Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-03-25
SILVER WAS SLICED THIN.
Mr.. Bland Barely Succeeded
in Saving His Bill.
ODDS WERE MUCH GREATER
THAN EXPECTED.
Mr.. Williams Gets Very Severe
Scoring.

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The Senate proceeded to executive bus
iness and shortly after noon adjourned.
In the House the silver bill absorbed all
the time. Many speeches were made and
the bill narrowly escaped being tabled;
BANDS hopes seemed destined to de-
struction when at 8. 20 a motion to table
was put and was apparently carried by
one majority. The father OF the silver
bill breathed more easily when on a count
the motion was fonrf 20 have been been
lost, 14S TO 1is, tie vote, made so by
A motion TO adjourn was made. Mr..
Bland fought IL tooth and nail and the
yeas and nays were called amid great sx-
citement and confusion. The motion was
defeated.
Mr.. Hatch of Missouri said he did not
endorse the sentiment Of certain Dem.
ocrats that this was an independent quse-
tion. It was a question that was going TO
be settled by the Democratic party In the
convention of 1892.
II the gentlemen from New York and
Maryland Cochran and Raynor) could
fix the policy Of the Democratic party,
they would carry that party into the wil-
derness of absolute defeat.
The gentleman from Massachusetts,
(Mr. Williamsl had attempted TO read
him out OF the Democratic party. Iaugh-
ter.) The gentleman with an egotism he
had never heard equalled in this House,
had declared substantially that only those
who agreed with him on this question
were Democrats.
"Why, my dear young friend" ejacu-
lated Mr.; Hatch. "you have not learned
MIR. Williams-I did not refer to you,
personally. You referred to me personal
ly. Can you refer me to Democratic
platform that ever declared for free sill
yer?
Mr.. Hatch-when you want Demo-
cratic platform you will get 1t from Dem
ocrats, and not from men whose swad-
ding clothes have not been on for week
or a month or year. daughter.
Mr.. Wi!liams-You want to read me
out OF the party2
Mr.. Hatch-No sir; but you stated that
the time was coming when the Demo-
cratic party must choose between Demo-
cratic New England and the Alliance par
ty OF the South and West. am ready to
take my stand now. Iwill swap you for
the barefooted statesman from Kansas.
loud and long-continued laughter.)
II being now O'Clock Mr.. Bland de-
manded the previous question on the
pending bin.
Mr.. Burrows moved to lay the bill on
table. lie said that mot ion took preced-
ence OF Mr.. BANDS motion He demand
ed the yeas and nays on his motion.
The Chair d,ciied in favor OF Mr.. Bur-
rows anTthen amid intense excitement
the clerk began TO call the roll on Mr..
Burrows motion, which brought the
question TO square test vote. The ex-
citem ut became more intense as the call
restlessly and crowded 10 the space In
front OF the Speakers desk.
At the conclusion Of the roll call, the
exc tement had risen to fever heat. At
first d rumor spread that tho motion was
carried by three votes and that the Bland
bill was beaten. An anti-silver man In
the rear OF the House started to shout,
but quickly checked himself as doubt
overCame him.
Private information given out that the
vote stood yeas iis, nay 147, stirred up
every member and the aisles were throng-
ed as the clerk proceeded to recapitulGte
the vote.
The members became comparatively
quiet, although anxiety was shown In
every countenance. But in the galleries
the buzz of expectation was noticeable
and il was with d difficulty that the clerk
could make himself heard. The recapit-
ulation being completed, the Speaker di-
rected the clerk TO call his name and Mr..
Crisp cast his vote in the negative amid
the deafening applause OF the advocates
OF the measure.
Mr.. Bland changed his vote from the
negative to the affirmative that he might
have an opportunity to move a reconsId-
Grafton, but being advised that tho mo-
tion was defeated by q tie vote again
changed 10 the negative.
The motion was lost by a tie vote Of
Yeas las, Nays 1is.
Mr.. Cultivate of Ohio at once moved
to adjourn.
MIR. Bland asked il the effect OF an adj
journment would be to make another
special order necessary to call up tho
bill
The Speaker said Il would.
Many pronounced anti-silvcrites voted
in opposition to the motion and :t was
lost-Yeas, 90; nays, 1893.
Mr.. Johnson, Ohio, moved 10 rccousid-
er the vote by which the House refused to
table the bill. Mr.. Bland moved 10 lsy
Mr.. Johnson's motion on the table.
The motion to table the motion to re-
consider was rejected-Yeas, l45; nays,
1i9 (Applausa by the anti-silver mani.
The Speaker stated that the vote re.
CURED on the motion to reconsider and
Mr.. Reed of Maine demanded the yess
and nays.
Then the thunderstorm which had been
brooding over the House for the entire
day burst in full violence, and for 20 min
utes or more the cyclone ragged supreme
throu ghout the House. Before tho an
nounccmsnt OF the vote the space In front
OF the Speakers desk was crowded with a
jostling mass OF members desiring of
knowing how they were recorded upon
the bill.
The Speaker (without ordering reca-
pitulation) announced that the motion
to reconsider was defeated by tic vote
OF yeas 1ts; nays 1is.
Messrs. Cochran, Fitch, Tracey and
Mutchler arose and called halt. Mr..
Cochran had the most powerful voice and
amid the confusion he was heard to de-
clare that the vote had not been re-
capitulated and 10 demand q rccspituia-
tiop.
The Speaker stated that the demand
came too late. Mr.. O'Neil OF Massachu-
setts, excitedly exclaimed that 1t was not
too late TO correct an error. He kept tall
ly and be knew that an error had been
made.
The spcakor--If any gentleman had
asked for tho recapitulation before the
announcement, the chair would have or
dercd II. After the announcement the
chair will not order II.
A scene Of great disorder ensucd.
Messrs. Cochran, Fitch and O'Neil vsinly
endoavored 10 make their voices heard.
The Speaker showed symptoms OF anger
and irnpatience. The silver men shouted
for the Irregular order" and the anti-sil-
yer men urged Ms.srs. Cochran and Fitch
forward.
The Speaker was compelled 10 order the
sergeant-et-arms to conduct the excited