St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-02
BLAND IS HAPPY AT LAST.
PASSAGE OF HIS BILL TO c0W THE
SILVER SEIcNi0RAGE
eECIDEDRY A MAJORITY OF 81.

The Weary Struggle in the House
Was Ended by a Silver Quorum
Appearing as Soon as the ses.
sion Opened-AN Amendments
offered by Opponents Were
Defeated.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-The long
struggle in the house over the Bland
bill for the coinage of the silver selng-
forage and the silver bullion i'll the
treasury was ended today by the pas
sage of the bill by a vote of 167 to 13c,
majority in favor of the bill Of 81. The
special order to bring the bill to a vote
was adopted by bare quorum lmmedl-
ately after the house convened. This
broke the opposition or the fillbusters
and they were powerless to do anything
further than to place an obstacle i'll the
way of the bill. All the amendments
offered to the measure by lis opponents
were defeated, the one which polled the
most votes being Mr.. Outhwaite's
amendment to strike out the second
section. The bill as passed was in the
nature of substitute for the original
text of the measure. The changes do
not affect the material features of the
bill, which provides for the coinage of
the silver seigniorage in the treasury,
the issue of silver certificates thereon,
If need he, IN the discretion
of the secretary of the treasury
in advance of the coinage. and there
after the coinage of the remainder of
the bullion as fast as practicable. and
the issue of silver certificates thereon to
take the place of the trea~nry notes
issued under the Sherman act, which
are 10 be retired and Cancelled as rap
idly as the
COINAGE TAKES PLACE.
The changes made in the substitute
simply make specific the fact that the
seigniorage is 10 be coined, and that
this bill shall not affect the redemption
of the treasury notes under existing
law. Analysis of the vote by which the
bill passed shows that 141 Democrats,
10 Republicans and Populists total
1853 voted tor It, and 79 Republic
ans and 80 Democrats (total 129) voted
against it. The bill for the rescue of
the armament of the wrecked Kearsarge
passed just before adjournment.
The Joy-O'Neill contested election
case will come UP tomorrow.
At the opening of the session of the
house this morning, Mr.. Cummings
asked unanimous consent for the COLI
sideration of the bill approprlating S45,-
0oO for reclaiming the wreck of the
United States steamship Kearsarge,
aground on Roncador reef. Mr.. Simp-
son wanted to know whether this was
a matter of sentiment or dollars and
ceutS.
at is little of BOTH" replied Mr.
Cummings. "If the wreck were re-
claimed by a-wrecking company the
salvage would amount to as much as is
carried by this bill"
He went on TO explain the purpose of
the bill, its limitations and urgency.
eff she is rebuilt" asked Mr.. Simpson,
Twill she be serviceable?" "Undoubt-
edly," replied Mr.. Cummings. Mr.. Kill
gore, ascertaining that this was the bill
pushed by Mr.. Geissenhainer yester-
day, made few observations upon
members who blocked legislation by re-
fuSing to vote and then wanted TO legis-
late by unanimous consent. He de-
manded the regular order. The regular
order was the vote on the adoption of
the special order
TO LIMIT DEBATE
on the seigniorage bill to two hours,
upon which the quorum had failed to
unite, and the clerk called the roll.
Exactly quorum voted, and the special
order was adopted-166 to H. The long
struggle was over, and vote OH Mr..
Bland's bill was assured. Immediately
upon the announcement of the vote the
speaker declared that i'll accordance
with the provisions of the order Just
adopted, the bill would be open for
debate and amendment for two hours.
MIR. Bland was recognized and offered
substitute TOR the original bill. The
first section of the substitute is identical
with the first section of the original bill,
except that the coinage is to proceed as
fast us possible" instead of ''practica-
ble." The substitute for the second
section reads: After the coinage pro-
vided for in the first section (the seign-
iorage) the remainder of the bullion
purchased i'll pursuance of the act of
July IA, 1890, shall be coined into legal
tender standard silver dollars, as far as
possible, and the coin shall he held for
redemption of the treasury notes issued
against such bullion. AS fast as the
bullion shall be coined for the redemp-
tion of said notes. the notes shall not
be reiSsued, but shall be Cancelled in
amounts equal to coin held derived
from coinage herein provided for, and
silver certificates shall be issued on such
coin in the manner now provided for by
law; provided that this act shall not be
construed to change existing law re-
latng to
THE LEGAL TENDER
character or mode of redemption of eX-
isting treasury notes under the act of
1SOQ."
Sufficient sum of money is appropria-
ted to carry into effect the provisions of
the act. Mr.. Cultivate offered an
amendment to strike out the second
section of the substitute. Mr.. Johnson
On. d., offered all amendment to the
original bill, authorizing the secretary
of the treasury to afford the silver dol