Show SILVER substitute s final vote in the senate aye 42 nay 35 populist members wanted to tack on an amendment prohibiting biti g bonds assertion made that harrlson threatened to veto a a fr free e coinage bill senator gorrills morrills Mor rills speech against silver washington WaA hington feb 1 the senate opened at 11 today with a speech by the venerable senator from vermont mr morrall who said the house had promptly responded to the presidents message and supplemented it with an emergency tariff revenue bill the free silver for the bond bill he added may not be the first time when bread has been asked for and a stone has been presented but it Is the first time the committee of the senate seems to have perpetrated a practical joke almost good enough tor for a clown of menagerie the senator thought a deficient national income should be not less swiftly remedied than an excess a saying the present administration however exhibits a bashful diffidence about acknowledging any deficiency revenue derived from a tariff bereaved of its parents in early infancy but with hands behind them they may quietly take whatever money congress may place in their hands tor for the treasury where the outflow 0 of gold has been so swift as aa to make even the heads of the keepers dizzy referring to the he assertion that france maintains silver at par with gold he said because there is no blustering silver party and no silver plated democratic party that are daily striving to pull down their money standard to that of depreciated silver they keep silver to the amount of with of gold on a ratio of 15 to 1 the united states has been the friend and patron of silver to its own hurt it if our late investments of nearly in silver have been notoriously improvident and unprofitable the disastrous results will appear as a drop in the bucket when compared with what must flow from the enormity of the present proposal to open all our mints to the tree free coinage 0 of the silver of all the world mr air morrall paid his respects as follows to threats to form a new silver party some whispered threats have floated in the air that the extreme silver men now fraternizing here and at home with the republican party would band themselves together on one daml dominant idea and with auxiliary democratic aid hitch onto the tall of the great republican measure at the first opportunity some tinkling silver amendment hoping thereby to secure the triumph of this hybrid silver combination bin atlon although the grand old republican party might perish but there Is little tear fear of these eruptive threats for or it if carried out the riot ac act t might be read at home to these offenders upon whom public opinion would not tail fall to place its brand and whatever party might survive not all the gar of the republican party would be among its members mr morrill said the republican party intended to retain both metals in circulation and the recent elections showed the people had confidence in that party the election said mr morrill of republican governors in such states as new jersey maryland and kentucky indicates that the old whig states of the south are wheeling into line with their former brethren on questions which concern their industrial prosperity the republican party at its earliest opportunity will seek the co opera tion lion of the leading nations in the coinage of silver and will in the meantime maintain the integrity of the business affairs and the honor of the country by the maintenance of every dollar of money in the hands of the people without depreciation at its full face value mr teller rep colo replied briefly triefly to a reference mr air morrill made to the cheapness of silver when coming from the mines he said the same could be said of gold the very remarkable mines of cripple creek were turning out gold at 25 cents per ounce mr teller referred sarcastically to the frequent characterization of silver barons and asked what had become of the gold barons the first amendment that 0 of f mr butler of south carolina prohibited the issuance of bonds without authority 0 of f congress and also provided tor for a method of redeeming greenbacks green backs in gold or silver according to the fluctuations of the ratio mr air daniel dem va and mr air gr gray ay dem del spoke against the butler amendment urging it would tend to disturb the parity of the metals mr jones dem ark pointed out that the main purpose of this measure was to secure the freo free coinage of a sliver 11 the committee did not wish to complicate this main issue with collateral questions he appealed to the friends of the measure to pass the tree free coinage amendment without scattering their energy by side amendments mr teller added his appeal in the same line 1 I am sorry to see the friends of free coinage weakening said mr allen alien as he proceeded to support the butler amendment pointing out that it was a desirable and essential feature of the main proposition tor for free coinage it is useless to have free coinage interjected mr butler unless the