Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-03-26
THE SILVER BILL.
An Analysis Of the Tie Vote to Lay
on the Table.

WAsHIN GToN, March 26.-If
Catchings returns to Washington in
time, special order msy be brought
into the house on Monday for i'm
mediate consideration Of the Bland
silver bill and pending amendments
Bland, during the yesterdays ses-
sion of the house, disclosed his plan
by the introduction of a resolution
fixing Monday, March 28th, as the
date on which the bill be taken up
aud put upon its passage accom-
panying the resolution with provi-
sion giving the speaker power to re-
fuse 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, the analysis of
the tie vote on the test motion Of
Burrows to lay the Bland bill on the
table is interesting. OF l4S votes ia
favor Of the motion, 80 were cast by
Democrats and 66 by Republicans.
The negative vote shows II Repub-
licans, the other 1877 being either
Democrats or alliance men. The
unexpectedly large showing Of DEM
ocratic votes against the silver bill
came from the following states:
New York 10, Pennsylvania 10,
Wisconsin 7, Massachusetts, Z, Iowa
7, New Jersey, Ohio and Maryland
four each, Illinois, Connecticut and
Michigan three each, New Hamp.
shire, Rhode Island, Louisiana and
Minnesota two each, South Caro-
lima one (Brawley), Delaware one
Casey. West Virginia one WILSON,,
Missouri one (Robb), California one
(Geary). OF the eleven Republican
votes, Vincent A. Taylor Ohio was
the only one east of the Mississippi
river. Kansas contributed two inBro-
derrick and Funston, South Dakota
two more, Rickley and Jolly, while
the other six votes came from as
many different states, Colorado
(Townsend), Wyoming Clark.
Nevada (Bartine), California bow
ery), Idaho (SweeU, Oregon Her
mann). Pairs announced were
Enoch with Tarsney, Sanford with
Elliott, Durborow with Hooker,
miss. }. Morse with Catchings, E. b,
Taylor with Oates, VanHorn with
johnson Is. C.), Henderson (Ill.)
with Peel, Rusk with Compton, w.
A. Stone with Jones (Va.). The
names given first in each case are of
members who would vote against
the bill, and in the latter those who
would have voted for the measure.
The following is a list of members
not paired, who failed to vote:
Campbell, Wadsworth and Stahl-
necker, of New York; Forman,
Wike and Springer, of Illinois;
Cooper, of Indiana; Clover, of Kan
sas; Cheatham, of North Carolina;
Donovan, of Ohio; Shell, Of South
Carolina; Herbert, of Alabama; Lis
ter, of Virginia; Boatner, of Lou
isiana; Enloe, of Tennessee. Figur-
ing in the absentees according to
their previously expressed ideas, an
absolutely full vote shows at least
one majority for the silver men, but
full vote is practically unknown
in the house, and silver men concede
that when it comes to very close
vote they are less able than their
opponents to count in every men,
ber. The situation is less encourag-
ing tosilver men when they come
to consider their future course, as
the large showing made has unques-
tionably strengthened their oppo-
nents, and some men who have
always voted i'm favor of free coinage
have since expressed themselves as
disinclined for political reasons to
further push matters.