The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-09
FORTY. NINTH CONGRESS-.
THE SILVER BILL KILLED IN
THR HOUSE
BY the Decisive Vote OF l6l 10 loG -
The Free Coinage Bill Also
Defeated.

WASHINGTON, April HOuSe-The
Spea er laid Def 70 the House a com
m n alton from the acting Secretary
Of the Treasury, inclosing a craft of a
bill thorizing the can cling and de-
struction of securities Of the United
States mutilsted in the process of
printing or remaining in excess of the
amount required for issue. Referred.
Mr.. James N. Y called up the sill
yer bill, and Mr. Anderson Kas. in
quired whether an opportunity would
be given for the Offering of amend
ments.
The Speaker stated that, according
to the order of the House, the pre-
vious question was to be considered at
$50 O'clock.
MIR. Anderson then asked that at 4
o'clock an opportunity be given TO
members TO offer amendments.
Mr.. Randall [ Pa objected to any
change being made in the order of the
House.
Mr.. Dibble Is. G ] spoke in opposi-
ton TO the bill.
Mr.. Herbert Ala promised his
speech with the declar ton that in
the President and in the success of his
administration lay the hope Of Demo-
cratic ascendency and he had no sym
pathy with those Democrats who
seemed to think the hope Of Democ-
racy lay in the destruction of the pres
ent administration. He favored the
rehabilitation of silver, but did not
think this government by itself was
equal to the task of rehsbilitating it..
Any attempt to do this by the passage
of the pending bill would result in an
income of silver and outgo of gold.
Mr.. Bland vo. asked leave to
withdraw the motion entered by him
yesterday to recommit the bill, but
MIR. Morgan Miss. objected.
MIR. Bland quoted from an article in
a morning paper q statement that he
did not expect majority of the
House to vote for free coinage. 1t
was unnecessary for him to deny that
that statement was made without
any authority from him. He
hoped that the House would do its
duty, and would pass the bill.
Mr. Tllman s, o. advocated un-
limited coinage of silver, and Mr.. Lit
tie 70. too the opposite view.
Mr.. McKenna Zeal. thought that
the true and lasting int. ests of BIZ
metallism would not be conserved by
free coinage. -,ofessi sssSa - - -
Mr.. Brown Penn. spoke in support
of double standard, and vigorously
combatted the proposition to suspend
silver coinage.
Messrs. Hiscock and Hewitt IN. Y
opposed the bill
Mr.. Bland Mol then obtained
unanimous consent to withdraw his
motion to recommit the bill.
Mr.. James IN. VI then took the
floor and yielded to Mr.. Dibble rs. @. !
to offer an amendment providing that,
unless in the meantime, through con-
current action of the nations of Europe
with the United States, silver be de.
monetized prior to the LIST of July,
1889, then and thereafter so much of
the act of February %, 1873, rs au
thorized and directs the Secretary of
tn Treasury to purchase silver bull
ion and cause the same to he coined,
shall be suspended until further action
by Congress.
The amendment was defeated-y
81 nays, pol.
The question then required on the
engrossment and third reading of the
bill, and it was decided in the mega
tive yeas 1870, nays 1863. SO the bill
was killed.
Adjourned.