Show r f t s v t td d THE SEN SENATE TE FOR FREE SILVER Senator Stewarts Stewart's Bill Di for the Free Coinage Coin Coin- ago age of Silver Passed by bya byR a R Vote Yote of 29 90 to 28 23 At the opening of t the e session Friday the Stewart art silver siver bill bl came up It having been beca agreed to vote on It that day Several Several- sena senators na tors tons expressed a desire to t speak upon the tho measure and felt that an nn attempt was being made to t curtail debate Gorman German thought it w would be only fair fir to defer the vote until a 3 week from Monday Mr r Teller Teler thought next TL a n sufficient t extension of time He lie le levas was vas cei certain tain no attempt would be made to t prevent discussion Mr ir Morgan wade made a point of order that the tho chair c should decide upon the pending question question ques ques- ques tion ton and state whether debate was yas ble The chair decided that the motion moton of Dolph to recommit the bill bi w was wa as the pending question queston Mr lr Morgan appealed from the tho decision of the chair and spoke at length as asto asto a to the te effect a a recommitment of the bill bi v would have upon its It passage lie lo said that a 1 vote to recommit was as equivalent to a vote against the te bill Itself A number of senators senator spoke Sloke upon the point of or order and finally fraly Mr Morgan withdrew his appeal Mr Gorman urged M Morgan organ and Stewart to t grant more time Ume for discussion Mr Morgan lorgan said that he ho had de devoted an hour endeavoring to t find some one who desired to further discuss this bill bil lie ne had seen Senator Sena Sans tor ll w who ho said he did not nob wish to speak upon the measure Mr r. r McPherson would hot speak upon It i. i I He lie Offered a Iron cast agreement that at 4 o'clock on Thursday July 7 a vote should be taken without any debate on dilatory motions Mr lr Hill Hii then thon th n addressed the chair but was tol told that debate was hot not In order B By Dy unanimous unanimous consent he f wits was s allowed to t proceed Ho Ie said he hu desired to speak only upon the m motion ton tonto to recommit He Tc thought that such a motion moton w s sin n violation of the unanimous consent or given to the agreement He ne should vote voto against the motion moton b because cause It was wa Inadmissible ble from a parliamentary standpoint The vote was then taken taken upon Dolph's motion mo mc- tion to re recommit the bill bi and resulted In lu 23 yeas yea and 31 nays I 11 Mr rr Ye Vest t then moved that further consideration con con- of this bill bl be bo postponed until the first Dist Monday Mouda In next December Mr Black Black- a k- k burn buru bur moved to t lay by this motion moton on the table A tie tic vote resulted ted 23 2 to 23 Mr r. r Vests Vest's motion mo no- mo Con tion ton also met with the tho sime alme fate fat A number of amendments were then offered by the enemIes enemies ene cue mies mice of the bill bl but they were ere all al voted dow down n as tb the silver siver ien men had a is slight maj majority I The Te queston question then recurred on Stewarts Stewart's amendment In iii the nature of a substitute The Th substitute te was adopted without a divi divi- I sion Mr Morgan offered an amendment providing provid i ing that all al silver siver bullion In the treasury must be coined into do dollars lars Adopted I The bill bl was then passed to t a I third reading i At the bill bi was placed upon Its Is final passaic passage and carried by a vote vot of 29 21 to 25 23 2 I The vote in detail was as follows Yeas yeas yeas-Alen Allen cas-Allen Allen Bate Dat Berry Dery Blackburn Blodgett Blod- Blod Dod Dod- gett Butler Duter Cameron Cockrell Dubols Fa Faulkner Falkner George Harris Hill I Jones of Ne Nevada Ne 5 yada vada Kenna Kyle Mills Mill Mitchell Michel Morgan i Peffer Ransom Sanders Squire j i j Stewart Stewart Teller Teler Turpie Total I I 29 I Nays Nays Ulison Allison Carey Carlisle Cullum Cul- Cul 1 lum luth lUI Davis Davs Dawes DIxon Dolph Felton Felon Galinger Gallinger Gorman Gray lisle Hale Hawley McPherson McPherson McPherson Mc Mc- Pherson Manderson Palmer Perkins Proctor Proc Proe- tor tos' Sawyer Stock bridge Warren Washburne Wash Wash- burne Wite White Total 2 23 The bill bl as passed reads as follows follow s That the owner of tf f silver bullion may deposit de do- de po posit lt the the same same at any mint of the United States to be bo coined for his hh It shall be e the duty of the proper proper officers upon the te terms term 11 and conditions n which aie l re provided by 4 t df tO eQ bullion into the standard dollars dollare authorized by the act of of f February 23 2 1878 entitled An n act to authorize the coinage of the standard silver siver dollar dolar and to restore Its Is legal tender character and such coins shall I be a legal tender f for 01 all nI d debts and dues public pub pub- pub lic hound and nd private The act nt of July 14 1 1890 1800 entitled entitled en en- titled An act directing the purchase of silver siver b bullion and the Issue of treasury notes thereon there there- on and arid for other purposes Is hereby repealed repealed re re- rc- rc pealed S Provided that the secretary of the treasury treas treas- any ury u shall proceed to have coined all al the silver sUver b bullion l lon In the with treasury purchased silver siver certificates Ci |