The Meeker herald., 1896-02-08
SILVER BILL GOES.
PASSED BY THE SENATE
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Washington, Feb. 1.-The Senate
opened at IL o'clock today. with n
speech by the venerable senator from
Vermont. Mr.. Morrill,. in opposition to
tho substitute
Mr.. Teller. Republican. of Colorado,
replied briefly to the reference Mr..
morrill, had made as to the cheapness
Of silver when coming from the mines.
He said the same could be said Of gold.
The very remarkable mines at Cripple
Creek We're turning out gold at % cents
an ounce. Mr.. Teller referred sar-
castically to the frequent characteriza-
ton OF "Silver Blrons,, and asked what
had become OF the Gold Barons:
From this time forward the speeches
were brief, under the agreement that
the five minute rule should prevail.
Under this rule also the various amend
ments were taken up for debate. The
first amendment. that of Mr.. Butler OF
North Carolina. prohibited the issuance
OF bonds without the authority Of Con-
gress, and also provided for method
Of reieeming greenbacks in gold or
silver, according to the fluctuations of
the ratio. Mr.. Daniel, Democrat, OF
Virginia, and Mr.. Gray. Democrat, of
Delaware, spoke against the Butler
amendment. urging that it would tend
to disturb the parity OF the metals.
The first vote occurred upon the
amendment Of Mr.. Butler. Populist, OF
North Carolina, to prevent the further
issue Of bonds without the authority
of Congress, and pay all coin obliga-
tions OF the government in silver, when
silver bullion was below the par value
Of gold, the amendment was defeated,
yeas 13. nays 40
Those voting in the affirmative were:
Allen. Brown, Butler, Cameron, Can
non, George, Hill. Kyle. PETER, Pritch-
ard, Roach, Stewart and Nllman.
Mr.. Aliens amendment forbidding
bond issues was defeated by a vote of
yeas p, nays "a. Teller voted nay
Wolcott not voting.
Mr.. German moved to lay on the
table the free silver amendment Of the
finance committee to the bond bill.
Lost, "a to 43.
The next vote was OH an amend
ment offered by Mr.. Morrill,, providing
for the retention by the government Of
the seignorage for silver coined under
this act. Defeated. 33 to A.
The financial committees free silver
substitute for the bond bill was then
passed by the Senate-yeas, 43; nays,35.
Yeas-Allen. Bacon. Bate. Berry.
Blanchard, Brown, Butler, Call, Gamer
on Cannon. Carter. Chiffon, Clark,
Gnnar>dl.- Daniel George Harris Irhy
Jones (Ark). Jones (Nev.). Kyle. Man
tie. Mills, Mitchell (Ore.). Pasco. PETER,
Perkins, Pettigrew. Pritchard, Pugh
Roach, Shoup, Squire. Stewart, Teller,
Tllman, Turpie, Vest. Voorhees,. Wal
thall, Warren, White and Wilson-43.
Nays-Allison, Baker, Burrows, CAT
fiery, Chandler. Davis, Elkins, Faux
ner. Fry, Gallinger. Gear, Gibson, Cor
man, Gray, Hale, Hawley, Hill, Hoar,
Lindsay, Lodge, Mcbride, Mcmillan,
Martin, Mitchell CWis.), Morrow, Muir
ply. Nelson. Palmer, Platt, Proctor,
Sherman. Thurston, Villas, Wetmore
-35.
The following pairs We're announced.
those against the motion being first:
Cullom with Blackburn. Aldrich
with Hansbrough, Sewell with Gordon,
Brice with Wolcott, Gray with Morgan,
Smith with Dubois.