sanbiguity than the act of 1890
in reference to the coinage of bullion
purchased under that act
At the Conclusion Of the arguments
the bill was put on its passage and
passed-44 to 81.
Following is the detailed vote:
Yeas-Allen, Bate, Berry, Blackburn
Blanchard, Butler, Gala, Cockrell.
Coke, Colquitt, Daniel, Dubois, Faux
ner, George, Gordon. Hansbrough, Har-
ris, Hunton, Kirby, Jones, (of Arkan-
sas), Kyle, Lindsay, McLaurin, Martin
Mills, Mitchell, (of OregonD, Morgan
Pascoe, PETER, Perkins, Pettigrew
Power, Pugh, Quay, Ransom, Roach
Shoup, Stewart, Teller, Turpie, Vest
Voorhees,, White, Wolcott. Total-44.
Nays-Aldrich, Allison, Brice, Calf
rey, Carey, Chandler, Cullom, Davis
Dolph, Frye, German, Gibson, Hale
Hawley, Higgins, Lodge, Mcmillan, Nc.
Pherson, Henderson, Mitchell, (of Wis.
consin), Morrill,, Murphy, Palmer, Platt
Proctor, Smith, Stockbridge, Villas
Washhurn, Wilson. Total-31
Pairs-Camden for, Gray against
Nevada), for, with Heard against
Vance for, with Sherman against
Squire and Cameron did not vote.
Yesterday Squire voted in favor o.
the bill, and Cameron paired in it:
favor
The bill will be sent to the presiden
tomorrow.
Whether he will sign it remains to b.
seen. The belief is that he will, though
some hint that he will allow it to be
come law with his signature.
Immediately following the vote il
detail. the passage of the bill wa:
greeted with applause from the CALLER
les. which drew forth reprimanC
from the presiding officer [NIr. Vilas)
The Senate then took up and passed
the bill to amend an act authorizing
the construction of a bridge over tht
Missouri river at Sioux City. The
amendment extends the time Of The
construction of the bridge until Marcel
.. 1896.
A charter was also granted 10 th'
Iowa and Nebraska Pontoon Bridg,
company, authorizing it to build {
bridge across the Missouri liver neal
Sioux City. Iowa, and then after al
executive session Of thirty-five minutes
the doors were re-opened and the Sen
ate took from the calendar and passed
bills to extend the time for completing
a bridge across the Missouri liver be
tween Kansas City and the town o
Sibley, Mo-. and granting Il right .
way to the Duluth & Manitoba Rail
road company across the Fort Pembin;
reservation in North Dakota.
At 40 p. m, the Senate adjourned
until Monday.