The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-19
BOLD MOVE BY
SILVER MEN.
Continued from page 1.)

No" said Mr.. Sherman. "But does
the senator know thirty-year bonds are
worth much more than those DreYf-
ously on the market?"
Then" said Mr.. Grey, ''the senator
is lndulging in. estimates and general
speculation. He has no market reports
to establish the rates he quotes"
Mr. Sherman said the bond contract
while imprOvident, would not ruin or
break the United States. II a reason
able 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 Chicago, who, being applied to,
could cover such bonds into gold at
their full value. We have no need to
look abroad"
Mr.. Sherman closed by saying that
ne had not intended any personal crit
| lclSm OF the president or the secretary
! of the treasury.
Fhey have made a bad bargain, that
is all" said he, but being a bargain,
we must live UP to it,
Agricultural Appropriations.
| The agricultural appropriation bill
was then taken up and q long debate
| occurred on the committee amend
ments, striking out the $4,000 for trSi-
eating proposed.
| <1HIGE IL ueDaI9, the SlU,UUU con-
tinuinS. the irrigating investment was
retained
Mr.. Allen PopuIsO. offered an
amendment aDpropriating 100000 for
| seed, materials, etc, for the drouth
sufferers throughout the country, par
ticularly in the DakOtas. Nebraska,
Colorado and Kansas. He said the
suffering and loss was more severe
! than was generally known.
i
amended by including frost suffer-
ers.
| Mr.. Henderson Republican,, of Ne
braska, represented the odfdm of his
colleague, Mr.. Allen, in Offering An
amendment which placed Nebraska
in the position Of a paupcr and beggar
| of the government. Nebraska could
look after her own sufferers. Mr.. AL
len in turn warmly resented these at
tempts of his Nebraska colleague
! On a yea and nay vote all the
amendments to help drouth, fire and
frost sufferers was held TO be out or
order.
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
a fight between the silver bill, the ap-
preparations 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 baAI-
lruptcy bill and all other measures AID
bring the silver bill to the front fo1 a
struggle and a. vote.
MIR. Hale. of Maine. moved 8s<a6-
jjourn. There was an aye and IL
vote, the friends of the silver bill W
inS against adjournment.
! Silver Victory.
The motion to adjourn was defeated
by IL TO &c, a signal victory for the
silver men.
get the appropriation bills ahead OF
the silver bill. He urged that the
Indian appropriation bill be taken up.
Mr.. Call having made a motion to
that effect, Mr.. German cited The rule
that a motion to take up an apprODria.
ton bill was specially privileged.
The discussion was sharp and excited,
showing the intense interest felsFby sena-
tors at the outcome.
| The ViCe-president held the motion OF
, Mr. Call to be in order.
The aye and nay vote was taken to his
motion to take up the Indian bill AMI
, thus cut off the silver bill
The motion was defeated-dyeS, %;
nays. 30: and the silver men were again
victorious.
The ayes and NAYS were then taken Tn
the direct question OF the taking Up OF
: the silver bill, according to Mr.. Jones
! motion. and the silver men gained their
potnt-yeas. 90; nays. q
The vote was as follows:
, Teas-Allen. Bate. Berry. Blackburn.
Butler, Call, Cameron, Clark, Daui@i
, Dubois, Hansbrough, Harris. H1lntOH.
: Jones (ATk), Jones CNeV). Kyle, NJ
+ Laurin, Mantle. Morgan, PETER, Perkins,
: PettigreW, Pugh. Squire. Stewart Teller.
Turpie. Voorhees,, Walsh and White
NayswAnison. Brice. Camden. CaAev,
eer Georg paS Gibson DlNe Graz frE a,e F
1 ley. Hill. Hoar. .Mc0Iillin, Mcpherson,
Henderson. Mitchell (Wis,), Palmer,
Pascoe Plat, Proctor, Quay, RANSOM
, Vilas-TOtal. q.
-First-named would have ~
= yeas-MitChel (Ore). and Aldrich; FEfi n
q chard and Burrows: Cockrell and CuIldm;
D Coke and Dolph; Faulkner and Higgins
= Gordon and Wilson 0OWa): Roach and
] Lindsay; Martin and Lodge; Milbank and
Q Sherman; WOlcOtt and Murphy. Power
and Caffery; ShOup and Smith; Vest AND
! Washburn,
Mr.. Jones then asked that a time be
fixed for taking a vote. He said Senators
c knew fully we'll how they would vote
and there was no need of delay. He
. asked the unanimous consent that the
= vote be fixed for 2 o'clock. but 0Ir. Villas
= objected.
t "Then let's have vote now said 7tr
o Butler. and it looked as though the bill
might at once be put upon its final pass
t But Mr.. Hale suggested that many Sen
ators were absent.
Then 1 will give notice. said Mr.Jones
! "that I will keep the bill before the Sen
Il ate until a vote is secured before adj
tjOurnment tomorrow.
And with this final announcement Mr.
Jones moved to adjourn, and at O'ClOCl
e 1.-THE session came to a close