Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-29
The silver Question is Thus Character
lied ~ far as M, House Is
Concerned.
THE eLoruRr Will NOT nr ~
vokrp
10 Pores a Final Vote on the Passage
ofihe Bland silver
nil.
y, ia Bald to he nm issue OF tho rasl
Now.

developments OF today CLEARLY Indicate
that the cloturu viii not be invoked ~
the committee On rules 10 assist tho
free coinage ueopls TO force final vote
on the passage Of the bill. aud, without
such decree, nli the resources u plr'
liamontary law would be power cts 10
Tcsurrcct H.. IL was not until the
House had met ami passed. 10 the CON
alteration Of uninleresting routine
business today that speaker Ctlsp
finally announced that the committee
on rules would not deem u proper to
report rules preventing filiburtering
nnd foreign votes, uuless majority Of
the Democratic members should Hign
petition demanding such an arbitrary
procedure.
Mr.. Bland was quito Indignant, aud
insisted upon the rule, but the Speaker
wns obduraic.
Speaker Crisp defined the situation
to DO simply this: "lf n mnJoriiyo %
the Democrats In the House desire the
committee on rules to make "a report
when will enable the House 70 come
TO "a direct vote on the silver bill, and
II they signify tina. desire tho com.
mlttoo will make the report. IL they
do not signify tho committee VIII uu.
defsland that the majority do not de-
sire u, and the resp0usihility VIII fctt
with the majority Of tho Democrats Of
the House, nnA not with the commit
tee. with reference to the Spoakcf's
opposlllOn 10 silver, his duplici;y, the
speaker said that he had nothing 10
ray, except 10 recall that, by his cast.
Ing his vote, lie himself hal prevented
the bill from being tabled, and 70 his
statement that rs representative
from Georgia, ho fgvors and Will vote
Tor the free coinage 0fsllver."
speaker Crisp, when shown Biaud's
statement this evening, said he was
surprised that Mr.. B!and should 30 far
have forgotten himself anu the true
nltunli0n ~ 10 cndeavOr q mlslead the
luhlic by such statements. In justify
INK his position Crisp said that, when
the rules We're being considered, he, in
the caucus, pledged the patty that no
rule would be- reported prohibiting MI
clustering OF cutting ofdllatory motions,
except NJ the ftquost aud desire or
majority Of the Democratic members Of
Congress. a mbjority of the Demo.
Gratis requested that time be tx ed
Tor consideration Of the ireo coinage
bill, but making no reference therein
TO any chRngO In the rule. In reJpo nso
the committee permitted three days.
The Speaker said that, NJ well m ho
rec0lltcted, Bland did wan, 10 incot-
pOratu Limitation Of the right 70 Ill
buster, or wanted n continuing order,
but the committee determined thHt,
until the necessity for such rule was
demonstrated, they would not report
IL. The bill was taken up aud dohnt.
cd for three days and finally saved
from the table by the casting vote Of
the Speaker. CriHp sald that his vote
was y great surprise to all parties,
because when the original order was
made n was generally undorstoOd that
the mnjority Ia favor Of free coinage
was thirty to forty. a majority OF the
Democrats voted against tabling the
bill and thereby demonstrated that
they favored It's passage. Speaker
Crlsp said tina, he assumed that the
gentlemen 10 voting were IN favor OF n
rule which would bring the House TO o
direct vote ON the bill and prevent
hlibustoring, and, 30 believing, be slid
10 Bland that he had no doubttha the
committee would report the rule. lie
nl-o said to Bland tnRt In his Judgment
there had been sufficient illihusiering
10 demonstrate the impossihility Of the
massage Of the bill without rule 10
hrlug the House 10 direct vote.
The Sneaker also drew the resolution
Introduced by Bland, still believing
that these gentlemen who had voted
against tabling the bill were Ia favor Of
forcing direct vote upon the matter.
But, tier that time the fficnds ~ the
silver bill, ~ decided friends as Bland,
aald the Speaker, had come 10 him anu
snid they did not desire their vote
nrains, tabllng the bill 10 be construed
into request that rule prohibiting
nlibusttring should De reported; that,
Willie they favored tho free coinage OF
RIlver and wanted 10 vote for 10. they
were opposed 10 any rule IN tho Demo.
cratic House which would cut cii tho
right 70 iilihustcr.
Mr.. Pierce and othors began the Gle.
oulatiOn OF pttitinue, hut thus Tar have
not secured more than forty or fifty
Democratic signatures, although the
work will be continued tomorrow.
Mr. Bland this afternoon made n
statement In the Associated Presg. Hc
said: "Whcn the rule was tlIst reported
setting apart three dhyr Tor cousldera'
ton OF the silver hill, he insisted tina,
the rule should lea continuing order,
To he considered from day 10 day until
disposed Of, knowing TINT three days
could he iiiihustered cut. SPEAKER
Criep replied that we Oughtto trust the
committee on rules IN that mnttur,
thatif three days were illihusisred ont
without disposing Of the bill, the com.
mitteu on rules would report rule
preventing ilibusteriug motions and
compelling u vote. The night OF thu
last dayis debate the friends OF the bill
determined To continue In session IN
prevent the lBp'e Of the Legislative day.
Myself, Pierce and others went "a
Spehker Crisp aud asked whether hu
thought the fllibuslering had proceeded
long enough to satisfy the House and
the county that the committee on
rules would be warranted In reporting
a rule by which all illlbustering mo,
tons would be prevented, and bring
the House 10 u direct vote upon the bill.
Hs assured us that he though the M.
clustering had goue long enough 10
demonstrate tho fact, and that th,
committee ON rule would report Il
bring the bill u vote.