The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-25

done by a Republican congress and Re
publican president. Hatch knew that not
q single Democrat voted against the meas
ure in the Senate; that Thurman and
Bayard voted for it, and that the only
votes cast gainst it were by Republicans.
Castle of Minnesota and English of New
Jersey opposed the bill. Taylor of Illinois
had read proposed substitute intended
to ridicule the pending bill. Sweet OF
Idaho favored free coinage. Smith OF Hill
nois deprecated consideration of the meas
ure from Western standpoint, and said
he should vote against the bill
Butler of Iowa closed the debate by say
ing that when the act of 1874 had brought
the farmers into a condition OF suffering
the gentleman from Illinois tTayiorI,
millionaire. arose and with a comical sub
stitute added insult to injury and mocKeo
the farmers in their suffering.
Bland then demanded the previous
question. go,
Burrows moved to lay the pending bill
on the table, and the clerk called the roll
on his motion. The excitement was IN
tense as the call progressed. when the
clerk completed the recapituiaton the
speakers rose to announce the result, put
before doing so directed the clerk to call
his name, and then availed himself OF ms
hight and cast his vote IN the negative,
amid the deafening applause of the advo-
Gates of the measure. Bland, not aware
that the speakers vote had saved his meas
ure from immediate annihilatlon, changed
his vote from negative to affirma-
tive in order to have an opportunity
to move reconsideration, but being adj
yised in a moment that the motion was
defeated by q tie vote, again changed to
negative. Enloe of Tennessee suddenly
strobe into the House and said he desired
to have his vote recorded, but the speaker
refused, Enloe having been absent at the
session of the pension bureau 1nvestl-
eating committee Herbert of Alabama,
who had also been absent, failed to get his
vote recorded. The motion was lost by
tie vote of AS to 14s.
Cultivate of Ohio at once move to ad-
journ; lost, 90 to 1913.
johnson of Ohio moved to reconsider
the vote by which the House refused to
table the bill, and Bland moved to lay
Johnson's motion on the table. The mo-
ton to table the motion to reconsider was
rejected, 145 to 149, and the ''antis" ap-
plauded with vigor:
The speaker stated that the vote re-
Cured on the motion to reconsider, and
Reed sprang to his feet and demanded
the yeas and nays, and the roll was called.
The speaker, without ordering a recapitJi-
lation, announced that the motion to re-
consider was defeated by vote of 14S to
AS Cochran demanded a recapitulation
of the vote. The speaker stated that the
demand came too late. The confusion
was then redoubled and the speaker was
compelled to call in the services of the
sergeant-at-arms to restore order. Finally
the vote was recapitulated by unanimous
consent, and was announced-nays, $50;
yeas, Island the result was loudly ap-
plauded by the anti-silverites.
The question then was on the motion to
lay the pending bill on the table. and after
some wild disorder the vote was an
nounced-nays 14s, yeas 49, So the House
refused to lay the bill on the table.
The chair announced that the question
required to BANDS motion for the previ-
GUS question on the bill and amendments.
A motion to adjourn was lost-S0 to 202.
Motions to adjourn, to take recess, to
adjourn till Saturday and to adjourn till
Monday were all voted down, and then
Bland, stating that it was evident no fair
vote could be taken tonight, moved adj
journment, which motion carried at 1885.
The silver bill now goes on the calendar,
but probably the committe on rules will
at an early day report resolution for
further consideration.