The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-26
FREE COINAGE DEFEATED
THE HOUSE REFUSES TO CONCUR
IN TIE SENATE AMENDMENT,

Nays-The Original Proposition of
the House Was to Coin S4, 100000
Worth of Silver Per Month-The Vote
in Detail.
WASHINGTON, June 25.-Speaker Reed
transferred the custody Of the silver bill
from the coinage committee to a confer
ence to-day. The majority of the conferees,
to be appointed by himself and Vice Presi-
dent Morton, will be anti-silver men who
will see that the amendments are buried,
and that the compromise which Speaker
Reed has fixed up with the silver men is
reported as the conclusion of the conference
committee. This compromise will be Just
next door to free coinage, but it is not quite
the same, and so President Harrison can
sign it, and Speaker Reed can claim it as
triumph.
CARRYING OUT THE PROGRAMME.
Speaker Reeds programme to non-concur
in the Senate amendments to the silver bill
was carried out by twenty-five eastern
democrats, who offset the detection of
twenty-three western republicans, leaving
the republicans nominal majority of sew
enteen on the free coinage amendment.
The eastern democrats could, of course,
have put Speaker Reed in hole by voting
for free coinage, but they preferred con-
sistency. Speaker Reed telegraphed all
over the country for absent republicans.
He got most of them back, there being only.
four absent impaired The Pennsylvania
republicans, who came back from Harris
burg, came most reluctantly, and Messrs.
Mccormick and Osborne, being candidates
for governor, refused to come at all.
HOW THE WORK WAS DONE.
(By associated PreSsl
WASHINGTON, June 25.-In the House
this morning Mr.. Boutelle presented the
conference report on the naval aPpropria-
tion bill and insisted on its consideration,
the objection of Mr..
Bland of Missouri that he was thereby con-
suming the short time demanded for debate
on the silver bill.
Mr.. Boutelle made a short explanation OF
the details of the agreement reached in the
conference.
Mr.. Wilkinson of Louisiana sought to
obtain recognition to speak against the
provision for reopening the question Of a
site for a gulf coast navy yard, but Mr..
Boutelle declined to yield the floor, and in-
sisted upon calling for the previous ques-
tion. On vote by tellers this was ordered;
but Mr.. Wilkinson, who complained of being
gagged, insisted in turn on having the yeas
and nays. which resulted in 139 yeas to 103
nays, SO the previous question was ordered,
and the conference report adopted.
THE SILVER BILL DEBATE.
Mr.. Conger then moved that the debate
on the silver bill be extended from 2 until
o'clock, at which time the voting shall begin.
His motion was agreed to, and Mr. Morse
opened the debate in support of the House
bill and in opposition to the Senate bill.
The other speakers were: Messrs.
McAdoo, Peters of Kansas, Taylor
of Michigan, Dunnell of Minnesota, Will
liams of Illinois, Conger Bayne, Bresius of
Pennsylvania, Stockdale and Mckinley
At 3 o'clock the speaker declared the pre-
vious question ordered.
Mr.. Springer asked if separate vote
could be- mad on each of the Senate amend
ments.
The speaker replied in the affirmative,
and caused the first Senate amendment to
be read. 1t was the section providing for
free coinage, and was substitute for the
first section of the House bill, providing for
the purchase OF S4,500,000 worth of silver
bullion monthly.
THE CRITICAL TEST.
On both sides it was at once recognized
that this was to be the critical test, and the
yeas and nays were demanded on Mr.
Springer's motion to concur in the Senate
amendment. As the call progressed the
votes were watched in closest interest, and
the result-the defeat of the free coinage
amendment by a vote of 1876 to 152-was
hailed with applause. Following is the
vote In detail:
YEAs-Messrs. Abbott, Anderson, Allen of
Mississippi, Anderson of Kansas, Anderson OF
Mississippi, Bankhead, Barnes, Bartine, Blanch-
ard. Bland Blount, Boatner, Breckenridge Of
Arkansas, Breckenridge of Kentucky Brickner.
