New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-06-15
WASHINGTON.
AGAIN DEFEATED.

IMITATION AUAlN
TIE HOUSE REJECTS THE BILL OF THE JOINT CON
FFRESCK coMMTrEE-THE ADVERSE VOTE DE-
c1sryx-PRoBABIITY THAT THE WHOLE CUR
RENCY QUESTION WILL GO OVER TO THE NEXT
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE VOTE BY WHICH THE
pur WAS pEFEArEp-rHE DEMOCRATS VOTING
soIIDLY IN THE NEGATIVE.
IBr TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrBuNE.l
WASHINGTON, June 14-The defeat OF lhe nc"
Currency bin in the House yesterday decides the
question as TO any action ON the SUBJECT oi INC
finances nj the present session Of Congress The In
fationists the contractonists, the specie payment
advocates all admit tonight that there is not the
slightest chance that any measure having any effect
on the regulation of the currency will be adopted
II is scarcely possible that the two houses VIII
be able to agree, and it is equally improbable
that the President will approve of anything that
may be passed. The feehngis strong in this direc-
ton, and scarcely prominent Senator or member
be found who doesnot say that all financial egis-
lation must be deferred TO the next session. Be
tween the two houses conference committees may
be appointed and they may go over the same ground
that has been so. often traversed by the three I'M
portant CommIttees-the Ways and Means, the
Banking and Currency, and the Finance Committee
of the Senate-and, embOdying the general sentiment
of the House they represent it is expected they can
not differ very widely from the sentiments so often
expressed in their votes and these seem 10 differ
% widely from the Presidents views that any
hope of harmony is visionary. Even the new Con-
ference Committee the part of the House, Messrs
Dawes. McCrary, and Marshall, are without hope as
to any practical result at the present session.
As to the vote the Currency bill yesterday, 1t
was Unexpectedly and largely adverse the bill beng
defeated by well nigh 40 majority. There is much
in this action of the House that is worthy of remark
When the 10 per cent amendment of the Banking
and Currency Committee was defeated in the House
fortnight ago by only votes its death was cor
rectly attributed to Senators Morton and Logan,
who came over to the House pending the cOnsidera-
ton of the question and dragooned the members from
their States TO such point that they voted against
il Indiana, for instance, cast her whole vote IN
opposition TO the amendment There was really no
sound reason for voting against that amendment
that was not equally good as against the conference
report of yesterday.
The malicious gossipers of the Capitol say that
Morton and Logan defeated the amendment in order
to snub Speaker Blaine. whose work as a basis of
compromise it was generally known to be. If
this be 80, these Senators were well paid
up and the account squared by the
vote of yesterday, for whether the Speaker
had had not anything to do with II, 1t is quite
certain that New-Eng gland voted sOhdly against 1t.
II was observed, however, that no member of the
Maine delegation voted the first roll-call and the
rumor was that the members votes withheld in
order to save the bill, if their votes really
necessary for the purpose.
As is very clearly shown, the bill of the Confer
ence Committee yesterday not killed by Sec
tional by an imitation. or by hard money vote. for
some of the most extreme infationists of Indiana,
Illinois and Missouri voted against It, The South
divided on it, while the extreme Southwest. Wis
consin and Minnesota voted almost sohdly for it.
The closest analysis of the vote fails to discover
significant line either geographical or financial, on
which the division was made. Politically con-
sdered, it has notable bearing, though precisely
what 1t means it is difficult to determine. 1t was
noticed that every Democrat voting recorded his
name as against the bill, With not a single excep-
ton.
As for the Morton-Logan influence, it had little
effect yesterday although Mr. Morton came IN per-
son to command the field, he was able TO control
only votes in his own State delegation.