St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-17

an amendment to provide by taxation or
otherwise for the payment of the appro-
priatiOns required thereby; by Mr.. Bynum
of Indiana, granting to the widow of
Thomas A. Hendricks one years salary of
said Office, less the amount paid to Mr..
Hendricks during his lifetime; by Mr.. An
derSon OF Kansas, to amend the act to aid
IN the construction of telegraph lines, ap-
proved July "a, 1866; Zone of the clauses
| of the amendment prohibits any telegraph
company from collecting or selling election
or other news reports except quotations of
stocks and commercial markets, making
such Otfenses Unable in $500 to S1,OOO(;
by Mr.. Reid OF North Carolina, directing
the committee on education to report the
Blair education bill forthwith for such
recommendation as the house may see fit;
by Mr.. Voorhees, of Washington Territory,
proposing a constitutional amendment pro-
hibiting pOlygamy. Mr.. Holman of Indi-
ana submitted the report of the commission
appointed to inquire into the expenditure
for the Indians and Yellowstone park. The
bill for closing the business of the court of
commissioners of Alabama claims passed.
FREE COINAGE UPPERMosT.
Mr.. Bland of Missouri, under instruc-
tiOnS from the committee on coinage.
weights and measures, moved to suspend
the rules and adopt the following resoIu-
ton;
That House Bill No. $3.50, ''For the free
coinage of silver" be made a special order
for Saturdays, the goth and 9th insts, Satur-
day, the Sd of April, and the same to be again
taken up Tuesday, April g. after the morning
hour, for the consideration of bills reported
by committees, and so to continue from day
TO day until disposed of, provided, that, un-
less sooner ordered by the house, the previous
han a 1fpe a% Q.ofoI
Thursday, April 8, this order not to interfere
with revenue or general appropriation bills
except on Thursday, April S, fixed for the
final disposition of this order.
The motion was seconded, 90 to %. A
brief debate ensued, showing considerable
opposition to the motion. Mr.. Bland of
Missouri said that the house would stultify
itself If it refused to go on record on the
question, and intimated that the silver ad-
vOcates would secure vote on the bill, if
they had to keep congress in session all
summer to accomplish that purpose. Mr..
HiScock opposed the resolution, declaring
that there could be but one affirmative out
come from the discussion and that was the
UNLIMITED COINAGE
of silver. The motion to suspend the rules
and adopt tine resolution was agreed TO.
Yeas 179, nays 81. The announcement of
the result was greeted with a round of ap-
plause from the silver men. The vote
cannot. however, be regarded as last vote,
inasmuch as such well-knOwn opponents of
free coinage of silver as Mr.. Findlay of
Maryland and Mr.. Bayne and Mr.. Scott of
Pennsylvania voted in the affirmative, while
Mr.. BlOunt of Georgia, Mr.. Curtin of Penn
sylvania and Mr.. DOugberty of Florida,
who at first voted in the negative, chang ed
their votes at the solicitation of friends,
who desired that q discussion should be
had. Had not this change been made, the
motion would have lacked the necessary
twO-thirds in the affirmative. Mr.. Reagan
Of Texas, from the committee on com
merce, moved to suspend the rules and
adopt a resolution making the interstate
commerce bill continuing order for April
IS. Agreed tO-yeas 195, nays Al. The
speaker announced the appointment of Mr..
ROwell on the committee on elections, and
of Mr.. Hudd on the committee on levees
and improvement of the Mississippi river to
fill vacancies. The house then adjour ned.