The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-06-26
REEDS PROPHESY.
The Speaker Was Right Concern
ing his Coniectures
ABOUT THE SILVER BILL VOTE,
And How Party Lines Would be Disregarded
-Payson's Gallant Fight in the
Committee.

mas proved himself true prophet He has
been repeatedly quoted in these dispatches
as saying, during the past ten days, that
the Republicans who would vote for the
Senate amendments to the House silver
bill would be fairly balanced by the Dem
ocrats who would oppose them. The result
to-day showed the speakers estimate to be
almost automatically correct, since
nineteen Republicans supported the free
coinage propos ition while twenty three
democrats arrayed themselves in opposi-
ton to 1t. 1t was 3 o'clock when the House
OIL, as amended by the Senate, was taken
up Tor consideration. a test of the relative
strength of the two parties was made on
on the first section, which provided for
Tree coinage, by vote of ISL nays to AS
yeas, which was taken amid a good deal of
suppressed excitement. The House re-
fused to concur in the amendment, and fol-
lowing this the other amendments were
disposed of IN even more summary man.
ner. The twenty-three Republicans who
voted for free coinage were Messrs. Bar
tine, Carter, Cornell, De Haven. Feather
stone, Funston, Clifford, Hermann. Kelley
Laur, Morrow, Perkins, Peters. Post
Smith, of Illinois; Townsend, of Colorado:
Turner of Kansas; Williams, of Ohio: Dor
sey, Anderson, of Kansas; Owen, of Indi-
ana; Wade and Morrill,.
The following Democrats voted with the
Republicans TO non-concur: Messrs. An
drew, Buckley, Campbell, Clancy, Covert
Dunphy, Dorgan. Flower, Geissenhainer
Mason, McAdoo, Mutchler, O'Neil. of
Massachusetts; Quinn, Spinola, Tracy
turner, OF New York; Vaux, Wiley. VIII
cox, Rusk and Stump.
some surprise was expressed upon the
conclusion of the roll-call that Mr. Paysou
OF Illinois, who is one of the extreme silver
Republicans of the House, had voted with
ms party against free coinage. II was
subsequently learned that Mr.. Payson had
received assurances that if he and other
silver Republicans would remain inside the
party lines that when the bill went
into conference compromise should he
agree upon fixing the purchases at $500.
600 ounces a month, the notes to be legal
tender, redeemable in coin; the bullion re-
uemptlon feature eliminated and absolute
1ree coinage when silver reaches a parity |
with gold.
/ have already shown that twenty. three
Republicans refused to be influenced nv
this prospective compromise, but insisted |
upon voting for free coinage with the Dem |
ocrats, notwithstanding the efforts of the
party whips" TO keep them in line. An
analysis of the votes shows that all |
the boiling Republicans represent
constituents that are clamorous |
Tor the unlimited coinage of |
silver, and that no matter what their per
(sonal convictions might be they dared not
run counter to public opinion at home. AS
one OF these gentlemen aptly put it to-day
Il know that the President will veto free
coinage bill, and as a sensible man should
prefer supporting a measure that he
will sign even if it is not all
We desire. But l am coming up for
reelection and if don't vote for free coin.
age my opponents will bring nv record m
aeainst me. 1t will take all my time to ex-
pam these, and meanwhile the other fell
lows VIII be making an aggressive cam
palgn. For this reason have decided to
vote as my people wish. no matter what
the result may be-"
There were but two eastern Democrats.
cummings and Wagner, of New York.
who gave their support to the free coinage
movement All the others from the mid
die and New England states either voted
with the Republicans or were paired I
against it. a
ihere was curious story going the
rounds at the capitol to-day which showed i
now one determined man prevented the
sliver bill from being pigeon-holed in the
committee on coinage, weights and meas !
sres and possibly kept there for an indef- t
bite period. Last Monday evening l
speaker Reed and Representatives : :
Mckinley and Cannon, the three ;
Republican members of the committee
On rules. together with Representative a
longer, Of Iowa, the chairman o. TIE coin
age committee, Lodge, of Massachusetts. !
ino fdcComas, OF Maryland, met ii the an ;,
preparation committee room, and after. .
snort consultation decided to put aside tho {
silver bih Tor the present and report a l
special orler taking I'D the federal election .
onI. Before doing th:s, however, it was t
ieclcea TO consult with some OF tho frao a
alVer Republicans and discover nov. far 0
he proposition met with their approvaI
accordingly Messrs. Payson and Post. Of !,
limos; Carter, OF Montana; Morrow. of T
california; Bartiae, Of Nevada. and c
'eteIs, Of Kansas, were sent ror g
nd consulted as to their wishes. Payson a
Fho IS one CT the brainiest and most forci- 9,
lie Speakers On tbe Republican sice. If f
nee uttered a vigorous protest: ssMvcop-
utuents az home,'' nc said, ''are insisting
hat the reference CT tbs bill TO the coin
&c committee means that you intend to - -
afic II there if possible. What my people te
nd tic western people generally want is
consideration of the bill. and we
III agree to 10 delay. Let US have vote
pom 1t. II you can beat US we shall have CT
othlng more to say, but give US chance 81
test our strength" da
AT this point Speaker Reed internosed e
18th the remark that several of Inc sortb- DO
y democrats, notably aIessrs. Crisn is
l~unt and Hemphill were expecting the
ectons bill to come up and had already
'epared their speeches in opposition to II
Mr. Payson sarcastically replied that the
uthern men were not dying to discuss the su
ectlons bill, and volunteered the infor- ~
alton that they would willingly forepo b,
e pleasure OF addressing the House upon
e subject If II could be kept in the back
ound and not brought forward this SEES
IN He informed the speaker that twenty tn
e Republicans had already decided to ne
tie against their party on the silver prop o., ou
ltion, and ne assured that gentleman that de-