New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-23
THE FATE OF THE BUCKNER BILL.
A VOTE CT 2 TO l AGAINST THIRD nEADING-!
LAUGH RAISED BY MIR. wEAvEKs SPEECH

A VOTE CT Q TO / AGAINST THIRD rEADING-A
LAUGH RAISED BY MIR. wEAvEKs SPEECH.
iBY TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON, JAN 22.-The Buckner bill met with
a fateto-dav which was quite unexpected by the
friends of that measure. The House, by vote of
TO 1-158 against 70-refused to order the bill to
third reading After the previous question had been
ordered. an hour was consumed in debate in oppOsi
tion to the bill in the course of which Mr.. Gillette
and Mr. Weaver, of Iowa, made characters
tic speeches Mr. Gillette began his speech
amidst great disorder. which the Speaker for some
time tried In vain to check. Mr.. Gillette managed
at last to make himself heard and declared that the
bill is an attack the greenback, and that II IL
should become law the people will have " surren-
dercd all their rights to usurpers. lie further as
serted that the measure is a I" shot from q masked
battery into the most sacred rights of the people"
Next came Mr. Weaver a gentleman whose ex-
uberant fancy carries him aloft at once when
financial theme is started This morning he scared i'm
ediately into the realms of space, and talked of un
told millions of the perpetual legal-tender money
of the country " in way that would have warmed
The heart of Colonel Mulberry Sellers himself. Mr.
Weaver also put in q word for what he styled my
soldiers bill" The passage of this BILL he declared
is demanded by 100000 veterans of the late war
If this Congress will not pass this just measure,
shouted Mr. Weaver, " lis friends will send Con-
gress here that will pass it,"
Toward the close of his remarks lowa's great apos
tie of discomfort incidentally answered question
which has puzzled great many people since the Fall
elections "What has become of the Greenback voter
was the question on everybody's lips after the
elections in Ohio and Iowa and New-YOrk. Mr..
Weaver answered it in way that put the House
into roar of merriment He had been saying that
the financial question could not be smoihered, but
must be discussed. The demand for ii was rresist-
ibe 1t comes to u.s." he said, E" on every breeze,
from every hamlet and churchyard" At this point
MIR WeaveIs voice was drowned by a shout of
laughter and the remaining words OF his climax
were Tins lost TO the House and to the worl1.
MIR Whitthorne, also made short speech, in
which he opposed tie bill because he tbonght il
would strengthen and perpetuate the National
Bank system. ~
General Keifcr opposed the bill because be
Thought its effect would be TO eDdanger the per-
manancy of resumption.
The defeat of the bill, as the vote showed, was
due to an alliance of most iDcongruous elements.
A number of men who are perfectly sound on cur
repcy questions voted "no" becanse they
opposed to any legislation whatever these Qucs-
tfons at the present session. All the Greenback
men voted against the bill because II recognizes
the fact that gold and silver alone constitute tue
only legitimate and always trustworthy reserve for
banking operations Ali the anti-National Bank
members. perhaps sixty in number voted TO defeat
the measure because they believed 1t would
strengthen the National Bank system.