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title of the measure was again changed to read : 

 " A bill to provide for the free coinage of silver 

 bullion and other purposes." 



The vote in the Senate on its passage was as 

 follows : 



YEAS Bate, Berry, Blodgett, Butler, Call, Cam- 

 eron, Cockrell, Coke, Colquitt, Daniel, Eustis, George, 

 Gorman, Harris, Hearst, Ingalls, Jones of Arkansas, 

 Jones of Nevada, Kenna, Manderson, Mitchell, 

 Moodv, Morgan, Paddock, Pasco, Payne, Pierce, 

 Plumb, Power, Pugh, Ransom, Eeagan, Sanders, 

 Squire, Stewart, Teller, Turpie, Vance, Vest, Voor- 

 hecs, Walthall, Wolcott 42. 



NAYS Aldrich, Allen, Allison, Blair, Casey, 

 Chandler, Cullom, Dawes, Edmunds, Evarts, Frye, 

 Gray, Hale, Hawley, Hiscock, Iloar, McPherson, Mor- 

 rill," Platt, Sawyer, Sherman, Spooner, Stockbridge, 

 Washburn, Wilson of Maryland 25. ' 



ABSENT Barbour, Blackburn, Brown, Carlisle, 

 Davis, Dixon, Dolph, Farwell, Faulkner, Gibson, 

 Hampton, Higgins, McMillan, Pettigrew, Quay, Stan- 

 ford, Wilson of Iowa 17. 



The debate on the measure in both House and 

 Senate was long and earnest ; and when the 

 amended bill was returned to the House there 

 was a struggle over its reference. The Speaker 

 referred it to the committee that had reported 

 the measure originally, and the advocates of free 

 coinage, distrusting that body, were eager to have 

 the issue put to the House at once and decided 

 by a direct vote. June 25, the question of con- 

 curring in the Senate amendments was put to the 

 House and they were non-concurred in by the 

 following vote : 



YEAS Abbott, Alderson, Allen of Mississippi, An- 

 derson of Kansas, Anderson of Mississippi, Bankhead, 

 Barnes, Bartine, Blanchard, Bland, Blount, Boatner, 

 Breckenridge of Arkansas, Breckinridge of Kentucky, 

 Brickner, Brookshire, J. B. Brown, Brunner, Bu- 

 chanan of Virginia, Bullock, Bunn, Bynum, Candlcr 

 of Georgia, Carlton, Carter, Caruth, Catchings, Chip- 

 man, Clarke of Alabama, Clements, Cobb, Connell, 

 Cooper of Indiana, Cothran, Cowles, Cram, Crisp, 

 Culberson of Texas, Cummings, Davidson, De Ha- 

 ven, Dockery, Dorsey, Edmunds, Elliott, Ellis, Enloe, 

 Featherston, Fithian, Forman, Forney, Fowler, Fun- 

 ston, Gibson, Gifford, Goodnight, Grimes, Hare, 

 Hatch, Haynes, Heard, Hemphill, Henderson of North 

 Carolina, Herbert, Hermann, Hoi man, Kelley, Kerrof 

 Pennsylvania, Kilgore, Lane. Lanham, Laws, Lee, 

 Lester of Georgia, Lester of Virginia, Lewis, Magner, 

 Mansur, Martin of Indiana, McClammy, McClellan, 

 McCreary, McMillin, McRae, Mills, Montgomery, 

 Moore of Texas, Morrill, Morrow, Norton, Gates, 

 )'Ferrall, O'Neall of Indiana, Owen of Indiana, 

 Owens of Ohio, Parrett, Paynter, Peel, Pcnington, 

 Perkins, Perry, Peters, Pierce, Post, Reilly, Richard- 

 son, Robertson, "Rowland, Sayers, Shively, Skinner, 

 Smith of IMinois, Springer, Stewart of Georgia, Stew- 

 art of Texas, Stockdale, Stone of Kentucky, Stone of 

 Missouri, Tarsney, Tillman, Townsend of Colorado, 

 Tucker Turner of Georgia, Turner of Kansas, Ven- 

 able, W ade, Washington, Wheeler of Alabama, Whit- 

 ing . Whitthorne, Wilkinson, Williams of Illinois, 

 Williams O f Qhj^ Wilson of Missouri, Wilson of 

 West Virginia 135. 



