Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1893 — REPEAL BILL A LAW. [ARTICLE]

REPEAL BILL A LAW.

Voorhees Measure Signed by the President. FIGHT IS AT AN END. Closing Scenes in the House Were Quiet. * Bouse Concurs In the Senate BUI for Unconditional Repeal by Vote of 193 to 94 President Cleveland Puts the Finishing Touch on the Measure That Has Been So Long Before Congress—Text of the Voorhees Substitute for the Wilson Bill as Enacted. The unconditional repeal bill is now the law of the land. Since Aug. 7 Congress has beeu in extra session, and in all that time it had teen trying to pass a bill repealing the purchasing clause of the Sherman silver law. Wednesday it succeeded, and the Voorhees bill, which was substituted by the Senate for the House measure, is now a law. The measure which has engrossed tho attention of Congress and tho entire country for the last three months reached its last legislative stage early in the afternoon when the House of Representatives concurred in the Senate amendment by tho decisive vote of 193 to 94. When the original bill passed the House Aug. 28 the vote s tood 201 to 100, so that, although the total vote on Wednesday was smaller, the proportion was practically the same. The final vote was taken at 2:50 p. m. The bill was ongroseed immediately, and twenty minutes later, at 3:10, the formal announcement was made to the Senate that its amendment had been agreed to by the House. The bill was hurriedly enrolled by Chairman Pearscn of the Committee on Enrolled Bills, and at 3:30 was presented to Speaker Crisp for his signature. A fleet-footed messenger carried it to the Senate, where it was signed two minutes later by Vico President StevenBon. Chairman Pearson, with the bill undor his arm, entered a carriage waiting for him on the plaza in front of the Capitol and drove rapidly to the White Home.

Sis:n«d by the President. The President had been kept duly advised of the progress of events. Indeed, he manifested so muoh interest in the vote in the House that at his request a duplicate of the names of those who had voted for and against the concurrence was made soon after the rollcall was completed and this list was lying on his desk when'Mr- Pearsen arrived with the bill. Secretary Carlisle, Attorney General Olney and Private Secretary Thurber were present. After felicitating with each other for a few moments the President took up the engrossed copy of tho bill and leid it aloud. Then picking up a quill pen he affixed his autograph at 4:25. And thus eighty-five days four hours and twenty-five minutes after the extraordinary session convened the remedy for tne financial distress which Mr. Cleveland demanded in his message was applied, and the greatest parliamentary struggle ever known was ended. The bill as passed is as follows: That so much of the act approved .Tuly H. 1890, entitled "An act directing tho purchase of silver bullion and Issue of Treasury notes thereon and for other purposes." and directing the Seoretary of the Treasury to purchase from time to time silver bullion to the aggregate amount of 1.h00.000 ounces, or so much thereof as may be offered In each month at the market price thereof, not exceeding fl for 371 26-100 grains of pure silver, and to issue in payment for such purchases treasury notes of the United States, be and the same is hereby repealed. And it Is hereby deolared to be the polioy of tho United States to oontlnne the use of both gold and sliver as standard money, and to coin both gold and silver into money of equal intrinsic and exchangeable value, such equality to be secured through International agreement, or by snch safeguards of legislation ns will Insure the maintenance of parity in value of coins of the two metals, and the equal power of every dollar at all times In the markets and In the payment of debts. And It Is hereby further declared that the efforts of the Government should be steadily directed to the establishment of such a safe system of bimetallism as will maintain at all times the equal power of every dollar coined or Issued by the United States iu the markets and in the payment of debts.