New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-08
A BIG FIGHT OVER SILVER.
TIE DEMOCRATS WRANGLE AMONG THEM
SELVES FOR NEARLY FIVE HOURS.

THE BLAND BILL THIS MONTH BITTERNESS
OF THE FACTIONS TOWARD EACH OTHER
TWO APPEALS FROM THE SPEAKERS
DECIsIoNS-THE VOTE ON THE
RESOLUTION 1870 TO 81.
fDY yELEoRArU THE TKBUSEr
Washington, March THE House OF Repre-
sentatves to-day decided, by vote Of 80 TO
| s4-more than twc-thirds-to consider the Bland
| bill After to-day's proceedings it will be ldie
| for Democrats to attempt TO cheat the country IN
| regard 10 tie position Of the Democratic party on
the silver question For nearly five hours the
| Democrats wranglcd and fought among them
selves. about ne-fourth OF them vainly resist
| ng the other thrce-fourths, and striving by
dilatory motions to prevent them from sound
ing the deathknel of the Democratic party OF
! the one fourth about two.thirds are honestly OPP
po.cd 10 free and unlimited coinage OF silver,
| while the remainder desire simply to postpone the
question until after the Presidential election
The highest Democratic vote east to-day against
the consideration Of the Bland Dill at thlS Sessoh
was GS-on the motion to rccommit the resolu-
/ finn with instructions u the Committee on Rules
| to substitute three davs in December for three
DAYS i'm this month for the consideration OF the Dill
The negative Democratic vote on the adoption oil
the rule itself vas only "a. In each case the neg
ativc Democratic vote included ABOUT twenty |o''S
Of men who are in favor Of the bill but opposed
- its pa sage at this session. 1t Will bc per-
ccvcd. therefore. that If every Republican member
of tine House had been present and had voted with
the Dcmocr,t" minority. In, silver men would still
have won by round majority. The Republican
minority was poweress to stem the tide even
with the help OF the two minority factions OF tho
Dcmocrats-thc men who opposed 10 the Bland
bill and the men who for party reasons favor lts
rostponement Tie total Democratic vote in favor
of postponempnt and against consideration was
smaller by forty than the leaders OF the Dcmocratc
minority have represented it to he when they have
hesought Republicans 10 help Their party out Of the
ditch Oh THIS cctahior
prominent and most interesting feature OF
the days proceedings was the bitter hostility en-
hibited by tho Democratic factions toward eGch
other and by the leaders of the minority faction
toward the Speaker, from Whose rulings appeals
were taken by Mr.. Tracey Both OF these appeal,
were supported 10y hfty to sixty Democrats on
yea and nay votes.
BEFORE TIE JOUEAL WAS READ.
The hllbuscrng began as soon as Speaker Crisp
decided that the resolution in order for con-
sideration, before the reading Of the Journal of
SATURDAYS proceedings. Mr. Tracey. of New
York. commanded the fibusters, with the aid
of llcssrs. Fitch and Warner, of New York, sni
Andrw aud Williams, of Massachusetts. His
drst act 70 appeal from tl'c decision Of the
speaker What his speech IN favor Of the appeal
lacked ia force and logic, was made good by ito
extreme carncs.rc>i. He Informed the lIoasc that
the ruling of the Speaker would SET a dangerous
precedent and that the eyes Of the country are
On the House this day lie further declared
that the Democratic party was confronted by
grave peril. and accused the majority Of the Com
mitsee on Rules OF trying to take "a snap judg
mcnt.7 Mr. 1mccy's remarks were lame and dis
jointod and dozen Of his friends kept
busy trying o prompt him. But everybody
realized that he was in dead earnest.
Mr.. Fitch. who followed spoke with great
crcr,y and declared that thi. ruling was as
unfair as anything thai had been done in the last
Congc,o.T lie alluded 10 Hills snap conycn-
tion analogous to this proceeding and declared
that the latter Will hc met with Ncw-York's
emphatic protest.
BLAND STIGs Up HJETrTS NEST.
When Nr Bland tool: the floor 10 reply hc
stirred mp a hornets nest hy declaring that the
opponents Of tho resolution were guilty Of bad
faith; and that they had broken "a solemn
agreement entered into last Monday in their he
half by Ne. >is. Cochran and Andrew When Bland
closed hy moving to lay the appeal on the table
Cochran and Anirw clamored To BE- heard and
nearly all the members OF the House were drawn
to the storm centre The Speaker declined to
recognize Traccy's right TO the floor, and the
latter shouted that if the Speaker desired to take
him from the floor " he wanted to know it, The
Speakers intimation thai Traccy must addrcs,
the Chair in a respectful manner completely
unset the Albany man and he shouted: "l don
want 10 he looked at in that manner an eAcIa-
nation which brought down the House ana
brought Tracey 10 his senses, temporarily
Bourkc Cochran at last obtained u hearing and
he gave m entirely different version OF last Mon
days BARGAIN from the one given ~ Bland, and
hot words passed between them. Andrc" con-
hrmcd Coc,rans ,crion. and l"ircc, Of Iennes-
SEE confirmed BANDS, saying that he was present
when the bargain WAS made, ana heard every
word of il. Here was Il direct issue of ycracity
between four Ucmocrats-two on side, but II
was not decided because Tracey again lifted up his
voice to protest against the arbitrary ruling
Of the Sneaker After lie had been at last sup
pressed. Mr.. Bount. Of Georgia, took u hand in
defence OF the ruling, and when he had con
GUIDED Mr. lockwood. OF Ncw-(ork, was moved
10 ask "A parliamentary question, which wa,
whether the rules ot this Congress are more
arbitrary than the rules ~ the l1st 'ongresa rs
applied by the gentleman from Maine Tic
Speaker declined to answer hechlS he thought
That that was hardly n parliamentary inquiry.
THE RuTFs or the LAST HOUSE COME Up.
That WAS not the only time that the rules aud
rulings Of the laot House came up IN the dis
cussion, and even Speaker Crisp. i'll denying the
motion to raise the question Of consideration, APP
Icaed t. one of SPEAKER Reeds decisions, in
manner which provoked Il eood-natured colloquy
between the Speaker and his distinguished prede-
ccssor. Mr. Tracy, who hobbcd up at every
opportunity. protested against any allusion III
TINS Congress To the rules Of the List Congress
Except perhaps By the gentleman ilom Nome,
Mr.. Warner, of Ncw-lork, also became much
excited: hc hopcd that the arbitrary rules OF this
Congress would not be administered in more
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