The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-03-26
The | nrelenting Foes of Silver Sue.
cessfully Resort to Filibust-
ering.
Bland Moves an Adjournment and
His Bill Goes on the
Calendar.
the Battle oi the Giants.

Legislative day Of the silver debate
opened with crowded galleries and full
attendance Of members of the house.
The utmost diligence has been excrted
by the leaders OF both sides for the past
three days to secure the presence OF
every member who is not absent from
the city, when the hour of final vote
arrives. so well have they succeeded
in their efforts that only gentlemen who
who were granted leave by the house
were absent when the gavel fell today.
and these are 50 equally divided upon
the question that neither side derived
any advantage from their non attend
ance.
Under notice Of Chairman Bland YES
tcrday that he would at . o'clock this
afternoon move the previous question on
the bill and its amendments. two hours
yet remained before the program of the
opposition and the delay contemplated
by Tracy and his colleagues could be
inauguratcd against the final vote on the
passage of the bill. Immediately after
the reading of the journal the period Of
general debpte was extended three hours
by the announcement Of Bland that he
would postpone the motion for the pre-
vious question until o'clock in order to
give opportunity for greater debate.
Representative Williams of Illinois,
democratic member Of the committee on
coinage, opened the debate in favor Of
the bill. He was followed by Cochran
against the bill. Cummings of New
York spoke briefly, saying his constitu-
ents were opposed to the pending bill.
Dingley of Maine also spoke in opposi-
tion to the bill. saying its effect would
be to give the silver mine owners OF this
nation S20WOOO0 annually more than
they are now receiving for their product
Bum favored, Loud opposed and Bar
tine suppor ted the bill.
Hatch Of Missouri made strong party
speech in favor Of the bill, announcing
that he was in favor of making the bill
a matter of party fealty, He told Will
Jams of Massachusetts he did not know
the first principles of democracy, and
when Williams asked il he was
reading him out Of the party.
Hatch retortcd that Williams said
the time was coming when the dem
ocratic party would nave to choose
between the democrats of New ork and
the alliance OF the south Hatch vas
willing 10 max" the choice II necessary
and would swap the barcfooted states
man FROM Kansas ISimrs"ni for the gen
tlrman from Massachusetts. And il an
other swap were wanted he would take
in the prriuv yOIluu democrat from
Georgia tWatson) and throw over anpth-
er Massachusetts mugwump. The
speech created almost Il sensation
Castle OF Minnesota denied the night
OF any democrat on tn" iioor of the house
to pronounce Il policy for the party IN
advance of party platforms. They could
speak for their own states but he object
ed to their speaking for his state or the
party when II had never pronounced ON
it. He represented people who had
been democrats in and out of season.
His people were opposed to this bill be-
cause it proposed to make fiat money
pure and simp'c. APplauseh
Representative hnglish nf New Jcr
scy. a democrat, opposed the bill, and
Representative Taylor or Illinois was
recognized and sent up to the clerks
desk aud had read proposed substitute
measure intended To ridicul lc the pend
ing bill. 1t proposed that at the re-
quest Of any one who owed more than
he could pay and had his Request ccrti
fled by two of his creditors VINO wanted
their pay should have forwarded to him
immediately by the secretary Of the IN
terror enough money to pay all his debts.
Lind of Minnesota said he took issue
with those who represented the farmers
Of his state as bound down by mortgages.
He could state from personal knowl"de"
that there never was ii year in which the
farmers of his district had pald of ~
many mortgages aS in 1891. and there
had never been u time when fewer loans
were made or at lower interest than at