The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-03-22

THE BLAND BILL PASSED.
MfjoIity OF Thirtoen Given tn by The
Senate.

WASHINGTON, March l5.--A resolu-
tom was offered by Gallinger (Rep, Jf
New Hampshire and laid ovar tempu a.
rlly calling on the Secretaries of the
Treasury and Interior for the names of
oil clerks appointed, promoted, reduced
or dismissed in their respective depart
mcnts since March 4, 1898, with the
State TO which each is credited. At
1890 the Bland seiyniorago bill was
taken up and Carey (Rep.) of Wyoming
con tlnued his speech begua yesterday
against it. He characterized the bill as
the worst blow aimed at silver since the
demonetizatlon Of silver IN 1873.
Tho next speech on the subject was
made bv Dubois( (Rep = )of Idaho. He said
that he took no comfort in voting for the
bill. 1t was not the kind of silver leglsla-
ton that suited him, He should like to
vote for free coinage measure.
The next tspeaker was Mitchell (Rep.)
OF Oregon. He said thai he should vote
Tor the bill, not because he believed it
went 80 far as 1t ought to 60 in the in-
teresc OF silver as a money metal, but
because 1t was move on the lesisla-
| tive checker board in the right direction,
Like tho Senator from Idaho, he would
much prefer that 1t WAS q free coinage
olll; and then he would vote for IT. with
great pleasure.
Palmer (Dem.) of Illinois opposed the
bill, and quoted Hewitt's statement that
it proposed to coin O vacuum. 1t was.
indeed, he said, vacuum, ior it was
admitted that If the whole mass cf sill.
YER purchased under the Act Of 1890
were put on Tho market today it would
bring many millions less than the
amount necessary to discharge ths Tree.
surY notes issued Tor its purchase.
| lie believed tho bill to be so defective
that the silver which it required to be
coined would remain inert in the Trea.
| sury, and that not single silver dollar
could be put into circulation under it.
PettiGreW (Rep.) Of South Dakota had
just begun an argument in favor of the
| bill, when Harris rose and in his most
impressive tones eaid: "Mr. President.
| the hour Of 2 ID recorded by that clock
| (pontlng to the clock over the main
doorway and at that hour the unanim
GUS agreement OF tho Senate is that the
final vote shall be taken on the passage
or this bill. | ask for that vOte.D
Davis (Rep.) of Minnesota asked that
PetLigrew should be allowed TO finish his
speech.
Harris: III object. If were to yield
to the Senator from South Dakota |
would feel bound 10 yield TO other Sen.
ators. weld to nobody" daughter. }
Kyle (Pop.) sof South Dakota asked
that PettigrewImight be allowed to have
all his speech printed in the Record.
The presiding Offices, Villas (Dem.) Of
Wisconsin, declared the question to be:
"ShaIl the bill pass?"
The vote was taken and The bill was
passed, yeas III, nays 81, as follows:
Yeas-Allen, Bate, Berry. Black.
burn, Blanchard, Butler, Call Cockrell,
Coke. Colquitt, Daniel, Dubois, Faulk.
ner, George, Gordon, Hansbrou yh, Har.
ris, Hunton, Irby, Jones, of Arkansas,
Kylev, Lindsay, McLaurip, MARTIN.
Mills, Mitchell, Of Oregon, Morgan,
Pasco, PETER, Perkins, Pcttigrew, Pueh,
Quay, Ransom, Roach, Shoup, Stewart, ,
Teller, Turpie, Vest, Voorhees,, White,
Wolcott-44.
Nays-Aldrich. Allison, Brice, CAT
ferry, Carey, Chandler, Cullom, Davis.
Dolph, Frye, Gillinger, Gicson. Cor.
man, Hale, Hawley, Hgginn, Lodge
McMillin, McPherson, Manderson,
Mitchell, Of Wisconsin, Morrill,, Muir.
ply, Palmer. Platt, Proctor. Smith,
Stockbridge, Villas, Washburn, Nvllaon,
81.
When the result was announced, there
was hand.clappng in the crowded gale.
ries, which breach OF order was rebuked
by the presiding officer. Then the spec
tators began to desert the galleries; and
the Senate chamber resumed It's air
of quiet languor and respectability. The
Republicans who voted for the bill were;
Dubois. Hansbrough, Mitchell of Ore.
son, Pettigrew, Power, Quay, Shoup,
Stewart, Teller and Wolcott.
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