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Mr.. Teller added his appeal in the same

Mr.. Teller added his appeal in the same
line. Mr.. Allen supported the Butler
amendments. Hr. PETER Pop, Kans.
supported the Butler amendmens. The
vote was then taken on the Butler
amendment, and IL was defeated, 10 to
go. Messrs. Allen. Brown, Butler. Gam
eron, fCannon, George, Hill, Kyle, PETER.
Pritchard, Roach, Stewart and Tillmsn
voted yea.
Mr.. Stewart (Pop. New ridiculed the
Adiscussion going on, Everyone knew
She pending measure would receive no
attention after leaving the Senate.
lThe amendment OF Mr.. Allen (Pop.4
Neb.) forbidding the issue of interest.
bearing bonds was next taken up and
defeated by vote Of 81 TO 50.
PR. Morrill, (Rep. Vs.) offered an
Amendments providing,thas the seignior-
age on the coinage of silver be retained
bY the United States to the extent OF
the difference between the coinsEe value
a4d the commercial value OF thesbullion.
Ieis was defeated by vote ofs3 to A..
EMr. German spoke OF the fsuitlesa-
4ess OF the efforts to secure tie final
Enactment Of q free coinage lawTprior to
Narch 4, 1897. Why" interjecSed Mr..
Morgan. Because" replied MA Cor.
fman, 1.-THE declarations OF the President
Econvince every man that such pravIs.
ion cannot receive his assent"
MIR. Gorman closed by moving to lay
the silver substitute as reported Ey the
finance committee on she table. The
motion was rejected by vote of 81
to a..
At this point complication srose as
to the nature CT the unanimous consent
agreement for vote at 3 o'clock.
Mr.. Harris said he would not ask the
N nj In Al
Unanimous consent was binding on Sem
ators only as they desired to recognize 1t.
The presiding officer said: "Unani-
nous consent" was in the hands of Sen.
ators aud 1t WAS not for him to deter-
mine. He would not recognize amend :
ments II offered.
Mr.. Chandler reau from the record
urging that it was expressly UNDER
stood that amendments should not be
cut off.
Mr.. Sherman arose with the congress
sional record in hand. He said he had
never known Of q violation of unani-
nous consent, and asked that a half
hour be allowed for amendments. "No
more extension 80 long as I have charge
OF the subject" said Mr.. Harris, each
word coming like firecrscker.
There was great confusion in the
cham Der. The presiding officer raped
repeatedly.
There was momentary pause and
then, no amendments being offered, the
rresidfng officer ordered vote on the
main question, the silver substitute. As
the vote proceeded it excited keen in
terest. many tallies being made. The
Vice. President, in distinct voice, an
nounced the result in committee of the
whole, yeas. 40; nays, IS; as follows:
Yeas-Allen, Bacon. Bate, Berry,
blanchard, Brown, Butler, Call, CAM
eron, Cannon, Carter, Chiffon, Clark,
Cockrell, Daniel, George, Harris. Irby,
Kyle, Mantle, Mitchell, OF Oregon.
Pasco. Pfeffer, Perkins. Pettigrew,
Pritchard. Pugh, Roach, Shoup. Squire,
Stewart. Teller. Tillman, Turple, Vest,
Voorhees,, Walthall. Warren, White,
Wilson--42.
Nays-Allison. Baker. Burrows, Oaf.
fiery, Chandler, Davis, Elkins. Faux
ner, Frye, Gallinger. Gear. Gibson, Cor
man, Gray, Hale, uawley, Hill, Hear,
Lindsay, Lodge. Mcbride, MCMILLAN,
Martin, Mills. Mitchell, of Wisconsin;
Morrill, Murphy, Nelson, Palmer, Platt,
Proctor. Sherman. Thurston, Villas and
Wetmore-35.
After brief executive session the
Senate at Sis adjourned until Tuesday.
House Proceedings.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The House de-
voted the entire day to the considera.
tion OF the District Of Columbia appro-
priation bill. Unexpected opposition to
several paragraphs developed, and the
House adjourned without having COM
pleted reading 1t by paragraphs, and
prevented the completion OF the bill
to. day