Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-10
In the House for the Free Silver
Coinage Men.
SPEAKER CRISP WITH THEM
In Every Move and at Every Turn of
the Wheel.
Anti-silver Men Appeal but Are Showed
Under-The Final Vote 100 to 81
The Filibusterers Routed Horse,
Foot and Dragons.
In the House.

The free coinage issue will not down.
This was clearly demonstrated by to-day's
session of the house and gentlemen of both
parties who had been hoping the silver
question would be postponed until after
the general elections tonight are con-
WINGED the issue is one which must be met
and disposed of by the house before the
date of the national convention. The free
coinage men of both houses are, of course,
highly elated at their triumph. The
gold men in the Democratic party
are filed with the most dismal
forebodings of the political result
if the Democratic party commits itself to
the Blanc bill, while the anti-free COIN
age Republicans, who comprise 50 per
cent of their full membership in
the house are disposed to view
thessituation. If not with satisfaction, at
least with great deal of complacency, as
they regard the contest as one in which the
Democrats in the end must be the greater
losers. The vote in the house to-day indi-
Gates the house will surely pass the Bland
bill, so decisive and overwhelming WAS the
victory of the advocates Of free coinage.
1t was u significant feature of the pro-
ceedings that on all disputes that arose on
parliamentary questions the anti-free-coin-
age men did most of the talk
ing. To one unfamiliar with
political methods the conclusion
lIIGSlStlU1C dllCE
to the denunciation of Crisp'S rulings, to the
impassioned oratory and direful predictions
of those who were opposed to the Bland
bill, that the free coinage men were to be
swept away in q whirlwind of popular
Indignation. Yet when the vote came, not
on the silver resolution alone, but on all
auxiliary questions the free coinage men
came to the front in unbroken phalanx, and
by vote of over to l routed their
opponents from every redoubt behind
which they sought temporary refuge.
On the last and vital proposition, that
setting apart three days for consideration
of the Bland bill the free coinage men won
by the overwhelming vote of 100 yeas to 81
nays.
manded the previous question upon its
adoption.
Tracy of New York made theRpoint that
the journal had not been read, saying many
members were not present because they
knew such was the usual procedure. The
speaker overruled the point and Tracy ap-
pealed from the decision.
Bland said the opponents of free silver,
including Cochran and Andrews, had for
mally agreed not to filibuster. and moved 10
lay the appeal upon the table. After some
discussion, Bland withdrew his motion, in
order 10 enable Cochran of New York, to
whom he had personally alluded, to take
the hoor.
Cochran then denied BANDS statement,
upon which an important personal colloquy
took place, during which Andrews stated
he supported COckran's denial
Catchings of Mississippi moved to lay the
appeal Of the gentleman from New York
(Iracy) on the table.
The roll was called and by vote Of 1874
yeas and 7S nays the house tabled the ap-
peal from the decision of the chair
g raise the question Of consideration of
the report" said Tracy.
The chair held the question of consider
alton could not be raised
Once more Tracy appealed from the de-
cision Of the chair. Again the yeas and
nays were demanded and again Tracy's ap-
peal was tabled: yeas, 116; nays, 81
Tracy thereupon made motion to re-