The Red Cloud chief., 1892-04-01
A o CALL
The Silver Bill Has a Narrow Es-
cape In the House.
Only the Casting Vote Of the Speaker Save
It From Defsat-An Exciting Session
OF the House Of Repre-
S~entAtive&.

~islative day Of the silver debate opened
with crowded galleries and a full at
tendance Of members Of the house.
Immediately after the reading of the
journal, the period of general debate
was extended three hours by the an
nouncement of Mr.. Bland that he
would postpone the motion for the
previous question until 5 o'clock. to
give opportunity for greater debate.
Representative Williams, of Illinois,
a democratic member of the committee
on coinage, opened the debate in favor
Of the bill.
Burke Cochran. Of New York. next
spoke in opposition to the bill.
Mr.. Cummings, of New York, spoke
briefly. saying that his constituents
were opposed to the pending bill and
that he was not one of those who felt
at liberty to cross the desires of their
constituents He would, therefore. as
the representative of the people of his
district, cast his vote against the bill.
Mr.. Dingley, Of Maine, also spoke in
opposition TO the bill.
Speeches were then made by MessrS
Dingley, Hatch, Bum, Lond and Bart
line.
At one minute after 5 o'clock Mr..
| Bland, the advocate Of the free silver
coinage bill, was recognized by the
speaker. and in a quiet tone of voice
demanded the previous question on
the pending bill
MI. Burrows, of Michigan. moved to
lay the pending bill on the table. and
said that motion took precedence of
the motion of the gentle man from Mis-
souri, (Mr. Bland). and demanded the
yeas and nays on his motion.
The chair decided in favor of Mr..
| Burrows, and then, amidintense excite
: ment the clerk began to call the roll
on Mr.. Burrows motion, which brought
the question to a square test vote. Ex-
: element became intense as the call
progressed, and the members plainly
| showed it by the restless manner with
| which they moved about and crowded
to the space in front of the speakers
desk.
At the conclusion of the roll call the
excitement had risen to fever heat. At
! first a rumor spread that the motion
| had been carried by three votes and
that the Bland bill was beaten. An
| anti-silver man iu the house started to
! shout. but quickly checked himself.
Private information given out that the
| vote stood yeas 14S, nays 1i7, excited
: every member and the aisles were
thronged.
The recapitation being completed
<ha c~aolya~ orASo m onnnr1nna tho 20.
suit. But before doing SO directed the
clerk to call his name. The clerk
called MIR. Crisp, Of Georgia." and
"Mr. Crisp. of Georgia." availing him
self of his right as a representative.
EAST his vote in the affirmative amid
the deafening applause of the friends
of the measure
Mr.. Bland, not aware that the speak
er's vote saved his measure from i'm
mediate humiliation. changed his vote
from the negative to the affirmative in
order that he might have an opportun-
ity to move a reconsideration, but
being advised in a moment that the
motion was defeated by a tie vote,
again changed to the negative. In the
meantime the members had clustered
in the space IN front of the speakers
desk and many of them propounded
questions as to the side upon which
thew were recorded. In each case the
reply was a satisfactory n and no
change was made in the result At
this moment Mr.. Euloe. of Tennessee,
with his hat on. hastily strobe into the
house and said he desired to have his
vote recorded
The speaker asked: 'Was the gentle
man in the house during the roll call
and failed to hear his name called?"
Mr.. Enloe was compelled to respond
in the negative, and the speaker said
he could not vote.
The motion was lost by a tie vote of
yeas, las: nays, I4S
Mr.. Outhwaite, Of Ohio. at once
! moved to adjourn. The motion tempo
rarily left the members at sea as to
their course, and Mr.. Bland, rising to
a parliamentary inquiry. asked
whether the effect of an adjournment
! would be to make another special order
| necessary to call up the bill. The
| speaker said it would.
The vote on adjournment was de-
clared lost-yeas. 80; nays. 1913.
Then Mr.. Johnson. of Ohio, took his
| hand in the fight with a motion to re-
! consider the vote BY which the house
| refused to table the bill. aud Mr.. Bland
| parried the foil with a motion to lay
the motion on the table. The motion
to table the motion to reconsider was
| rejected-yeas, AS; nays, 149. Then
| it was the urn Of the anti-silver men
to applaud and they did so with Z vim.
The speaker stated that the vote oc-
Cured on the motion to reconsider and
| Mr.. Reed, of Maine, sprang to his feet
and demanded yeas and nays and the
roll was called
The speaker. without ordering a re-
| capitulation, announced thai the mo
! ton to reconsider was defeated by a tie
! vote of las to las.
The silver bill now goes on the CAL
| endar. but it is probable that the COM
mittee will at an early day report a
resolution for its further consideration.
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NEW ORLEANS, March 2a-Returns
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