The morning call., 1894-03-16
GOES THROUGH THE SENATE.
Now the SeigniOrage Measure
Awaits Signature.
CLEVELAND MAY NOT SIGN 1T.
There Is a Great Crowd to Hear the
Final Debate on the Coin.
age Scheme.


of the debate on the Bland seigniorag
bill attracted large crowd to the Senat
to-day and the galleries were we'll filed.
! The first part of the day was taken VI
by the transaction of routine business ant
by the speeches of Senators Carey, Palmer
Dubois, Mitchell of Oregon and Pettigrew
| AT O'Clock Senator Harris asked tina
the dill be put upon its final passage. Th'
ayes and noes being demanded. the bill
was passed by vote OF AZ TO 81. Tht
! Senate also passed several bills of minol
| Importance and at AS o'clock went in Il
! executive session and passed upon large
number of nominations.
Carey of Wyoming finished his argu
ment. begun yesterday. and was followed
| by Dubois Of Idaho.
Dubois said he hoped when the Sher-
man law was repealed Congress would
stop all piecemeal legislation. He de-
clared he took little stock in all the sug-
sgestions that the position of silver should
be determined by international monetary
conferences, because all such agreements
would be in the interest of foreign nations
and not in our interest. He believed a
sentiment favorable TO silver was growing
rapidly In this country, and feared this
legislation might have tendency TO check
that sentiment.
Mitchell of Oregon made an earnest plea
for the passage of the bill. He would vote
for the bill, not because it met his full ap
proval, not because it went to the extent
to which silver legislation should go, but
because it was step in the right direc.
ton. He held this proposed legislation
provided only for carrying out the pro-
visions of the act OF 1890. BE undertook
to say no act of Congress was ever more
free from ambiguity than the act of 1890
in reference to the coinage OF bullion pur-
chased under that act.
Following is the detailed vote:
Ayes-Allen. Bate. Berry. Blackburn,
Blanchard. Butler. Call, Cockrell, Coke,
COlquitt, Daniel, Dubois, Faulkner.
George, Gordon. Hansbrough, Harris,
Hunton, Irby, Jones of Arkansas. Kyle,
Lindsay, McLaurin, Martin, Mills. Mich
ell of Oregon. Morgan, Pasco. PETER, Per-
kins, PettRrew. Power, Pugh, Quay. Ran
som, Roach. Shoup. Stewart. Teller. Tur-
pie. Vest, Voorhees,. White and Wolcott.
Total. A.
Noes-Aldrich, Allison, Brice. Gallery,
Carey. Chandler. Cullom. Davis, Dolph,
Frye. GalIinger. Gibson. German, Hale,
Hawley. Higgins, Lodge. Mcmillan, Me-
Pherson, Mitchell Of Wisconsin,, Morrill,,
Murphy. Palmer. Patt. Proctor, Smith.
Stockbridge, Villas, Washburn and Wilson.
Total, 81.
Pairs-Camden for, with Gray against
Hill for, with Dixon against; Jones of
Nevada for, with Hoar against; Vance
for, with Sherman against. Squire and
Cameron did not vote. Yesterday Squire
voted 10 favor of the bill and Cameron
paired in its favor.
The bill will be sent to the President to-
morrow. Whether he will sign it remains
though some hint that he will allow Ii to
become law without signature.
Immediately following the vote in detail
the passage of the bill was greeted by ap-
planse from the galleries. which drew
forth a reprimand from the presiding
officer (Vilas).
The Senate then took up and passed the
bill TO amend an act authorizing the con-
struction of a bridge over the Missouri
River at Sioux City. The amendment ex-
tends the time of the construction OF the
bridge until March 2. 1896.
A charter was also granted to the low a
and Nebraska Ponoon Bridge Company
authorizing it to build a bridge across the
Missouri River near Sioux City. Iowa, and
then, after an executive session of thirty
five minutes. the doors were reopened and
the Senate took from the calendar and
passed bills to extend the time for CON-
pleting bridge across the Missouri River
between Kansas City and the town of Sib-
lev, No., and granting the right of way to
the Duluth and Manitoba Railroad Com
pany across the Fort Pembina Reserva-
ton in Norrb Dakota.
At lilo P. NJ the Senate adjourned until
Monday.