Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-11-23
SILVER MEN HOPEFUL.
They Are Pretty Certain to Pass
Free Coinage Act this Winter
SiIver's Friends.

Washington, Nov. 23.-The silver men
assert that free coinage bill will be
urged in the Forthcoming session of con-
gress, and believe that the house will
pass it. Should this be the case, oppo-
nents of free silver would, of course, look
to the senate to defeat it. That body,
with its rules admitting of Unlimited de-
bate, would seem to be in position to
accomplish this result. This fact, how
ever, is pointed out that the senate, twice
in the 51st congress and once in the SD
congress,
PUT ITSELF ON RECORD
in favor of a free coinage bill, although
it was impossible to bring the measure
to a vote in the house at those times.
Of the present senate, ffty-three SEN
ators were members on June II, 1880,
when the first vote was taken on free
coinage proposition pure and simple. All
voted or were paired except Senators
Carey, Shoup and Wilson, of Iowa. The
vote was AZ for free coinage and 25
against it. The Republicans who voted
for the proposition were Cameron, Jones,
| of Nevada; Manderson, Mitchell, of Ore
gon; Power, Squire, Stewart, Teller and
Wolcott. Pettigrew was paired in favor
of free coinage. The Democrats who
| VOTED AGAINST FREE COINAGE
we're Gray and Mcpherson. The next
vote was that of January IA, 1891, during
the second session of the 5lst congress.
Mr.. Sherman had reported from the com
mittee on finance a bill "to provide
| II
Vest offered substitute, which repealed
the purchasing clause of the Sherman act
and provided for the free coinage of sill
yer. The substitute prevailed by vote
of 80 to27, the senators being either paired
or recorded as before.
The third and last vote was taken on
July |, 1892, on bill to repeal the pur-
chasing clause of the Sherman act, to
provide for the free coinage of silver,
and directing the secretary Of the treas
ury
TO COIN ALL SILVER BULLION
purchased with silver or coin certificates
This time Mr.. Carey was found voting
against it; Mr.. Wilson was paired that way
and Mr.. Shoup voted for the motion
There were also fifteen new senators, who
voted as follows: + or free coinage o'
paired Dubois, Republican,; Gordon,
Hill, Huuton, Irby, Mills, Democrats
Kyle and PETER, Populists. Against free
coinage Gallinger, Hansbrough, Proc
tor, Republicans; Brice, Gibson, Palmer
and Villas, Democrats. The total vote
was 20 for free coinage to rs agalns
1T.
Three items of interest are disclosed
by the roll call. Secretary Carlisle, ther
senator, voted against the proposition
Mr.. Hill met the issue without dOdgina
and voted for free coinage; Messrs. Cor
man and Henderson, both of whom hat
previously supported free coinage, thii
time repudiated it.
Since that vote was taken seventeen
new senator's who have never met the is
sue have become.
ENTITLED TO VOTE.
Of these, Messrs. Allen, Jarvis, McLaurin
Martin, Perkins, Roach, Walsh and Whit
can be placed IN this silver column. MI
Blanchard, while member of the house
voted with Mr.. Bland and the silver mer
in the unsuccessful struggle of July S
1892, to prevent the reference of the bill
to the comittee on coinage, weights
! and measures, where it subsequent!
, slumbered, so that his sympathies would
seem to be in favor of silver. Those
known to be opposed to free coinage arr
Messrs. Mitchell, Of Wisconsin,; Murphy
Patton, Smith and Lodge, although thu
latter is inclined to favor free use q
silver. Messrs. Caffery, Camden ant
! Lindsay may be classed MS doubtful, but
giving them to the opposition, the fre'
silver men would still have majority o
five, which will be augmented by a
: least two of,the three to be elected to FL
vacancies existing in Washington, Mon
= tana and Wyoming.