Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-26
Silver Men Dismayed by Fri
day Nights Vote.
The Future of the Bland Bill
Anything but Bright.
An Effort Made to Bring 1t to a
Vote Monday.
The Chances Rather Against Its Passage.
The East Almost Solid Against
It-House and Senate
Proceedings.
Associated Press DISPATCHES.

WASHINGTON, March 25.-The silver
advocates are sadly demoralized by the
weakness their cause betrayed by last
evenings proceedings in the house
They all along had been confident OF a
majority of thirty or forty. Bland will
at once appeal to the committee on rules
to set apart day and hour for further
consideration OF the bill, thus cutting
off all intervening motions and forcing
. vote. The anti people will also appeal
to the committee on rules as for per-
mission to offer motions, first, to sub
stitute an international congress; Sec
ond, to recommit; third, to postpone
till December next; fourth, that vote
tional congress. The opponents OF the
bill claim that this would be simply
protecting the rights of the minority.
AN ANALYSIS OF THE VOTE.
In view of the extreme closeness of
the vote on the silver question, as dis
closed last night, an analysis of the tie
vote on the test motion to lay the Bland
bill on the table is interesting. Of 14S
votes in favor of the motion. 50 were
cast by Democrats and 66 by Republi-
cans. The negative vote shows II Re-
publican, the other 1877 being either
Democrats or Alliance.
The unexpectedly large showing of
Democratic votes against the bill came
from the following states: New York, 49,;
Pennsylvania, 10; Wisconsin, 7; Mas
sachusetts, = Iowa, 5; New Jersey,
Ohio and Maryland, each Illinois,
Connecticut and Maryland, 3 each:
New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Louisi-
ana and Minnesota, each; South Car
olina, l (Brawley); Delaware, 1
(Causey) West Virginia, l (Wiison);
Missouri, l Cobb; California, J.
(Geary).
OF the eleven Republican votes, Vim
cent A. Tyler of Ohio was the only ene
contributed two, in Broderick and Fun
ston; South OAK kota two more, Pickles
and Jolley, while the other six votes
came from as many different states
Colorado (Townsend), Wyoming (Clerk),
Nevada (Bartine), California (Bowers),
Idaho (Sweet), Oregon (Hermann).
The pairs announced were: Euochs
with Tarsney; Sanford with Elliott;
Darborrow with Hooker of Mississippi;
Morse with Catchings,; Z. B. Taylor
with Oates; Van Horn with Johnstone
of South Carolina; Henderson OF Illf-
nois with Peel; Rusk with Compton;
w. A. Stone with Jones of Virginia.
The names first given in each case are
the members who would have voted
against the bill, and in the latter those
who would have voted for it.
THE FUTURE OF THE BILL DUBIOUS.
Following is list OF the members not
paired and who failed to vote: Camp
bell, Wadsworth and Stahlnecker, New
York Forman, Wike and Springer, Illi-
hois; Cooper, Indiana; Glover, Kansas;
Cheatham, North Carolina; Donavan.
Ohio; Shell, South Carolina; Herbert,
Alabama; Lester, Virginia; Boatner,
louisiana Enloe, Tennessee. Figuring
in the absentees according to their pre-
viousiy expressed ideas, an absolutely
full vote shows at least one ma
jority for the silver men; but
the house, and the silver men concede
that when 1t comes to a very close vote
they are less likely than their opponents
to secure the vote of every member
favoring their cause.
The situation is less encouraging to
the silver men when they come 80 con-
slider their future course, as the large
showing made against the bill has un-
questionably strengthened the oppo-
nents, and some men who always voted
in favor of free coinage have since ex.
pressed themselves as disinclineG, for
political reasons, to further push the
matter.
LII Catchlngs returns to Washington
IN time, special order may be brought |
into the house ON Monday for immediate |
of the Bland silver bill |
and the pending amendments. Bland,
during the afternoon session of the |
house, disclosed a plan by the intro |
duction of a resolution fixing Monday, |
March 2Sth, as the date ON which the
bill shall be taken up and put upon |
passage. Accompanying the resolution
Is provision giving the speaker power
to refuse to entertain any such motion.
The resolution went to the committee OF |
rules.
THE HOUSE DEMoRALIzED.
The free-coinage fight had demoral-
izing effect on the attendance in the
house today, and at no time during the
day would the roll call have developed !
quorum. 1t was impossible to take de-
clslve action on important measures.
After prayer by the chaplain, there
were number OF members on
their feet asking for corrections
in the record and journal. Most OF
these were directed towards the roll call
in the record which was incorrectly
printed by the printing Office. Reed of
Maine made the sarcastic remark: 81
am glad to notice that the multiplicity
Of errors which has apparently occurred
IN this congress, is not an evidence of
1bliquity, as it has been in some con-
zresses." Laughter.
The house went into committee Of the
whole on the private calendar. Three
hours were consumed in consideration
)f the bill for the relief of the personal
atives Of Henry Fl. Sibley, in
1entor OF the Sibley tent. Bat no de-
was reached.
The committee having risen, the
house adjourned, the evening session
being dispensed with.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
In the senate today, bill was re-
ported for the establishment of fish
in Montana. Calendar.
The senate then, on motion of Sher-
man, went into executive session.
When the doors were reopened the,
senate bill appropriating $4,000 for &
public building at Helena, Montana,