Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-02-06
Finance Committee Tie Vote.

Otldit l. lldbCC SOliihitN1N 49, -
Gently held. Every member thereof
was present except Senator John L.
Jones of Nevada To this committee
had been referred the various curren-
cy matters known as the Springer,
Vest. Mcpherson, Smith, Sherman
and Jones, of Arkansas bills. These
various propositions were considered
at the afternoon session of the Com
mittee. The Voorhees, bill, which
provides for the issuance of short
time certificates, which were to be
used for the purpose of making good
the reserve and Of meeting the reve-
nue. deficiency, and also provided
That from and after the passage oil
this act, the Secretary OF the Treas
ury is hereby AUTHORIZED and DIRECT
ED to receive at the United States
States Mint from any citizen OF the
United States, silver bullion of stand
nd iineness, and coin the same into
silver dollars of 412l grains each.
There was motion to strike cat The
silver provision which was iost on
vote OF five to five. Th5n came mo
zion by Senator AlSrich tosubstltute
The Springer bcAd issue bill, for the
voorhees, FREE coinage bill, which re
suited in tie vote and lost The
commisree then adjourned without
ag,eement as to any definite time OF
.neetiug and some of the members
said afterwards they saw no reason
for anymore meetings, as it had been
made evident that it would be impos-
siblc to accomplish anything in COM
mittee,' Thus the chances for any
silver Legislation are poor indeed.
The Carson Appeal says:
Jones' vote on the committee would have
decided nothing. The motion was toelim-
mate the silver clause from the bill. The
vote stood B to 8 and was consequently
lost and the silver clause therefore re-
,ntlDtu III luc Dili. lnc toiiiiiltJtb tilon
rejected the bill in its entirety by a vote of
7 to- 3.
The committee did nothing of the
kind, for after the motion to strike
out the silver1 clause was lost by
tie vote. a vote was taken on the
proposition us whole aud it car
ried by vote of 7 to 3, and then
came the proposition of Aldrich to
substitute Springer's bill for the
Voorhees, bill, which was lost by
tie vote. The silver Senators were
aud now are greatly annoyed by the
absence of Jones. Ii Jones vote on
the committee would have decided
nothing, it is certain that the silver
Senators would not have been great
Ey annoyed. Jones' vote was needed
but the Pop, rag money, free trade,
rubbish and ism Senators are like
the Irishman's flea; when YOU think
you've got EN- they aiu't thtre Had
Jones been at his post and voted, the
motion to strike out the silver clause
OF the Voorhees, bill instead of being
q tie vote would have been lost by G.
to D, and the Voorhees, free coinage
bill, pure and simple, directing the
Secretary of the Treasury to receive
and coin silver bullion ofstandard fine
aess into silver dollars of 4i2s grains
each would have carried by a like
yote-on the motion to substitute the
Springer bill therefor. The bin
would certainly have passed the Sen.
ate and house, Cleveland would
probably veto it, but it would have
tested the Repubs., nems and Pops.
1t is known that there is a breach
between the Democratic leaders and
Cleveland, and by combination of
the two old parties, as stated by
Newlands, free coinage would be
had. But then the Silver Party and
Populists would then be out of iobq
Again, Jones is a Populist. SO is
Stewart, The Pops, and Silver Par
ty are different breeds, Why not de
mand the resignation of Jones2 He
is a nonresident. He doesn't fill the
bill. lie has never done a single
thing in the Senate or out of it for
Nevada. His home is at Santa Mon
ca. His interests are elsewhere. |
He comes only in campaign seasons. |
There is hardly young man born
n this State who has ever seen him. !
lis continued absence from this
State, and his nom" zealousness in
'ehalf of Nevada's interests char
cterise him as one CT the back num-
'ers who obtain glory, fame and