Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-02
BLAND GIVES IT UP.

speaker Crisp Refuses TO Apply tho
CIoture Rule, and nm Effort to Secure
Further Aid Fails.
WARRINGTON, March 29.-The Bland
bill for the free coinage of silver is
dead, 'for this session of congress at
least, and cannot come up until next
December. Mr.. Bland, who chung to
the last to the hope of galvanizing the
bill into life, admitted late Monday
afternoon with reluctance that the bill
was dead for this session. Many in
fuences combined to bring about this
result
Speaker Crisp announced Monday
that he would not call a meeting of the
committee on rules to consider reso-
luton to FIX an hour for final vote on
the free coinage bill, and would not vote
for such a measure in the committee it
self unless he were petitioned to do so by
a majority Of the democrats in the
house. The announcement was great
surprise TO Mr.. Bland. He had hurried
conferences with Pierce, Bartine,
Bryan and other silver men, and it was
finally decided to try to satisfy the
speaker by securing petition for the
cloture rule signed by half the demo-
Gratis. Bryan took one of these petit
tions Pierce took another and in I'LL
half dozen petitions were circulated.
The Indiana democrats were the first
TO decline to have anything to do with
the petitions, although there had
| heretofore been silver men in the In
| diana ranks. Virginia was the next
to go back on the silver petition, every
man in the delegation except Epes de-
clining to sign. Thus delegation after
| delegation said no. and the silver men
found they were beaten. They gave
up the job in disgust when, at 5 p.
M, it was found that the best they
were able to secure was total of 81
names out of 235 democrats in the
house. For majority there were
needed 11S.
Thursday night, or rather early
Friday morning, when l moved that
the house adjourn" said Mr.. Bland to
correspondent, ''it was with dis
tinct understanding that cloture reso-
luton would be brought in. And that
understanding was had with the speak,
er Aimself by myself. OF course was
surprised when learned that the
agreement was not to be carried out"
"Do you think that the bill is dcad?"
''For time
"How would it be possible to get it
through the house this session."
''There is no possible way of doing
so with the speaker against us. The
bill is dead as far as this congress is
concerned. 1t has been killed by the
speaker and his friends. do not care
to discuss the probable effect that the
death of the bill will have upon the po-
litical future of the democratic party"
Speaker Crisp defined the situation
to be simply this: If a majority of the
democrats in the house desire the COM
mittee on rules to make report which
will enable the house to come
to direct vote on the silver bill and if
they signify that desire the committee
will make report. If they do not so
signify the committee will understand
that the majority do not desire it, and
the responsibility will rest with the
majority of the democrats of
the house and not with the
} committee on rules. AS to Mr..
Bands reference to the speakers
opposition to silver or his duplicity the
speaker said he had nothing to say ex-
} cept to recall that by his casting vote
he had himself prevented the bill from
being tabled and to state that, as a rep
resentative from Georgia, he favors and
will vote for the free coinage of silver.
To show that he was in favor of the
free coinage of silver the speaker re-
called the fact that he had appointed a
: committee which favored the measure
and had appointed Mr.. Bland
:. at the head of that committee.
, notwithstanding Mr.. Bland had
d been very active opponent of
y Mr.. Crisp in the speakership con-
e test. Although in favor of free coin
n age, the speaker stated that as speaker
j. the house he would endeavor to ex-
o ecute the will of the majority of the
a democrats therein respecting reports
t from the committee on rules, and NO
n criticism by Mr.. Bland or effort by Mr..
|, Bland to shift the responsibility would
y deter him from pursuing this course.
l. Mr.. Crisp said that when the rules
were being considered he had in caucus
pledged his party that no rule should
be reported prohibiting filibustering OF
s cutting off dilatory motions except al
d the request and desire of a majority Of
the democratic members of congress.
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