The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-05

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4-The hnance
committee Of the senate has agreeu ~
report for the tariff bill a sunslltute
pnoviding for the free coinage Oh sli'ei'
The substitute was suggested py
Senator Vest and agreed to by a ma
io,.;+v Of one-Senator Jones, OF Ne
vada voting with the Democrats Ior
The substitute. and all the Republicans
nresent voting against. WolcotI' Coio-
RADIO. the only Republican absentee was
rAcorded as voting against the suosll-
tu+e Senator Jones Of Arkansas, the
only Democratic member not present
was recorded as voting for It. Inc SUI
srit1te agreed to is in the exact words
ogf the silver substitute for BOND DILL
which passed the senate on SATURDAY
II nrovides for the free coinage OF ST.
yer at a ratio of Is to ]; directs me
immediate coinage into stanoaro uu ,
lars Of the silver seignlorase IN ~
TREASURY. accumulated by purchases
under the Sherman act; prohlblts the
issuance of national bank notes OF a
smaller denominat ton than $40; directs
tho secretary of the treasury to redeem
sreenbacks and treasury notes IN eltll0I
eTold or silver exclusively, at the op-
ton of the secretary and TO reissue
Ereenbacks. -,
The meeting of the committee dld
not last to exceed half an hour anu
was devoid of any special feature be
vond the offering and adopting of the
substitute. The Republicans brought
I'M the tariff bill and expressed a de
sire 10 get it out of the committee In
some shane When Vest proposed a
silver substitute it was remarked that
The senate already had been through
one silver fight this session and the be-
lief was expressed that another con
test could avail little or nothing. Nheh'
however, the vote was taken and the
result known, the Republicans mace
no effort TO delay the report to the
senate.
The report proved a complete sur
r,1ise 10 The silver Republicans and
was unfavorably received by them
They Immediately began movement
TO have the two propositions, tariff and
silver. separated and will generally
support Quays motion to this effect
The silver Republicans expressed them
selves as follows:
Mitchell. Oregon-It Is a. Democratic
move to defeat the tariff. 1 won't vote
for It
Pettigrew-I am against it. You
might Just as well try to put the ter
commandments on any bill that comes
into the senate.
Carter-The bill will he recommitted
and ought to be, with instructions tC
report the tariff and silver propositions
separately.
Clark-The committees work looks
20 me like boyish play.
Warren am not for It. 1t IS no
&c Ill
Mantle am a silver man and may
vote for the substitute. However,
will not feel obliged to do so, if it be
Genes apparent. as the matter pro
crosses, that the substitute is intended
for no other purpose than to beat the
tariff bill.
Perkins, voted consistently for thu
silver substitute for the bond bill il
accordance with the wishes Of my con
ttituents, and even went to the extern
OF opposing all amendments offered Il
defeat il, but do not consider myself
under obligations to support q measure
so evidently intended for the purpos
Of defeating tariff legislation TIL
tariff bill is an emergency measur
and the revenue it provides is needed
for the support of this government.
Pritchard-I am a silver Republican
in favor Of tariff as we'll as silver legis
1aCOn- Hence, L 1eel II my duty
oppose this substitute.
1t is asserted that all Democrats an,
Populists viii vote against Quay
motion If this be true the motion
cannot carry and the contest vii
come directly upon the substitute
Some sound money" Democrats ar
inclined to support Quay's motion, bu
most of them take the position tina
they should vote against the motion a
a means of killing the tariff bill
Senator Teller said that he wa
willing to have the bill recommitte
without instructions, but not with He
however. expressed a desire to hav
the bill reported IN s1ch shape as t
secure a vote on both tariff and silver
Senator Wolcott is out of the city an
was not present at the meeting Of tn
senate finance committee. He was re
corded as against the substitute on tn
authority of Republican senators pres
ent It is understood that he Woul
have favored the silver provision in tn
shape OF an amendment which wouI
have permitted a vote on both silve
and tariff in the senate. This cannc
be had on d substitute