The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-03-10
) fTY-StCQND CONGRESS
HE FREE SILVER MEN OF TIL
HOUSE WIN THE DAY.
The Fight Long One and a Hard One Eu
They Win the Day-vain Attempts at
Filibustering on the Part of the
Opponents of the Measure.
TIE HOUSE,

tree coinage issue will not down. This
was clearly demonstrated by today's
session of the house and the gentle
men of both parties who have been
hoping that the silver question would
be pos, pol ed I'M Ill after the general
elections are night convinced thai
the issue is one which must be met
and disposed of by the house before
the date of the national convention.
The free coinage men of both parties
are of course highly elated at their
triumph. The gold men in the Demo.
cratic party are filed with the most dis
NAL forebodings ofthe political result,
if the Democratic party commits itself
to the Bland bill, while the anti-iree
coinage Republicans who compromise
IS per cent of their full membership
in the House are disposed to view the
situation, if not with satisfaction, at
least with great deal of compla-
cency, as they regard the contest as
one in which the Democrats in the
end must be the greater losers. The
vote in the House today indicates the
House will surely pass the Bland bill,
so decisive and overwhelming was
the victory of the advocates of free
coinage.
1t was a significant feature of The
proceedings that on all disputes that
arose on parliamentary questions the
anti-free coinage men did the most OF
the talking. To one unfamiliar with
political methods the conclusion would
have been irresistible after listening
rulings, to the impassioned
oratory and the direful pre-
, dictions of those who are opposed
to the Bland bill, that the free coinage
men were to be swept away in the
! whirlwind of popular indignation.
y Yet, when the vote came, not on the
silver resolution alone, but on all the
: auxiliary questions, the free coinage
= men came to the front in unbroker
g phalanx, and, by vote of over to
o routed the opponents from every re
\ doubt behind which they sought tenn
: porary refuge. On the last and vita
a proposition, that setting apart thre,
- days for the consideration of the Blanc
- bill, the free coinage men won by al
- overwhelming vote of 1870 yeas to
# nays.
u MIR. Catchings called up the resolu
70 ton, and demanded the previou
- question on it's adoption.
W Mr.. Tracy of New York made tn
20 point that the journal had not bee
II read, saying that many members wei
h not present because they knew sue
~ was The usual procedure.
l q The Speaker overruled the poir
", and Tracy appealed from the d.
~, cision.
~ Mr.. Beard said the opponents
a. free silver, including Cochran an
~ .. Andrews, had formally agreed not
"a filibuster, and moved to lay the a.
W peal on the table. After some discu
~ sion Bland withdrew his motion
~ ~ order to enable Cochran of New Yorl
u to whom he personally alluded,
~, ,e take the floor.
40 Cochran then denied BANDS stat
20 % ment, upon which an unimportal
~ personal colloquy took place, durir
w. which Andrews stated that he su
~ ported Cockran's denial.
70 Catchings of Mississippi moved
ID lay the appeal of the gentleman fro
~ New York (Tracy) on the table. I'll
az roll was called and by q vote of Il
= yeas to 73 nays the House tabled tt
~ -, appeal from the decision of the chat
10 II raise the question Of the consit
10 Grafton of the report" said Mr.. Trac.
10 10 The chair held the question of its col
y sideralion could not be raised. On'
. more Mr.. Tracy appealed from the d
", cision of the chair. Again the ye;
10 and nays were demanded, and agai
! Mr.. Tracy's appeal was tabled-yei
-, 176, nays 81.
10 Mr.. Tracy thereupon made motto
. to recommit the resolution with il
" structions to the committee on rule
W =" to report it back with an amendmer
u changing the date for the conside
- alton of the silver bill from March
30 to Dec. IL. The motion was defeated
10 yeas 20, nays 202. The previous que
tion was then ordered upon the resi-
luton without further objection bein
made, and after some debate the yea
of and nays were ordered, and resulte
h in the adoption OF the resolution
= yeas 100, nays "a, as follows:
70 Yeas-A blot, Anderson, Alexande
y. Allen, Arnold, Rabbit, Bailey, Baker
% Bankhead. Bartine, Beeman, Belder
Belknap, Bergen, Blanchard, Blanc
=, Blount, Boatner, Boutelle, Bowers
!, Bowman, Branch, Bretz. Brodericl
a BroOkshire, Bryan, Bullock, Burrowl
+ Busy, Butler, Bynum, Byrnes, Cam
g netti, Capehart, Caruth, Catching
!, Cote, Clark of Wyoming, Clarke {
- Alabama, Clover, Cobb of Alabama
v Cogswell, Coy of Tennessee, Grain {
y Texas, era wford, Culberso on, Cutting
: Dalzell, Davis, Deermond, Dixon
- Doane, Dockery, Dolliver, DUNCAN
n Edmunds, Ellis, Enloe, Enochs, Fps
Everett, Fithian, Flick, Forman
Forney, Fowler, Fyan, GAM
Geary, Goodnight, German
Grady, Griswold, Halversen, Hamil
ton, Hare, Harris, Hatch, Hanghen
Haynes of Ohio, Hemphill, Hender
son of Iowa, Henderson Of North Car
DINA, Herman, Hit, Hooker Of Mis-
t sissippi. Hooker of New York, Hop
kins of Illinois, Huff, Hull, johnson
of Indiana, johnson of North Dakota
tombstone of South Carolina, Jolly
l Jones, Ken, KiIgore, Kyle, Lanham
!. Lawson of Virginia, Lawson O
a Georgia, Layton. Lester of Georgia
: Lewis, Lind, Livingston, Long. Laud