People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-04-01
THE FIRST ROUND.
Narrow Escape of the Free Coinage
Bill in the House.
The Casting Vote of the Speaker Saves IL
From Being Laid on the Table-Ex-
citing Scenes During the
Vote.
4 Close Call.

Immediately after the reading of the
journal, the period of general debate
was extended three hours by the an.
nouncement of Mr.. Bland that he
would postpone the motion for the
previous question until o'clock. TO
give opportunity for greater debate.
Representative Williams, of Illinois,
democratic member of the committee
on coinage, opened the debate in favor
of the bill.
Burke Cochran, OF New York, next
spoke in opposition to the bill.
Mr.. Cummings, of New York. spoke
briefly, saying that his constituents
were opposed to the pending bill and
that he was not one of those who felt
at liberty TO cross the desires of their
constituents. He would, therefore, as
the representative of the people of his
district, east his vote against the bill.
Mr.. Dingley, of Maine, also spoke in
opposition to the bill.
Speeches were then made by Messrs
Dingley, Hatch, Bum, Lond and Bart.
line.
AT one minute after 5 o'clock Mr..
Bland, the advocate Of the free silver
coinage bill, was recognized by the
speaker, and in quiet tone of voice
demanded the previous question on
the pending bill.
Mr. Burrows, Of Michigan, moved to
lay the pending bill on the table, and
said that motion took precedence of
the motion of the gentleman from Mis-
souri, (Mr. Bland), and demanded the
yeas and NAYS on his motion.
The chair decided in favor of Mr..
Burrows, and then, amid intense excite
ment the clerk began to call the roll
on Mr. Burrows motion, which brought
the question to square test vote. Ex-
element became intense as the call
progressed, and the members plainly
showed it by the restless manner with
which they moved about and crowded
to the space in front of the speakers
desk.
At the conclusion of the roll call the
excitement had risen to fever heat. At
first a rumor spread that the motion
had been carried by three votes and
that the Bland bill was beaten. An
ant-silver man in the house started TO
shout but quickly checked himself
Private information given out that the
vote stood yeas 14S, nays 14z, excited
every member and the aisles were
thronged.
The recapitation being completed
the speaker arose to announce the re.
suit But before doing so directed the
clerk to call his name. The clerk
called "Mr. Crisp, of Georgia." and
"Mr. Crisp, of Georgia." availing him.
self of his right as a representative.
cast his vote in the affirmative amid
the deafening applause of the friends
of the measure.
Mr. Bland, not aware that the speak
er's vote saved his measure from i'm.
mediate humiliation, changed his vote
from the negative to the affirmative in
order that he might have an opportun.
ity to move reconsideration. but
being advised in a moment that the
motion was defeated by a tie vote
again changed to the negative. In the
meantime the members had clustered
in the space in front of the speakers
desk and many of them propounded
questions as to the side upon which
they were recorded In each case the
reply was a satisfactory one and no
change was made in the result At
this moment, Mr.. Enloe, of Tennessee
with his hat on, hastily strobe into the
house and said he desired to have his
vote recorded
The speaker asked: "Was the gentle.
man in the house during the roll call
and failed to hear his name called?p
Mr.. Enloe was compelled to respond
in the negative, and the speaker said
he could not vote.
The motion was lost by tie vote of
yeas, las; nays, AS
Mr.. Cultivate, of Ohio, at once
moved to adjourn. The motion tempo-
rarily left the members at sea as To
their course, and Mr. Bland, rising to
parliamentary inquiry, asked
whether the effect of an adjournment
would be to make another special order
necessary to call up the bill. The
speaker said it would.
The vote on adjournment was de.
clared lost-yeas, 80; nays, 1893.
Then Mr.. Johnson, of Ohio, took his
hand in the fight with a motion to re-
consider the vote by which the house
refused to table the bill, and Mr.. Bland
parted the foil with a motion to Law
the motion on the table. The motion
W Soo'O ehO hObAOu W RECONSIDER was
rejected-yeas, las; nays, 149. Then
1t was the turn of the anti-silyer men
to applaud and they did so with vim.
The speaker stated that the vote oc.
Cured on the motion TO reconsider and
Mr.. Reed, of Maine, sprang TO his feet
and demanded yeas and nays and the
roll was called
The speaker, without ordering a re-
capitulation, announced that the mo.
ton to reconsider was defeated by tie
vote of las TO las.
The silver bill now goes on the cal.
endar, but it is probable that the com
mittee will at an early day report a
resolution for its further consideration
-Four Men Killed bv a Boiler ExpIosIon.
CINCINNATI, O., March ga dispatch
says the boiler in Leppert & Co S saw.
mill at Fidelity post Office, Miami coun.
ty, O.. exploded yesterday morning,
when FIVE men were in the mill. -Four
of them were killed outright and tha