Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-02
STRUGGLE is OVER.
Enough Seigniorage Bill q mo-
Gratis Vote at East
AND BLANDs MEASURE Is PASSED.

The Victory Achieved ~ Clsep Margin,
14l Democrats, 1S Republicans and 8
foPulists Voting Aye-synOpsislSf the
New Law-The seignioragc snas pthcr
Silver Bullion In the Treasury 20 Ne
Coined ~ Fast ss Practicable.
WASHINGTON, March 2-The long GStrug-
gle in the house over the Bland bill 33r the
coinage Of the silver seigniorage I'D the
silver bullion in the treasury has ended by
the passage Of the bill by vote Of 67 to
ls0. The special order to bring the till to
a vote was adopted by bare quorum i'm
mediately after the house convened.
This broke the opposition of the f1ibus-
terers. and they were powerless to do any
thing further to place an obstacle the
way of the bill. All the amcndmelts Of
fered to the measure by it's opp hents
were defeated, the one which poll( the
most votes being Outhwaite's ameq ment
TO strike out the second section. II bill
as passed was in the nature Of q absti-
tute for the original text of the m ksure.
No Material Changes Made.
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 be- in the discretion 6f the
secretary Of the treasury. in advance of
the coinage, and thereafter the coinage of
the remainder of the bullion as flsS as
practicable and the issue of silver d.rtifi-
Gates thereon to take the place IF the
treasury notes issued under the sherman
act, which are to be retired and caucelled
as rapidly as the coinage takes placei
The changes made in the substitute sim
ply make specific the fact that the aeigni-
orage is 10 he coined and that tbs bill
shall not affect the redemption d the
treasury notes under existing lava An
analysis of the vote by which the bill
passed shows that 14l Democrats, IS Re-
publicans and Populists (total l6Osvoted
for it Land % Republicans aud 81 Democrats
total 1So) voted against it.
The Men Who Voted Nav
The nay vote in detail was as follows:
Adams of Kentucky, Aldrich, Apsley
Avery, Babcock, Baker of New Hamp-
shire, Barnes, Barwig, Belden, Beltz-
hoover, Blair, Boutelle Brickner, Brosius,
Burrows, Cadmus, Caldwell, Campbell,
Cannon Of Illinois, Causey, Chickering.
Clancy, Cobb of Missouri, Cogswell, Comp
ton, Coombs, Cooper of Wisconsin, Cor
nish, Cousins, Covert, Cummings. Curtis
Of New York, Dalzell, Daniels, De-
forest, Dingley, Dollivcr, Dra-
per, Dunphy, Erdman, Everett.
Fielder, Fletcher. Funk. Gardner. .,tiear,
Geissenhainer, Gillet of New York. iGold-
zier, Griffin, Grout, Hager. Hainer. Haines.
Harner, Harter, Haughen, Hayes, Heiner,
Henderson of Illinois, Hit, Hooker of
New York, Hopkins of Illinois, Hopkins
of Pennsylvania, Hulick, Hull, johnson of
Indiana, johnson of North Dakota, John
son, of Ohio, Joy, kiefer, Lapham, Lock
wood, Loud, Loudenslager, Lynch, Mag
ner, Mahon. McAlecr. Mccall, McEt-
trick. McKaig, Meiklejohn, Mercer,
Meyer, Mutchler, O'NeiIl, Outh-
waite, Page, Payne. Pe-kins, Phillips,
Pigott. Quigg. Randall, Ray, Reed Rey-
bourn, Robinson of Pennsylvania, Ryan,
Schermerhorn, Scranton, Shaw. Sherman.
SicAles, Somers, Sperry, Stephenson. Ste
vens, c. W. Stone. w. 4. Stone, Storer.
Strauss, Strong. Talbot of Maryland, Taw-
ney. Tracey, Upderraff, Man Voorhis of
Ohio, Wadsworth. Walker. Wanger, War
ner, Waugh, Wells Viewer, Wheeler of
Illinois. Wilson of Ohio, Woomer, Wright
of Massachusetts-l30.