Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-03-08

THE SILVER BILL PASSED.
wr. iIiand's Measure for ColnIng the scign.
forage Finally rns4es tho House The
vote.
WAsuNeroN. March . The long
struggle in the house over the Bland
bill for the coinage Of tho scigniorage
and the silver bullion in the treasury
was cnicd yesterday by the passage Of
the bill by vote of iGT TO i30, ma
ioritv in favor OF the bill of 81 The
special order TO brin- the bill TO a vote
was ndopte by bare quorum imme-
diately after the house convened.
This broke the opposition of the tli-
busterers. and they were powerless TO
do anything further to place an OBJ
stncle in the way of the bill All the
amendments offered TO the measure by
its opponents were defeated, the one
which polled the most votes being MIR.
Outhwaitc's amendment TO strike out
the second section.
Mr. Bland was recognized and offered
a substitute for the original bill The
first section of the substitute Is ident-
ical with the first section Of the orig
inal bill. except that the coinage is TO
proceed as fast as possible" instead
OF practicable"
Mr. Bland took the floor In support
of his substitute lie explained the
second section of the substitute 1t
made the coinage OF the remainder OF
the bullion in the treasury begin after
the coinage Of the seigniorage. and
specific proviso was added TO the effect
that nothing in the act shall be deemed
TO change or alter existing law as TO
the legal character or mode of redemp-
tion Of the treasury notes This would
set at rest all alarm on the point
All amendments offered TO the bill
were voted down, the last one being
Mr. outhwaite's TO strike out the Sec
ond section.
The vote was then taken on the
Bland substitute. No attempt to break
a quorum was made on this vote, and
then the Bland substitute was adopted
III TO 06 Before the vote could be
taken Mr.. Tracey, Of New York, moved
TO recommit the bill, without instruc-
tionS TO the committee on coinage,
weights and measures The motion
was defeated-132 TO 16I. The vote was
then taken on the final passing of the
bill IL was passed-16T to 130 Loud
cheers and hand-clapping greeted the
fnal announcement of the victory won
by the advocates of the measure.
The following is the vote in detail:
YEAS
Messrs Abbott Aitken, Anderson, Alexander,
N n
Bell OF Colorado Bell OF Texas Berry, Black
of Illinois, Black OF Georgia, Bland. BoAtner,
Boon Bowers OF California Branch, Breckin.
ridge OF Arkansas, BreckinriiFe OF Kentucky,
Bcetz Drnokshire, Broderick. Brown, BRYAN
Bum. Bgnum, CAhanisS Camanett Cannon
OF Calf raia, Ciruth, CAtchinss, Clark OF Mis-.
souri,, Clarke OF Alabama Cobb OF Alabama.
Cockrell, Coffeen OF Connecticut Cooper OF
Florida Cooper OF Indiana Cooper OF Texas
Cox. Crawford, Culberson. Curtis Of Kansas
Divey, Davis DeArmond, benson Dinsmore,
Dockery, Donovan, DOolittle, Ddrborrow. Il l.
munds, Ellis OF Kentucky. Ellis OF Oregon
Enloe, Epes, Fithlan Forman. Funston. Fgau,
Geary. Goodnight German, Grady. Gresham,
Hall OF Missouri, Il Nmmond, Hare. Hlrtmin,
ltaieh. Heard Hen ierson OF North Carolina,
Hepburn Hermann Holman. Hooker Of Mis-.
sissippi Hudson. Hunter. Hutcheson Jones,
KEN kilgor, kribbs Kyle. Lacey, Lane,
Latimer, L1vton. Lester. Lisle, Livingston,
Lucas Maddox, Mayulre. MALLORY Marsh.
Martin Of InilanL McCle ,ry OF
Minnesota MeCreary OF Kentucky. McCul-
loch. Mcdonald. McDearmou McGann, Nc.
Keighan McMnlin, McNasly. MeRea,
Meredith, None Montgomery, MT
gan. Moses, Murray. Neil. New
land Paschal, Patterson, PIyuter Pearson,
Pence, Pcndlsto1 OF Texas, Penileton OF
West Virginia, Piekler. Post, Price Reilly,
Richardson Of Ohio Richardson OF Michigan.
NtaN. ID - n
i'ussell OF Georgia, Settle, Shell. SibleY, Simp.
son. SnodgrasS Springer, StIllings, Stockdale.
Stone OF kentucky, Strait Swanson. Swert
Tdlbert Of South Carolina, Tate, Taylor OF In
diana, Terri, Tucker. Turner Of Georgia Tur
ner OF Virginia Turpin. Tyler, weadoek
Wheeler OF Alabama. white Whiting. VIII
liams OF Illinois Williams OF Mississippi VIII.
son Of Washington, Wise, woOdward-l6L
NAYS
Adams OF Kentucky, Aldrich. Apslsy, Avery
Baker OF New Hampshire, Barnes. Bar
wig Beldon, Beltzhoover, Blair, ,B Blutelle. Brick
ncr, Brosius, Burrows, ca linus, Caldwell Camp
bell, Cannon OF Illinois Clusey. Chlckering.
Clancy. Cobb OF Missouri Cogswell. Compton
Coombs, Cooper OF Wisconsin. Cornish Cousins
Covert Cummings, Curtis OF New York DAlzel,
Daniels, De Forrest Dingl y, DOlliver Draper,
Dunphy. Erdmln Everett, Fielder, Fletcher
Funk Gardner. Gear. Geissenhainer. Gillett OF
New York ,GOldsier. Grifin Grout, ,Hager. HAHN.
or. Haines. Harmer, Harter. Haughen. Hayes
Hener, Henders n Of Illinois, Hit Hooker OF
New York, Hopkins OF illinois. Hopkins Of
Pennsylvania Huiick Hull, Johnson OF Indiana
Johnson Of North Dakota, johnson Of Ohio,
Jov. Kiefer Llpham lockwood. Loud Lou.
denslager, Lynch Magner, Mahon McAlesr,
Mccall McEtpiriok. McKain, Meiklejohn.
Mercer, Meye-, Muiehler oNeill Outhwaits,
Page, PIvne, Perkins. Phillips, PigotL Quigg
Randall Raw. Reed, Raybourn, Robinson Of
Pennsylvania. RYAN SehemerhOrn. Scranton
shaw Sherman Sickles, Somers Speray Ste
phenson. Stevens @ W. Stone w A Stone,
storcr, Strauss, Strong. Talbot OF Maryland
Iawney, Tracey, Upisgran Van Yoorhls Of
Chic. wadsworth. Walker Wagner. Warner
Waugh. Walls, Viewer. Wheeler OF Illinois,
Wilson OF Oiio. Woomer AMI Wight OF Massa.
On the final passage OF the bill 10 re
publicans and populists voted with
The silver democrats for the bill and 90
A