see secretary of the treasury was directed to carry out its spirit by paying obligations in silver mr harris dem tenn mr bacon dem ga and mr air cockrell dem mo all spoke against complicating the main question of free coinage with the butler amendment the last named saying no greater obstacle has been encountered by silver than this continual disposition to try to get too much mr air peffer pop kan supported the butler amendment he being the fourth of the populist senators butler allen alien stewart and peffer who had resisted the appeal of the main silver element clement for the adoption of tree free coinage without complicating issues the amendment was defeated I 1 13 to 60 those voting in the affirmative were allen alien brown butler cameron cannon george hill kyle peffer F pritchard roach stewart and tillman mr air stewart pop nev ridiculed the discussion going on it was all dress parade he said everyone knew the pending measure would receive no attention after leaving the senate As it was merely a question of recording r ec opinions the vote should be taken on all collateral questions the amendment of mr air allen alien forbidding the issue of interest bearing bonds was wag next taken up this brought a renewal of the discussion of complicating the main question mr white dem cal referred to the vote of mr air hill jut just given which he said bald was waa evidently done to load down the measure mr mills dern dem tex stated t that hat while he did not approve the pending silver 11 substitute as reported from the committee t tee still he would vote for it merely to destroy the obnoxious bond bill as aa it came from the house I 1 there h e was I an amusing tilt between A mr r stewart gt ewart and several senators while mr af r L lindaay a y w was a q speaking k 1 he h had a d d declared e e la redda that h a t f free r ee coiet coinage a g e naw was ashow always a y s pressed when it could not pass and never seriously pressed when it could pass mr air stewart interrupted to deny th that at the question que allon was not pressed in 18 1890 90 for said he it was useless to press it when the president would have vetoed it who said paid he would have vetoed it exclaimed mr lindsay he said eald so himself answered mr stewart to whom asked mr gray mr stewart did not nat immediately answer but mr voorhees ea renewed the controversy by asking mr air stewart by what authority he stated that mr harrison who was president jn n 1890 would have vetoed a tree free coinage amendment he did not tell me answered mr air stewart 1 I was not in communication mr teller added that he had personal knowledge bt bf mr harrisons Harrl sons proposition to veto free coinage when mr allen alien had made the final plea for his amendment saying he wanted to put the protestations of the silver men to the test est the vote was taken and the allen alien amendment was defeated 21 to 51 54 as follows yeas allen alien baon baker berry blanchard bianchard brown butler call cal 1 cn cam eron cannon hill hoar irby kyle lindsay mills peffer pritchard roach stewart thurston 21 nays allason All lson date bate burrows ca carter r chandler chilton dark clark cockrell daniel dubol dubois elkins faulkner frye gallinger gear george gibson gorman gray hale hansbrough harris hawley jones ark lodge mcbride Alc Millan mantle martin mitchell or mitchell wis morgan morrall murphy nelson palmer pasco perking platt proctor pugh sherman shoup squire teller tillman vest vilas voorhees Walt walthall ball warren wetmore white wilson 54 mr morrill rep vt off offered ered an amendment providing that the on the coinage of silver be retained by the united states to the extent of the difference between the coinage value and the commercial value of the bullion at four minutes to 2 mr air gorman began speaking he spoke of the fruitlessness of the efforts to sec secure urethe the final enactment of a free coinage law it was reported by a finance committee hostile to the administration it was well known that it would be impossible tor for such a measure to become a law jor to march 4 1897 1837 why interjected mr morgan because replied mi all gorman german the declarations of the president of the united states convince every man that such provision cannot receive his assent af mr r morgan asked it if congress should not proceed on its course without reference to the executive branch mr air gorman german replied that he fully recognized the need of complete independence from executive influence he regretted that there had not been more of this independence in the past mr air gorman closed by moving to lay the silver substitute as reported by the finance committee com on the table the motion was rejected 35 to 43 yeas allison baker burrows caffery chandler davis elkins faulkner frye gallinger gear gibson gorman gray hale hawley hill hoar lindsay lodge mcbride Alel lillan martin mitchell wis morrow murphy nelson palmer platt proctor sherman thurston vilas wetmore 35 nays allen alien bacon bate berry blanchard bianchard brown butler call cameron