The sun., 1892-03-08
THE FREE SILVER MEN WIN.
LIVELY PRELIMINARY FIGHT IN TIE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.


The Order Setting Apnrt Three Days for the
Confederation Of the Free Co,ncse B'il
Adoptcd-Extraordinary Ruling By speak.
er Crisp, which Overruies One OF the
Nost Popular Decisions of Speaker
Cariisle--A Parliamentary Lie Bctweea
Mr.. Hand and Mr.. Cockrsn-One Of
speaker Reeds Unpopular Deei.ioss Re-
ferrsd TO by speaker Crisp In support OF
Hts Own-Georse Fred Williams Scores
the Democrats for Broken Pledges Re.
garding the silver Question, aud Gives mn
Opportunity for TOM Reed 10 Make One
OF Hts Briilinnt and Sarcastic speeches.
WAsu1NaroN. March 7.-There was lively.
entertaining, and In some respects amusing
skirmish In tho House OF Representatives to-
day over tho question OF tho free coinage OF
silvcr. II was the first important partisan row
Of tho session. Silver won the day by n very
largo majority. and there will hereafter be no
question as to the fate OF tho Blind bill SO far
us tho House Is concerned. To-day was the
commencement OF tho real work OF the session
so far as mapping out partisan legislation anu
camraign material is concerned. and tho
Speaker and his Committee on Rules were
overwhelmingly sustained. although they SUI.
fered some pretty hard knocks In the en-.
| counter. Strangely enough. the heroes OF to-
, days battle were all anti-silver men. although
Mr. George Fred Williams Oh Massachusetts
might be regarded by many as more OF scape.
goat than u hero. Mr.. Tracey OF Albany
had charge Of the anti-silver fight. but Mr..
Williams. in his hot-hcadcd haste to announce
his loyalty to tho Eastern idea. put the Demo.
cratic pnrty In very bad shape and gave Tom
Reed an opportunity to make brilliant i've
minute sreecl. in which he put Mr.. Williams
into very had holo. Tho result Of the days
fight Is that three days nre now set apart for
the discussion Of the Silver bill. the end hav-
ing beon accomplished only after the Speaker
had deliberately overruleL one Of the most
popular decisions that Speaker Carlisle made
in the Fifticth Congress. when he decided
that no business could be transacted until the
journal should be approved. and after Mr..
Grip had also rather unwittin2ly quoted ono
of Speaker Reeds most notable decisions in
the billion Congress in support OF his own
action. This. OF course. gave Mr. Reed and his
Republican lieutenants q chance to indulge in
sarcasm nt the expense Of the Democrats.
which put them into pretty bad humor.
THE FIGHT IN THE HOUSE
Tho debate upon the order from the Com
mittee on Rules. setting apart Murch 81. %.
and "a for the consideration OF tho Bland
silver bill. was prefaced bya lively parliament
tary controversy upon the ruling OF the Chair
as TO the priority OF the order over the reading
OF tho Journal. Immediately after the prayer
" tho chaplain. Mr.. Bland Dem.. No. asked
for immediate consideration Of ths order To
this Mr.. Tracey tDcm.. y. " objected. on
III. ground that it was not in order
until utter the journal had been read
Upon this Speaker Crisp ruled that the order
was in order nt that time, from which Mr.
Frucey Appended. and supported the appeal in
an emphatic and impassioned speech. He was
followed by Mr.. Fitch Denl.. n. ". who said
tn.t thsre was much being said In hi, state
upon the subject OF snap Judgment and snap
conventions. ''and when VIC are met. as we lars
boon met here to-day, with n proposed snUp
consideration of this order. you addressing
the free silver mem will meet, as you deserve.
with un emphatic protest
Mr. Ilund said that he viewed these pro-
cccdings with anlazemont. Last Tuesday he
was approached by Mr.. Cochran OF New York
and Mr.. Andrew OF Massach',sctts. and asked
toagscr to IL postpunerucat u tho vote on this
Quest ion uutil to-day. they promising Ia have
thei: ussor!ntcs present and proceed to II vote
without llihusterinG. Now. upon ruling OF
the speaker. made in strict accordance with
the rules. which says TINT report from tho
Gommi:tce on Riics Is always in order. tho
,rpua .nto OF tho Silverbil! proceed to illbustcr
IL Violation of I'll" agreement made. TEerc
Was n",hiuG extraordinary IN the ruling of tho
Chair. It WAS made In accordance with the
rGics aI"rtqd hy Democratic House He
l.yyc,! to 10y tho appeal on the table.
M Tracey then demanded the noor. Int the
srcah"g ..ii tiH,. The motion was not do.
hutailc.
Nr Trace / havn the floor.
The ipcakcr- The gentleman has not tho
foor, Hr reserved his time. whereupon the
C.,rii recognized the gentleman from Mis-
souri,. an! that gentleman made n motion To
lay tho appeal OH tho table. which cuts OFT
debate.
hN.,- further discussion Oh this point. Mr..
Gland wit!'lrew his motion IN order To- enable
Mr.. COCHRAN. 10 WHOM he had personally al
ludcd. to tnio tie i.oor.
GIVING .H,; PARLIAMENTARY liz.
NJ" Cochran inrn. y. " suil tbGt mis- rec"-
lection ni tho rhnvcrsati ion between himself
aah Mr.. Bland was entirely different from that
stated ~ the latter gentleman. lie said h"
llad appealed to the gentleman to conscn: to Il
vote Being taken to-day. and MI. Bland hnn
lc!uEcA 70 give til" consent, There WAS no
a.roon,cnt made. rpon the question o! ill-
hustcrng Mr.. Cochran said it was not neces-
Far, 10: him I" assure tho House that lie
was "prosrd to tho practic" and would
Ecve. resort to it. EXCEPT when. in his
Opinion. tho Government or tho coun-
NY NilSEt De IN uANscI. but no dcslfeI
t. sag that in his opinion the ruling Of tho
Chair Wa erroneous and fr,u,ht with danger.
For hin.sclf. Ec could not tell! until alter the
journal had been read. under. what condition
tho house asse m hied. or whether tho last log
isiAtive day had expired. 1t was n dan .ero1s
ruling. and he protested against i.
rnngoment PROPOSED last week to Mr. Blnnd, |
IN which h, had taken n rart. there was no in
tsntion on the rart Of himself or iIienis to to
iilipustor,
Mr. ijland-Then why do you llibustcr |
against it.
MIR. Ccckrnn-Because We want to consider It |
in order and You want to proceed in disorder |
The lie Parliamentary between Cochran and |
Band was n notar!. scene. the latter gentiu- |
man icing white with passion. and reiterated |
lii, statement Of his recollection Of tho con- |
vefsutinn. After IL was nj! over. Mr.. Lock- |
wood Dem. \. " rose to u Parliamentary In |
Tie speakor-The gentleman from New York |
will state II.
Mr. Iockwood-I do not remember any occa-
sion during tho Eifty-tirst Congress when an |
aIIpeal to raad tho journal Of tho House was |
.