Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-03-26
ANTS VERY HOPEFUL.
They See No Possibility Of the Bland
Bill Passing Now.
THE VOTE SHOWED THE STRENGTH
Of tie Silver Side Of the House and It IS Not Be-
hsyed that il is Great Enough to Garry the
Bill Through, Even if the Committee on
Rules Names a Day.

Special TsleoraFa 70 ne RsgiS,sr.
WAsHINGroN, ID. c., March 25.-lt
looks tonight as If the House would
after all take the wise course OF allow
ing the Bland bill 20 rest where 1t Is for
the present. The oil cannot come up
10 the House again without a special
order from the Committee on Rules.
The question now is whether or not
such a special order can be adopted In
the House.
l The votes last night indicate that 1t
cannot and the leading anti-silver men
do not think 10 can, yet no one call tell
as there were a number OF a6SeuteeS.
II is fair to assume that since they eX-
pected the vote the silver men who
were absent were purpOsely away, and
# so. they will probably dodge a vote
every time unless compelled % come 10
the scratch. The committee on rules
will probably report a special order on
Monday.
If so, the report will be a signal for
the ferceSt fight yet, The anti-Sllyer
men have victory right in their hands
and they do not propose TO have 10
snatched from them by the interpoSi-
tion Of the committee in behalf OF their
opponents.
one OF the leaders said this morning
that the widest scene during Mr..
Reeds Congress would not be a circum-
stance 10 what will occur II the Com
mittee on Rules tries 70 force a vote on
the Bland bill. lt is not improbable
that the apti-Silver men will be able 70
defeat a report from the committee, and
while the Bland bill is not yet dead, and
may revive, IL is in very bad condition.
From the present outlook the adop-
ton OF another special order from the
Committee on Rules depends upon the
action Of the republicans. The whole
situation seeems to be pretty nearly at
their command One Of the most prom
inent silver leaders said to-day that II
the Republicans voted against the spec
ial order 10 might be defeated and the
oil done for, but that his Information
was that large number Of the Repuo-
Hcans would vote for the resolution
merely % force a direct vote Onithe Oil.
Talks with Republicans indicate that
there is very great difference OF
opiniOn among them as TO what policy
they should follow. Mr.. Reed and most
Of the Eastern men insist that they now
occupy the best possible position and
will get the credit for the defeat Of the
Bland bill if their efforts are successful
They are using all their influence TO hold
the party IN the position they occupied
last night and get them 10 vote against
the resolution from the Committee on
Rules. but n their efforts fail and the
resolution Is adopted the Bland bill will
not then be safe. IL will be subject 70
motions 70 table 90 postpone and to
amend. and what the silver men fear is
that one of these motions, probably
that % postpone, may carry. They are
not all confident OF the result being
favorable 70 the bill.
III Mr.. CatchingS, Of Mississippi, re-
turns 20 Washington in time special
arder may be brought into the House
ON Mouday for the immediate cOnsidera-
tion OF the Bland silver bill and pend
ing amendments.
Mr.. Bland, during the afternoon
session Of the House to-day, disclosed
his plan by the introduction OF reSo-
luton fixing Monday, March 2S, as the
date on which the bill. for the free coin
age OF silver aud pending amendments
shall be taken up and put upon Us pass
age. Accompanying the resolution Is
provision giving the Speaker power 70
refuse % entertain any dllatory motion.
The resolution went 70 the committee
on Rules.
Ia view OF the extra clOSeneSS OF the
vote on the silver question, an analysis
OF the tie vote on the test motion OF
Mr.. Burrows, Of Michigan, will be In
teresting. On this motion each side Sc
cured las votes and thirty-fve members
are put down as not voting, OF which
number the Congressional Record
shows that twenty were announced TO
be paired on this vote, leaving fifteen
members impaired.
OF the 14s votes cast in favor OF the
motion, eighty-twO were cast by Demo
cratic members OF she House and sixty
six by Republican members. The neg
atiye vote shows the names OF eleven
Republicaps, the other 137 being either
Democrats or Alliance men. The un-
exDectediy large showing OF Democratic
votes against the silver bill came from
the following States: New York, nine
teen; Pennsylvania, ten; Wisconsin,
seven: Massachusetts, seven; Iowa,
i've, New Jersey. Ohio and Maryland.
four each; Illinois, Connecticut and
Michigan, three each; New Hampshire,
Rhode Island, Louisiana and Minnesota,
two each: South Carolina, one; Della
ware, one; West Virginia, one (Mr. VIII
son); Missouri, one, and California. one.
The eleven Republican votes opposed
10 the motion made by Mr.. Burrows are
scattered over the far West, only one
vote. that Of Mr.. Vincent A. Taylor, Of
Ohio. coming from east Of the Missis-
sinDi river. Kansas contributed two
ana South Dakota two, while the other
six votes came from rs many different