The morning call., 1892-03-08
AdEerentS Of the Bland Bill Garry the
Day in Congress.
FILIBUSTEEIKG OF THE OPPONENTS
Animated Debate in the Heu@-Eastern Democrats
Predict the Coming Presidential Defeat
Of Their Party.
Special to THE MoRNINs CALL

course, highly elated. The gold men in the
Democratic party are filed with dismal
forebodings, while the ant-free coinage
Republicans, who comprise 65 per cent of
the Republican membership In the House,
are disposed to View the situation with COM
plaeency. The vote to-day indicates that
the House will surely pass the Bland bill,
so decisive and overwhelming was the vic
tory of the advocates of free coinage. It
was significant feature of the proceedings
that on all the disputes that arose on the
parliamentary question the anti-free COIN
age men did most of the talking. To one
unfamiliar with political methods, the con-
clusion would have been irresistible after
listening to the denunciation of Speaker
Crisp's rulings, to the impassioned oratory
and the direful predictions of those opposed
to the Bland bill, that the free coinage men
were to be swept away In a whirlwind of
popular indignation. Yet when the vote
came, not on one silver resolution alone,
but on all the auxiliary questions, the free
coinage men came TO the front in an un-
broken phalanx. and by vote of over two to
one routed their opponents On the last and
vital proposition-that setting apart three
days for the consideration of the Bland bill
the free coinage men won by the over
whelming vote of 1870 to S4.
The Fight Begins.
Before the reading of the journal Catch
inga of Mississippi called up a resolution
setting apart three days for the considera-
ton Of the silver bill, and the clerk pro-
ceeded to read it, Upon its adoption Catch
IN gs demanded the previous question.
Tracey Of New York called attention to the
fact that the Journal had not been read.
The Speaker declared it was in order to
call up the resolution, and the reading of
the resolution was concluded.
rrfnt- lln1 ha NhaGr Id -.
report of the Committee on Rules can be
considered before the journal has been
read?
The Speaker-The Chair has. That is
provision of the rules.
Dingley-Then the Chair decides that
business can be done before the reading Of
the jOurnap
The Speaker-The Chair So decides.
Tracey appeal from the decision of the
Chair.
The Chair Sustained.
After remarks by Cochran and Lockwood,
OF New York, Catchings of Mississippi
closed the debate on behalf of the Committee
on Rules, and concluded his remarks by
moving that Tracey's appeal be laid on the
table.
Before putting the question, Speaker
Crisp stated the question and his position.
He said. In paft: .'The rule provides that
IL shall always be in order to call up for
consideration report from the Committee
on Rules. The rules also provide that 1t
shall always be in order to move to adjourn,
to entertain motion to fix day to which
the House shall adjourn, or to take recess.
However, in the last House there was no
such rule as this providing that reports of
the Committee on Rules might be called up
any time"
The roll was then called, and by vote of
194 TO 70 tie House tabled Traeey's appeal
from the decision of the Chair.
Tracey then raised the question of the
consideration of the report.
The Lar will have to hold" said the
tion cannot be raised.''
Tracey spoke at some length on his point,
and the Speaker quoted the rules sustaining
his position. 'The intention of the House,"
said he. was. as the Chair understands it,
just what the rule itself proposes under the
rules Of the last Congress"
Tracey Again Defeated
Once more Tracey appealed from the
Chair and Warner, another New York
Democrat warned his colleagues that they
were on the polnt-a Democratic House-of
enforcing more arbitrary rule in a more
arbitrary manner than any enforced by the
Fifty-hrst Congress. By virtue of whose
crimes Democratic majority is here.
Again the ayes and noes were demanded
and again Tracey's appeal was tabled-176
to 81.
Tracey thereupon made a motion to re-
commit the resolution with instructions to
the Committee on Rules to report it hack
with an amendment changing the date for
the consideration of the silver bill from
March % to December II. The motion was
defeated-ayes 20, noes 202
The previous question was then ordered
upon the resolution without further obiec-
tion.
A Warning From Williams.
Williams of Massachusetts,, in opposing
the resolution. said the free-coinage men
would need much consolation before the
Democratic party got through explaining to
the people why il left free coinage out of the
platform of 1888 aud appeal to the people on
the ground that 1t was opposed to free coin
age 1t was proposed to give the lie to one
Of its pledges. In the North the pledges
meant something, and the pledges of the
Democrats in the North had changed a
great minority into great majority. How
was that majority made up? BY accessions
from the Republican party, and if those ac-
cessions were lost it would be because the
Democrats were false to their pledges. If
free coinage was established by Democratic
votes the reform OF the tariff was at an end.
The people of the North could stand taxa
ton under unjust laws, but they were not
ready to go into national bankruptcy and
pay 20 cents on the dollar.
The Democrats would have to decide be-
tween two things-the Farmers Alliance in
the South or a Democratic alliance in the
North. He didn't know which was the
more impOrtant-that Congressman should
be returned from Georgia and Mississippi.
or that Democratic President be elected
this year.
Reed Scores n Point.
Reed Of Maine cordially agreed for once
with the gentleman from Massachusetts.
The latter had pointed out that the Demo-
cratic majority had been secured by false
pledges to the people-pledges now in pro-
cess Of being broken. Under the guise that
it was going to give good currency to the
country the Democratic party had stolen a
march upon the Republicans of the North,
and the gentleman from Massachusetts had
fifty characterized the results. Upon delu-
sive statements Of the improper means used
in the Fifty--frst Congress the Democrats
tions which this very day they surpassed.
[Repub,ican applause.l They themselves
had overridden what they called the
sacred rights OF the minority with a
harder hoof than they had ever been ridden
over before. They had deliberately over
ruled the decision of Speaker Carlisle,
who, in the Flftieth Congress, de-
cided that no business could be
transacted until the journal had been
approved.
one which ought to be considered in
dependent of any party exigency con-
nected with it. Carlisle's ruling referred
to by Reed didn't apply to the present
case.
The Resolution Adopted.
After further debate the ayes and noes
were ordered. resulting in the adoption of
tine resolution-ayes 100 and noes "a, as
follows:
Ayes-Abbott, Anderson, Alexander, Allen,
Arnold. Babbitt, Bailey, Baker, Bankhead, Bar
tine, Beeman, Belden, Belknap, Bergen, Ban.
chard. Blaud. Blount, Boatner. Bontelle. Bowers,
Bowman. Branch. BretZ, Broderics. Bi ook SHIRE
Bryan, Bullock. Burrows Busey, Butler, Bynum,
Byrns, Caminett, Capehart, Caruth, CaIchiugs
Cate, Clark of Wyoming, Clarke or Alabama
Clover Cobb OF Alabama, Cogswell. Cooper
Cowles Cox OF Tennessee. Grain Of Texas. Craw-
ford, Culberson, Cutting, Dalzell, Davis, DE Ar
mond. Dixon. Doan, Dockery, Dolllver, DUNCAN,