The herald., 1896-02-02
THE F|FTY-FOUPTB CONGRESS
The Senate Passes the Free
Silver Substitute
SILvER'S MAJORITY SEVEN
J. J. Coppinger Is Promoted FROM
Colonel TO Brigadier General
Confrmatory Votes Were Cast as PROTEST.
Against invidious MISREPRESENTATION
In the House
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire
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 substitute for the house bond
bill by the decisive vote of AZ to 35-a mas
jcrity Of seven for free silver.
This result was reached at 3 o'clock today
after three hours of caustic debate and
sharp parliamentary fencing.
The public interest in the elimination Of
the protracted struggle was shown byi
crowded galleries and full attendance on
the floor, seventy-seven senators beinoi
present and others paired.
Baron Won ThieIman, the German ams1
bassador, occupied a front seat in the dip
lomatic gallery. showing keen interest i1l
the final vote.
Members of the house crowded th81
chamber, filling available seats and stand.1
ing room in the rear and side aisIes. ~
had been understood that final vote'
would be taken at o'clock, but conflict
of opinion as to the agreement, resulted
in considerable personal feeling.
Many amendments were pending when
lily cut off by strict construction of the
agreement. although the differences over
the agreement Itself held off the vote for
an hour beyond the time set.
The result was such a foregone conclus
sion that little excitement was occasjOned
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.. Morriiis
vigorous in speech and thought. The othe1
speeches were made 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 the congressional inaction,
the president should leave the responsible
ity where it belonged. on the Shoulders OF
congress.
Another interesting incident occurred
when German was urging that the legisla-
ton was fruitless, as it could not receive
executive approval.
Morgan called attention to the fact that
the duty of congress was to act without ex-
ecutive influence or direction. to which
German, with much earnestness, replied:
II fully agree to that proposition. and only
regret that there has not been closer adj
hercnce to it IN the past. The
senator from Alahama cannot go farther
| tiaD to resist encfUartfneifts'U the ex.
ecutive in giving any suggestions beyond
tIlOSe uo 10 Ututitl ~ tldhc ny tiic COuSutu-
ton of the United States; and due weight
should be given to whatever recommends
tion he makes, without fear of political
power and patronage from the president"
Mr.. Mills, who had voted with the silver
men on AL test motions. changed his vote
at the last and recorded himself as against
the pas sage of the free silver bill.
The senate opened at III O'Clock with .
speech by The venerable senator from YER
mont, Morrill,, VITO said the house promptly
responded to the presidents message and
supplemented it with an emergency reve-
nue. bill. "The free silver substitute for
the bond bill,'' he added. 'smay not be the
first time when bread has been asked for
that a stone has been presented, but it is
the fret time the committee of the senate
seems to have perpetrated practical
| joke, almost good enough for the clown OF
Barnum's menagerie."
The Senator thought deficiency in the
national income should be not less swiftly
remedied than an excess, saying: "The
| present administration. however, exhibits a
| bashful diffidence about acknowledging
any deficiency in the revenue from a tariff
bereaved of parents in early infancy, but
with their hands behind them they may
quietly take whatever money Congress
may place IN their hands for the treasury,
where the outflow of gold has been so
swift as to make even the heads of the
keepers dizzy"
maintains silver at par with gold. he said:
"Because there is no clustering silver party
and no silver-plated Democratic party that