The herald., 1895-02-19

while improvident, would not ruin oil
break the United States. II reasonable
| proposition had been made to our own
people, they would have found the gold
to pay for them. We have the men in
New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Chi
cago, who, being applied to- could con-
vert such bonds into gold at their full
value We have no need to look abroad.
Mr.. Sherman closed by saying that he
( had not intended personal criticism Of
the President or the Secretary of the
| Treasury. "They have made bad bar
gain, that is all, - said he, but being a
bargain, we must live up to il"
The agricultural appropriation bill was
| then passed, after which there was an
| effort to get recognition from every side OF
the chair. 1t was clearly fight between
the silver bill, the appropriation bills and
the pooling bill.
Mr.. Jones of Arkansas, in charge of
the silver bill, succeeded in getting
first recognition and moved to take
up the silver bill. The effect OF this, if
adopted was to displace the bankruptcy
bill and all other measures and bring
the silver bill to the front for struggle
and a vote.
Hale of Maine moved to adjourn. There
was an aye and nay vote, the friends of
the silver bill voting against adjourn
ment.
The motion to adjourn was defeated by
II to 36, signal victory for the silver
men.
German then made a move to get the
appropriation bills ahead of the silver bill.
He urged that the Indian appropriation
bill be taken up.
Call having made motion to that
effect Mr.. German cited the rule that
motion to take up an appropriation bill
was specially privileged.
The discussion was sharp and exciting,
showing the intense interest felt by Sena-
tors at the outcome. The Vice President
held the motion of Call to be in order.
Then an aye and nay vote was taken on his
motion to take up the Indian bill and thus
cut off the silver bill.
The motion was defeated ayes 26; nays
30, and the silver men were again victor
ious.
The ayes and nays were then taken on
the direct question of the taking up of the
silver bill according to Jones, motion and
the silver men gained their point, yeas,
80, nays p. The vote was as follows:
Yeas-Allen, Bate, Berry, Blackburn
Butler, Call, Cameron, Clark, Daniel, Du
bois, Hansbrough, Harris, Hunton, Jones
of Arkansas, Jones of Nevada, Kyle
McLaurin, Mantle, Morgan, PETER, Per-
kins Pettigrew, Pugh, Squire, Stewart,
Teller, Turpie, Voorhees,, Walsh and
White-30
Nays-Allison, Brice, Camden, Carey,
Chandler, Davis, Dixon, Frye, Gallinger,
George, Gibson, Gray, Hale, Hawley, Hill,
Hoar, Mcmillan, Mcpherson, Manderson,
Mitchell of Wisconsin, Palmer, Pascoe,
Platt Proctor, Quay, Ransom, Vilas-27.
Pairs, first named would have voted
yea-Mitchell of Oregon and Aldrich,
Blanchard and Burrows, Cockrell and Cul-
lom, Coke and Dolph, Faulkner and Hig-
gins, Gordon and Wilson of Iowa, Roach
and German, Irby and Morrill,, Pritchard
and Lindsay, Martin and Lodge Milbank
and Sherman, Wocott and Murphy, Power
and Gaffery Shoup and Smith, Vest and
Washburn.
Mr.. Jones then asked that time be
fixed for taking vote. He said Senators
knew full well how they would vote and
there was no need of delay. He asked the
unanimous consent that the vote be fixed
for , o'clock, but Mr.. Villas objected.
Then let's have a vote now' said Mr..
Butler and it looked as though the bill
might at once be put on its final passage.
But Mr.. Hale suggested that many Sena-
tors were absent.
Then / give notice. - said Mr. Jones,
that | will keep the bill before the Sen
ate until vote is secured before adjourn
ment.'
And with this final announcement Mr..
Jones moved to adjourn and at O'Clock
the session came to close.