The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-04-05
BLAND CENSURES SPEAKER CRISP.
The Speaker Explaiss His Pesitios-Wm
Net Bring In = Special Order Unless
Requested to Do So BY = Majority
of the Democratic Member 81
the House-Proceedinss In
= the House and Senate.

cerned- The developments of yester-
day indicate clearly that the all
powerful decree Of the clOture will not
be invoked by the committee on rules
70 assist the free coinage people in
forcing a final vote on the passage OF
the bill and without such a decree all
the resources of parliamentary law will
be powerless TO resurrect the bill from
the cemetery of unfinished business TO
which il now has been consigned
1t was not until the house had met
and passed to the consideration Of un-
interesting routine business that
Speaker Crisp announced that the com.
mittee on rules would not deem it
proper to report rule preventing fill
clustering and forcing vote unless q
majority Of the Democratic members
3Ihould sign petition demanding such
ln arbitrary procedure
4 Mr.. Bland was quite indignant and
insisted upon the rule; but the speaker
was Obdurate. and seemed To he sup
ported by most of his prominent Demo.
cratic colleagues.
Mr.. Blaad's Statement
Mr.. Bland made the following state
ment with reference to the silver bill:
"When the rule was first reported, sst-
ting apart three days for the consideration
Of . silver bill, I insisted that the rule
should be . continuing order TO b consid-
cred Efrom day to day until disposed Of,
knowing that three days could be filibus-
tered out and no action had upon the bill
When ] made this suggestion to Speaker
Crisp. he tartly replied that ] ought
to trust tho COMMITTEES on rules in that mat
ter; that IL the three days were filibustered
out without disposinE of the bill, the COM
mites on rules would report rule pro-
venting all 6libustsring motions and COM
pei vote upon tho bill
81 may add that ! move the house. ad-
journ on Thursday night 1t the instance Of
the speaker and with his emphatic state
ment that no would report a rule cutting
Oh flibustering motions and bring tho bill
to q vote
"1'hc next day, being Friday, went into
the speakers room and met Judge Crisp.
he thenX advised the introduction of Q rule
TO be voted on to-day, Monday, preventing
all filibustering motions and compelling
vote lpou the bill. He sat down and wrote
out the bill himself. introduced it at his
teQuest and suggestion and had it referred
TO his committee with the distinct under
standing that the rule would be reported
to-day. never heard anything about his
wanting petition of the majority of tho
Democrats until this morning, when We
ought 10 have been voting the order ITSELF
Then the speaker said he would not re-
port the rule unless . majority Of the
Democrats petitioned for it. He said moth
ing about . petition Thursday night before
the house adjourned. Had be intimated
that he wanted . petition NO would have
gone TO work and got the members Of the
party voting for the bill majority, to have
signed . petition. But no intimation Of
that sort was given by the speaker. We
consider that tho roll call of the
house showing. IS it did, q large majority
OF the Democratic party in favor Of the
bill, Sufficient warrant for him 10 act &C
cording 70 the wishes OF the Democratic
party, ~ shown upon the record. About
the time Of the meeting OF the hoase this
morning went into his committee room
and for the first time learned that he had
changed his mind.
"The consequence is that at a critical
lmoment they saw that the speaker had de.
serted them, and many members, especially
those who were personally the followers Of
Crisp, arc now refusing TO sign any petit
ton While petitions are being circulated
It b very uncertain whether, under the
circumstances, Q majority can be got for
that purpose The fact that the speaker
himself has changed his attitude towards
the measure, and has deceived the friends
Of the bill by his action. has caused great
many FREQ coinage people 10 weaken in
their position, and see at this time but
very little hope Of getting majority of the
members on petition asking that the rule
Crisp says Bland !. Misleading.
Speaker Crisp was shown Mr. Blaud's
statement and said he was surprised
that Mr.. Bland should have SO far for
gotten himself and the true situation
as to endeavor to misIead the public by
such q statement. After explaining
some and denying others OF Mr. BANDS
statements the speaker defined his
position to be simply this:
II majority Of the Democrats in the
house desire tho committee on rules to make
. report that will enable the house 70 come
TO direct vote on the silver bill and IL they
signify that desire the committee will make
. report II they do not 50 signify. the
COMMITTEES will understand the majority do
not desire 1t and the responsibility will rest
with the majority Of the Democrats Of tho
house, and not with the committee on
rules. As to Mr.. BANDS references TO the
speakers opposition to free silver or du-
tplicity, the speaker said he had nothing to
cay except to recall that by casting his
vote he had prevented the bin from being
tabled and to state. IS q representative
from Georgia he favors aud will vote for
the free coinage Of silver.
To show that he was in favor Of the free
coinage Of silver the speaker recalled the
fact that he had appointed . COMMITTEES
which favored the measure and had APP
pointed Mr.. Bland at the head Of the COM