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| but Moroe voted yea, Morse not voting.
Mr.. Cultivate OF Ohio at once moved TO
| adjourn.
| Mr.. Blaal asked Il the effect of an ad-
| Iournment would be to make rnother special
order necessary to call up the bill The
speaker said it would.
Many pronounced anti -silverites voted in
| opposition to the motion and IL was lost
| yeas 80. nays 1873.
Mr.. johnson of Ohio raoved to reconsider
the vote, by which the House refused to
table the bill.
| Mr. Bland moved 20 lay Mr.. Johnson's
| motion on toe table
Mr. Breckinridgs of Kentuckr, moved to
take 9 recess until 10 O'Clock tomorrow
| morfiug.
I'VE do rot want a recess" came in
! chorus from both sides of the House. Mr.
| Breckenridge Withdrew the motion.
The motion to table the motion to recon.
s!dor was rcjected-yeas 145 nays 149 zap
| plause by the auti-silver inenl
| Inc speaker stated that the vote REQUIRED
| on the motion to reconsider and Mr. Reed
OF Maine demanded the yeas and nays.
Mr liand, discouraged at tie lest vote,
moved an adjournment, but his motion be-
ing received with cries of mo filibustering''
lie withdrew it and the roll was called on
the motion to reconsider
Then the thunder storm which had been
brooding over the House for the entire dey
| burst in full violence and for 90 minutes or
more the cyclone ragged supreme throughout
the House. Before the announcement OF tho
vote the space in front of the speakers desk
was crowded with jostling mass Of mem
bers desirous of knowing how they were
recorded upon the bill.
ol-nr l.yit
lation) announced that the motion TO recon
slider was defeated by tie vote--yeas las,
nays l4S.
MeSsrs. Cochran, Fitch, Tracey and
Mutchler arose and called a halt Mr..
Cochran had the most powerful voice and,
amid the confusion he was head to declare
that the vote had not been recapitu!ated
ana to demand cecapitulation.
The speaker said that the demand came
too late.
Mr.. O'Neil OF Massachusetts excitedly ex-
claimed that it was not too late to correct
an error. He had kept tally and he knew
that an error had been made
The Speaker-If any gentleman had ask
Ell for the recapitulaton before the an
nouncement the chair would have ordered
1t. After the announcement tie char |
would not order II.
y SCep" Oh gleal disorder ereueG but was /,
checked by few quiet words from Mr. !
Heed He snid It was rot in the interest of /
any one to have confusion on this question. |
If Mr.. Cochran has arisen for the purpose
OF demanding recGpiiulation and the chair !
bad not heard INN owing to the confusion |
he (Mr Reed had no doubt that the chair |
would allow the recepitulation to be made. |
unless he beloved the reorganization was |
asked from filibusterIng motives
The speaker replied that if the gentleman |
from New York stated that at the proper
tlme he mad arisen tC demand a recapitula-
ton the speaker would order it.
MIR. Cochran said he had not risen to
make that demand. He had been waiting
for members to complete their changes and
the vote had been announced before he had
an opportunity to ask tor recapitulation
He now asked unanimous consent that re-
capitulation be made.
The Speaker--Ihe chair will cheerfully
put the request
There was no objection and the vote was
rscapituated.
Messrs. Meyer of Louisiana and Huff of
pennsylvania who were on record demand
ted hat their votes be recorded in the affirm
alive. This was done. The vote then
stood: eas, ljG nays, rs. The result
The chair stated that the question then
was on the motion to lay upon the table the
pen ling bill.
Tho speaker finally announced the vote
to be 40 to l4S so that the House refused
TO lay the bill on tbs table. Inc chair an
nounced that the question REQUIRED to Mr..
Stand, motion for the previous question on
the bill and amendments. Mr.. Fitch NOV
ed to al iourn.
Ilhbusterng was began and on Mr..
Iracys motion to reconsider q previous
vote no.quorum voted; and at midnight a
call of the House was ordered
Two hundred and eleven members re-
sponded and then Mr.. Bland, stating that
1t was evident that no tair vote could be
taken upon the silver question tonight,
moved an adiournment, which motion was
carried at 12:jJ.
The silver bill now goee upon the calen-
lar but 1t is probable thet the committee
IN rules VIII at an carly day report reso-
utlon for Its further consideration.