New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-06
INITIATION IN THE HOUSE.
TIE SURPRISING VOTE on THE SILVER BHi-IHE
,uxop1rY ALLOW DEBATE on THE REPEAL BILL"
I'M, TIL EnR ArH 10 TIE TEI1INE.I

,. e,.,rptsrvc yOrr on THE SILVER BIiA-IHE
,uvor1ry ALLOW DEBATE on THE REPEAL BILL"
IBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TEIDUNt'I
w,srrxcroV. Nov. 5.-The House did what lay IN
It's power to-day to nure the public credlt OF inc
United States, first by paSsinga Silver Bill presented
last Monday by Mr.. Bland, of Missouri; ana secohu-
II. by giving General Ewings measure Pr'PoSi"s
the repeal Of the third section of the keSuiIP
Act standing in the House after the morning hour
tomorrow, where it will be Wlth'n 'n' ,.a
tbe majority. Having done this it then aGJ 'oireU
,or, Of rospsct 70 the memory OF the late sen
ator Morton. M, 90
The STRENGTH Of the vote upon the Silver BIZ was
ncvnected The advocates of this measure have oeeh
boasting. ever since Congress met, that whenever
n votevas taken upon it. it would certainly receive
the surport of more than two-thirds OF the "hole
Uouse but they were so much mistaken IN regard
~ the nonuIaity Of their bill to repeal the Resnn
ton Act that it was supposed they had magnlhed
that Of the Silver Bill TO an equal degree MI bi''hu
measure was presented last Monday, and came over
a. the unfinished business Immediately after the
morning hour. The following is a copy OF II
lie il enacted. etc. SECTION That there shal Oe
dollars of tic weight OF 1922 grains Troy OF ialt'n
silver rs provided in the Act or Jahny -, d~D,il
which sb5 be the devices and supersoIlplous ploNeu
h. sid Act which coins, together Win an lie slIlI
dollars heretofore coined by the GnlIeI slllvS :" ~
nominal 3lue for AN debts and dues public ana lrNa1e
ev..ft where otherwise provided bN contracts anu oA
owner OF silver bullion may deposit llr lilo ~
I-r,t. state. coinage mint assay once 10 DC coH'
mo ct dollars fof benefit upon the same terms hl
conditions as gold bullion is deposited Ior coinage "'U0i
Sgc 3"Nl acts and parts Of acts inconsistent with
this act are hereby repeated.
When the roll was called, it was found that mere
had been lG3 votes in Its favor, and only 81 against
IT, The affirmative was however, little more than
ouc-half Of the fun House, and considerably less
than two-thirls Of it. Only one or two members
either from New-Yor or Pennsylvania, were IN their
seats to-day and many from Massachusetts, New
Jersey Connecticut and other States were also abb
sent. As the absence Of one Representative
VINO, if present. would have voted in the
NEGATIVE. had the same effect upon the
PASSAGE Of the bill as that of two who would nave
voted i'm the affirmative, these figures do not show
fairly the relative strength of the silver and anti
silver parties in the House. The Bland bill cannot
be accepted as representing fairly the ideas OF all
tho afyosa.cs Of the remonetization OF the silver
dollar. Some would have preferred 70 haNc IL
amended either by striking out CERTAIN portions OF
II lr bv adding limitations which u does not con-
t4ip: Lnt thew an voted for the bill 10 show their
ser+uleut on The general question leaving Do 10 the
SeIa-e which viii act with les, haste to perfect the
measure The following was the vote upon ire DlIi
IRr.uIlcaus In roman, Democrats IN UQNcl: