New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-03
YESTERDAYS VOTE on RESUMPTION.


upon the committee personally yesterday.
YESTERDAYS VOTE ON RESUMPTION.
An END TO EWING's BOAST or RUSHING REPU-
DIArIoS BILL THROUGH THE HOUSE.
lBr TELEGRAPH TO THR rkIEUSE.l
WAsnINGTOS, Nov. 2.-The advocates Of an hon
et execution Of the Resumption Act may be said to
have won a victory to-day over those who are at
tempting 20 enact rcpudiation Of the solemn obi
cation Of the Government TO resume specie pay
ments on the 1st of January, 1879.
After the call Of committees in the morning hour
FOR the purpose of reporting private bIllo Speaker
Randall ruled that as there was 10 private calendar
the next thing in order was the unfinished business
Of the last morning hour. This decision the Rcpub-
Hcsn leaders were disposed to question. as
there is a rule Of tho House which provides that
Friday in every week shall be set apart for the
sheraton Of private bills and private business, in
preference TO any other unless otherwise determined
bv majority Of the House. The republicans held
that IL was not IN order to proceed to the public
business Of considering the Anti-Rosumption Bin,
without a vote of the House ; but in this position
they were oyeuulod. General Ewings bin having
been thus brought up for consideration, he,
by direction of ms committee, asked OF
the House unanimous consent to take the
measure out Of the morning hour and to
make it a special order for the 18th of No
vember TO the exclusion of all other business. and
from day 10 day thereafter until 1t should be dis
posed Of If there was any objection to this ne
said, the committee were willing to agree that two
amendments might be offered by the opponents Of
tho bill before the previous question should be
called. single objection was sufficient to prevent
an understanding Of this kind, and that objection
was promptly made.
General Ewing then accepted Mr.. Forts bin as
substitute for that originally reported by the COM
mittce and called the previous question. There
upon Mr. Hale moved to lay the bin and amend
meuts upon the table. The vote upon the motion
occupied the remainder Of the morning hour. 1t was
the most important that has yet been taken on the
subject Previous votes might have been interpreted
IN various ways but all those Representatives who
voted TO lay the bill on the table to-day may be
counted upon as opposed to the repeal Of
the Resumption Act, or Of any part Of it,,
no matter what shape the question may take. The
boast of the nnatiouiss therefore that they would
be able during the present session to pass bill re-
p,alng the resumption Act, or any part of it. under
q suspension Of the rules, is completely disposed Of
The haId-mOncy vote Yesterday was 10Y, and there
were absent at least dozen Representa-
tvcs who would have voted in the affirm
utIyo had they been in their places. The full
strength IN the House of the advocates of resump-
ton, in accordance with the pledge Of the Act of
1879 is therefore in the neighborhood of 100; and
as this is more than one-third of the whole House,
there seems at present he danger that any bill
proposing such a repeal can be passed under sus-
pension of the rules The only chance 1t has in the
House. therefore. is in tho morning hour. As only
two dilatory motions are necessary to use up that
hour from day TO day. II is wholly within power Of
about sixty men. onc-half the hard money party.
70 prevent direct vote upon General Ewings bill
After the adjournment to-day, the iGflaGonists,
conscious of their weakness, expressed willingness
20 treat the minority with great berality, in regard
20 the offering Of amendments provided the latter
would allow a vote to be taken upon the bill. Some
Of the Western representatives, who are opposed
20 the repeal Of the Resumption Act, but are also
strongly in favor Of the reconciliation of silver
may be disposed to compromise, condition
that the Silver Bin may be offered as an amendment
or as a substitute FOR that before the House /;
and General Ewing and ms followers were somewhat
hopeful this afternoon that through such q cOmpro-
mise they might be able before long to secure a
direct vote upon their scheme. On the other hand
there at least scventy-fve eighty
members OF the House who strongly opposed
TO any Silver Bill as they are TO General Ewings
measure Of rcpudiatOn, and they will resist any
agreement which gives such bill moro favorable
standing before the House than il now has.
The following was the vote upon Mr. Hac's mo-
ton to lay the bill and amendment upon tho table