The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-02
AT AN END.
Long Contest Over the SiIver-Bond
Bill in the Senate.

Long Contest Over the SiIver-Bond
Bill in the Senate.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The long CON
test over the silver bond bill is at an end
in the senate, that body having passed
the free silver coinage substitute of the
house bond bill by the decisive vote of 10
to 30, a majority of seven for free silver
The result was reached at o'clock to-
day, after hours Of caustic debate and
sharp parliamentary fencing.
The public interest in the elimination of
the protracted struggle was shown by
crowded galleries and a full attendance
on the floor, SeVenty-seYen senators being
present, and the others paired.
Baron Won Thielmann, the German am
basSador. occupied front seat in the
in
THE FINAL VOTE.
Members of the house crowded the
chamber, filling every available seat and
| the standing room in the rear and side
areas. 1t had been expected that a final
Vote would be taken at 2 o'clock, but a
conflict of opinion arose as to the agree
ment, resulting in considerable bitterness
and personal feeling.
Many amendments were pending when
2 o'clock arrived, and these were cut off
by strict construction of the agreement,
although the differences over the agree
ment itself held Off the vote for an hour
beyond the time set.
The result was such a foregone conclu-
sion that little excitement or surprise
was ccasioned by the announcement of
the passage of the substitute.
The early hours of the session, begin
ming at II o'clock, were given 10 the clos
ing speeches, including that of Mr.. Nor
rill, the octogenerian of congress, who is
still vigorous in speech and thought. The
other speeches We're under the five minute
rule, being
BRIEF AND SNAPPY.
Mr.. Lindsay took occasion to say that
in his judgment the president had fulfilled
the full measure of his duty in financial
affairs and should do no more. If calam-
ity came as a result of the congressional
inaction, the president should leave the
responsibility where it belonged, on the
shoulders of congress.
Another interesting incident occurred
when Mr.. German was urging that the leg
iSlation was fruitleSS, as it could not re-
ceiVe executive approval.
Mr.. Morgan called attention 10 the fact
that the duty of congress was to act with
out executive influence or direction, to
which Mr.. German, with much earnest
ness replied: Il fully agree to that prop
osition, and only regret that there has not
been q closer adherence to it in the past
The senator from Alabama cannot go
farther than l to resist entertainments of
the executive in giving any suggestions
beyond those he is bound to make by the
constitution of the United States, and due
weight should be given to Whatever recon-
mendations he makes, without fear of po-
htical power and patronage from the
president
Mr.. Mills, who had voted with the silver
men ON all test motions, changed his vote
at the last and recorded himself against
the passage of the free silver bill.
THE PROCEEDINGS.
The senate opened at II o'clock to-
day, with a speech by the venerable
senator from Vermont, Mr.. Morrill,,
who said the house promptly responded
to the presidents message and supple
mented it with an emergency tariff
revenue bill. The free silver substitute
for the bond bill, he added, may not
be the first time when bread has been
asked for, that stone has been pre-
scented, but it is the first time a COM
mittee of the senate seems to have per-
petrated a practical joke, almost good
enough for q clown of Barnum's
menagerie.'
The senator thought the deficient
national income should not be less
swiftly remedied than the excess, say
ing:
"The present administration, how
ever, exhibits a bashful diff1dence about
acknowledging any deficiency of
reaved of its parents in early infancy,
but with their hands behind them
they may quietly take whatever
money congress may place in their
hand for the treasury, where the out
flow oH gold has been so swift as to
make even the heads of the keepers
dizzy"
FRANCE AND SILVER.
Referring to the assertion that
France maintains silver at par with
gold, he said:
Because there is no clustering sill
YER party and mo silver plated Demo
cratic party that are daily striving to
pull down their money standard to
that of deprecated silver, they keep
silver to the amount of $3.50, 900. 900,
with ST., 000, 900 gold, on a ratio of ISL
to l The United States has been a
friend and patron of silver to her own
hurt. If our late investments $500, O00,-
900 in silver have been VIGOROUSLY i'm
provident and Improbable, yet the dis
astrous. results will appear as a drop
in the bucket when compared with