The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-28

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worth thirty cents less than the paper dollar
Thomas Dunn English, the author Of " Ben
B en 2, sae s9ft sea Gale made ateli5s argn
III desk s at II ps sse
drastic House p the last Sonrsss.; His ar ar.
a % tRs ous sS0s we're 81 s0 srSunea
S% .ny finy iH msa 5s u %aaG
Mr.; E Eng said: Sir have been Demo;
Gr yFiH Zines nnd nssss snd here
II ny old age. the Oldest man but, one in this
hnris ~ live t. find m E read out # the
With The Farmers Alliance and other outside
These remarks thrilled tho House. Bitter
ieeling had been shown in the debnto preced-
ing ln renly to u question from M, Mr.. Living;
That David e. m Was aanfr free sivo S man SAG he
Mould not SUPPORT hin; even no rsceyed the
ward Messrs. Williams, Hoar. and Harter
shouted with significant emphasis: An the
Cleveland against, tie world, or Republican
orr Mugwumr. You cant squeeze ono ounce
On tic last day Of j" debate Mr.. Hatch re-.
fssrr.t t% this Incident and sontrasted ths
tho sns Ssrh Of T Se
Of Massachusetts asked whether ho could az
's!ss. ENt tHander" "in Mr. Hatch. II would
gladly exchange thes gentleman rom Massn.
ssas. and throw In his colleague for the young
Dem PomG ,nn III from Georria who has wandered
ss % "sSsed f Hs
gave rise to much Democratic murmiring,
M fat att Of fR . S0 t siet
throw oil npon tho troubled waters. i d.
appropriation OF the speech delivered BY the
ssntIG,m,ann from rom Missouri deny tlat it req:
ny TINT the question now rendiHg. is a party
I lt,S shall supncrt this hl when the
one about which Democrats IN the party may
honestly differ. | reprohatc. Furthermore. the
attack made ky the !, Gentlenanl urpn the Do.
Democracy and recognize the movement there
As tho harhinger of victory. in November next.
issue before tie Amerisan psope viii be- S that
OF unjust. unequal. unconstitutlonal and on
pressve taxation"
GOOD feeling Tho intensity Of tho hitternSss
Ono word ,for Bland. He, Vas extremely
courteous TO MS opponents. Nnlle preserving
tho time for debate. il they desired it. They
refused the olive branch. Remarkably tho Mis-;
order, SO as TO give full time for debate. and
roneatedly objections came from the anti silver
and Democrats asked him to allow Mr Craw-
ford of North Carolina to finish u short silver
speech. persisted in Directing.
II.-TIIE FIGHT
= n ,rh Mr. 1,I f,r
the previous question. The hall buzzed like
a beehive. There was intense excitement
in tho galleries. Speaker Crisp seized me
Gavei with firm grip. and nerved himself for
the coming contest. Tho cloak rooms were
empticd. and nearly every man was in his seat.
Even the pages wero interested. and Major
Screws and his assistants came out OF the
library to witness the struggle. There were u
score OF eN-ConGressmen upon the floor and
several Senators. Blond looked firm and con-
fldent. Tracey and his young Massachusetts
colleagues wore IN anxious look.
The gentleman from Missouri" said Speak
err Crisp demands the previous question upon
the pending bill and amendments to the en-
grossment and third reading OF the bill.
julius CTsar burrows OF Kalamazoo arose
from the small but compact body Of Republic
cans. Pending that desire to make mo-
ton which takos precedence" lie said. II
move to lay the pending bill upon the table.
and on that demand the yeas and nays
Tho Chair" replied Speaker Crisp. will
hear the gentleman on tho question after the
question has been taken on tho demand for
tho previous question"
THE attention of the Chair" said Mr.. Bur-
rows. in an extremely pleasant tone OF voice.
will be called to clause Of rule 10 OF tho
present rules Of the House."
Tint clause read as follows:
When question Is under debate no motion shall he
,eived but to TX the day to which the House shall
ADJOURN to adjourn. TO take recess. to lay on the
table. and for the previous question.
The Speaker decided the motion in order,
and the fight was on. Burrows promptly de-
mandcd tho yeas and nays, His action in
spirited the anti-silver Democrats. It indi-
Gated that tho great body OF tho Republicans
would come to their aid II they world nut forth
their best efforts. The tabling OF the bill at
this TING meant its death. Mr.. Hatch OF Mis-
souri,. fearing this. shouted. Mr.. Speaker.
does that carry with it all tho amendments?'
Yes" replied Judge Crisp. that disposes
Of the BILL
The yeas and NAYS were ordered amid in
tense excitement. Eighty Democrats and G8
Republicans had voted to table the bill and IL
Republicans and lt5 democrats and Farmers
Alliance members had voted not to table. The
Speaker snid: This is very important
question. and the Chair will direct the Clerk to
rccapitulatc the vote"
The vote was recapitulated Whom the Clerk
began to foot up the list. all sorts OF rumors
We're running through the House. Bland sat
at his desk. bent forward and leaning upon his
elbows. with snodgrass OF Tennessee and
Price OF Louisiana at his side. chlns
in hand. Tho leaders in the fight were
grouped in tho arena. fronting the Speaker.
nnxiously comforting. Speaker Crisp sat
watching the clerks below him. 1t was known
that the vote was very close. Each side was
anxious to be in position to move n recon-
alteration. q the battle went against It.. This
motion could only BIO made by one who had
voted on the winning side. Al wer,e, at sea sea.
Gle, X will call my name"
g. His name was called and ne voted nay:
Suddenly there was q rush from the back of
the hall Mr.. Enloe OF Tennessee, entered the
main doorway In great hurry. He had been
detained by tho committee Investigating the
CHARGES against Pension Com missioner 81. haum;
call began. The page had failed to do so.
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