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FREE SILVER BILL Wins.
The United States Senate Passes the
Substitute for the Bond Bill.
THE TEXT OF The MEASURE.
There Was Sharp Debate Before the Vote
---Gornan Tried to Side-Track tho SUD-
stitute, but FREQ Coinage Had the sia-
jority---Bill Sent to the House OF Rep
ra4anfativaa for Concurrence.

WASHINGTON, D. c., February 4.-The
long struggle In the United States Senate
over the question of the free coinage of sill
ser terminated at 8 p. ID. Saturday in vic
tory OF the friends OF silver. The great fight
was over the Finance Committees substitute
to the House Bond bill. At O'Clock the dis
cussion was closed, In accordance with the
unanimous consent arrived at, and the effect
Of that agreement was to exclude from con-
alteration the numerous amendments Of
which notice had been given from time to
time since the reporting of the bill.
Much disappointment and bad feeling arose
from this exclusion, which seemed to take by
surprise the Senators who offered or favored
those amendments. Prior to that point Of
time, however, Mr.. Morrill, Rep.. Vt.)
had offered an amendment reserving to
the Government the seignorage on the sill
yer coined, and the Senate had rejected it
by q vote ot33 yeas to A nays. Mr.. Cor
man (Dem., Md had also, after short
speech, moved to lay the substitute on
the table, and that motion was defeated
yeas, 81; nays, 43. Then the concluding
votes were taken, the free silver substitute
D0iIlH duOpteu ny d FOto VI 40 " Or anu LAO
bill, thus amended, passed by vote OF AZ TO
S.. Mr.. Mills changed from yea to nay and
this WAS the only difference from the detailed
vote on Mr.. Gorman's early motion to lay on
the table.
The vote in detail, according to parties, Is
as follows:
FOR FREE COINAGE.
Republicans Utah; Cameron,
Penn; Cannon, Utah; Carter, Mon: Clark,
Wyo.: Mantle, Mon. Mitchell, Ore.; Perkins,
CAL; Princhard, N. c.; Pettigrew. s. Oak. {;
Shoup, Idaho; Squire, Wash; Teller, COL;
Warren. Wyo.; Wilson, Wash.
Democrats-Bacon, Ga; Bates, Tenn;
Berry, Ark; Blanchard, La; Call. Fla. Chill
ton, Tex Croswell, Mo-; Daniel, Va; George,
Miss; Harris, Tenn. :. Irby, 8. c.. Jones, Ark. !;
Pascoe, Fla; Pugh. Ala; Reach. N. Oak. !;
Turpie, Ind: Vest, NO.; Voorhees,, Ind; Walt
hall, Miss; White, Cal.
Jones, New; Kyle, s. OAK; PETER, Kan.;
Stewart, New; Tillman. s. C.
Total for free coinage, AZ.
AGAINST FREE COINAGE.
Republicans-Allison, Ia; Baker, Kan. /;
Burrows. NO.; Chandler. N. H.; Davis, Mimi; {;
Elkins. W. Va; Frye. Me-; Gallinger, N. H.;
Gear, Ia; Hale, Me-; HRwley, Conn; Hoar,
MASS; LooRe, mass; Mcbrloe, Ore.; MCMii-
Ian. Mich. Morrill,, Vt: Nelson. Minn.; Platt,
Conn; Proctor, VT; Sherman, O.; Thurston,
Neb.; Wetmore, r. I.
Demccrats-Caffery, La: Faulkner. ".
Va; Gibson. Nd; German. Md; Gray, Del. {;
Hill, N. Y; Lindsay, KY: Martin, Va; Mills,
Tex; Mitchell, Wis; Murphy, N. T.; Palmer,
ILL.,; Villas, Wis.
I Total against free coinage, IS.
Pairs-First name against tree silver--Ald-
rich with Hansbrough, Brice with Wolcott,
Cullom with Blackburn, Quay with Morgan,
Sewell with Gordon, Smith with Dubois. 1t
Is claimed that II Gordon had been present
and voted the free silver majority would have
been two less, or five instead OF seven.
The bill was sent to the House OF Repre-
sentatives, where, IL the substitute be non
concurred In, conference committee, rep
resenting the two Houses, will be appointed
to 20 through the form Of trying to bring
about an agreement.