The morning news., 1892-03-29
kept mp until after 70 o'clock on the last day
for the consideration OF the bill.

kept up until after 10 O'Clock on the last dag
for the consideration Of the bill.
DECISION OF THE SILVER MEN.
The friends Of the bill were determined
10 continue in session so as TO prevent ths
Pierce OF tennessee and other members of
the House went 70 Speaker Crisp
and asked bis advice about the
matter, whether he thought that
filibustering had proceeded long enough to
satisfy the House and country, that the
committee on rules would be warranted in
reporting q rule by which all hlibustering
motions would be prevented, and bring
the House to a direct vote upon the bill. He
assured myself. Mr.. Pierce, Mr.. Stone OF
Kentucky and a number OF others that hs
thought the filibustering had gone on long
enough TO demonstrate the fact, and thaa
the committee on rules would report rule
20 bring the bill TO vote. may add thaS
l moved that the House adjourn Thursday
night at the instance OF the speaker and
With his emphatic statement that he would
report rule cutting off flioustering mo<
tions and bring the bill to vote.
THE sPEAKER's ADVICE.
''The next day being Friday went into
the speakers room and met Judge Crisp.
He then advised the introduction OF rule
30 DO voted on to-day Monday preventing
III ultOubteF1DK LuObiODe anu compelling a
vote upon the bill. He sat down and wrote
out the rule himself introduced It at his
request and suggestion, and had IL referred
90 his committee with the distinct UNDER.
standing that the rule would be reported
to-day. never heard anything
about bis wanting petition
OF the majority Of the democrats
have been voting upon the order itself.
Then the speaker said that he would not res
port the rule unless q majority of the demo.
Gratis pesltioned for IL. He said nothing
about the petition Thursday night before
the House adjourned. Had he instructed
them that he wanted che petition we could
have gone to work and got the members oc
the party voting for the bill, which was q
majority Of them, 90 have signed the
petition, no doubt. but no intimation
or that sort was given by the
speaker. We considered that the rolls
call OF the House. showing as it did Large
majority of the Democratic party in favor
according to the wishes OF the Democratio
party ss shown upon the record.
THE CHANGE OF FRONT.
"About the time of the meeting OF the
House this morning I went into the come
mirtee room, and for the first time learned
that he had changed his mind. A telegram
appeared in the New York World this
morning stating that the correspondent Of
the World had the information from the
highest authority that Speaker Crisp would
exact q petition before acting upon
his rule. That was the first intimation that
had had OF anything of that character.
The speaker had given number of free
coinage members OF the Democratic party
TO understand that he proposed to have a
vote either to-day or tomorrow upon this
rule. We had telographed for the absentees.
VA h.A h, a.
men In the House and to have them present.
When we found that the attitude OF the
speaker bad changed it created confusion
and CONSERVATION among the free coinage
advocates. They felt that they had
been deoeived and disappointed
by the action of the speaker.
He had given them no chance to get pe-
tition. Of~course thoy regarded 1t that he
had made pledges and promises as indicated
in the New York World dispatch to our
opponents, pledges and promises that he did
not advise the friends OF free coinage he
had made. The consequence is that at the
critical moment they saw that the speaker
had deserted them ami many members.
especially those who were personally the
followers OF Mr.. Crisp, are now re-
fuslng TO sign any petition. While
petitions are heing circulated &c is
very uncertain whether under the circums
stances a majority can be got for that pur-
pose. The fact that the speaker himself has
changed his attitude toward the measure
and has deceived the friends OF the bill by
his action has caused a great many free
coinage people to weaken In their position :,
and / see at this time but very little hope
of getting a majority OF the members 90
the petition asking that the rule be reported.
OF course the speaker has great weight and
and power, and since he has
shown disposition to let the bill lie on the
nh har xuhn hav g..
him will go with him, and this leaves ua
with the bill having not only the anti-fres
coinage men its opponents, but also the
speaker opposed to 1t, and those who per-
sonally follow him. What may be the out-
come OF II cannot say. We can count q
sufficient number Of members who have
been voting against consideration of the
bill who state emphatically that they will
vote for the bill II 1t ever comes up on its
passage TO give 1t from ton to twenty mas
iorlty."
CRISP MAKES REPLY. q
Speaker Crisp was shown Mr.. Bland's
statement this evening and said be was sur
prised that Mr.. Bland should so far forgots
ten himself and the true situation as 60 en-.
deavor TO mislead the public by such state.
menk In justifying his position. MIR. Crisp
said that when tho rules were being cons
sidered, he had, in caucus,
pledged TO his party that no
rule should be reported prohibiting fIibust-
ering or cutting off dilatory motions exc
cept at the request and desire OF majority
OF the democratic members of the House. A
majority OF the democrats requested that
time be hxed for consideration Of the free
coinage bill, but making no reference
therein to any change Of the rules. In re.
sponse TO this request the committee per-
mitted three days. The speaker
said that as he recollected
Mr.. Bland did want to incorporate
some Limitation OF the right of the House tn
f1libuster. or wanted a continuing order.
but the committee determined that until
the necessity for such rule was demon
strated they would not report it. The bill
was taken up and debated for three days
and finally saved from the table by the
casting vote of the speaker. Mr. Crisp said
this tie vote was great surprise to ali par
ties, because when the original order was
made It was generally understood that the
majority In favor Of free coinage was from
thirty to forty.
AN INFERENCE.
A Amajority of tho democrats voted against
tabling the bill and thereby demonstrated
that they favored its passage. Speaker
Crisp said that he assumed that these gentle-
men 80 voting were In favor OF a rule which
would bring the House to a direct vote on
the bill and prevent fihbustering, and so
believing he said 10 Mr.. Bland that he had
m dnas hN the aopatntetna .wo.td .oxo~e eh<.