The herald., 1894-03-16
WILL CLEVELAND APPROVE IT?
The SeigniOrage Bill Passed
by the Senate.
It Now Goes to the President for
His Signature.
Some Doubt Expressed rs to Whether
He WIN Sign 1.-THE Galleries
Loudly AppIauded When
tho Bill Passed.

BY the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, March 15.-The last day
of debate on the Bland aeigniorage bill
attracted large crowd to the senate to-
day and the galleries were we'll filed.
The FIRST part of the day was taken up by
the transaction of routine business and
by the speeches of Senators Carey,
Palmer, Dubois, Mitchell of Oregon and
Pettigrew.
At O'Clock Senator Harris asked that
the bill be put upon its final passage
The yeas and nays being demanded, the
bill was passed by vote Al to 81.
The bill will be sent to the president
tomorrow. Whether he will sign it re-
mains to be seen. The belief is he will,
though some hint that he will allow it
to become a law without his signature.
CLOSING ARGUMENTS.
When the seigniorsge bill was taken
up Carey OF Wyoming finished his argu-
ment begun yesterday and was followed
by Dubois of Idaho.
Dubois eaid he had hoped when the
Sherman law was repealed congress
declared he took little stock in all sug
geetions that the position of silver
should be determined by international
monetary conferences. because ali such
agreements would be in the interest OF
foreign nations and not in our interest.
He believed sentiment favorable to sill
yer was growing rapidly in this country
and feared this legislation might have a
tendency to check that sentiment.
Mitchell of Oregon made an earnest
plea for the passage of the bill. lie
would vote for the bill, not because it
met bis full approval, not because 1t
went TO the extent to which silver leg
islstion should 90, but because it was
a step in the right direction. He held
that this proposed legislation provided
only for carrying out the provisions OF
the act of 1890. He undertook to say
no act OF congress was ever more Tree
from ambiguity than the act of 1850 in
reference to the coinage OF the bullion
purchased under that act.
THE BILL PASSED.
The bill was then placed on its pas
sage and passed, A to 81.
Following is the detailed vote:
Yeas-Allen, Bate Berry, Blackburn,
Blanchard, Butler, Csll. Cockrell, Coke,
Colquitt, Daniel, Dubois, Faulkner,
George, Gordon, Hansbrough, Harris,
Hunton. Irby, Jones OF Arkansas, Kyle,
Lindsay, McLRurin, Martin, Mills,
Mitchell OF Oregon, Morgan, Pasco,
PETER, Perkins, Pettigrew, Power,
Pugh, Quay, Ransom, Roach, Shoup,
Stewart, Teller, Turpie, Vest, Voorhees,,
White, Wolcott; total, A.
Nays-Aldrich, Allison, Brice, Caffery,
Carey, Chandler, Cullom, Davis, Dolph,
Frye, Gailinger, Gibson, German, Hale,
Hswley, Higgins, Lodge, Mcmillan, Me-
Pherson, Mitchell OF Wisconsin, Nor
rill, Murphy, Palmer, Plstt, Proctor,
Smith, stockbridge, Villas, Wash burn,
Wilson. Total, 81
Paire-Ganaden for, with Gray against;
Hill for, with Dixon against; Jones OF
Nevada for, with Hoar ag ainst; Vance
for, with Sherman against.
Squire and Cameron did not vote.
Yesterday Squire voted in favor OF the
bill and Cameron was paired in its
favor.
THE GALLERIES APPLAUD.
The passage of the bill was greeted by
applause from the galleries, which drew
forth a reprimand from the presiding
officer, Mr.. Villas.
The senate then took up and passed
the bill to amend an act authorizing the
construction of bridge across the Mis-
souri, river at Sioux City. The amend
ment extends the time for the construc-
tion OF the bridge until March 2, 1896.
A charter was also granted to the
Iowa and Nebraska Pontoon Bridge
company, authorizing it to build d
bridge across the Missouri river near
Sioux City. Iowa. and then, after an ex-
ecutive session of So minutes, the doors
were reopensd and the senate took from
the calendar and passed bills to extend
the time for completing bridge across
the Missouri river between Kansas City
and the town of Sibley, Mo-, and grant
ing the right OF way 70 the Duluth and
Manitoba Railroad company across the
Fort Pembina reservation, in North Da-
kota.
At 4 p. m. ths senate adjourned until
Monday.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.