Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-03-31
FlLIBUSTERED.
TIE SILVER BILL FAILS TO REACH
a VOTE.

to sao Cnlss9ar.
" Aassisasa6, March "a. --Ite isss logic
iative day .: she silvsr debate opened With
full attepdnnos Of ;nsmbers OF the House
and crowded galleries. Mr.. Srscy of New
York said this nlorHina he would persist in
his Hlibusteriug tactics Until he secured e
vote ca the Substitute bill for tn interna-
tional monetary congress and ntil oha com b
i1ittec om rules were finally compelled to
br.at; in rule surpres1ing 6libusterors by
nc:.i~g a day ind hour when nothing would
IL ia order but q vote en- tho passage of the
biz.
l:upsdis.oly otss. The reading Of the
Journal The period of general debate was OK
tended three hours by the announcement OF
l@T. h!and taat lie would postpone the mo-
len Cor tho previous question until ) O'Clock
il order 10 give opportunity for greater
debate Mr. Williams DEM Of Illinois
opened the debate ia favor OF the bill.
Mr. Bartinc OK Nevada reviewing the
fiscal policy OF this country and Europe on
tbs silver question during the past century
showed tie benefits to be derived from free
coinage and combatted the arguments made
against it. lie ridicued the argument that
under free coinage we would eithcr lose q
great deal OF our gold, or be flooded with
Europeon silver. He also ri1icLl.d tho fig
ureS by which the cost OF production of sill
yer wa, fixed at II cents por ounce.
lie undertook to SHOW that free coinage
would give the country greater circulut-
ing medium. But there was more in it
than the mere ques .icn o. American dollars,
IL free coinage resulted as he thought it
would, in actually restoring the double stan
,iard in the United States. and substantially
NH 10,
the latest fad " an international agree
nent, and remarked upon the peculiar fact
that sivers opponent always had some
counter proposition which they asserted to
Su in the interest of silver.
Mr. Hatch said it was impossible for the
democratic party to ignore ito past history
ITS promises and its pledges ojthe people on
this subject, The democrat who could not
stand on the platform on which the demo-
cratic party had stood for 80 years had bet
ter hunt hole somewhere else. Laughter
The gentleman from Massachusetts (Nr
Williams had attempted to read him OUT of
the democratic party. Laughter The
gentleman, with al egotsm he had never
beard equaed in this House, had declared
substantially that only those who agreed
with him on this subject were democrats
why, my dear young friend " calculated
Mr.. Hatch, you have not learned the first
lesson OF democracy yet. You know no
more of democratic principles and the dem
ocratic party than you know OF what is 60
ing on IN the world beyond. Laughter
and applause.
The first duty OF a democrat is to abide
by the decision OF his caucus and his CON
vention ,applauseJ and when tho gentleman
undertakes to read me out of the democratic
party l simply resent it with the indigna-
ton OF a democrat who never scratched a
ticket and never bolted Il nomination.
Laughter and applause.
Mr. Williams asked to be permitted to
PROFOUND a question, but Nj. Hatch de-
cned to yield, alleging that he did not have
time.
Mr.. Williams did not refer to you per-
sonally. You referred to me personally,
Can you refer me to a democratic platform
that ever declared for free silver9
Mr.. Eatch-When you want demo-
cratic platform you will get it from demo
orets and not from men whose swaddling
clothes have not been on for week or !
month or year. Laughter
AIR. " illams-You want to read me out |
of the party:
Mr. Hatch.-No sir, but you stated that
the time was coming when the democratic |
England and the alliance party of the south !
and West | am ready TO take my stand |
now. ] will swap you for the barefooted |
statesmen from Kansas. loud and long |
continued laughter and | viii take your /
colleague and give him ii | can win bacl. |
tue young democrat from Georgia Mr. |
atsonJ who has como astray daughter !
and If that will not do, l will throw anoth-
Fl one overheard. Laughter
At O'Clock MIR. Bland demanded tho
previous question on the pending bill.
Mr.. Burrows moved to lay the bill on the
table. He said that motion took precedence
Df Mr.. BANDS motion be demanded the
yeas and nays on his motion
The chair Mr.. Crisp The chair will hear
the gentleman on the question whether
Or not thai moaioa takes precedence.
MIR. burrows read from rule l6, clause 4
giving the o'der In which motions might be
made.
The chair decided in favor Of Mr. Bur
rows and then. amid intense excitement. tho
clerk began TO call the roll on Mr. Burrows
notion, which brought the question TO n
square test vote.
At the conclusion of the roll call tho ex
element had risen to fever heat. At first
n ruVlor spread that the motion had carried
i'y three votes and that tho Band bin was
beaten. An anti-sjlver man in the rear
q The House started to shout, but quickly
checked himself as doubt overca:na him
Priva's information given CIT that the
vote stood yeas las, nays li7 stirred M
every member and the alslos were throuaed
be tie clerk proceeded to recspitulate the
vot5.
The members became ccmparatively quiet
although anxiety was shown in every coun-
tsnancs sat in the galleries the buzz Of
rxpactction Yves noticeable and It was with
d!lfic3lty tha. tho cer. could make himself
b9scS.
TIE reorganization being completed. the
speaker directed the clerk to CAL his name
and A-T. Crisp cast lis vote in the negative
amid rhe derfenips applause of the advo-
Gates Of the measure.
Hr. Bls2d changed his vote from the neg
ltive to the affirmative that he might have
IN opportunity to move reconsideration.
but bsinG advised that the motion was de-
Ieatsd by lie vote again changed to the
negative.
Mr.. Knloe Of Tennessee, with his hat on.
hastily strobe into the House and said he
iss:cd to have his vote recorded