The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-03-26
Exciting Times in the House Over
The Bland Silver 4 -
Bill. -.
A Motion to Lay on the Table De
feated Only by the Fote of the
Speaker. >"
Filibustering Tactics Prevent q VOts
Being Taken on the Measure
Itself.

WASHINGTON, March 26. The debate
on the silver bill has closed. A motion
to lay the bill Oh the table was lost by a
tie vote las to 148. Then followed .
protracted parliamentary battle, which
resulted in adjournment, leaving the
bill undisposed of.
AT o'clock sharp the speakers gavel
cut short the debate, and Mr.. Bland de-
manded the previous question, and pend
ing this, Mr.. Burrows, of Michigan,
moved to laysthe bill on the table, and
demanded the yeas and nays. which
were ordered. ~
The Vote was Very Close
and the excitement grew minute by
minute, and the call was proceeded
with under great difficulties. 1t was
almost impossible to hear responses and
the recapitulation, q former order but
seldom resorted to, gave but little sat-
isfaction. 1t afforded time, however,
to learn the exact status of the case
which was, without vote from the
speaker, that the motion to lay the bill
on the table had prevailed by one ma
jority. Mr.. Bland asked to have his
vote changed from no to aye in order to
be able to move reconsideration, but
withdrew his request upon hearing the
speaker say, '"The clerk will caH my
name" Mr. Crisp voted no, and then
amid a silence as marked as had been
the immediate previous disorder and
racket, said: s'The vote on the motion
to lay the bill on the table il yeas 14S.
nays 148, 80 the motion fails. +"
A motion to adjourn was made and
lost. Then began one of those scenes
with which the house IN former sessions
has been familiar. It was pandemon-
ium. Several other motions were made,
bat finally motion to reconsider was
carried, and the motion of Mr.. Burrows
to table was lost 145 to l48. The speaker
next stated that the original motion of
Mr.. Bland, ordering the previous ques-
tion, was in order.
Falbustering Tactics Employed.
A motion by Mr. Fitch to adjourn
was defeated, yeas so, nays 2O2, and a
motion from Mr.. Tracey, of New York.
to take a recess until 1890 was voted
down. Mr.. Bland moved a recess till
II a. m. and this motion was antagoniz-
cd by Mr.. Tracey by an amendment to
make the recess till II p. m. The usual
filibustering processes were gone
through again. All this time the house
remained in good humor, but Republi-
cans and Democrats opposed to silver
legislation fraternized with great free.
dom, and in the gangway to the speak
er's right, usually the Democratic
stronghold, there were frequently more
Republicans than Democrats pacing
the floor. 1t became manifest that the
anti-silver men for the time being had
control of the parliamentary situation
and that their tactics of putting up one
man to make parliamentary notion to
adjourn or take recess and another
man to move an amendment to that
motion and on that amendment to ask
the yeas and nays was likely to prolong
the session indefinitely. AT 1875 a. m.
Mr.. Bland stated that on account of the
Late hour and because of the absence OF
80 many members it was plain that no
fair vote could be taken and he moved
that the house adjourn. This was car.
ried