St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-20
Several OF Their Pet Amend
mentS Ruled Out Of Order
in the House. ~
Appeals From Decisions or
the Chair Fail to Change
Matters. aa.
Senate Commerce Committee
Lifts Amounts for Water 10
bGi
ways. ~.
Distinguished Americans II
Act for Uncle Sam as b
Arbitrator. 80

WASHINGTON, May 19.-The free Sill
yer men were greatly disappointed to-
| day when the chairman Of the commit
| tee of the whole sustained the point OF
order against Mr.. BANDS amendments.
and the houses disappointment was re-
newed when the chairman also decided
J a modified amendment out OF order.
The decision left many OF the silver
men in an angry mood. The third party
| received recognition this morning and
Mr.. Watson, OF Georgia, sent UP to the
clerks desk and had read resolution
that the committee on ways and means
be requested to report the subtreasury
BILL" He asked unanimous consent for
it's consideration, but Mr.. Beltzhoovers
demand for the regular order" operat-
ed as all objection.
After fruitlesS call of committees
the house went into committee OF the
whole (Mr. Lester, of Georgia, in the
chair) on the sundry civil bill. The
chair delivered his decision on the point
of order against the amendment offered
by Mr.. Bland yesterday for the coinage
of all silver bullion purchased and now
in the treasury into standard silver dol
lars, the cost of coinage to he paid out
of the seigniOrage or gain to the gov
eminent, the remainder of the seignlor-
age to be covered into the treasury. 1t
was conceded, said the chair, that the
amendment
Changed Existing Law
and therefore it would not be in order
unlesS, being germ ane, 1t reduced the
amount covered by the bill. The chair
was unable to see how the amendment
was germane to the subject matter OF
the clause. Did it reduce the amounts
reduce the amounts covered by the bill?
The mere fact that 1t struck from the
bill the appl oprlatlon of 100000 for the
re-c0inage OF minor coins did not reduce
the amounts, because it appropriated
the seigniorage, which might amount
to S2,000,00O. 1t did not reduce the
amounts covered by the bill, and might
increase expenditures. He sustained
the point of order and ruled out the
amendment. -fl
Mr.. Bland then reoffered' his amend
ment with the proYisOs attached to it;
THAT the cost or this coinage SHALL not
exceed SO, 04u. 5000 of (which shall be
$4,000 for standard silver dollars. ~ MI.
Bland said that he attached the pr0vSos
to the amendment i'll order to remove
the objection OF the chair that it did not
reduce the amounts covered by the bill.
Considerable discussion followed, and
finally Mr.. Pierce, of Tennessee. led the
debate away from the dry point of order
and proceeded to read lecture. to- his.
Democratic colleagues. What, he
asked. had come over the spirit Of the
dream of the Democratic party: WAS
it going 10 back down and sail s5.g
I Go Back on Its Recorde
A :imilar amendment to the one now
presented had been offered by Mr..
Bland to a similar clause in the sundty
civil bill of last year. 1t had been ruled
out and an appeal was taken. On SuS-
tanning the chair the vote stood, yeas
134, nays 127. OF the 121 negative votes
but were cast 10y Republicans. Many
OF the Democrats who had voted nay
then were on the floor today; and he
had seen them stand up and vote the
other way. What had brought about
the great change? Was this inconsist-
ency? The people had not been de-
ceived by any such demagoguery as
this.
The chair said that he had heard
nothing to change his opinion that the
amendment was not germane: and he
therefore ruled the amendment, as mod
flied, out of rIer. MIR. Bland appealed
from the decision, but the committee
sustained the decision of the chair by
vote of 100 10 70. The house shortly
after adjourned.