The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-27
REED WILL PREVENT.

bill would not pass the House this session
and that Speaker REED, the autocrat, was
so much opposed to the measure that it was
doubted that he would permit the bill to
come before the House, this paper was CEN
sured by certain of its contemporaries
which b ad the effrontery to declare that
Mr.. REED was not the enemy to the white
metal we had charged him with being. The
fault-fnding of such sheets doesn't count;
we, therefore, paid no attention to it. 1t
will be interesting to the public, howe yer,
to learn what has been Mr. REEDS position
on the silver question, and from this may
be gathered an opinion as to the probability
of the free coinage bill becoming law with
such man in absolute control of the
House The San Fran cisco Alta has gone
to the Congressional Record for the facts in
regard to the treatment Of the silver bill of
last year. The Record shows that on June
D, MCKINLEY. from the committee on rules,
reported special order for the House sill
yer bill, by which it was to be decided
under the previous question, at 3 o'clock on
the 18th. BLAND denounced this as a gag
rule to prevent the consideration of free
House adopted the rule. The bill passed
and went to the Senate, where free coinage
was substituted, the bill coming back TO
the House on the 10Th. That body
being in committee of the whole,
BLAND wanted the House to consider the
bill then and moved that the committee
rise for the purpose, but this was refused,
and without permitting the bill to come
before the House at all REED referred it to
the chairman of the committee on coinage
The next day the journal showed the bill
had been before the House. whereas it had
only been before REED. The Democrats
had to fight to get the journal corrected, and
two days later the speaker again sent the
Dill to the committee on coinage against a
protest by the Democrats. On June "a,
the committee on rules reported rule
providing for the immediate consideration
of the bill, the vote to be taken at 2 pm.
the next day. On the 25th the bill was
beaten. TIL Alta quotes from the Record
the proceedings of June s. which tells Just
how much of a friend to silver Mr.. REED
is. The measure before the House was the
substitute silver bill:
Mr.. MCCoMAs (Rep Maryland)-Mr Speaker
| l desire to offer an amendment
| Mr.. BLAND Dem, Missouri)-Mr. Speaker, /
wish to offer an amendment
The Speaker-The gentleman from Maryland
is recognized to offer an amendment. which will
| be read.
Mr.. TAYLOR Rep, Illinois)-I offer an amend
ment TO the original bill.
Mr.. BLAND-And offer an amendment to the
amendment
The Speaker-The gentleman from Illinois is
recognized to offer an amendment.
Mr.. BLAND-Mr Speaker, 1 rise to offer an
amendment
The Speaker-The clerk will read the amend
ment offered by the gentleman from Illinois.
Mr.. BLAND-Mr. Speaker, L desire to offer an
amendment
Mr.. O'DoNNELL rep, Michigan) - Mr.
Speaker, 1 offer further amendment to the
original bill.
The Speaker-The amendment of the gentle
man from Michigan will be read
Mr.. BLAND-I desire to offer substitute fol
the two amendments.
The Speazer-H 1CH not be IN order
Mr.. CoNGER (Rep., Iowa)-Mr. Speaker
Mr.. BLAND-Mr. Speaker, when Will it be il
order?
The Speaker-The gentle nan from Iowa, Mr..
CoNGER, IS recognized.
Mr.. BLAND-I rise to question of order
There have been two amendments to the origl.
nal bill. 1 now desire to offer a substitute for
the two. This is certainly in order
The Speaker-The gentleman from Iowa is
recognized.
Mr.. BLAND-I want to know if it is not il
order under parliamentary proceedings, to ofTe
a substitute for these two?
The Speaker-The gentleman from Missouri
is not in order.
Mr.. BLAND rise to parliamentary inquiry
1 Gel tainly have right to an answe-.
The Speaker-The chair will examine tn al
question when your amendment is offered
MIR. BLAND-Then will the chair recognize m,
to offer the amendment?
The speaker-That is another question alto
gethsr.
Mr.. BLAND was silver's warm friend
but he was not permitted to make himself
heard in behalf of the abused metal, while
Republicans and enemies to silver could
get the floor over his head though occupy
ing precisely the same parliamentary posi-
ton that he occupied. Mr.. BLAND wanted
free coinage; Mr.. REED was determined
that there should be no free coinage. ].
the speaker has changed in his views, tn,
fact has not been made apparent. He ha.
not changed. He stands preciselywhere hs
did, and exercising the same power in tn,
House he did last June, we say he will see
to it that no free coinage measure get:
through that branch of Congress.