New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-02
FWING'S POOR LUCK.

EWING'S POOR LUCK.
HIS BILL NOW Al THE MERCY OF THE MlNoHil Y
-, ppnGprss YEsrERDAY-HUNTER's COMIC
EFFORT.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO rHB TRIBUNE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-The Committee on BANK
ing and Currency discovered this morning that IN
a. hot haste with which they had adopted General
Ewings bill for the repeal Of the third section OF 'ne
RESUMPTION Act they had provided for legislation 10
,rbicb n majority of the committee were unwilling
IN agree The Interpretation which some OF
tbe members of the committee accept OF
General Evipe's bill is that, by repeating
tbe third section Of the Resumption Act
which besides providing for the redemption ol
United States notes in coin, also establishes lIee
banking and makes the necessary regulations lof
carryinc il into efiect-they would repeal a!proVs
ions for free banking. which would actually result
in the substitution Of greenbacks for the Nationai
Bank currency. This is q solution OF the question 10
which many of the intlationi SIS, eyen' Will no'
agree.
The outcome Of this discovery was a reOpening
If the ouostion in the committee Banking and
Currency this morning. aud a discussion when
continued nearly two hours. 1t was found that
majority of the committee were not IN favor OF
striking down the National bank system "a very
IMPORTANT discovery and it was decided, in order to
nrvent this that General Ewings bill must be mod
fled. Mr. Fort, who voted with the ma
iorty Of the committee yesterday, but IN
trlInced a bill Of his own as a substitute Tor
that presented bv General Ewing, had already dis
covered this trouble and had so framed his amend
cr as TO retain all that part of the third section OF
tbe RESUMPTION Act which provides for free banking
The committee therefore voted that when the bill
should come before the House again, their chairman
should be instructed TO accept MI Forts amend
1s,ut es measure recommended by the committee
and 90 test the sense of the House on that.
4 vote ON the bill itself might possibly have been
reached in the House to-day. had Its managers been
more experienced IN parliamentary law and more
familiar with the rules Of the House. When the
morning hour began, General Ewing was recog-
uized as entitled to the floor lie immediately
called the previous question on his motion to
,,.op.id.r the vote by which his bill recon-
ri,-ed Instead of insisting upon an immedi-
ME division of the House, he should
lavc DONE he allowed one Representative after an
o;hcr 10 make suggestions and TO discuss them IN
yrr iisoldsrly way. In this manner considerable
time wa, lrttcrcd away before the House actually
took hold of the business in hand. The roll was
called Oh seconding the previous question, and the
effect Of the division of opinion among those VINO
ore I'm favor OF the repeal of the Resump-
ton Act was seen in the decreased majority
p, which General Ewing's motion was carried. On
4
in the affirmative to 800 in the negative aud on or
d.ruc the main question, 1872 in the affirmative 10
I2tin the negative. These parliamentary tactics
lrouglt the bill back into the House for Its lmme-
d-ste consideration. but by this time the morning
hoar had almost expired, and 1t was only necessary
fr the opponents of the bill TO make one motion to
aourn. and call the yeas and nays upon it, to DIS
pose Of the whole question for to-day.
The position in winch the bin is left, Is this 1t
before the House in the morning hour as unfinished
business and will hold It's position during the morn
ing hour from day 20 day until finally disposed OF.
General Ewing viii undoubtedly call the previous
question on 30 tomorrow and unless the opponents
the bin decide o. tibuster vote will be reached
during to-m0rrOWs session. The minority having 1t
in their power to postpone indefinitely any
direct vote on this subject, if they feel
disposed 10 do so. 1t viii only be nee
es,arv 90 make two or three dilatory motions
each day and demand that the roll shall be called on
each Of them to exhaust the time during which the
consideration of the bill viii he IN order; ana TINS
may be continued not only through the whole of
the special session, but during the regular session
also This il viii be remembered, was the p0llcy
pursued by The opponents Of Mr.. BANDS silver BIZ,
in the last Congress which was IN exactly the same
POSITION before the House as General Ewlngs BIZ Is
to-day but which had a larger majority IN It's favor
than has been shown by any VOte' elther OF yes'er
Some of the advocates Of the bill TO repeal the
third section of the Resumption Aci, uuucltOOh, TO-
dav TO extend the morning hour after the sixty
minutes had expired but they were unable to do 50.
Suhseduentv rs there business before the
House. Judge Kelley moved that the body resolve
itself INTO committee of the whole on the state Of
the Union In order that members who had speeches
10 make on the repeal of the Resumption Act
might have an opportunity TO deliver them.
When Mr.. Sayler had taken the chair Morton Z.
Hunter of Indiana, with a written speech,
which he proceeded 70 read. The first sentence,
Mr. President, the present condition of the coun-
try struck the House so udicrOusly that there
a. 0utburst of laughter which made II utterly in
possible for Mr.. Hunter 10 proceed. Two or three
times after order was restored he repeated his at
tempt and often laughed down. Then omit
ting the opening sentence he undertook 10 proceed,
but his next sentence seemed 10 amuse the House
equally with the first. 1t began with The country
j. suffering from a congestion of currency" After
tie House had INDUCED IN laughter for ten fifteen
minutes, during which Sir. Hunter had not gone be-
yond the second sentence Of his speech, he was
obliged 20 omit the entire introduction which COW
cred dozen pages or more, and TO begin the read
ing OF his speech IN the middle when he was allowed
10 proceed.
SHAPING THE SILVER BILL
TAXING A LITTLE MORE TINE TO THIS MEASURE
THAN To THE REPEAL BILL.