The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-06-22
In the House.

ing and approval of yesterdays journal,
Blair moved TO reconsider the vote by
which the yeas and nays were ordered upon
Mchinley's motion to table his Blair's) APP
peal from the decision of the chair ycster-
day recalling his motion TO take the silver
bill from the speakers table. He announced
that he had decided TO withdraw his appeal
but Mckinley insisted on a vote; so Blalr'S
motion TO reconsider was defeated, 80 to 120.
The regular order being demanded,
Speaker Reed proceeded to state his PEST
ton on the mooted question of the refer
ence of the silver bill which he had refer
red to the committee on coinage, weights
and measures. He said the rules required
such bills to be referred, and a state
ment to that effect should be put
in the journal, and record of
the statement was made and if
the House saw fit not to permit it to be-
come part OF the journal, that left a
somewhat difficult question as to the sta
tus of the bill. Individually, the chair be-
lieved the refusal TO record the fact did not
obliterate the fact itself. The chair be-
1ieVed the Senate amendments to the sill
yer bill came within the purview of rule 20,
which prescribed that any amendment
made by the Senate to any House bill must
be considered first in committee of the
whole, ii IL would have been so liable had
st originated in the House. The Senate
amendment t0this bill struck out the first
section and substituted another section con-
tanning no words of appropriation and pre-
scribing a different line of action, towit:
The fashioning of silver bars and coming
of all silver presented, instead of the puf-
chase of silver bullion. This and the other
BubstluuuonS were plainly new PROPOSE
lions requiring consideration i'll commit
tee of the whole. Under these circum-
stances and IN conformity with the rules,
the chair held the bill had been referred
and was now referred TO the committee on
coinage, weights and measures.
Bland, of Missouri, appealed from the de-
cision and proceeded to argue that the APP
propria tion clause in the original House
bill and the bill as it came from the Senate
were similar in the terms and purposes,
Ind the bill was not subject TO reference to
y the committee of the whole.
Springer declared the silver bill only was
subjected to this treatment, and the Repub-
lcans and their speaker were lodging the
silver question.
Crisp, of Georgia, said a discreditable
way had been found under the rules TO
stifie the minority when that minority had
become the majority. This was the only
opportunity to get vote upon free coinage.
Morrow, of California, contended in OPP
position to the speakers ruling. bill on
the speakers table was open to the dispo-
Bition of the House.
Hermann, of Oregon, said the silver
question was the issue of the election held
four weeks ago in his state. He agreed to
support the Republican state platform de-
claring in favor OF the free coinage of silver.
These were his sailing orders.
Bartine. of Nevada, said the Represen-
tatives from the silver producing states
were mostly new members and not trained
in parliamentary law, but he could read
E,npl1Eh a 1St hfAr
sidered in committee. If the speaker was
sustained and the bill went TO the coinage
committee it never again would come be-
lore the House as il would come under the
rule that would keep IL entirely within the
control Of the chairman who would alone
be recognized to move amendments.
<Townsend, of Colorado, SAID he voted as
lie had because he felt il his duty to mis-
peopleto endeavor to get free coinage. In
committee Of the whole did not mean il was
10 go TO the coinage committee.
Fitch, of New York, said it was plain
that yesterdays proceedings were victory
for free coinage. Perkins. of Kansas, said
1t was the purpose not 10 secure free coin
age but 10 force the President to be
obliged TO veto the bill.
Henderson, of Iowa, held up the urgent
deficiency appropriation bill as an instance
OF a bill taking the same course as the
silver bill in reference
Conger, Of Iowa, shaid there were moi
three districts in the United States outside
OF the silver producing states that would
support such a proposition as that con
tanned in the amended bill. As for the
coinage committee, he would promise agar
that the bill would be reported back at the
earliest possible moment. The committee
was not unfavoraOle to silver
Cornell, of Nebraska said he could MOI
see why this should be rewar as a practi-
cal question. Some of the Democrat.
would be found voting against the majority
of their party, ana why should not western
Republicans show the same Independence
The debate having closed, Mckinley
moved to table BANDS appeal. The yeas
and nays resulted: Yeas, IA; nays, III. Sc
the appeal was laid on the table. The fol
lowing Republicans voted With the Demo
Crafts against McKinley's motion: Bartine
Council, De Haven. Hermann, Kelly. Nor
ROW, Townsend and Funston. The Demo
Gratis who voted with the Republicans il
favor of the motion were: Buckalew
Dumdhy, Fitch, Leissenheimer, Maish
Meadoo, Mutchler, O'Neill, of Massachu.
sets, Quinn, Wiley and Stahlnec5er. 4
number OF pairs were announced. Nc
kinley, upon the announcement of the
vote said the appeal was tabled and tn,
BID stands referred to the coinage com
mittee.
Brewer. of Michigan, presented the re
port of the appropriation committee on the
Senate amendment. To the fertilization:
appropriation bill the House honoured
and conference was ordered.
Adjourned.