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Show GLORY, HALLELUJAH! The Senate Passes the Bill for the Free Coinage of Silver this Afternoon. WILLTHE HOUSE FOLLOW Senator Stewart of Nevada Gets in His "Work for the White Fetal in Good Shape. We May Not Win on This Point bnt We'll Give the Gold Bugs a Bace for Their Monny. BEN AND CLEVE, LOOK OUT. The Western Folks May be a Little Slow, But We Get There Just the Same Other Senate New. Washington, July 1. The senate passed by a vote, yeas 30; nays 25, the bill bor a free coinage of silver, (Stewarts substitute) with an additional proviso, requiring the coinage of all silver bullion in the treasury. j Washington, July 1. The senate voted to adjourn from today until Tuesday. Mc-Phersou Mc-Phersou withdrew his request for the privilege privi-lege of addressing the senate on the silver bill. He also withdrew any and all objections objec-tions expressed or that implied to the c.rder of the senate that he would offer no objection. objec-tion. He had no dilatory motion to offer and would do nothing to interfere with the carrying into effect the order of the senate. Stewart said he did not desire to place any senator at a disadvantage. Therefore he proposed to fix Wednesday at 3 o'clock for the time for taking the vote without any further debate on thu bill and its amendments. amend-ments. Gorman 6aid he felt himself unier peculiar circumstances. He had been rather looked to by senators on his side to object to the request for unanimous consent, but he did not object An agreement of that kind had never been violated in the senate, but he submitted to the senator from Nevada, as he had already done privately, that under the circumstances those in charge of the bill could not properly pro-perly insist on going on with the bill without with-out srjving the gentlemen an opportunity to be heard. Husrh said bis colleague, Morgan was absent and no agreement could be made under the circumstances. Stewart then withdrew the request and the matter went over without an agreement as to the time for taking the vote. The resident approved the sentence of suspension in the case Commander Graham recently court-martialed. This is no longer any block to promotions in the navy. The conferees on the river and harbor bill agreed to the only two points in dispute, the senate amendments providing for The Dalles boat railroad and the Lake Washington canal. The senate conferees receded from both with the proviso that a board of four army officers and three civilians be appointed to re-examine both railway projects. . .... The -prcsideriTrsent to the'senate'the nomination nom-ination of George D. Johnson of Louisiana, civil service commissioner, vice H. S. 1 Th nm nann m a i trr a ii During the discussion as to the restrictions restric-tions imposed by the sunatc agreement on the silver bill Morgan entered. The president presi-dent laid the bill before the senate. On the rule pending on the question of Dolph's motion to re-commit Hill annouced that he would vote against the motion on the ground that it was a violation of the unanimous consent given a few days ago. A motion to recommitt was lost, 31 to 28. A vote was then taken on Senator Blackburn's motion to table Aest's motion to. postpone the consideration of the bill until December. Lost by a tie vote, and the senate proceeded to vote an Vest's motion. The vote on Vests motion resulted ia a tie so the motion was lost. The vote then recurred on Palmer motion to strike out all except first seetion of the bill. HOVSE. Washington, July 1. The house agreed to the conference report on the agricultural bill. This is the first general appropriation bill passed this session. M m |