The herald., 1894-03-02
BLAND WINS HIS BATTLE.
The Long Struggle in tho
House Ended.
A Pronounced Victory fur Ihe
Silver Men.
The SeigniOrage Bill PasseS vy
Vote of 1877 to 13O.
Tho Original Text of the Measure some.
what Altered-The Bill to Re-
claim tho KearsArEe Also
Passed.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
WASHINGTON, March 1.-The long
struggle in the house over tbs Bland
bill for the coinage of the silver seignior.
age and silver bullion in the treasury
ended today by the passage of the bill
by vote of 167 to 130. A special order
to bring the bill to vote was adopted by
2 bare quorum Immediately after the
house convened. This broke the oppo-
sition of the filibusterers, and they were
powerless to do anything further. All
the amendments offered to the measure
by the opponents were defeated, the one
which polled the most votes being
Outhwaite's amendment to strike out
the second section.
The bill as passed is in the nature OF q
substitute for the original text of the
measure. The changes do not affect the
material features of the bill, which pro-
vide for the coinage of the silver seign-
forage in the treasury; the issue of
silver certificates thereon, if need be, in
the discretion OF the secretary of the
treasury, in advance of coinage, and
thereafter 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 treasury notes
issued under the Sherman act, which are
to be retired and cancelled ae rapidly as
the coinage takes place. The changes
made in the substitute simply make
specific the fact that the eeigniorage is
to be coined, and this bill shall not af-
{ ect the redemption of treasury notes
under the existing law.
An anoluain nj tho u0to hU which the
bill passed shows that 140 Democrats, 10
Republicans and s Populists, q total of
1877, voted for it, and 70 Republicans and
81 Democrats, total of 130, voted
against it.
After Cummings failed to get unani-
moua consent for consideration of the
! bill appropriating $45 900 for reciaiming
the wreck OF the Kearsarge, vote on
the adoption OF the special order to limit
the debate on the seigniorage bill to two
hours, pending at the close of yester-
days session, came up. Exactly quo
rum voted, and the special order was
adopted l66 to 13. So the long strug-
gle was ended and vote on Bland's pet
measure assured. Bland was recognized
and offered a substitute for the original
bill.
"The frat section of the substitute Ia
identical with the first section of the
original bill, except that coinage is to
proceed as fast as possible" instead of
practicable"
The substitute for the second section
is as follows: After the coinage pro-
vided for in the first section (the seign-
iorage) the remainder of the silver bull
lion purchased in pursuance of the act
of July IA, 1890, shall be coined into
ufo do I'd all AAll
fast as possible, and the coin shall be
held for the redemption of treasury
notes issued against such bullion. AS
fast as bullion shall be coined for the
redemption. said notes shall not be re-
issued. but shall be cancelled in amounts
equal to the coin held derived from the
coinage herein provided for, and silver
certificates shall be issued on such coin
in the manner now provided for in the
law, provided this act shall not be con-
strued to change the existing law relat-
ing to the legal tender character or the
mode OF redemption, excepting treasury
notes under the act OF 1890.
A sufficient sum is appropriated to
carry into effect the provisions of the
act.
Outhwaite offered an amendment to
strike out the second section of the sub
atitute.
Johnson OF North Dakota offered an
amendment to the original bill, author
izlng the secretary of the treasury to
accord silver dollars the same rights as
to redemption and exchange now accord
ed subsidiary coins.
Strauss of New York offered an amend
ment to the amendment as follows:
That the secretary of the treasury be,
and is hereby authorized to issue from
time to time coupon and registered
bonds OF the United States in denomi-
nations OF 500 and multiples of the sum,
payable in coin after five years from
date, and bearing interest at a rate not
exceeding per centum, payable quar-
terly in coin, and cell and dispose OF the
same at not lees than par in coin, the
proceeds of such bonds to be paid into
the treasury and held and used for the
purposes now authorized by law.
Bland made the point of order that
the Strauss amendment to the amend.
ment was not germane. The speaker
the point OF order and ruled
the amendment out.
Cummings asked if the chair ruled
that any amendment looking to the
issue of bonds would be ruled out. Tho
chair replied that the ruling was not so
broad as that. Cummings gave notice
that he would offer second amendment
later.
Cannon of Illinois then offered as an
in lieu of Strauss amend
ment, the so-called Window proposition
for bullion redemption at the current
market rate of silver, of bullion certid-
Gates, which was discussed in the Fifty
fret congress.
Cannon's amendment was also ruled
out on the ground that it was not
germane.
Abbott offered an amendment relat-
ing to the coinage OF the silver in the
treasury.
Bland took the floor in support of his
substitute. He explained that,t sec
md section OF the substitute made the
coinage OF the remainder OF the bullion