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Mr.. White urged taking a vote on the
| main silver question.
Mr.. Mills (Tex.l stated that while he did
| not approve theE p@nding silver substitute
as reported from 1taae committee, still he
would vote for it merely to destroy the OBJ
House. -
There was an amusing tilt between Mr.
Stewart and several Senators while Mr.,
Lindsay was speaking. He had declared
that free coinage~was always pressed when
IL could not pass, and never seriously
pressed when it could pass.
Mr.. Stewart INTERRUPTED to deny that the
question was not Messed in 1890. for. said
he, 1t was useless 80 press it then, as the
President would have vetoed it.
Who said he would have vetoed it?" ex-
claimed Mr.. Lindsay.
He said so17 hfmself," answered Mr..
Stewart. II
ITO whom?" asked Mr.. Gray.
Mr.. Stewart did not Immediately answer,
but Mr.. Voorhees, renewed the controversy
by asking Mr.. Stewart what authority he
had for stating that Mr.. Harrison, who was
President in 1890, would have vetoed a
free coinage amendment.
He did not tell me-" answered Mr.. Stew
art Il was not in communication with
him."
Mr.. Teller added that he had personal
knowledge of Mr.. Harrison's purpose to
veto free coinage.
This Also Defeated.
When Mr.. Allen had made final plea for
his amendment, saying he wanted to put
the protestations of silver men to the test,
the vote was taken and the Allen amend
ment was defeated, 21-5i, as follows:
Yeas-Allen, Bacon, Baker, Berry, Blan-
chard, Brown, Butler Call, Cameron, Can
non, Hill, Hoar, Irby, Kyle Lindsay, Mills,
PETER. Prttchard. Roach, Stewart, Thurs
ton-21.
Nays-Allison. Burrows, Bate, Carter.
Chandler Chiffon. Clark, Cockrell, Daniel,
dubois, Elkins, Faulkner Frye, Gallinger,
Gear, George, Gibson, German, Gray. Hale,
Hansbrough. Harris, Hawley, Jones of
Arkansas, Lodge, Nc Bride, Mcmillan. Man
tie, Martin, Mitchell of Oregon, Mitchell of
son, Palmer, Pasco, Perkins, Plat, Proctor,
Pugh, sherman, Shoup, Squire, Teller, Till
man, Vest, Villas, Voorhees,, Walthall, War
rem, Wetmore, White and Wilson-o4.
To Retain the SeignloraEe.
Mr. Morrill, Vt) offered an amendment
providing that the seigEiorage on the coin
age of silver be. retained by the United
States to the extent of the difference be-
tween the coinage value and the CONNER
cial value of the bullion.
MIR. Germans Amendment Defeated.
Mr.. German made a brief speech just be-
fore the final vote. He alluded to the re-
quest Of the President for relief for the
treasury, and 1t had been met with free
silver bill from the Senate finance commit
tee. He said it was evident from the votes
today that the silver men cannot agree
upon any measure.
Mr.. German moved to lay the amendment
OF the committee on the table. He said
also that 1t was quite evident that there
could be no silver bill enacted into law.
Gormans motion to lay the free silver
amendment of the finance committee to the
bond bill on the table was Iost-34 to ID
The vote in detail was as follows:
feas-Allison. Baker, Burrows, Caffery,
Chandler, Davis, Elkins, Faulkner, Frye,
Gallinger. Gear, Gibson, German, Gray,
Hale, Hawley, Hill, Hoar. Lindsay, Lodge.
Mcbride. Mcmillan, Martin. Mitchell,
GMis)' Morrill,, Murphy, Nelson, Palmer,
Plat, Proctor, Sherman, Thurston Villas,
Wctmore-34. 4j:j
Gays-Allen. Bacon, Bate Berry, Blanch-
ard. Brown, Butler. Call Cameron. Cam
non, Garter, Chiffon, Clark, Cockrell Dan
Jones (NevJ, Kyle, Mantle, Mills, Mitchell
fOre), Pasco, PETER Perkins, Pettigrew,
Pritchard, Pugh. Roach. Shoup. Squire,
Stewart, Teller, Tiilman, Turpie, Vest,
voorhees,, Walthall, Warren, White VIII
son-i3 f..
The following pairs were announced,
those for the motion being given first: Cul-
brough. Sewell with Gordon, Brice with
Dubois. z
The next vote was on an amendment Of
1's by Mr.. morrill, providing for retention
by the government of the seigniarage silver
coined under this act, Defeated-33-44
Discussion Over a Vote
At 2 O'Clock IA discussion apose as to
what was meant by the unanimous con-
sent agreement to vote at o'clock Many
Senators contended that amendments were
cut off and others that all amendments
could be offered and voted upon until the
bill was disposed of.
Mr.. Harris contended that any amend
ment offered after O'Clock was a violation
OF the agreement.
His entire purpose was to get n ffnal
vote at . o'clock. ~.
Mr.. Chandler and Mr.. Lodge urged that
all debate was to be closed at = O'clock
but that it had not been understood that
all amendments should be cut off at 2
o'clock
Mr.. Harris said he wottitfz not ask THE
presiding officer to pass on. the question
. Unanimous consent was binding or ;s,.iIs,-
tors only as they desired 10 recognize it.
AT 80 pm, after Il Wr.i'l.si.: abGa. The
unanimous consent agreement. IL vote was
taken on the linlnte committee amend
ment
Free Coinage Amendment Adopted.
The finance committee free coinage
amendment to the bond bill was adopted,
yeas, -; nays "a; the same as the vote on
MIR. Germans motion to lay on the table.
THE HOUSE.
The attendance in the House today was
small.
Mr.. Powers (Vt) asked unanimous con-
sent for the consideration of the Senate bill
to pay to the widow of Justice Samuel F.
Miller $7,419, the amount of the balance of
his salary for the year in which he died
Mr.. Loud (Cal) objected, and the bill was
referred.