The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-14

resolution and ohat therefore, the report,
like any other report, must go over for the
day.
Mr.. Burrows was technically correct, but
but il was ruled that it was the understand
ing that the purpose of the gentleman from
Mississippi was TO move the previous ques-
! tion.
Mr.. Bland was accordingly rscog-
nized, and in accordance with the pro-
gramme of the silver men, he offered an
amen iment 70 the resolution. having for It's
object the opening of the path way for an
amendment to the Stewart bill to meet the
alleged defects in 10, and also to apply tho
closure rule to the bill. He paid his respects
TO those members who he knew were going
to oppose his programme on the ground of
antagonism on primo pie to the closure rule,
and declared that closure Qn the form
OF the previous question:, was fifty years
old. This remark was received with ap-
plause by the republicans.
MIR. Bland. in closing, said that he would
vote against the previous question, and
that whatever gentlemen might say, the
vote on the previous question would align
squarely the friends and enemies of free
coinage.
BACKED BY BARrINE.
Mr.. Bartine of Nevada, the leading free
silver republican, spoke IN the same strain
as Mr.. Bland.
Mr.. ClaI ke Of Alabama then spoke on the
other side, declaring that he was earnestly
in favor OF free coinage, but recognized the
inexpediency Of trying to pass bill now
which could not by any possibility become
q law. He was followed by Mr. Foreman
Of Illinois, who said that he snould stand by
the national platform and vote against the
resolution.
Mr.. Patterson of Tennessee was the next
democrat who has heretofore been classed
as free coinage man, but who to-day came
aSraN IL
Gent that on one or another ground Mr..
BANDS previous supporters were slipping
away from him. MIR. Patterson placed his
objection to the Stewart bill aud resolution
on the ground that the Democratic party
was squarely opposed to the Republican
party on the tariff and force bill and he
would cast no vote that would bring for
ward another issue. He would march under
the banner that public Office is public
trust.n
Mr.. Catchings of Mississippi was anxious
| that the republican side should take hand
In the debate instead of listening very will
| ingly to his democratic opponents, and he
now yielded fifteen minutes to MIR. Reed,
who was reluctant to accept ths time and
sarcastically said that he should feel
| obliged if the gentleman from Mississippi
would wait until somebody had spoken In
| favor of the bill. He did not want TO start
with thesnegativs. He was, however, COM
the republican, should now bs heard from.
REEDS EEFECTIvE SARCASM.
Mr.. Reed, in his usual effectively sarcastic
style, "sincerely congratulated the Demo-
cratic party on its attitude of repentance"
| q remark which launched him into the de-
bate with the attention of the whole House.
| He said that his mind was occupied by a
| picture Of the Democratic party as a
minority in the last congress. He remem-
| bered how fierce they were then for free
coinage. Ho remembered the announce
ment by the distinguished gentleman who
had since beeome the presiding officer
| of the House OFF. Crisp that
one thing which the Democratic party
yearned for land Mr.. Reed put a strong &C
| cent on "yearnedn9 was free silver, and that
declaration was followed in the record by
applause on the democratic side"
| Laughter He remembered how many
democrats said howtsear nest and vigorously
they were for free coinage. and for mo-
ment it actually seemed that thev had
struck level which might possibly be
| called level Of principle Laughter. ] But
Mr.. Patterson had cleared it all up and ex-
planned the real principle OF the party, only
he had embelishsd the principle in order to
| make quotation. That gentleman said
that the great principle was public Office"
and added that it was "a public trust" de-
claring thereby princlple aud making
quotation as we'll This thrust
was received with loud laughter
and all over the House there were smiles
when Mr.. Reed said that he did not mind
''the halting language and trembling voices
of the siuner returning home" Mr.. Reed
then endeavored TO score point for the
Republican party by declaring that it
existed for principle (which remark the
democrats Jeered) and saying that 1t had
taken the lead In this fight and would enable
the democratic House to do better service
than the republican Senate had done.
Mr. Reed was followed by Abner Taylor
OF Illinois, who spoke against the silver bill
as measure providing for debasement OF
the currency.
PIERCE Makes A FRANK SPEECH.
Mr.. Pierce of Tennessee then followed for
tho free coinage men in a frank speech
which attracted close attention. He de-
clared that the Democratic party was a free
silver party, and be agreed with the remark
or the gentleman from Maine that in the
last House all except seventeen democrats
had voted for free coinage. Loud applause
on the republican side. Then he paid his
respects to the democrats who we're oppos-
ing the passage of free silver under the
closure rule because it cannot now become
law by exclaiminR [amid loud cheers and
lsughter on the republican sidsJ "Why,
those popgun tariff bills under
a suspension of the rules." He told his COL
league, Mr.. Patterson, that he was elected
on free coinage platform, and that when
the smoke had cleared away in his district
he (Mr. Patterson would be least off bag
gage.n term Mr.. Patterson had used in his
speech against bringing silver forward as
An issue In the campaign
Mr.. Culberson of Texas received the un-
divided attention Of the House when he
arose for l2-minute speech. This Is more
time than the Texas lawyer, who is re-
garded as the best attorney in the House,
usually takes. He said, amid loud applause,
that the debate was attracting attention
because 1t was "a battle of the common
people against monopoly" He asserted
that the Democratic party was not
in favor of debasing the currency,
but was a defender of sound currency.
Mr.. Culbersou maintained that the Demo-
cratic party by declaring in it's platform
that it was in favor of bimetallism had To-
vored free coinage Of silver. The Demo-
cratic party. he said, stood for the money
Of the constitution.
COMING DOWN TO A VOTE.
Mr.. Bland closed the debate and then Mr..
Catohings moved the previous question on
the resolution.
On motion of Mr.. Tracey of New York