cannon carter chilton dark clark cockrell daniel george harris irby jones ark jones nov nev kyle mantle mills mitchell or pasco peffer perkins ns pettigrew pritchard pugh roach shoup squire stewart teller tillman turpie vest voorhees walthall warren white wilson 43 the following pairs were announced those for the motion being given first cullom with blackburn aldrich with hansbrough sewell with gordon brice with wolcott gray with morgan smith with dubois the next vote was on the amendment offered by mr air morrill providing provid ng for the retention by the government of the for the silver coined under this act it was defeated 33 to 44 at this point a complication arose as to the nature of the unanimous consent agreement tor for a vote at 2 oclo ck mr harris contended that any amendment offered after 2 was a violation of the agreement his entire purpose was to get a final vote at 2 mr chandler and mr lodge urged that all debate was to be closed at 2 but that it had bad not been understood that all amendments should be be cut oft off at 2 mr harris said he would not ask the presiding officer to pass upon the question unanimous consent was binding on senators only as they desired to recognize it the presiding officer addressed the senate briefly he said unanimous consent was in the hands of senators and it was not tor for hint him to determine he would recognize amendments as offered mr air cockrell urged the senators to abide by the agreement he declared that never in the history of the senate had such an agreement been broken this will be a dangerous precedent said mr cockrell and senators may find it rising up hereafter to give them serious trouble mr chandler said the senators from missouri cockrell and from tennessee harris were indulging in threats because their interpretation of an agreement was not accepted when have I 1 threatened asked mr air harris with characteristic sharpness rising and crossing the chamber toward the republican side 1 I have made no threats it was waa the senators threatening manner said mr air chandler as the tennessee senator paced across the chamber the galleries enjoyed a laugh at the episode mr air chandler read from the record that it was expressly understood that amen amendments should not be cut oft off mr gorman german added an appeal on this same line saying there should be liberality in hearing amendments 1 I ask unanimous consent said mr gorman german that amendments be received CL Ived and I 1 object said mr harris with explosive effect which again amused the galleries mr air sherman arose with the congressional record in hand ile he said he never had known ot of a violation of 0 unanimous con consent s ent ile he felt from reading the jou journal anal that a final vote w was as to be taken at 2 but mr air sherman asked in the cause of harmonizing misunderstandings that a halt half hour be allowed tor for amendments no more extensions so long as I 1 have charge of this subject said mr harris each word coining like a firecracker mr baker rep kan said that as the senate had gone into justice court pettifogging and was relying on tech he for one would withdraw the amendment he had offered in n order to allow the strict enforcement of this unanimous consent there was great confusion in the chamber the presiding officer rapped repeatedly and called on the sergeant 1 I 1 R I 1 1 I I 1 1 at arms to enforce order there was wag a momentary pause and then no amendments m e nt s b being e i n g off ott e ered r e d t the he presiding re si d i ng 0 officer M c e r 0 ordered rd e r e d a v vote 0 t e 0 on n ohp the 0 m main a 1 n qu question e s the silver substitute As the vote proceeded it excited keen interest many any tallies being kept the vice president announced the result in the committee of 0 the whole yeas 43 nays 35 the detailed vote was wag the same except those who voted nay before voted aye on this motion as on mr Gor germans mares motion to lay on the table the bill was then reported from the committee of 0 the whole to the senate and was passed 42 to 33 35 as follows yeas teas allen alien bacon date bate berry blanchard brown butler call cameron cannon carter chilton clarke clarice cockrell daniel george harris irby jones nes ark r c jones ones nev ev kyle y e mantle an t le mitchell Ml or r pasco peffer perkins bettigrew etti grew pugh koach shoup squire stewart teller tillman tu le vest voorhees walthall warren white wilson 42 nays allison baker burrows cattery caffery chandler davis elkins faulkner frye gallinger gear gibson gorman german gray hale hawley hill hoar lindsay lodge mcbride mcmillan martin mills mitchell Ml wis morrill murphy nelson palmer platt proctor sherman thurston vilas and wetmore 35 mr air mills changed from yea to nay and this was the only difference from the de detailed vote on mr Gor germans mans early motion to lay on the table there was an immediate emptying of the galleries as when the curtain falls tor for the I 1 last ast act A brief executive session was held and at the senate adjourned until tuesday |