People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1893 — SILVER MEN LOSE. [ARTICLE]

SILVER MEN LOSE.

The Wilson Bill Passed by the House of Representatives. It Provides for Unconditional Repeal of the Purchasing Clause of the Sherman Act and Was Carried by a Vote of 240 to 110. ALL AMENDMENTS VOTED DOWN. Washington, Aug. 29. The house on Monday voted on the Wilson bill to repeal the purchasing clause of the Sherman law and the various amendments. The result of the voting 1 shows a solid majority of 100 in the house against silver, the majorities ranging from 77 against the revival of the Bland-Allison act up to 129 in favor of unconditional repeal. Following is the vote on the various propositions: MaJ. For. Againzt. Againtt. 18 to 1 ratio 123 225 103 17 to 1 ratio 100 228 128 18 to 1 ratio 102 239 137 19 to 1 ratio 104 238 134 20 to 1 ratio 121 222 101 Bland-Allison act 136 213 77 On the Wilson bill to repeal the purchasing clause of the Sherman act, unconditionally, the vote was: For repeal 240 Against no

Majority for repeal 130 The bill passed by the house provides as follows: So much of the act approved July 14, 1890, as directs the secretary of the treasury to purchase from time to time silver bullion to the aggregate amount of 4,500,000 ounces, or so much thereof as may be offered In each month at the market price thereof, not exceeding one dollar for 371)4 grains of pure silver, and to issue In payment for such purchase treasury notes of the United States, be and the same Is hereby repealed. But this repeal shall not impair nor In any manner affect the 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 the United States at the present legal ratio or such other ratio as may be established by law. Following is the vote by which tho Wilson bill was passed: YEAS Adams, Gear, Paschal, Alderson, Geary, Patterson Aldrich, Geissenhainer, (Tena), Apsley. Gillet (N. Y.), Payne, Avery, Gillette (Mass.)Paynter, Babcock. Goldzier, Pearson, Raker (N. H.), Gorman. Pendleton Baldwin, Gresham, (Tex.), Bond, Grosvenor, Pendleton Bartholdi, Grout, (VV. Va.), Bartlett, Haines, Perkins, Barwig, Hall (Minn.), Phillips, BMden, Hammond, Piggott, Beltzhoover, Hare Post, Berry, Harmon, Powers, Bingham, Harter, Price. Black (Ga.), Haugen, RandalL Black (Ill.), Hayes, Itay, Platr, Helner Rayner, Boutelle, Henderson (Ill,) Reed, Brattan, Henderson Reilly, Brawley, (la), Reyburn, Breckinridge Hendrix, Richards, (Arlc.), Hicks, Richardson, Breckinridge Hines, (Midi.), (Ky.), Hitt, Ritchie, Brotz, Holman, Robinson, Brlckner, Hooker (N. Y.),Rusk, Brookshire, Hopkins (111.;, Russell (Conn)Brosius, Houck (0.,) Ryan, Brown, Houck (Tenn.), Schwerhom, Bunn, Hulick, Scranton, Burrows, Hull, Settle, Bynum, Hunter. ohaw, Cabaniss, Johnson(lnd.), Sherman, Cadmus, Johnson (N.D.),Sickels, Caldwell, Johnson (O.), Sipe, Campbell, Joy, Somers, Cannon (Cal.), Kiefer, Sperry, Capehart, Kribbs, Springer, Caruth, Lacey, Stephenson, Catchings, Lapham, Stephens, Causey Lawson, C. W. Stone Chickerlng, Layton, (Pa.), Childs, Lefevre, W. A. Stone Clancy, Lester, (Pa.), Clarke (Ala.), Lilly. Stone (Kv.), Cobb (Mo.), Linton, Storer, Cockran, Leslie, Strong, Cogswell, Lockwood. Swanson, Compton, Loudenslager, Talbot, Conn, Lynch, Tawney, Coombs, Magner, Taylor (Ind.), Cooper (Fla.), Mahon, Thomas, Cooper (Ind.), Marshall, Tracey, Cornish, Martin, Tucker, Cousins, Marvin, Turner, Covert, McAleer, Turpin, Crain McCall, Tyler, Cummings, McOleary, Updegraff, Curtis (N. Y.),McCreary, Van Voorhls Dalzell, McDannold, (N. Y.) Daniels, McDowell, Van Voorhls(O) Davey, McEttriok, Wadsworth, De Forest, McGann, Walker, Dingley, McKaig, Wagner, Dolliver, McMlllin, Warner, Donovan, McNagny, Washington, Doolittle, Mercer, Waugh, Draper, Meredith, Weadock, Dunn, Meyer, Wells, Dunphy, Milliken, Weber, Durborow, Montgomery, Wheeler, (III), Edmunds, Moon, White, English, Morse, Whiting, Erdman, Mutchler, Wilson (O.) Everett (Mass.)Northway, Wilson (W.Va.) Fellows, Oates, Wise, Fielder, O’Ferral), Wolvertou, Fitch, O’Neill, (Mass. ),Woon>er, Fletcher, O’Neill, (Pa.), Wright (Mass). Forman, Outhwaite Wright, Funk, Paige, (Pa.)—24ft Gardner, NAY& Abbot Enlos, McCulloch, Aitken, Epes, McDearmon, Alexander, Filhian, McKeighan, Allen, P Funston, McLaurin, Arnold, Fyan, Mcßae, Bailey, Goodnight Meikeljohn, Baker, Grady, Money, Bankhead, Hager, Morgan, Bell (Col.), Hainer, Moses. Bell (Tex.), Hall (Mo.), Murray, Blanchard, Harris, Neill, Bland, Hartman, Newlands, Boatner, Hatch, Pence, Boen, Heard, Pickier, Bowers (N. C.), Henderson Richardson, Bowers (Cat), (N. C.), (Tenn ), Branch, Hepburn, Robbins, Broderick, Hermann, Robertson, Bryan, Hilborn, Sayers, Burnes, Hooker, Sibley, Caminetti, Hopkins (Pa.), Simpson, Cannon (Ill.), Hudson, Smith, Clark (Mo ), Hutcheson Snodgrass, Cobb (Ala.), (Tex.), Stallings, Cockrell, Ikert, Stockdale, Colleen, Jones, Strait, Cooper (TeX), Kern, Sweet Cox, Kilgore, Talbert Crawford, Kyle, Tarsney, Culberson, Lane, Tate, Curtis (Kan.), Latimer, Taylor (Tenn.), Davis, Livingston, Terry, De Armond, Loud, Wheelor (Ala.), Denson, Lucas, Williams (Ill.), Dlnsmore, Maddox, Williams Dockery, Maguire, (Miss.). Ellis (Ky.), Mallory, Wilson(Wash.) Ellis (Ore.), Marsh, Woodard.—llo. [Yeas—Democrats, 137; republicans, 101 Nays—Democrats, 75; republicans, 24; populists, 11.1