Evening star., 1894-03-15
The Bland Segniorage Bill Will Go
to the President.
IT'S MAJORITY TODAY Was THIRTEEN
Some Final Speeches Made on
the Measure.
SURPRISES IN THE VOTE

ordered for . o'clock a number Of Repre-
Eentatives went over 10 the Senate from
the House and other persons entitled to the
floor were drawn into the chamber un-
III there We're quite as many outside Of
the circle of seats as were in. The fact
that the bill was expected to pass robbed
the incident. Of course. of much Of its
interest To the crowd of spectators, but
the progress Of the vote was watched. and
as each doubtful Senator announced his
vote there were murmurs of surprise or
approval TO be heard in the chamber. This
was especially the case when Senator Cor
man voted no. When Mr.. HIS name was
called there was general craning for
ward Of neCks and an air of dsappoint-
ment became general when the shrewd
man from Albany announced that he was
paired with Mr.. Dixon of Rhode Island.
The next surprise came when Mr.. Murphy.
Mr. HIS colleague, voted against the bill.
on the second call Mr.. Gibson, Mr.. Cor
mans colleague. voted in the negative, but
this did not create any special comment.
The announcement Of the vote. A to 81,
was greeted by spasmOdic but weak clap
ping of hands in the gallery, which Senator
Villas, who was in the chair quickly ST.
fenced 1t was noticeable that Senator
Blanchard. accustomed 10 a considerable
wait in the House between the start or the
roll call and the calling of his own name.
failed To hear his name as il was announced
by the CLERK, though several of the Senators
1OTEOJ JlclF dignity enough TO TURN dEOuIiI
and snap their fingers at him to attract
his attention. He was therefore Obliged to
cast his first vote of Importance IN the
Senate on the second round of the call.
There was only fair attendance in the
galleries when the Senate was called to or
der this morning. After the transaction OF
some routine business the Senate passed an
act amending an act authorizing the Ore-
gOn and Washington Bridge Company to
build and maintain bridge across the CO.
lumbia river between the states or oregon
and Washington, and to make 1t post
read.
Mr. GalIinger IN. HI offered resolution
directing the Secretary Of the Treasury and
the Secretary of the Interior to transmit
to the Senate. in separate lists, the names
of all clerks and employees appointed, pro-
nOted. reduced or dismissed since March 4,
1888. and the state to which each clerk was
accredited.
At the request of it's author the resolu-
tion was ordered to lie on the table.
The Seigniorage Bill.
At 1870 the consideration of the seignior-
age bill was renewed, and Mr.. Carey
Cwyo) took up the thread Of his argument
at the point at which 1t was dropped when
the Senate adjourned last evening.
He claimed that the proposed legislation
was the worst blow ever aimed at silver
since it was demOnetiZed in 1873, and he
severely criticised that portion of the bill
which proposed to recall the best paper
money which was legal tender for all
amounts, and to substitute for it silver
certificates which were not legal tender
except for custom dues.
Mr.. Dubois of Idaho, who followed Mr.
Carey, prefaced his remarks by the asser-
tiOn that he would like to vote for free
coinage now. and that he took but little
comfort in voting for the bill, as it was not
the kind of silver legislation which pleased
him.
He had hoped that when the Sherman law
was repealed Congress would stop all piece
meal legislation. He declared that he took
little stock in all suggestions that the posi-
tfOn of silver should be determined by in
ternatiOnal monetary conferences because
all such agreements would be in the inter-
est of foreign nations, and not in our inter-
est. He believed that a sentiment favor
able to silver was growing rapidly In this
country and he feared that this legislation
might have tendency to check that senti-
ment
Step I'm the Right Direction
Mr.. Mitchell (Ore.) was the next speaker.
and he delivered a strong and earnest plea
for the passage of this bill. He would vote
for the bill, not because it met with his full
approval. not because it went to the extent
TO which silver legislation should go, but it
was step in the right direction.
He held that this proposed legislation only
provided for the carrying out Of the provis-
Ions OF the act of 1890 He undertook to
say that no act of Congress was ever more
free from ambiguity than the act of 1890
in reference to the coinage of the bullion
purchased under that act. He read the
clause of the Sherman law which directed
not authOriZed-the Secretary of the Treas
ury TO coin this bullion. The whole policy
OF the Sherman act was based on the idea
that the bullion in the treasury was to be
considered not a commodity. but as a
money metal. He ridiculed the cry of ''vio-
lation of plighted faith" which was so often
heard and reiterated. that those who de-
clared that this bullion should be treated
as commodity, ana not as a money metal
were violating the plighted faith Of the gov
ernment as outlined in the Sherman law.
The Redemption of the Notes.
Mr.. Higgins Del) said that as he under
stood the Sherman law it directed the Sec
retary of the Treasury to coin as much as
might be necessary to redeem the notes is
sued for the purchase of the bullion.
Not at all; nothing of the kind" re-
turned AIr. Mitchell. THE whole theory Of
this act was that the bullion should be
treated as money metal and not as a COM
modify"
Mr. Allison asked II the Secretary Of the
Treasury, under the second section of the
act should redeem the treasury notes in
gold coin how could the silver certificates
Mr.. Mitchell said they would be issued
Whenever the notes were redeemed in silver.
That is TO say said Mr.. Allison. inter
negatively, unless the Secretary of the
Coin the certificates could not be issued?'
The Bill Passed.
AT O'Clock the Senate passed the bill
Yeas. II; nays. 81.
The following is the detailed vote on the
seisniorage bill which passed the Senate
today:
1eaS-Allen. Bate, Berry. Blackburn
Blanchard. Butler. Call, CockrelI. Coke
1oIIultt, Daniel. Dubois Faulkner, George
Gordon, HansDrOuEh. Harris. HuntOn, Irby,
zones of Arkansas. Kyle. Lindsay. Me
!-aurin. Martin, Mills, Mitchell OF oregon,
georgian, PasCO, PETER. Perkins. Pettigrew.
tJ"er, Pugh, Quay. Ransom, Roach, ShOUpI
StS"art. Teller. TUrpie. Vest, Voorhees,,
W h!te. WOIcUtt-a.
NayS-AllTich. Allison. Brice Caffery.
Sd!ey' Chandler. CulI1m, Davis, Dolpn, Frye
tflII-L5@r, Gibson, German, Hale. .Hawley. .Hig
klHa' LJtse. IcAiilIaH. McPhcrsol, Man
STfs'n, Mitchell of Wisconsin. Morrill,,
.l"F-hy, Palmer. PIdtt. Proctor. Smith,
e..eNlr1tse, Villas. Washburn and Wilson
l-e pairs We're: CamIen for. with Gray
s-tnSti Hill for. with Dixon against:
: ---7 li N-Fall for. with HOar against;
'S-'1e iar. with Sherman against
S-h tors Squire AMI Cameron did lot
IN yas-ar lay squire voted IN favor
,+- "-- and Cameron was 50 paired
& a 10. on motion Of Ny Voorhees, the
SS-A3-S went into executive Sc ssIon