, 1892-03-26
The Way Silver and Anti Sill
yer Men Show Up.
With q Full House Silverites
Have One Majority.
Both Sides Have Turned Loose
Their War Dogs
And a Fight to a Flush Set
For Next Monday.
House.


coinage fight had a demoralizing effect on
the attendance in the house today and at
DO time during the day would a roll call
have developed a quorum. 1t was impos-
sible to take decisive action upon impor-
tant measures. After prayer by the chap
lain there were a number OF members on
their feet asking for corrections in the
Record and journal. The 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 re-
mark: Il am glad to notice this multi
plicity of errors which has apparently
occurred in this congress Is not an EVIL
dence of o~bliquity as it has been in some
congresses" Laughter.
The house then went into a committee
of the whole on the private calendar.
Three hours were consumed in considera-
ton of the bill for the relief of Henry 8.
Sibley. the inventor of the "Sibley" tent,
but no determination was reached.
IF Cstchings of Mississippi returns to
Washington in time a special order may
be brought into the house on Monday for
the immediate consideration of the Bland
silver bill and its pending amendments.
Bland, during the afternoon session of
the house, disclosed this plan by the
introduction of a resolution fixing Monday.
March %. as the date on which the bill
shall be taken up and put upon its pass
age. Accompanying the resolution is a
provision giving the speaker power to
refuse to entertain any dilatory motion.
The resolution vent to the committee on
rules.
In view of the closeness of the vote on
the silver question as disclosed last night.
the analysis of the vote or the motion of
Burrows of Michigan to lay the Bland
bill on the table is interesting, OF the
l48 votes in favor of the motion, 80 we're
cast BY democrats, and 66 by republicans.
The negative vote shows IL republicans
and the other 1877 are either democrats or
alliance men.
The unexpectedly large showing of dem
ocratic votes against the silver bill came
from the following states: New York 10.
Pennsylvania 10, Wisconsin I, Massachu-
sets 7, Iowa S, New jersey, Ohio and
Maryland 4 each. Illinois. Connecticut
and Michigan 8 each, New Hampshire.
Rhode Island, Louisiana and Minnesota
2 each. South Carolina |. Delaware /,
west tlTRlnla 1, NIlsSOuTi l., ChlllOFula
l. OF the IL republican woes Vim
cent of Ohio was the only one east of the
Mississippi river. Kansas contributed 2,
in Broderick and Funston; South Dakota
2 more. Picker and Jolly, while the
other 6 votes came from as many differ
erent states, Colorado. Wyoming, Nevada,
California, Idaho and Oregon.
The pairs announced were: Enochs
with Tarsney. Sanford with Elliott, Dur
borrow with Hooker, Morse with Catch
inRs. E. B. Taylor with Oates, Van Horn
with tombstone, Henderson with Peel,
Rusk with Compton, w. A. Stone with
Jones.
The names first given IN each case are
members who would have voted against
the bill, and in the latter those who
would have voted for the measure. Fol
lowing is the list of members not paired
and who failed to vote: Campbell. Wads.
worth and Stahlnecker IN. ", Forman,
Wike and Springer CHI. }, Cooper Ind. J.
Glover (kan }. Cheatham IN. CT. Dom
ovan 70 } Shell Is. C.). Herbert Gala J,
Lester (Va.), Boatner La.). Enloe
(Tenn.)
Figuring in absentees according to their
previously expressed ideas. an absolutely
full vote shows at least one majority tor
the silver men; but a full vote is practi-
cally unknown in the house and the silver
men coucede when 1t comes to a very close
vote they are less able than their oppo
nents to count on every member.
The situetlon is less encouraging to the
silver men when they come to consider
their future course, as the large showing
made has unquestionably strengthened
their opponents and some men who always
voted in favor of free coinage have since
expressed themselves as disinclined for
political reasons to further push the mat
ter.