The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-03-25
SETBACK FOR BLAND
Anti-Silver Men Defeat the
Passage of the Bill.
NOW GOES ON THE CALENDAR.
The Eouse Was in Session Until Half an
Hour After Midnight
NOW GOES ON THE CALENDAR.

The Result the Roll Calls Was Tie
Everybody Surprised at the vote-Mr.
Bland Expected to Carry His Bill
Through with Rush-After Hard
Fight He Gave 1t Up and Made the
Motion to Adjourn.
WASHINGTON, March 25.-The session
of the House yesterday was devoted to
the discussion of the silver bill, which
closed at o'clock. The features of the
debate were the speech Of Mr.. Hatch OF
Missouri, repudiating the Mugwumps of
Massachusetts,, Civilians and Hoar) and
that of Burke Cochran of New York.
who is supposed to represent Senator
Hills views on the question. He opposed
the bill. Mr. Burrows moved to lay the
bill on the table, md greatly to every
one's surprise the motion failed only by
tie vote-14S TO 14S. A motion to re-
consider was made by Mr. johnson Of
Ohio, and the House refused-l40 to l45
to adopt Mr.. BANDS motion to lay Mr.
Johnson's motion on the table.
Motions for ,ecesses and adjournment
tired out the advocates of free silver
after the test vote showed a tie, which
the Speaker dissolued by casting his vote
with the free silver men.
In despair Bland gave up the fight at
twenty-five minutes to one this morning,
and consented to the passage of motion
to adjourn.
! The bill now goes on the calendar, but
/ it is thought the Committee on Rules
will fix an early day for its consideration.
| If Representatives Campbell and Stahl-
necker had been in their seats or paired,
and had Mr. Rockwell, of Elmira, voted
as the other New Workers did, the Free
! Coinage bill would have been defeated
The motion to lay the bill on the table
was carried by vote of l4S to 147.
The motion was lost, however, through
the action of Speaker Crisp who is him
self an ardent silver man and who cast
! the tie vote. All three of the New
| Workers are roundly abused by their col
leagues, and Rockwell is receiving less
of this criticism than either of the others
1t may be said for Rockwell that he was
at least present in the House, but no
excuse can be offered for Messrs. Camp
bell and Stahlnecker being absent with
out pairs So far as the latter gentle
man is concerned, he is so seldom in tht
House. his colleagues say, that they have
long since ceased to count upon his vote
in any crisis,
Everybody and his wife were there
He came early in the morning, brought
his lunchean with him and remained un'
til far into the night. Such a crowd has
not been in the Capitol at any time dur
ing this session. Not only was every
seat occupied, but the aisles as we'll
while in the doorways humanity wa:
packed like an immense bank of flowers
far into the corridors beyond.
On the floor there was scarcely spac'
enough for the members to move about
and it seemed as though pretty nearly
every one in Washington was entitled tC
admission to the House. But this was
not all. In the corridors there wer'
pushing and surging, but good natured
throngs that went hither and thithel
looking in vain for same neglected want
age ground from which they could view
the wild and turbulent scene on thu
floor below. And it was no common
horde of the great unwashed that coulC
not gain an admittance. Many of thu
visitors were Senators and Senators
wives, while at least one member of th
Cabinet applied in vain for admission Il
the overcrowded galleries. There wer
diplomats too among the crowd, bu
even the small gallery reserved for then
was soon filled with outsiders.