Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-02-08

10 carry out its spirit by paying obliEa,
tons in silver"
Senators Harris, Bacon and Cockrel
all spoke against complicatng the
question of free coinage with the Butler
! amendment. the last named saying
mo greater obstacle has been encoun-
tered by silver than this continual dis
position to try TO get too much.
| The amendment of Senator Allen FOR
! bidding the issue of interest-bearlns
! bonds was next taken up. This brought
| a renewal Of discussion Of complicatlng
| the main question.
| Senator White referred TO the vote OF
Senator Hill, which he said was evil
| IDENTIFY done to load down" the meas
| ure.
| Senator Mills stated that while he
! did not approve the pending silver SUB
| stitute as reported from the committee
still he would vote for 1t, merely to des-
troy the obnoxious bond bill as 1t came
from the house.
There was an amusing tilt between
Senator Stewart and several senators
while Senator Lindsay was speaking.
He had declared that free coinage was
always pressed when it could not pass
and never seriously pressed when it
could pass.
Senator Stewart interrupted to deny
that the question was not presented in
1890. for, said he, it was useless to press
il when the president would have We
toed il.
who said he would have vetoed it?"
exclaimed Senator Lindsay.
He said so himself" answered Sena-
tor Stewart.
ITO whom?" asked Senator Gray.
When Senator Allen had made the
final plea for his amendment saying he
wanted to put the protestations Of the
silver men to the test. the vote was ia
ken and Senator Aliens amendment
was deieated--2l to 81. as follows:
Yeas-Allen, Baker, Bacon, Berry,
Blanchard, Brown, Butler, Call. Cam
eron, Cannon, Hill, Hoar, Irby, Kyle,
Lindsay. Mills, PETER, Pritchard, Roach,
Stewart, Thurston-21.
Nays-AllisOn. Bate, Burrows. Carter
Chandler. Chiffon. Clark. Cockrell.
Daniel, Dubois, Elkins. Faulkner, Frye.
Gallinger, Gear, George. Gibson. Cor
man, Gray, Hale, Hansbrough, Harris,
Hawley, Jones (Ark.). Lodge, Mcbride
McMillen, Mantle, Martin, Mitchell
(Or), Mitchell (WisD. Morgan, Morrill,
Murphy. Nelson, Palmer. Pascoe, Per
kins. Plat, Proctor. Pugh. sherman,
Shoup, Squire, Teller, Tillman. Vest,
Villas, Voorhees,, Walthan. Warren,
Wetmore. White. Wilson-s4
Senator Morrill, offered an amend
ment providing that the seigniorage on
the coinage q silver be retained by the
United States 70 the extent q differ
enc4 between the coinage value and the
commercial value OF bullion.
At four minutes to O'Clock Senator
German began speaking. He spoke Of
the 1T0itlessuesS Of efforts to secure the
final nactment Of 2 free coinage law
II was we'll known that It would be i'm
possible Tor such a measure 10 become
s law prior 10 March Z. 1897.
Why" interjected Senator Morgan
'Recause," replied Senator German,
the declarations Of the president Of
the United States convince every man
that such provision can not receive his
assent.
Senator Morgan asked if congress
should not proceed on its course with
out reference to the executive branch.
Senator German replied that he fully
recognized the need Of complete indie
penoence Of executive influence.
Senator German closed by moving tc
lay the silver substitute as reported by
the finance committee On the table The
motion was Te5ec,ed-S4 to IS. The vote
was as follows.
The vote on the German motion was
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