Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-02
SILVER BILL PASSED
All Amendments offered Votsd Down by
Decided Majority.
DEBATE OPENED BY SENATOR MORRILL,
Delivered the Only Extended Speech Of the
Day on the Measure.
LATE SILVER EXPERIMENT UNPR0FlTABlE
Threatened Revolt of Silver Men Likely to-
Injure Themselves.
,TE SILVER EXPERIMENT UNPRoFITABle
BUTLER AMENDMENT VOTED DOWN FIRST
Aliens Amendment FOrbiddinE tho
Issue of Bonds shared the Same
Fatc-Finnl Vote on the
Measure Was ~ to 81.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The long contest
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 AZ to 35,
a majority Of seven for free silver. This
result was reached at o'clock today, after
hours of caustic debate and sharp parla-
mentary fencing The public interest in tho
elimination of the protracted struggle was
shown by crowded galleries and a full ate
tendance on the floor, seventy-seven senator's
being present and the others paired. Baron
Won Thielmann, the German ambassador, oc-
cuped front seat in the diplomatic gallery,
showing keen interest in the final vote.
Members of the house crowded the chamber,
filling available seats and standing room in
the rear and side areas. 1t had been ex-
pected that a final vote would be taken at
o'clock, but a conflict Of opinion arose az
to the agreement, resulting in considerable
bitterness and personal feeling. Many
amendments were pending when 2 o'clock
arrived and these were summary cut. of
by a strict construction of the agreement,
although the differences over the agreement
itself held off the vote an hour beyond the
time set. The result was such a foregone con-
clusion that little excitement or surprise
was occasioned by the announcement OF the
passage of the substitute.
The early hours of the session, beginning
at IL o'clock, were given to the closing
speeches, including that of Mr.. Morrill, the
octogenarian of congress, who 10 still vigorous.
in speech and thought. The other speeches
were 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.
II calamity came as result of con-
gressional inaction the president should leave,
the responsibility where 1t belonged-on the,
shoulders of congress.
DUTY OF CONGRESS.
Another interesting incident occurred when
Mr. German was urging that the legisla-
tion was frutless as 1t could not receive
executive approval. Mr.. Morgan called at
tention to the fact that the duty of con-
gresg was to act without executive influence
or approval, to which Mr.. German, with much
earneotness replied: 81 fully agree to that
proposition and only regret that there has
net been a closer adherence to it in the
past. The senator from Alabama cannot
go farther than to resist encroachments of
the executive in giving any suggestions
beyond those he is bound to make by the
constitution and give due weight to what
ever recommendations he makes, without
fear of political power and patronage from
the president"
MORRILL, BEGAN DISCUSSION.
The senate opened at II O'Clock today
with speech by the venerable
inf Mr. MorrfI
who said the house had promptly re-
sponded to the presidents message and had
supplemented 1t 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 a
stone has been presented, but it is the first
time that committee OF the senate seems
to have perpetrated a practical joke, almost
good enough for the clown Of Barnum's
The senator thought that Q
deficiency in the national income should be
not less swiftly remedied than excess, say
ing: 1.-THE present administration, however.
exhibits bashful dfhdence about acknowl-
edging any deficiency of revenue derived
from tariff bereaved Of its parents In early
infancy, but with their hands behind them
they may quietly take whatever money COM
gress may place in their hands for the treas
ury, where the outflow of gold has been SO
swift as to make even the heads Of the
keepers dizzy"
Referring to the assertion that France
silver at par with gold, he sad:
Because there IL no clustering silver party
and no silver plated democratic party there
striving to pull down their money standard
TO that OF deprecated silver they keep sill
yer to the amount of 1886 900, 900 with $772,-
000, 900 OF gold on the ratio OF 15R to /. The
United States has been the friend and patron
of silver to its own hurt. II our late in
of nearly $500 900 in silver has
been VIGOROUSLY improvdent and unprofta-
BILE, the disastrous results will appear as
irop in the bucket when compared with what
must flow from the present PROPOSAL to open
all our mints to the free coinage of silver Of
all the world"
NOT AFRAID OF THREATS.
Mr.. Morrill, paid his respects as follows to
the threats to form a new silver party:
Some whispered threats have foated In the
iir that the extreme silver men, now fra
ernizing here and at home with the repub-
lean party, would band themselves together
IN one dominant idea and with
auxiliary democratic aid would hitch
IN the tail OF great repub-
lean measure at the first opportunity some
inkling silver amendment, hoping thereby to
secure a silver triumph Of hybrid combina-
.on although the grand old republican party
night perish But there is little fear Of
hese eruptive threats, for, II carried out, the
lot act might be read at home to the
blenders, upon whom public opinion would
rot fail to place Its brend, and whatever
,arty mght survive. not all OF the garroters
II the republican party would be among its
Members"
Mr. Morrill, then dwelt on the injury that
would be done the south II the world had q
hance to buy Its cotton crop with cheap sill
er. enlarged on the advantages Of protection
nd controyerted the argument that there was
gold standard party In America. The re.