The record-union., 1892-03-26
special to the REooRD-UNroN.

Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.
WASHINGTON, March 25.-The silver
advocates are sadly demoralized by the
weakness of their cause betrayed by last
evenings proceedings of the House.
They had all along been confident of a
majority of thirty or forty. Bland will at
once appeal to the Committee on Rules to
set apart day and hour for the further
consideration of the silver bill, thus cut
ting off all intervening motions and fore
ing vote. The anti-silver people will
also appeal to the Committee on Rules
for permission to offer motions, first TO
substitute an international Congress; Sec
ond, TO recommit; third, to postpone till
December next, and fourth, that vote
be taken first on the minority report on
the international Monetary Congress-
The opponents of the bill claim this
would be simply protecting the rights of
the minority.
If Catchings returns to Washington in
time. a special order may be brought into
the Honse on Monday for the immediate
consideration of the bill and the pending
amendments. Bland, during the after
noon session of the House, disclosed the
plan by the introduction OF resolution
uAlll4 MODudy, March ZoJD, as the uaJ9
on which the bill viii be taken UP and
put upon passage. Accompanying the
resolution IS a provision giving the
Speaker power to refuse to entertain any
dilatory motion. The resolution went to
the Committee on Rules.
In view Of the extreme closeneSs of the
vote on the silver question as disclosed
last night, an analysis of the tie vote on
the test motion OF Burrows TO lay the
Bland bill on the table is interesting Of
the las votes in favor of the motion. 81
were cast by Democrats and 66 by Re
publicans. The negative vote shows Ii
Republicans, the other 1877 being either
Democrats or Alliance. The unexpectedly
large showing of Democratic votes
against the silver bin came from the fol-
lowing States: New York 10, Pennsyl-
vania 10, Wisconsin I. Massachusetts Z,
Iowa 5, New Jersey, Ohio and Maryland
4 each. Illinois, Connecticut and Michi-
gan each, New Hampshire, Rhode Is
land, Louisiana and Minnesota 2 each,
South Carolina | Brawley), Delaware /
(Causey), West Virginia l (NVilson), Mis-
souri, Cobb, Cali ornia (Geary).
OF the IL Republican votes, Vincent A.
Taylor of Ohio was the only one east OF
the Mississippi River. Kansas con-
tributed two in Broderick and FUNSTON;
South Dakota two more. Picker and
Jolly. while the other six votes came
from as many different States-Colorado
(Townsend), Wyoming Clark, Nevada
(Bartine, California (Bowers), Idaho
Sweet, Oregon (4ermann).
The pairs were announced: Enochs
with Tarshey, Sanford with Elliott. Dur
borrow with Hooker of Mississippi,
Morse with Catchings, L. 3. Taylor with
Oates, Vanhorn with Johnstone Of South
Carolina, Henderson of Illinois with
Peel. Rusk with Compton, w. A. Stone
with Jones of Virginia. The names first
given in each case are members VINO
would have voted against the bill, and the
latter those who woad have voted for i.
Following is the list OF the mem bers
not paired and who failed 10 vote: Camp
bell, Wadsw orth and Stahlnecker OF New
York; Forman, Wike and Springer Of
Illinois; Cooper of Indiana, Clover of
Kansas, Chatham of North Carolina,
Donovan of Chic, Shell of South Caro-
lima, Herbert Of Alabama, Lester of Nir-
ginia, Boatner of Louisiana and Enioe Of
Tennessee.
Figuring the absentees according to
their previously expressed ideas, an alb
soiutely full vote shows at least one ma
lority Tor the silver men, but full vote
j. practically unknown in the House. and
the silver men concede that when ii comes
To very close vote they are less liable
than their opponents To secure the vote OF
every member. The situation is less en-
couraging to the silver meu when they
come TO consider the future course, as the