The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-14
STLVERPUT ON THESHELF
TIE HOUSE DEFEATS TAR BILL
OF SENATOR STEWART.

for Five Years by the Action The
Vote Was 136 to 154-Ninety-four
of the Votes Against the Measure
Cast by Democrats.
WASHINGTON, July 13.-The free coinage
hill was reinterred in the House to-day
and this time was buried 80 deep that it is
beyond the reach Of the hand Of resurree-
hon. Consideration was refused In the
democratic House by vote of 1856 TO 154,
the democrats contributing "a votes TO the
latter total, 20 the free coinage bill intro
duced by Senator Stewart of Nevada, a
republican, and passed in the republican
Senate on July l by % yeas to 25 nays. The
decisive vote of the House to-day is
accepted by every one, Messrs.
Band Bartine and all the free
coinage extremists included, as finally
determining the action of this congress.
II is regarded by all except a few demo-
crafts from the south and west, who are ap-
prehensive that they may not be reelected,
as the expedien6 as well as the patriotic
course TO take. 1t is expected to aid the
election OF Cleveland and Stevenson as
much as the passage OF the free coinage bill,
and it's veto by President Harrison would
have aided the election Of Harrison aud
Reid. 1t is rot strange that toe republicans
Of the House, approaching the situation, =,
should be endeavorlng to appropriate to
themselves tho credit for having defeated
the free coinage bill, although their sole
contribution to that end was TO cast two
fifths OF the vote by which to-day its con-
sdecation was defeated.
PARTY GAIN THEIR ONLY AIM.
During both the hard fights ia the House
this session over the FREQ coinage question
the republicans, except those who favored
free coinage and worked hard to secure it,
undertook TO remain neutral until the very
last moment, and then TO stop in and claim
the credit for the victory which the honest
money democrats had already won.
Up to yesterday afternoon, for example. the
great majority of the republicans of the
House had not declared their intentions
with respect to the vote announced for to-
day on the proposition to consider imme-
diately the free coinage bill. The free coin
age republicans had gone into the free
coinage caucus and with the free coin-
age democrats, but the rest of the
republicans had not lifted finger to aid the
anti-free coinage democrats. The latter
would have been only too glad to have the
co operation of the republicans, they did
not hesitate to ask them for it, but all they
conld get as an assurance that when the
vote came directly on the passage OF the
OH tue HaJOSltJ VI tne Republicans
would vote against 1t. Mean
while they said to the anti-free
coinage democrats "You can hardly ex-
pecs us to help you" When the republicans
satisfied themselves yesterday that the
honest money democrats under the leader
ship Of Mr.. Tracey and George Fred WILL
Jams had practically won the fight, the free
coinage democrats being discouraged and
discordant, they came forward and an-
nounced that they would vote against the
resolution for consideration; and proceeded
to claim In advance all the credit for defeat
ing it, instead of admitting that their at
tempt to combine peanut politics with
patriotism mad given the free coinage party
all the encouragement it had at the very
time when the anti-free coinage men most
needed their help. II the repub-
hcans had promptly announced upon
the passage of Mr.. Stewards bill
by the Senate that they would
follow the lead Of the honest monsy men
on the democratic side in a patriotic effort
to bring that bill a second time in the
House there would have been no doubt
about the result of the ATTEMPT 20 do so.
But they preferred TO play politics again
with the hope OF getting the democrats In
hole,n and 50 encouraged the free coinage
men to make the fight they made, leaving
the honest money men in doubt until yes
terday, whether they would be even present
Everybody here knows that the fight
against free coinage in the House, now for
the second time crowned with vic5ory, has
been planned and executed solely by tho
honest money democrats, and that they are
entitled to all the credit for what has been
accomplished.
1t was their clever and conscientious ef-
forts, carried on day aud night, which con-
verted free coinage men into opponents Of
action on ths Stewart bill. Ths l0l demo-
Gratis, counting pairs. whose votes to-day de-
teated the consideration OF the bill show the
character Of their services - services
rendered in the face of the lukewarmness
or positive opposition of the great majority
OF the republicans, with few exceptions.
1t is natural that the northern men forming
the majority of the democrats in the House
and representing generally constituencies
opposed to free coinage should have consti-
tuted three-fourths Of the 101 votes. 1t is
to be remembered, however, that there
were southern and western democrats,
brave enough, in spite Of their apprehen-
slons that their votes might cost them their
seats in the House, to aid in achieving the
victory which they believed would prove 80
valuable, both to their party and to the
country. Messrs. Brawley and Elliott
OF South Carolina, and Herbert
and Clarke of Alabama CON-
pare most favorably with those
Illinois democrats who did not have the
courage of their convictions. The free coin
age democrats helped the anti,free coinage
cause to-day both by their intemperate
speeches and their fight for a closure
amendment.
The free coinage movement appears to be
checked not only for this congress, for
nothing can be done with
t at the short session
but for five years to come, for neither Pres
nent Harrison nor President Cleveland
would sign free coinage bill, and there is
no prospect Of a two-thirds majority for
Iree coinage In either house Of congress,
me decided change in the public sentiment
on on this question, due largely to the educa-
Llonal campaign of the honest money
democrats in congress and registered
~ ~ the platform adopted by
tne Democratic convention at Chicago, was
wen Illustrated by the vote in the House
To-day, which could not have been possible
st 1he beginning Of the session.
HOW THE SILVER MEN FEEL.
By the Associated Press.
Although feeling very much dissat-
Isned over the result of the fight on the sill
yer bill in the House the free coinage men
occept their defeat philosophically with the
consciousness that they made q strong fight
s xuq IN the belief that they have done their
@ auii DUTY. Now that the bill has been practi-