The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-15

WASHINGTON, M6rcu l4--Iuo te61 No VI
which was to be taken today on tho seign-
forage bill, the vote on Mr.. Allison's mo
ton to reconsider the vote by which the
bill passed to the third reading, had the
effect of att racting large attendance te
the gallery. The senate early took up the
consideration of the bill and Mr.. Teller of
Colorado aud Mr.. George OF Mississippi
spoke in favor of its passage. the former
criticising severely some statements made
py Senator Sherman in his recent speech
against the bill. Before Mr.. George had
concluded his remarks the hour OF 2
o'clock arrived aud Mr.. Harris insisted
upon the vote being taken on Mr.. Allison's
motion, with the result that it was de-
feated by % to As. It is expected hat. the
bill will pass by about the same vote at 2
o'cl ock tomorrow.
Mr.. Manderson moved then to commit
the bill to the finance committee. and this
motion was defeated by a vote of q to A.
The other portion OF the agreement, that
all debate uutii Q o'clock tomorrow when
the bill is to be voted on: should be under
the five minutes rule was abrograted. and
Mr.. George concluded his speech in favor
of the bill. He was followed by Mr..
Carey. Rspublican, Wyo.), who opposed
the bill.
In his speech advocating the passage of
the seigniOrage bill Mr.. Teller sarcastic
ally resented the assumption of certain
senator's that they were the custodians of
all the honesty and all t he wisdom and
knowledge on fnsncfal subjects, and that
they alone were interested in pres CRYING
the credit of the country. The sta tement
SO frequently made of late that tn Q coun-
try was in danger of being placed on sill
Yer basis, he characterized as untrue,
but" he added, I'VE are on a gold basis
now and does any one think the condition
of the United States is now happy one?
Ii we do get to a silver basis we cannot be
worse Off than we are, and it is q motor
ious fact that the countries which are on a
silver basis are much better off than we
are"
Mr.. George, Dem. Miss) who followed
promised his remarks by stating he always
tried to speak and vote in such a way that
his remarks and his vote could not show
whether he lived north or south of the Ma
son aud Dixon's line; that this was not
sectional nor political question. This is
not a free coinage measure" he said, and
added: Il wish it were. 1t requires only
in specific terms the coinage of silver al
ready owned by the government. In pass
ing this bill We introduce no new law"
The hour of 2 o'clock having arrived,
AAt. AAdhNsS uCihduuOu Ou6t Al oCCot0ouCc
with the previous agreement the vote
should be taken on Mr.. Allison's motion
to reconsider the vote by which the bill
was ordered to n third reading. The result
of an agreement to this motion would be
TO open the bill to amendments. The yeas
and nays were demanded and the motion
was voted down. The vote in detail is
as follows: -
Yeas-Aldrich, Allison, Brice, Caffery.
Carey, Chandler, Cullom, Davis, Dolph,
Frye. Gallinger. Hale, Hawley, Hoar,
Lodge, Mcmillan, Mcpherson, Manderson,
Mitchell, (Wis.); Morrill,. Palmer, Proc
tor, Quay, Smith, Stockbridge, Villas,
WashDurn, Wilson.-2S.
Nays-Allen, Bate. Berry, Blackburn,
rsil. Coke, Colquitt, Daniel. Dubois.
Gibson, Gordon, Hansbrough.
Harris, Hill. Irby, Jones (Ark.l Kyle.
Martin, Mills. Mitchell Orr,
Morgan, Murphy, Pasco, PETER. Perkins,
Pettigrew, Power, Pugh, Ransom, Roach,
Shoup. Squire, Stewart. Teller, Turpie,
Vest, Voorhees,, White, Wolcott-45
According to prior agreement Mr.. Man
derson was then permitted to move that
the bill be recommitted to the finance
where it would be examined
and perfected. This WAS also defeated by
relatively the same vote rs the preceding
question, there being 27 yeas to A nays.
Mr.. Quay changed from yea to nay and
Messrs. Daniel and Squire, who voted nay
before, did not vote.
Mr.. George then continued his speech in
favor of the bill. and when he had finished
his speech Mr.. Mills tried to obtain an ex-
ecutive session, but Senator Carey, (Wyo.),
who had secured the floor, refused to yield
it for this purpose.
Mr., Carey had not finished his remarks
in opposition to the bill when at AS the
senate went into executive session and at
5:25 adjourned.