Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-03-25
SETBACK FOR BLAND
Anti-Silver Men Defeat the
Passage of the Bill.
NOW GOES ON THE CALENDAR.
Tbs House Was in Session Until Half an
Hour Ahsr Midnight

The Result on the Roll Calls Was Tie
Everybody Surprised ~ the vOtO-dr
Bland Expected 20 Garry His Bill
Through With = Rush-Aftsr . Hard
Fight He Gave It Up and Made the
Motion to Adjourn.
WASHINGTON, March e6.-The session
Of the House yesterday was devoted to
the discussion of tho silver bill, which
closed at 8 o'clock. The features of the
debate were the speech OF Mr.. Hatch of
Missouri, repudiating the MuGwnmps Of
Massachusetts,, Civilians and Hoar) and
that OF Burke Cochran of New York.
who is supposed to represent Sena tor
Hills views on the question. He opposed
the bill. Mr.. Burrows moved to lay the
bill on the table, md greatly to every
ones surprise the motion failed only by
a tie vote--14S to 14S. A motion to re-
consider was made BIZ Mr. johnson Of
Ohio, and the House rsshsed-.-149 to 145
to adopt Mr.. BANDS nsbtion to lay Mr..
Johnson,s motion on the table.
Motions for eoesses end adjournment
tired out the advocates Of free silver
after the test vote showed q tie. which
the Speaker dissolued By casting his vote
with the free silver men
In despair Bland gave up the fight at
twenty-five minutes to one this morning,
and consented to the passage Of a motion
to adjourn.
The bill now goes on the calendar, but
it is thought the Committee ON Rules
will fix an early day for its confederation.
If Representatives Campbell and Stahl-
necker had been in their seats or paired,
and had Mr.. Rockwell, of Elmira, voted
as the other New Workers did, the Free
Coinage bill would have been defeated.
The motion to lay the bill on the table
was carried by a vote of l4S to 147.
The motion was lost, however, through
the action of Speaker Crisp, who Is him
self an ardent silver man and who cast
the tie vote. All three of the New
Workers are roundly abused by their COL.
leagues, and Rockwell is receiving less
of this criticism than either of the others.
1t may be said for Rockwell that he was
at least present In the House, but no
excuse can be offered for Messrs. Camp
bell and StahlneCker being absent with
out pairs. So far az the latter gentle
man 10 concerned, he In so seldom in the
House, bis colleagues say, that they have
long since ceased to count upon his vote
in any crisis.
Everybody and his wife were there.
He came early in the morning, brought
his lunchean with him and remained I'M
til far into the night. Such a crowd has
not been in the Capitol at any time dur
ing this session. Not only was every
seat occupied, but the aisles as we'll,
while in the doorways humanity was
packed like an immense bank Of flowers
far into the corridors beyond.
On the floor there was scarcely space
enough for the members to move about,
and it seemed IS though pretty nearly
every one in Washington was entitled to
admission to the House. But this was
not all. In the corridors there were
pushing and surging, but good natured,
tbrongs that went hi:her and thither
looking In vain for same neglected want
age ground from which they could view
the wild and turbulent scene on the
floor below. And 1t was no common
horde of the great unwashed that could
not gain an admittanoe Many of the
visitors were Senators and Senators
wives, while at least one member Of the
Cabinet applied In vain for admission to
the overcrowded galleries There were
diplomats too among the crowd, but
even the small gallery reserved fos them
was soon Alled with outsiders.