Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-03-08

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the order of business"
"Well. / don't want to have anything
to do with the rules of the Fifty-frst
Congress" said Mr.. Tracy emphatically.
.[Great laughter. "The rules of the
| Fifty-frst Congress should not be al
lnded to in this House excepting possi-
bly, by the gentleman from Maine" ="
| Renewed laughter.
The Speaker-"TheC Chair agrees with
the gentleman about that"
"Once more Mr.. Tracy appealed from
the decision Of the Chair, and Mr.. War
ner, another New York Democrat,
warned his colleagues that they were
on the point, as Democratic House, OF
enforcing a more arbitrary rule in
more arbitrary manner than any en-
forced by the Fifty-first Congress, by
virtue of whose crimes the Democratic
majority is here. Applause.
Again the yeas and nays were de-
manded, and again Mr.. Tracy's appeal
from the decision OF the Chair was
tabled-yeas, 1S6; nays, 81.
Mr.. Tracey thereupon made motion
to recommit the resolution with In
structions 10 the Committee on Rules
TO report it back with an amendment
changing the date for the consideration
OF the silver bill from March % TO De-
cember u. The motion was defeated,
yeas 20 nays 202.
The previous question was then or
| dered upon the resolution without
further objection being made.
Mr.. Williams, of Massachusetts, in
opposing the resolution, said the free
coinage men would need much conSola-
tion before the Democratic party got
through explaining to the people why
il had left free coinage out of the plat
form OF 1888, and had appealed
TO the people on the ground that 1t
was opposed to free coinage, thereby
| justifying its administration for four
years. 1t was now proposed to give
the lie TO one Of It's pledges. In the
North, pledges to the people meant
something, and the pledges of the Dem
| ocrats in the North had changed great
minority into great majority. The
people OF the North could stand taxa
tion under unjust laws anu would stand
them, but they were not ready TO go
into national bankruptcy and pay 20
cents on the dollar. The bankruptcy
would come for those Democrats who
were trying to make a Farmers ALI
| ance party out of the Democratic party.
| They would have te decide between two
things-FarmerS' Alliance in the South
or Democratic Alliance in the North.
One OF the two they must give up.
| The question went deeper into politics
than anybody conceived. The organi-
zatton of this House had been directed
towards forcing this question upon the
country. He did not know which was
more important that Congressman
should be returned from Georgia and
Mississippi or that a Democratic preSi-
dent should be elected in 1892.
Mr.. Reed, of Maine, cordially agreed
for once with the gentleman from Mas
sachuetts. That gentleman had point
ed out that the vast Democratic ma
iority had been secured by false pledges
to the people, pledges that were now in
process OF being broken. (Laughter).
Upon the delusive and false statements
that improper means had been used in
the government of the House of the
Fifty-First Congress, the Demo-
crts had gone before the peo-
pie, denouncing actions which
they this very day surpassed. Repub-
lican laughter and applause. They
themselves had overriden what they
had called the sacred rights of the mi
nority with harder hoof than they had
ever been ridden over before. They
had deliberately overruled the decision
of Speaker Carlisle. who, in the Fiftieth
Congress, had decided no business could
be transacted until the Journal OF the
House was approved. In their eager
ness TO override the rights of the minor
ity they had overridden the decision OF
the Speaker they had hitherto delight
ed TO honor. Here was two-thirds OF the
capital stock of the last election flung
to the winds, and as the gentleman
from Massachusetts, well said, when the
people got up to expose them the peO-
pie would gladly rectify the frightful
mistake they had made ia 1890. Laugh
ter.
/ Mr.. Pierce, Of Tennessee, said that
the Democratic party had favored and
would ever favor bill for the free
coinage OF silver. Within the last three
years, twenty eight Democratic State
conventions in their platforms had de-
clared for the free coinage Of silver.
Mr.. Bland said the free coinage queS-
tion was one which ought to be con-
sidered outside and independent of any
| exigeney connected with it. Mr.. Car
isles ruling, referred to by Mr.. Reed,
did not apply to the present ease.
After further debate, participated in
by Messrs. McKeighan, Townsend and
Boutelle, the yeas and nays were or
dered and resulted in the adoption OF
the reSolutlon-yeaS 100, nays ST, as
follows:
YEAs-Abbott, Anderson, Alexander,
Allen. Arnold, Babbitt, Bailey, Baker,
Bankhead, Bartin, Beeman, Belden,
Belknap, Bergen, Blanchard, Bland,
Blount, Boatner, Boutelle, Bowers,
Bowman, Branch, Brelz, Broderick,
Brookshire, Bryan, Bullock, Burrows,
Bussey, Butler, Bynum, Byrnes, Can't
netti, Capehart, Caruth, Catchings,
Cate, Clark of Wyoming, Clark of Ala
bama, Clover, Cobb of Alabama, CogSe-
well, Cooper, Cowles, Cox Of Tenne-
see, Grain of Texas, Crawford,
Culberson, Cutting, Dalzell, Davis,
Dearmond, Dixon, Doan, Dockery, Dol
| liver, EdmundS, Ellis, EnlOe, EnochS,
Epes, Everet,, Fithian, Flick, Formau,
FOrney, Fowler, Gantz, Heary, Good
aight, German, Grady, Griswold, Hal
verson, Hamilton, Hare, Harries,
Hatch, Haugen, HAYNES Of Ohio, Heard,
Hemphill, Henderson OF Iowa, Hender-
son Of North Carolina, Herman. Hit,
Hooker Of Miss, Hooker, Hobkins
| Of Illinois Huff HuIl Johoson Of Ind
johnson of North Dakota, John
stone OF North Carolina, Jolley,
KEN, Kilgore, Kyle, Lanham,