The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-11-04

grasp; This he opposed as OBJ
viously unfair. with the effect o
somewhat delaying action on the b Ill
Finally. on July ~. the bill came M 70
consideration i'll the house OF represents
tives. The committee on the public lands
under the rules of the house. was on tina
day entitled to one hour in which to paa'
bills favo ably reported by that oommitsee
Two bills wero called up and oonaiderad
and five minutes before the expiration o
the hour the Dixon mineral land bill wal
put | efore the house. The bill was read
which il always done, and MIR,
Dixon explained the measure in ,
short speech, lastins but three
time Of the committee expired, and unani-
NOUS consent was asked that further time
bs allowed so that the bill could come &c
n vote. To this MIR. Burrows, republican,
of Michigan, objected, and rs unanimous
consent was necessary under the rules OF
the house before it's further consideration
at that time could be- permitted. the obleo-
tion of this one man had the effect of de-
laying for some months all action on this
important measure. This bill, however, 10
in such shape hat it will be tho first meas
ure relating to she public lands to be oon-
sidered at the next session.
Congressman Dixon ably reviewed the
history Of silver legislation fsom the time
the white metal was ~demonstized by a con-
eress republican in both branches in 1873.
and with a republican president. he said
that in 1876 the democratic house passed a
free coinage bill, but it was never acted
1877, the democratic house passed a free
senats in February, 1873, struck
out the free coinage provision
and passed a limited coinage bill. This
was the Bland Allison act. This bill was
vetoed by President Hayes. but was passed
over his veto by both houses. In 1879, on
May "A. a free silvee coinage bill, intro
duced by Warner. of Ohio. passed the house
by yeas ia, nays ninety-seven. Those
voting yea" were all democrats or green
hackers except four; those voting may"
were all republicans except eight. This
was in a democratic house. This bill WAS
never acted upon in the senate, which was
republican.
In jane. 1879, with a democratic house
and a democratic senate, an act was passed
raising the legal tender limit of subsidiary
silver COINS to $40, and providing for their
redemption in full legal tender money. In
the Forty-ninth congress- (1SS5-87) a pro-
vlso to the sundry civil appropriation bill
authorized the issue of one, two and five
dollar silver certificates. This was with a
demooI attic house and q republican senate.
The treatment of free silver in the Fifty
first cong ess, with a republican majority
in the senate of 10 and In the house of II or
more, and with Harrison president, was
next reviewed. On June Z, 1890. on motion
of Bland to recommit the bill to provide
for the purchase of silver bullion and the
issue of silver certificates to the COMMITTEES
on coinage. with instructions to rerort a
free coinage bill, the vote was yeas 1l6. of
whom 101 were democrats and Is Ispub-
licans; NAYS lao, of whom Is were demo-
Gratis and 127 republicans. The bill was
passed; yeas 1876. all republicans; nays lis,
ll2 democrats and Z republicans.
In the senate on June IL, 1880, the vote
on the house bill rs amended in the senate
by a free coinage provision stood yeas AZ
democrats 81 and republicans 15), nays %
democrats 8 and republicans 23). or 80
democrats voting 27voted for and 3 against
silver; Of 81 republicans voting Is voted for
and % against silver. In the house on July
II, 1890, the vote on agreeing to the confer
ence report on the Sherman bill was yeas
10 (all republicans). nays 80 (all demo-
c%rats). So the bill passed.
Free silver in the Fifty-second congress,
first session. was the next subject. The
house consisted of 235 democrats, eighty
eight republicans, nine alliance men; dem
ocratic majority over republicans TAT, and
1873 over ELI. When the Bland bill WAS I'M
der consideration March 81, 1892. Burrows
made a motion to lay it on the table. II
was a test vote. There were 296 votes cast.
SSulbihH Al u po NopCS IN ~ dho 1
against. For the motion to lay the
bill on the table and against free
silver the vote was democrats
81, republicans 81, total 14s; against
the motion to lay on the table and for free
silver. democrats 129. republicans II, alli-
ance8. total 14S. OF 30 democrats voting,
129 voted for free silver and eightv-one
against; of seventv-eieht republicans
voting eleven voted for silver and sixty
seven against. The alliance men all voted
for silver. The democrats voted for silver
by a majority of forty-eight; the republi-
rams voted against silver by a majority of
fifty-six.
Now as to free silver in the senate. That
body consisted of forty-seven republicans.
thirty-nine democs ats and two alliance
men. 1t was q republican majority of eight
over the democrats and six over all. Fifty
fou senators voted on the passage of the
Stewart bill On July l, 1892. The votes
stood: Yeas 80, nays %. The democrats
voting for the bill were 16. republicans vot-
ing for the bill IL, alliance men voting for
the bill .. mocrats voting against the
bill Z, republicans voting against the bill 10.
I wenty-three democrats voted, 16 for silver
and seven against. Twenty-Five repub-
licans voted. II for silver and Is against.
The democrats voted for silver by
q majority of nine. The republicans
voted against free silver by a majority of 7.
When the Stewart bill reached the house
a motion was made to adopt the resolution
of the committee ON rules to proceed TO its
immediate consideration. This was on
July IA. Two hundred and ninety votes
were cast; 154 against mi 1876 for the reso-
In favor of agreeing to the the res
of the committee on rules and in
favor of free silver, there were 1l8 demo-
Gratis. 8 republicans. 8 alliance; against the
of the resolution and against free
silver, democrats 81. republicans GO. OF the
212 democrats who voted 118 were for
silver and "a against. OF the 50 republi-
cans who voted, nine were for silver and
so against it. If % republicans in all, or
about one-third OF the whole number of
in the house 1881. had voted for
silver the Stewart bill would nave passed.
democrats voted for free silver by a
majority of "a. The republicans voted
against free silver by a majority of 81.
MAHONY AND TOOLE.