Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1893 — WILSON BILL PASSED. [ARTICLE]

WILSON BILL PASSED.

ALL AMENDMENTS REJECTED ?Y DECIDED MAJORITIES. Fall Atteuilar.ee and Great Intereit Marl Proceedings—Sllverites Discouraged Upon the First Ballot —Reed In a Gandy'SaltNew Member. How It Was Done. Washington correspondence: The temper of the House on the sib ver question was clearly shown Mon- ; day when the voting began upon the amendments contemplating different ratios of coinage, and the Sherman-law-repealing Wilson bili itself. Following are the results: Yeas. Nays. Maj. Ratio of 16 to l la ra ioj Ratio of 17 to 1 100 213 14M Ratio of 1H to 1 102 230 137 Ratio of 19 to 1 103 237 132 Ratio of 20 to 1 119 222 103 Bland-Alllson act 130 213 77 Wilson repeal bill 210 109 131 Most of the members of the House •were in their seats at 10 o’clock. The surrounding corridors and lobbies of the floor were also filled with a throng of people curious to know the outcome of the oratorical contest which has been going on within the chamber for fourteen days. Even those fortunate enough to become possessed of seats in comparative quiet found it impossible to maintain any degree of comfort, for the atmosphere was hot and muggy; heavy clouds lowered over the city, and there was no breath of air stirring. The Leaders Appear. The leaders of the House attracted attention as they came on the floor, Mr. Reed being particularly noticeable because of his suit of Kentucky jeans, enlivened by a red four-in-hand scarf. Gen. Tracey and Mr. Bland were busily engaged in conference with their lieutenants, preparing for the decisive count of votes. Lafa Pence, the enthusiastic populist from Colorado, earnestly assured Amos Cummings, of New York, that the end was not yet, despite the defeat of the advocates of free coinage. Bourke Cockran did not appear until after the Speaker’s gavel fell, but Messrs. Harter, Raynor, and Tom L. Johnson, antisilverites, buzzed and beamed with the anticipation of victory. After the reading of the journal John M. Wever, of New York, who had not before taken his seat, appeared at the bar of t ie House on tho arm of a colleague and was sworn in by tho Speaker.

The resolution contained in tho order of procedure on the silver question was rep ;rted by the Clerk, providing for a vote first upon free coinage of silver at the present ratio of lt> to ], the : ecor,d for free coir a;e at the ratio of 17 to 1, tho third at the ratio of 18 to I. the fourth at the ratio of 19 to 1, and the other at the ratio of 20 to 1. The sixth question cn tho order calls sor A tbe revival of the Bland-Alli-son law cf 1878, which was repealed by tho Sherman law of 1880, and tho last is on the Wilson bill to repeal the Sherman law n terms as follows: So much of tlic act approved July It, 1890, a directs the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase from time to time silver bullion 10 tho aggregate amount of t.roo.OH) ounces, or so much theicof as may be offered in each month at the market price thereon, not exceeding *1 for 371% grains of pure silver, and to issue in payment for such purchase treasury notes o! tho United States, be and the same is hereby repealed. Rut th s uveal shall not impair nor in any manner affect th i legal tender Quality of the standard silver dollars heretofore coined, and the faith and credit of the United States are hereby pledged to maintain the parity of the gold and silver coin of tho United States at the present le al ratio or such other ratio as may be established by law. \ (,ting on Amendments. The Wilson bill having been read, Mr. Bland offered his amendment—that of free coinage at a ratio of 10 to 1 —and it was defeated by a vote of yea i 124, nays 220, amid applause from the anti-silver men, who had rallied one more majority than they expected. Not nearly as much interest was taken in the second vote, which was cn the ratio of 17 to 1. Tho decisive vote on the 10 to 1 ratio seemed to dishearten the tilver men, an I in place < f the attention which was paid to the first, was sub titutud a listlessness which spread throughout the hall. The ballot resulted in the defeat of tho amendment by a vote of yeas, 100; nays, 240. The Fopulist mi mbers did rot vote. The other standards" were defeated and the • Wilson bill passed in regular order. Tho members who stood bv silver under tho Biand-Allison act, but who finally voted for unconditional repeal wore: Alderson (Deni.', .Black (Dom., Gu.) Brats (Dem.), Brookshire (Dem.), Bunn (Dem.), Conn (Dem.), Donovan (Dem.), Doolittle (Hep.', Edmunds (Dem.), Hare (Dem.'. Holman (Dem.), Hunter (Dem.), Law:on (Dem.), Lester (Dem.), Linton (Rep.', Marshall (Derm.), McCreary (Dem.). MeMillin (Dem.), Meredith (Dem.). Montgomery (Dem.), Oates (Dem.), O’Ferrall (Dem.). Paschal (Dem.), Paynter (Dem.i, Pendleton (Dem.), Post (Rep.), Price (Dem.), Richardson (Dem.), Ritchie (Dem.), Russell (Dem.i, Stone (Dem.), Swanson (Dem.), Taylor (Dem.), Tucker (Dem.), Turpin (Dem.), Tyler (Dom.), Wcadock (Depi.), Whiting (Dem.).