The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-02-06

Its main features we're wosdiness,
weakness, foolisnness and rotter-
ness. A fool could not have made 4
bigger mess OF anything and = sconn-
drei could not have been more sub
servient 10 his goldbug bosses. He
was trying to whiiewash the .nsa-
nous secret bond deal and trying to
prove that IL IVES al honest" tran
saetion. Mr.. TillmAn wanted 10 ask
question, but Ne. Villas was afraid
OF this buzz-saw. He had already
! permitted several Senators TO inter
rupt him but when Mr.. Tilinau
arose, Villas tried not TO notice him
Remembering however that be had
answered questions from others, he
knew be would openly show coward
| ice If he did not grant the same
privilege to Mr.. Tiliman.
Mr.. TILLMAS. Will the Senator
from Wisconsin allow me 10 ask him
question!
Mr.. Villas. | must decline, Mr..
President. Can awkward pause
However If the Senator from South
Carolina wishes to ask a question,
| will yield, but was going to say
that have already occupied more
time i'll this way than | intended TO
consume.
Mr.. TILLMAS. What We're the
prices of similar bonds on the market
at that date1
Mr.. Villas. | suppose everybody
must be familiar with the facts in re-
lation to those bonds. IL the Sena-
tor from South Carolina chooses to
turn to the speech which | made
about year ago he will find all
those points deliberately discussed
and my views on them presented.
| do not care to be diverted from the
argument | am making now to chase
down again the will-o'-the- wisps
which were sufficiently disposed OF
at that time.
Mr.. TILLMAN. Does the Senator
from Wisconsin decline to answer
any further questions'
Mr.. Villas. | refer the Senator
to the place where he can find the
answer elaborated in full.
Mr.. TILLMAS. Why not give it
here againg
Mr.. Villas. Because it would oc-
cupy unnecessary time, and l do not
wish to be diverted from the argu-
ment.
Then metaphorically speaking
this god-a-mitey Mr.. Villas skunk into
his hole and pulled the hole in after
him.
Other speeches were made in favor
of the coinage bill by Messrs Bate
and Pasco.
1t was then agreed that a vote
should be taken on the bill at two
o'clock on Saturday.
| House.
Twenty-seven pension bills intro
duced and a large number passed,
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY l.-sENATE.
The overshadowing event of the day
was the vote on the bill for the free
coinage of silver. We have not space
in this issue to give the full particu.
lars. The bill passed the Senate. The
vote shows an irremedial breach or
this question between the two old par.
ties, and that they are hopelessly scat.
tered on great principle.
Senator Butler sought to have his
amendment, providing that no bonds
should be issued without consent O.
Congress, and that gold and silver
both be used in payment of govern
ment obligations, adopted. He hat
several tilts with the "great 'uns" ant
as usual tilted them all over and dis
comfted them in argument, but hi
amendment failed.
When the final vote was taken on thu
bill, it resulted as follows:
FOR FREE SILVER.
Democrats-Bacon, Bate, Berry
Blanchard, Call, Chiffon, COckrell
Daniel, George, Harris, Irby, Jones
Ark; PascO, Pugh, Roach, Tillman
Turpie, Vest, voorhees,, Walthall
White.-TOtal II.
Republicans-Brown, Cannon, Car
ter, Clark, Mantle, Pettigrew, ShouI
Teller, Warren, Cameron, Mitchell
: Ore; Perkins, Pritchard, Squire, Will
sOn.-TOtal Is.
Populists-Allen, Butler, Jone:
New; PETER, Stewart, kyle.-Total
AGAINST FREE SILVER.
Experimentation, Baker, Bur
rows, Chandler, Davis, Elkins, Frye
uollIuSCi, NcdI, Halt, loWlCy, hOol
, Lodge, Mcbride, Mcmillan, Morril
Nelson, Plat, Proctor, Sherman
Thurston, Wetmore.-Total %.
; DemOcrats-Caffery, Faulkner, Glib
! son, German, Gray, Hill, Lindsay, Mar
tin, Mills, Mitchell, Wis; Murphy
/ Palmer, Vilas.-TOtal Ii.
Free entertainments, 81; Reput
, licans, Is; POpulists, 6.-Total AZ.
Anti-free silver--Republicans, =
Democrats, 13.--TOtal 30.
!, There were IL Senators not voting
They were, Aldrich, Blackburn, Brio
. Cullom, Dubois, Gordon, Hansbrougl
+ Morgan, Quay, Sewell, Smith, Wolcot
OF these II not voting there are thre
, goldbug Republicans, three goldbu
\ Democrats, three silver Republican
:, and three silver Democrats.
Goldbug Experimentation, Gu
i lOm and Quay.
GOldbug Democrats-Brice, Sewe
Q and Smith.
! Silver Republicans-Dubois, Han
brOugh and WOlcOtC,