NAYS Adams, Allen of Michigan, Andrew, Arnold, 

 Atkinson of Pennsylvania, Baker, Banks, Bnvne, 

 Beckwith, Belden, Belknap, Bergen, BinirJiam, Bliss, 

 Boothman, Boutdle, Bowden, Brewer, Brosius, Brow- 

 er, Browne of Virginia, Buckalew, Burrows, Burton, 

 Buttenvorth, Caldwell, Campbell, Candler of Mas- 

 sachusetts, Cannon Caswell, Cheadle, Cheatham, 

 Uancy, Cogswell, Coleman, Comstock, Conger, Cov- 

 en, Craig, Culbertson of Pennsylvania, Cuteheon, 

 Dargan Darlington, De Lano, 'Dingley, Dolliver, 

 Dunnell, Dunphy, Evans, Fwrquhar, Frnley, Flick, 



Flood, Flower, Frank, Gear, Gcissenhainer, Gest, 

 Greenhalge, Grout, Hall, Hansbrough, Harmar, Hau- 

 gen, Henderson of Illinois, Henderson of Iowa, Hill 

 Hitt, Hopkins, Houk, Kennedy, Kerr of Iowa, Ketch- 

 am, Kinsey. Knapp, Lacey, La Follette, Laidlaw, 

 Lansing. Lehlbach, Lind. Lodge. Maish, Mason, Mc- 

 Adoo, McComas, McCord, Me Duffle, McKenna, Mc- 

 Kinley, Miles, Milliken, Moffit, Moore of New Hamp- 

 shire, Morey, Morse, Mudd, Mutchler, Niedringhaus, 

 O'DonneU, O'Neil of Massachusetts, O'Neill of Penn- 

 sylvania, Payne, Payson, Pugsley, Quackenbush, 

 Quinn, Raines, Reed of Iowa, Reyburn, Eife, Rowell, 

 Rusk, Russell, Santord, Sawyer, Scranton, Scull, 

 Sherman/Simonds, Smith of West Virginia, Smyser. 

 Snider, Spinola, Spooner, Stephenson, Stewart of 

 Vermont, Stivers, Stockbridge, Struble, Stump, 

 Sweney, Taylor of Illinois, Taylor of Tennessee, E. B. 

 Taylor. Thomas, Townsend of Pennsylvania, Tracey, 

 Turner of New York, Vandever, Van Schaick, Vaux, 

 Waddill, Wallace of Massachusetts, Wallace of New 

 York, Watson, Wiley, Willcox, Wilson of Kentucky, 

 Wilson of Washington, Wright, Yardley 152. 



NOT VOTING Atkinson of West Virginia, Barwig, 

 Biggs, T. M. Browne, Buchanan of New Jersey, 

 Clarke of Wisconsin, Clunie, Cooper of Ohio, Dalzell, 

 Dibble, Ewart, Fitch, Grosvenor, Hayes, Hooker, 

 Lawler, Martin of Texas, McCarthy, McCormick, 

 Morgan, Nute, Osbornc, Outbwaite, Phelan, Pickler, 

 Price, Eandall, Ray, Rockwell, Rogers, Seney, Stahl- 

 necker, J. D. Taylor, Thompson, Walker of Massa- 

 chusetts, Walker of Missouri, Wheeler of Michigan 

 Wickham, Wike, Yoder 40. 



A conference committee was appointed and 

 agreed upon the following report : 



The committee of conference on the disagreeing 

 votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Sen- 

 ate to the bill (H. R. 5 2 381) directing the purchase of sil- 

 ver bullion and the issue of Treasury notes thereon, 

 and for other purposes, having met, after full and 

 free conference have agreed to recommend and do 

 recommend to their respective Houses as follows : 



That the Senate recede from its amendments to said 

 bill and agree to the following in the nature of a sub- 

 stitute : Strike out all after the enacting clause and in- 

 sert : 



"That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby 

 directed 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 $1 for 371*25 

 grains of pure silver, and to issue in payment for 

 such purchases of silver bullion Treasury notes of the 

 United States to be prepared by the Secretary of the 

 Treasury in such form and of such denominations, 

 not less than $1 nor more than $1,000, as be may 

 prescribe, and a sum sufficient to carry into effect the 

 provisions of this act is hereby appropriated out of 

 any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropri- 

 ated. 



" SEC. 2. That the Treasury notes issued in accord- 

 ance with the provisions of this act shall be redeem- 

 able on demand, in coin, at the Treasury of the 

 United States or at the office of any assistant treas- 

 urer of the United States, and when so redeemed 

 may be reissued ; but no greater or less amount of 

 such notes shall be outstanding at any time than the 

 cost of the silver bullion, and the standard silver dol- 

 lars coined therefrom, then held in the Treasury pur- 

 chased by such notes ; and such Treasury notes shall 

 be a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and 

 private, except where otherwise expressly stipulated 

 in the contract, and shall be receivable for customs, 

 taxes, and all public dues, and when so received may 

 be reissued ; and such notes, when beld by any na- 

 tional banking association, may be counted as a part of 

 its lawful reserve. That upon demand of the bolder 

 of any of the Treasury notes herein provided for the 

 Secretary of the Treasury shall, under such regula- 

 tions as he may prescribe, redeem such notes in gold 

 or silver coin, at his discretion, it being tbe estab- 



