Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-31
A CLOSE CALL
The Silver BEL Has a. sarow Es-
cape in the House
Only the Castdsg Vote, of tbespsaEer Saves
It Brom Dsfeat-aa Exciting session
of the Hease eff Repse-
seEtatieRs.

seEkatiees.
WASHINGTON, March 2a-Tse lest leg
islative day of the silver debate opened
with crowded galleries. asaa q fa2l at
tendance of mem bers of tae A@use.
Immediately after the rssading of the
journal, the period of general debate
was extended three hours by the ca
nouncement of Mr.. Bland that be
would postpone the motion far the
previous question until 9 O'Clock, to
give opportunity for greater debate.
Representative Williams, of Illinois.
a democratic member OF the committee
on coinage, opened the debate in favor
of the bill.
Burke Cochran. Of New York, next
spoke in opposition to the bill.
Mr.. Cummings, of New York, spoke
briefly, saying that his constituents
were opposed to the pending bill and
that he was not one of those who felt
at liberty to cross the desires of their
constituents He would, therefore, as
the representative of the people of his
district, cast his vote against the bill.
Mr.. Dingley, of Maine, also spoke in
opposition to the bill.
Speeches were then made by Messrs
Dingley, Hatch, Bum, Lond and Bart
line.
At one minute after s o'clock Nr.
Bland, the advocate of the free silver
coinage bill, was recognized by the
speaker. and in quiet tone of voice
demanded the previous question on
the pending bill
Mr.. Burrows, of Michigan, moved to
lay the pending bill on the table, and
said that motion took precedence of
the motion of the gentleman from Mis-
souri, (Mr. Biand), and demanded the
yeas and nays on his motion.
The chair decided in favor of Mr..
Burrows, and then, amid intense excite
ment. the clerk began to call the r31l
on Mr.. Burrows motion. which brought
the question to a square test vote. Ex-
element became intense. as the call
progressed. and the mem bers plainly
showed it by the restless manner with
which they moved about and crowded
to the space in front of the speakers
desk.
At the conclusion of the roll call the
excitement had risen to fever heat at
had been carried by three votes aud
that the Bland bill was beaten. An
anti-silver man in the ohouse started to
shout but quickly checked himself.
Private information given out that the
vote sssood yeas 14s. nays 147, excited
every@member and the aisles were
thronged.
The recapitation being completed
the szaker arose to announce the re-
suit. But before doing SO directed the
clerk to call his name. The clerk
called ..Mr. Crisp. OF Georgia." and
"Mr. Crisp. of Georgia" availing him
self of his right as representative,
cast his vote in the affirmative amid
the deafening applause of the friends
of the measure.
Mr.. Bland, not aware that the speak
er's vote saved his measure from i'm
mediate humiliation, changed his vote
from the negative to the affirmative in
order that he might have an opportun-
ity to move a reconsideration. but
being advised in moment that tthe
motion was defeated by tie vote.
again changed to the negative. In the
meantime the mem bers had clustered
in the space in front of the speakers
desk and many of them propSunded
questions as to the side uBon which
they were recorded. In ea@A ease the
reply was satisfactory @h& &nd no
change was made in the result At
this moment, Mr.. oEnloe, of Tennessee,
with his hat on, hastily stssae into the
house and said he desired to h4ve his
vote recorded
The speaker asked: ''Was tha gentle
man in the house during the roll aAai
and failed to hear his nesae eailed?'s
Mr.. Enloe was compelled e. respond
in the negative, and the speaker SAID
he could not vote.
The motion was lest by tie vote of
ayeas, 14S; nays. 14a
Mr.. Outhwaite. of Ghio, at once
moved tosstdjourn. The motion tAllnss-
rarily lest the memb& st sea as t.
their course, and AIR. Bland, rising to
a parliamentary inquiry. asked
whether the effect of az adjournment
would be to make anotfiAr gp4eia1 order
necessary to call up the bill. The
speaker said it would.
The vote on adjournment was de-
clared 1ost-yeas, 90; Rays. Sc.
Then Mr.. johnson. ef CHIC, took his
hand in the fight with a Motion to re-
consider the vote by which the house
refused to table the b:1l aud ar. Bland
parried the foil0 svith . Motion to lay
the motion on the table. T1ls motion
to table the motion e ree&nsidar was
rejected-yeas, 145; naye, 1se Tken
it was the turn of the anti7syfsseAr men
to applaud and they Slia 50 with T. vim.
The speaker stated that the, vote, oc-
Cured on the metioa e, rec8nsider and
Mr.. Reed, of Maine, srrang Is his feet
and demanded yeas aed nays asa the
roll was called
The speaker. without orserins a re-
capitulation, ann9pnNaa t'ssA. t5ae na5-
ton to reconsider was defeated py tic
vote of 14s to 14S
The silver bill nov gees % the cal
endar. but it is probak1ss that the com
mittee will at an early day report a
resolution for its e.ursh&r consideration.
McEnery wins In louisiana o
New ORLEANS. March 25-Eeturns
are in from the democratic rrima-
ries held throughout the state Tues
day from all save few precincts The
white democratic voters voted directly
on the Question whether they pre-
ferred the state ticket nominated by
the regular democratic. e0nventionsand
headed nv McEuery for poverunr rr