St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-26
BLAND FULL OF FIGHT.
A Special Order on His Pet
Bill May Be Brought in
Monday,
In Which Dilatory Motions
Will Be Given a Staggep-
ing Blow.
Analysis Of the Test Votes,
Pairs and Those Not Vot-
ing on the Bill.
Silver Men Find Little En-
enlargement in the Out
look at Present.

WASHINGTON, March 25.-f Mr..
Catchings, of Mississippi, returns to
Washington in time, special order
nay be brought into the house Monday
.or the immediate consideration of the
Bland silver bill and pending amend
nents. Mr.. Bland, during the after
noon session of the house today, dis
closed his plan by the introduction of
resolution fixing March % as the date
On which the bill for the free coinage
Of silver and pending amendments shall
be taken up and put on its passage.
Accompanying the resolution is pro-
Fision giving the speaker power to re-
fuse to entertain any dilatory motion.
The resolution went to the committee
)n rules.
In view of the extreme closeness
IF the vote on the silver question, as
disclosed last night, an analysis of the
lie vote on the test motion of Mr.. Bur
rows, of Michigan, to lay the Bland bill
Oh the table will be interesting. On
This motion each side secured 14S votes,
and 50 members are put down as not
voting, OF which number the Congress
SiOnal Record shows that 20 were an
nounced to be paired on this vote, leay-
ing Is impaired. OF the 14S votes cast i'll
favor of the motion, 50 were cast by
Democratic members and &C by Repub-
Iican members. The negative vote
shows the names of II Republicans, the
other 1877 being either Democrats or AL
lance men. The unexpectedly large
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the silver bill came from the following
states:
Democratic Anti Votes.
New York. 10; Pennsylvania, 10;
Wisconsin, Z; Massachusetts, z; Iowa.
5; New Jersey, Ohio and Maryland, 4
each; Illinois, Connecticut and Michi-
gan, 8 each; New Hampshire, Rhode
Island, Louisiana and Minnesota, 2
each South Carolina, Delaware, West
Virginia, Missousi and California, l
each. The eleven Republican votes op-
posed to the motion made by Mr.. Bur
rows are scattered over the far West,
only one vote, that of Vincent A. lay
IOr, of Ohio, coming from east of the
Mississippi river. Kansas contributed
two IN Messrs. Broderick and FUnston;
South Dakota two more, MeSSrs. Pick
Ter and Jolly, while the other six votes
came from as many different states;
Colorado (Mr. Townsend). Wyoming
CLARK, Nevada (BartiHe), California
(Bowers), idaho Sweet, and Oregon
(Hermann).
The pairs announced were as follows:
Mr. Enochs with Mr.. Tarsney. Mr.. San
ford with Mr.. Elliott, Mr.. Durborrow
with Mr.. Hooker Miss. Mr.. Morse with
Mr.. Catchings. E. B. Taylor, of Ohio,
with Mr.. Oates; Mr.. Van Horn with
Mr. Johnstone, of South Cardinal: MIR.
Henderson, of Illinois. with Mr.. Peet.
Mr.. Rusk with Mr. Compton, and w. A.
Stone with Mr.. Stone, of Virginia, the
names first given in each case being
members who would have voted against
the bill, and i'll the latter those who
would have voted for the measure.
The following is list of members who
were not announced as paired ana who
Failed to Vote
either way: Messrs. Campbell, Wads-
worth and Stahlnecker, OF New York;
Foreman, Wike and Springer, of Hi
EOis; Cooper, of Indiana; Clover, Of
Kansas; Cheatham, of North Carolina;
Donovan, of Ohio; Shell, Of South Car
DINA: Herbert, of Alabama; Lester, OF
Virginia; Boatner. of Louisiana and
Enloe, of Tennessee. Before the vote
and Enloe asked the right to vote, but
under the rules were refused. Their
votes would have Offset each other;
thus leaving thirteen men on whose
votes, in an absolutely Tull house, the
result would have hinged.
OF these thirteen members MeSSrS.
Clover, Cooper, Lester (Va.l, Shell and
Wike on a subsequent vote voted with
the silver men, and WadsWorth with
the anti-Silver men, while pairs in favor
of the bill were announced on the part
OF Boatner and Forman and against the
bill for Stahlnecker. Those announce
ments show seven more votes for the
silveriteS and two more for the anti
siverites, leaving MesGrs. Timothy j.
Campbell of New York; Cheathan
rep, of North Carolina; Donovan, of
Ohio, and Springer still unaccounted
for.
This, Old an absolutely full vote, shows
at least one majority for the silver men;
but, in this connection it must be stated
that full vote is practically unknown
in the house, and that the silver men
cOneede that when it comes to very
close vote they are less able than their
opponents 10 count on every member.
The situation is less encouraging to
the silverrmen when they come to con-
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showing made has unqueStiOnably
strengthened their opponents. and some
men who have always voted i'll favor OF
free silver have since expressed them
selves as dislnclined for political reasons
to further push the matter. TO what
extent this feeling will influence subSe-
Quent votes is unknown.
CIoture Necessary.
The reluctance of the rules committee
10 bring in special order fixing a date
at which vote should be taken (Which
order under the rules is privileged
and cannot DE filibustered against
was due. to the fact that
a number of Democratic members
were opposed to the exercise of any,
thing like arbitrary power by the rules
committee or any other body. believing
it unnecessary for the transaction of
business and that there should be no
check on the fullest liberty of parlia-
mentary discussion and action.
The proceedings last night, by show
Ing that members disposed to filibuster
can prevent any measure reaching q
final vote, and can proIong the contest
indefinitely with the scenes Of disorder
generally attending such fights, it is be-
lieyed demonstrated to number of
these members the necessity of
lodgment Of power somewhere in
order that public questions may
be brought to determination. Speaker
Crisp has always believed in, and has
urged upon members that, while full
freedom Of discussion should be per-
nitted, aud the rights OF the minority