Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-25

piled: "When you want Democratic
platform you will get it from Democrats,
and not from men whose swaddling
clothes have not been off for week or
month or year." Great laughter
Hatch of Missouri made strong
party speech in favor of the bill, an
nouncing that he was in favor of making
the bill matter of party fealty. He
told Williams of Massachusetts that he
did not know the first principles of De-
mocracy, and when Williams asked if
he was reading him out of the party,
Hatch retcrted that Williams had said
the time was coming when the Demo
cratic party would have to choose be-
tween the Democrats OF New York and
the Alliance of the south. He (Hatch)
was willing to make the choice, If ne.
cessary, and would swap the barefooted
statesman from Kaneas (Simpson) for
the gentleman from Massachusetts, and
If another swap were wanted he would
take in the erring young Democrat from
Georgia (Watson) and throw over an
other Massachusetts Mugwump. The
speech created almost sensation.
E. B. Taylor of Ohio in the course of
his speech, expressed surprise that
Hatch had declared that the repeal of
1875 was the greatest infamy OF the
century, and that it was done by Re-
publican congress and a Republican
president. Hatch knew that not
single Democrat voted against that
measure in the senate; that Thurman
and Bayard voted for it, and the only
votes cast against it were by Repub-
licans.
Castle of Minnesota and English OF
New Jersey opposed the bill.
Taylor OF Illinois had read a proposed
substitute intended to ridicule the pend
ing bill.
Sweet Of Idaho favored free coinage.
Smith of Illinois deprecated the con-
sideration of the measure from party
standpoint, and said he would vote
against the bill.
Butler of Iowa closed the debate by
saying that when the act of 1873 had
brought the farmers into condition of
suffering . gentleman from Illinois (Tay-
lor), millionaire, arose and with
comical substitute added insult to injury
and Knocked the farmers in their suffer-
ing.
Bland then demanded the previous
question.
Burrows moved to lay the pending bill
on the table, and the c'erk called the
roll on his motion. Excitement was in
tense as the call progressed. When the
clerk had completed his recapitulation,
the speaker rose and announced the re-
suit, but before doing 30 directed the
clerk to call his name, and then availed
himself of his right and cast his vote in
the negative, amid the deafening ap-
plause of the advocates of the measure.
Bland, not aware that the speakers
vote had saved his measure from imme-
date annihilation, changed his vote
from the negative to the affirmative, in
order to have an opportunity to move
reconsideration, but being advised in a
moment that the motion was defeated
by tie vote, again changed to the neg
alive.
Enloe of Tennessee suddenly strobe
into the house and eaid he desired to
have his vote recorded, but the speaker
refused, Enioe having been absent at the
session of the pension investigating COM
mittee.
Herbert of Alabama, who had also
been absent, failed to get his vote re-
corded. The motion was lost by tie
vote OF l4S 10 l4S.
Cultivate of Ohio at once moved to
adjourn. Lost, SO to 1893.
johnson of Ohio moved to reconsider
the vote by which the house refused to
table, and Bland moved to lay Johnson's
motion on the table. The motion to
table the motion to reconsider was re-
jected, 145 to 149, and the antis applaud
ed with vigor.
The speaker stated that the vote re-
Cured on the motion to reconsider, and
Reed sprang to his feet and demanded
the yeas and nays, and the roll was
called.
The speaker, without ordering reca-
pitulation. announced that the motion
to reconsider was defeated by tie vote
of 148 to 14S.
Cochran demanded recapitulatlon of
the vote.
The speaker stated that the demand
came too late.
The confusion was then redoubled,
and the speaker was compelled to call in
the services of the sergeant-at-arms to
restore order.
Finally the vote was recapitulated by
unanimous consent and was announced:
Yeas, 150; nays, 148, and the result was
loudly applauded by the anti-silverites.
The question then was on the motion
to lay the pending bill on the table. and
after scene Of wild disorder the vote
was announced: Yeas, 143; nays, las;
so the house refused to lay the bill on
the table.
The chair announced that the ques-
tion recurred to Bland's motion for the
previous question on the bill, and
amendments.
A motion to adjourn was lost, 80 to
2O2.
Motions to adjourn; to take a recess;
70 adjourn till Saturday, and adjourn
till Monday were all voted down, and
then Bland, stating that it was evident
that no fair vote could be taken tonight,
moved adjournment, which motion car
ried at IL :35 a. m.
The silver bill now goes on the calen-
dar, but it is probable the committee on
rules will at an early day report reso-
luton for it's further consideration.
Uninstructed Clevelandites.
GRAND Forks, N. D., March 24.-The
Democratic state convention was held
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