The daily gazette., 1877-11-01
An Anti-Resumption Vote
Mr. EWING CARRIES THE H0 USE
WITH HIM BYA MARROW.
MAJORITY.
Special to the World

Special to the World
WARRINGTON, October, 31.--The House
of Representatives was unexpectedly
brought to a vote to-day on the most inn
portant financial question of the session,
the repeal of the date clause of the Specie
Resumption act. The result was 135 for
redeal to 2l6 against, being only amajor-
| ity or %. This was much less than was
anticipated and created equal surprise
on both sides of the Chamber, and an ex-
traordinary interest in the galleries. The
| opponents of repeal are now confident
| that the discussion will reduce, if 1t does
not change, this majority, rendering its
success in the Senate IN ano event mat
ter of doubt, and showing conclusively
that the repeal cannot be passed oYer
Presidential veto. The question came
before the House in this way: The Bank
ing and Currency Committee decided Mt
its meeting to-day to authorize General
| Ewing to report the bill repeating the
third section Of the act, by vete Oft to
4. Those who voted yea were Nessrs.
Buckner, the Chairman; Ewing, Yeates,
Hartzell, Bell, Fort and Philips. Those
who voted nay were Messrs. Harden
bergh, Hart, Eames and Chittenden.
The entire New York delegation of
both paties except Mr.. Cox voted solidly
against repeal An analysis of the vote
shows that 106 Democrats and thirty-one
Republicans voted for repeal, and ninety
five Republicans and twenty-one Demo
Gratis against repeal, showing that there
were thirty-eight memberstpaired,a absent
OF not voting. OF the New England del
egation, those present, except Mr.. Phelps
Of Connecticut, and Mr.. Butler, of Mas
sachusetts, voted unitedly against repeal.
but Pennsylvania and the Southern and
Western States were divided in both par
ties.
The effect Of the vote has been general
ly discussed since the House adjourned
considerable surprise has been expressed
by members at the rapidity with which
the sentiment of the House was obtained
on the question after the organizati0 of
the Committee on Banking and Cur
rency. Mr.. Hewitt, of New York, sa,d
"I was in the room of the Committee on
Approximations when the report of the
committee was made by Mr.. Ewing, and
did not hear the debate which led to the
taking Of the vote. The vote was un-
doubleday test one on the sentiment Of
, the House concerning resumption. While
the majority was not so large as be-
lieve Mr.. Ewing's friends expected, yet L
consider that the repeal Of the third SEQ
} the whole act, and that no substantial diff
, ference may be expected In vote on the
, entire act and ON the third section" Mr..
Savlsr, of Ohio, said: "The majority of
the test vote was not so large as we ex-
pected, but think that if the true under
standing as to the meaning of the votA
! had been had there would have been q
. much larger majority. There was little
: too much hurry" Mr.. Garfield, of Ohio,
! said: al do not think the majority OBJ
: tanned on the test vote was nearly as large
as the anti-resumptioniSts expect d, and
it occasioned them much surprise on that
o score. Nevertheless, the vote on the third
a section of the act is substantially test OF
e the sentiment of the House regarding the
whole act, for the only point of resump-
. ton is the time when resumption will
:. take place." Governor Walker, or Vir-
ginia said: "There was too much hurry
IN bringing the matter before the House
in the shape it came. The third secuon
of the Resumption act might just as wei
have been repealed to-day as to have haC
>, a test vote taken. The reason for the mo
ton for reconsideration was to give Mr.
Ewing chance to make speech OF the
l. question. Our majority on the test vote
II was quite large enough, however, tC
n show The sentiment of the House on the
! subject" Mr.. Charles Foster, of Ohio
said that the result had disappointed tht
rcpealers, and he believed that the small
n majority they had obtained would yet b.
o reduced by proper discussion. He die
J. not believe that the House or the coun
il try wanted to go through the toll ant
,r burden again OF resumption when th
= present low gold premium indicate d tina
,f we were so near the end. Mr.. Buckner
= Chairman of the Banking and Currency
Committee, said the majority was not a'
+ large az he had expected, but that 1t was
II sufficient and h. believed it would In-
IS crease.