Brookshire, ]. b. Brown, Brunner, Buchanan Of
Virginia, Bullock, Bum, Bynum, Gambler of
Georgia, Carlton, Carter, Caruth, Catchings,
Chapman, Clarke of Alabama, Clements, Conb
Council, Cooper of Indiana, Cothran, Cowles,
Cram, Crisp, Culberson Cummings Davidson,
Ellis, Enloe, Featherstone, Fithian, Foreman,
Forney, Fowler, Funston, GIBSON
Clifford, Goodnight, Grimes, Hare,
IF aaE1esb EoTsb odns nard Hbde1 baemh n
man, Kelley, Kerr of Pennsylvania. Kilgore,
Lane, Lanham, Laws, Lee, Lester of Georgia
Lester of Virginia Lewis, Magner Martin of
Indiana, McClammy, Mcclellan, McCreary, Nc
Millin, McRae, Mills, Montgomery. Moore of
Texas. Morrill,, Morrow, Norton, Oates, O'Fer.
rail-, O'Neil Of Indiana, Owen of Indiana
Owens of Ohio, Parrett, Paynter, Peel Pennng-
ton, Perkins, Perry, Peters, Pierce Post, Reilly,
S Lively, Skinner, Smith of Illinois, Springer,
Stewart of Georgia, Stewart of Texas, Stock
dale, Stone OF Kentucky, Stone of Missouri
Tarsney, Tillman, Townsend of Colorado
Tucker, Turner of Georgia, Turner of Kansas
Venable, Wade. Washington, Wheeler, Whiting
Whitthorne. Wilkinson, Williams of Illinois,
Williams Of Ohio, Wilson of Missouri and Will
son of West Virginia-135.
NAYs-Messrs. Adams, Allen of Michigan,
Andrew, Arnold, Atkinson of Pennsylvania,
Baker, Banks Bayne, Beckwith, Beden, Bel
KNAPP, Bergen, Bingham, Bliss Boothman,
Boutelle, Bowden, Brewer, Brosius, Brown,
Browne Of Virginia, Buckalew, Burrows, Bur-
ton Butterworth, Campbell, Gambler of Massa-
Cannon, Caswell, Cheadle, Cheatham,
Covert, Craig, Culbertson of Pennsylvania,
Cutcheon Dargan, Darlington, DeLano, DIN gley.
Dolliver, Dunnen. Dunphy, Evans. Farquhar
Finley Flick, Flood, Flower, Frank, Gear
Gest, Greenhalge, Grout,
Hall, Hanshrough, Harmer, Haugen,
Henderson of Illinois, Henderson of
Iowa, Hil Hit, Hopkins, Houk, Kennedy, Kerr
of Iowa, Ketchum, Knsey, Knapp, Lacey, La
Toilette, Laidlaw. Lansing. Lehlbach, Lind,
Lodge, Maish, Mason, McAdoo, McComas, Nc
Cord, McDuffie, McKenna, Mckinley. Miles,
BIillikin, Mofft, Moore of New Hampshire, Nor
rill Morse, Mudd, Mutchler, N1edringhaus,
O'Neil of Massachusetts, O'Neill Of
Payne, Payson, Pugsey, Quack-
enbush, Quinn, Raines, Reed of Iowa. Reyburn,
Rife, Rowell, Rusk. Russell, Sanford, Sawyer,
Scull, Sherman, SImonds, Smith Of
Spooner, Stephenson, Stewart Of Vermont,
Stivers, Stockbridge, Struble, Stump, Sweeney,
TAYLOR of Illinois, Taylor of Tennessee, E. b.
Taylor Thomas, Townsend Of Pennsylvania,
Tracey, Turner of New York, Vandever, Van
Schaik, Vaux, Naddel. Wallace of Massachu-
setts Wallace of New York, Watson, Wiley,
Wilcox, Wilson Of Kentucky, Wilson of Wash