The Portland daily press., 1892-03-25

the negative amid the deafenlng applause
of the advocates of the measure.
Mr. Bland changed his vote from the
negative to the affirmative that he might
have an opportunity to- move
a reconsideration but, being advised that
the motion was defeated by a tie vote,
again changed to the negative.
Mr.. Enloe of Tennessee, with his hat
on, hastily strobe into the House and
said he desired to have his vote re-
corded.
The Speaker-"Was the gentleman in
the House during the roll call and failed
to hear his name called?"
Mr. Enloe responded in the negative
and the Speaker said the gentleman
could not vote.
Mr.. Enloe announced that he had just
come in from an Investigating commit
tee.
Mr.. Herbert of Alabama, next asked
the privilege of being recorded and the
Speaker inquired if the gentleman had
failed to hear his name called.
Mr.. Herbert replied II could not say
that and accordingly the Speaker re-
fused to permit him to vote.
The motion was lost
By Tie Vote, 14S to 143.
The Maine members all voted. Mr..
Cultivate of Ohio at.once moved to ad-
journ.
Mr.. Bland asked if the affect Of adj
journment would be to make another
special order necessary to call up the bill
and the Speaker said it would. Many
pronounced anti-silverites voted in oppo-
sition to the motion, and it was lost, 80
=. . 1893,
y r. johnson, of Ohio, moved to recon
,;da,. la1 Ia. vote by which the House re-
f,@el fnsed '.t1 10 tah,e the bill and Mr.. Bland
moved % to lay Mr.. IS s5a59hnson's motion on
Nj Breckinridge, of Kentucky moved ee
to take a recess until 10 O'CLOCK
row morning. -
1--WE do not want recess" came in a
chorus from both sides of the House.
Mr.. Breckinridge then withdrew his
motion, and the motion to table the
motion to reconsider was rejected-yeas,
145; nays, 149. Applause by the anti
silver men.
The Speaker stated the vote REQUIRED
on the motion to reconsider and Mr..
Reed, of Maine, demanded the yeas and
nanyS.
Mr.. Bland, discouraged at the last vote,
received with cries of 'sNo filibustering,"
and he withdrew it. The roll was called
on the motion to reconsider. Then the
thunder storm, which had been brooding
over the House the entire day, burst in
full violence and for 20 minutes or more,
The Cyclone Ragged Supreme
throughout the House. Before the
announcement of the vote, the space in
front of the Speakers $ desk was crowded
with a jostling mass of members
desirous of ofknowing how they were re-
corded upon the bill.
The Speaker, without ordering a re-
capitulation, announced the motion to
reconsider defeated by tie vote OF 14o
to las.
Messrs. Cochran, Fitch, Tracy and
Mutchler arose and called halt. Mr..
Cochran had the most powerful voice and,
amid the confusion, he was heard to de-
clare that the vote had not been recapitu-
lated and he demanded recapitulation.
The Speaker stated that the demand
came too late.
MI. O'Neill, of Massachusetts,, excited
ly exclaimed that it was not too late to
correct an error. He had Kept tally and
he knew that errors had been made.
The Speaker-"If any gentleman had
asked for recapitulation before
announcement, the Chair would have
ordered it. After the announcement
the Chair would not order it,"
A scene of great disorder ensued.
Messrs. Cochran, Fitch and O'Neill vain
ly endeavored to make their voices heard
and the Speaker showed symptoms Of
anger and impatience. The silver men
e.. Jn1,,3 oI1H hn
anti-silver men urged Messrs. Cochran
and Fitch forward. The Speaker was
compelled 4.
To Order the sergeant-at-Arms
to conduct the excited members to their
seats.
MI Fitch asked the Chair under what
rule he decided against recapitulation
and the Speaker quoted rule Is. He said
there was in the rule provision for
recapitulation of the vote whenever any
member asked for recapitulation before
the announcement The present oc-
cupant of the chair had never refused it
though [sarcastically] he had known
some of his predecessors to refuse it.
Laughter and applause.
Mr.. Reed was Instantly on his feet, but
Mr.. Cochran got the start of him and
renewed the controversy with the Speak
er. Finally, Mr.. Cochran appealed from
the decision of the Chair deciding it not
in order to demand a recapitulation.
Mr. Bland moved to lay the appeal on
the table, but both motions were avoided
by few
Quiet Words from Ex-speaker Reed.
He said it was not in the interest of any
body to have confusion on this question.
AS he recollected it, the old custom OF
the House was that a vote should be re-
capitulated unless by unanimous con-
sent it recapitulation was dispensed
with. That custom was somewhat
changed during the last Congress, in Or
der to allow the Speaker to stop filibus-
tering. If Mr.. Cochran had arisen
for the purpose of demanding
a recapitulation and the Chair had not
heard him owing to the confusion, he
| TMr. Reedl had no doubt the Chair
would allow the recapitulation to be
| made unless he believed the recapitula-
| tion was asked from filibustering mo-