The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-28

move q reconsijeration. ne manS nj b,d S;iSa.
d nSsr the Rf Reed T asss s
so as # % TO TRs o%Hss
proved as amended, by vote OF l32 20 iSu.
Gen. Tracey stiIl sticking to the Republican
brought tho hill back upon the Speaker tnhie.
have been compeilcd 70 take action . pron It It
t was Evsn Boar and
luton taking the iii from the Speaker table;
that . undcr the rules. t was priy!lesed mo:
ton. Major Mckinley made the point Of or rtt
that l. not SHnd been reachsd
in the regular order OF business Mr.. Conger
OF Iowa. Chairman 4 the Committee on Com ON
withstandiine tho action Of tho House. the bill
was still in his committee, and not on the
o1er 1@S' the rp%nnd ft thnt hs was r
vate bill day, under the rules. and the consd.
Grafton OF bills up1n the Sneiak,.rs , lads
would be confined to bills OF aprivate nature.
BLAND's MIsTAKE.
Bland appealed from tho Speakers decision.
and Major Mckinley moved to able the ~,
Psr Al this was on Friday wssn u5ds eees
till i. when Ion bills alone are considered.
The hour for the recess arrived before action
fcua b. taken upon Major M hsnd
that he had made mistake In reopening the
fight He WAS forcing an issue. which Vas is
action had alarmed the anti silver Democrats.
They would not consider his point as merely
d tn wsGlaw A. lis ' Mss
Lev saw that this was done. business on tho
Speakers table, would be reached IN very
vote On The motion 70 table the p,ppeal itT TSs
tabled hy the decisive, vote o. li6 " 90 me
Wsrs By yin
ed. it was found that Tom Heed was equal t9
the bill a3 am ended by tho Senate. he said that
tie refusal t9 record fret did nc" oblitcrate
nifty to pass upon tho question. he announced
that, In obedience to the rules. the amended
bill had been referred. and was now referred,
This forced Bland to again 9rPsal from Or the
Si r%Sf By '1i n S
tho preceding day had ruined hin. The gold
Thirteen ., them voted with TIC Kspnb! iraus.
while only ten Republicans stood by Blund.
Kennn t and vandyer Of caliornia stood by
Mckinley. Even II all tho Democrats had
voted with, their party. tho silver men would
hole
TAKING THE BULL ny THE HORNS.
Emboldened by their successes and strength
cans now took tho silver bull by the horns A
resolution making the bill. MS amended by tho
order ord snd int sss
from tho Commi,too on Rules without delay.
The previous question was demanded and the
Tho special resolution gave very little time ior
debate. and the House voted to disagree with
h eH sonage 2 t.
Bland and twenty-five Democrats against him:
Within ,nvs minutes the House had adopted
~ ~1,,kt l. ts,sy E..lnr
Election bill. The original House bill after
ward went to- conference committee md tho
ths o Sn
This was before. tho elections in tho fall OF
1880, In those elections many Republican
from the field. MIR. Funston was the only o11o
returned from Kansas He had three :and O.
aS Att aSSnst hn lin wns
plurality in isss had been 0,,i:s, and his ma
iority over al, 4,;'is The free coinage men.
troduced n free coinage bill in the Senate. 1t
WAS used in that body to anaEonizr the Force
e The s ts Free
age bill on Jan. IA by vote of 80 to y: 1t
came TO the House under different conditions
House. and. under the rules; subject to the
Committee. THIS time the bi il had originated
in the Senate. Under the rules it went to the
COMMITTEES on. Coinage. weights. ard Meas
iourned. Bland tried to revive the issue by
proposing q free eoinaEe, am AN to a
sition could only be made in Committee q The
Whole Judge Pnyson 81 Illinois was psesiid,
Changed existing law. 4 hot debate followed.
Judge. payson took night FIR e, the considsra-
cl ii i. We're We'll known. IT, t:s astonftsh-
ment Of all the silver, men he sustained the
point Of order bland rTT95mGIt,ly took an ap,
Committee OF the Whole. the yeas and nays
could not be taken. The dodgers could not be
PLACED on record The appeal was lost. 1874 to
Thus ended Mr.: BANDS fight for free coin
age in the Fifty-irst Congress.
BLAND IN THE SADDLE.
In this House the Free Silver men have q
%s assy and hsas"pss t 81 au GG0n is
Chairman; 1t is the place that DO held before
his Fre" Coinage bill! on Jan ~ IT rh was
nRc at has stood rSfa the te Tie ss"" E
gave the gold bugs a hearing and on Jan. 81
MI Bland as ED saye to have the tSfIimony
report t" the Committee q the Whole op TIE
it involved no appropriation. and that. under
calendar, Gov. DinGley Insisted That 1t must
Spsssr Crsp y replied that Rc eoud mot lind
any charge, on the Treasury in the pill 1t
went upon tho House calendar. On the same
dav Mr.. Bland introduced n resolution making
1t q special order for Feb II. This went to the
Committee on Rules, This coWmltte" has not
yet reported n special order. Meantime Gen.
Tracey has kent his eye upon the House calrn-
dar. Whenever this calendar il reached he
resorts to !llibustcring. Bland smiles placidly
and makes no effort to force IN ISSUE. IL evil
IDENTITY relies upon tho Committee on Rules for
a fair field and no favor.
A FLANK MOVEMENT
Meantime the gold bugs have male an effort
to sap his strength in the House. He dis
covered their scheme and expose! it on Feb.
~. 1t was during II discussion in Committee
Of the Whole on tho Indian Appropriation bill.
Discussions in this COMMITTEES take a, very
wide range. Mr.. Bland sent to the desk. for
the Clerk TO read. q circular sent by Congress
man Michael ID. Hartcr Of Ohio to the com.
handlers Of Grand Army posts in the United
States 1t alleged that the, passage OF the
Free Coinage hi would work more injury. to
tle veteran soldiers Of the United States
marshnlled or brought togethrr." The circu-
lar said that it would virtually reducer, pen
sions from 81 to $40 month. with the
chance Of reaching $40 n month. veteran
getting So month would really, II 2 Free
Silver bill passed. got only sou. ~. with tho
strong probability that even TIL is sum would
be- reduced to S432O The posts were urged
IN ,nueu this rnnrp utatiDn to the Congress-