Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-09-02
THE VOTE FOR REPEAL
Unexpected Majorities Against
Free Coinage.
THE RATIO SCHEMES REJECTED

The siiverites Surprised at the smaliness
ofTheir Vote = The nd-Aliison Act
Made the Best showing-Details of tho
Voting.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29-The votes in the
house were remarkable for the very high
percentage of members recorded. On the
last two roll calls $40 members responded
to their names. Shell and Graham were
paired, leaving but three representatives
out OF total voting strength of 354 ap-
parently unaccounted for. One Of these,
Mr.. Cooper, OF Wisconsin, would have
been present and voting but was called
out of the city in the morning by tele-
gram announcing the approaching dsso-
luton Of his father. Speaker Crisp did
not vote leaving but one whose alb
sence was unexplained-Mr Newlands, of
Nevada
One of the causes of the unexpectedly
large vote against free coinage of silver
was the changed attitude Of members from
the southern states 1t had been supposed
that these We're practically solid in favor
of free coinage. but an analysis of the vote
as cast shows that this was not the case to
large degree.
/ The vote upon the restoration of the
Bland-Allison act made the best showing
for the silver men, the total being: Yeas,
1856; nays, 2i3, divided among the states as
follows:
Yeas-Alabama. s; Arkansas, 5; Cali
fornia, 5; Colorado, ,; Georgia, s; Idaho, l.;
Illinois, 5; Indiana, 5; Kansas, 5; Ken
lucky, 6; Louisiana, 4; Michigan, 3; Min
nesota, 1; Mississippi. 9; Missouri, IL, Mon
tana, /; Nebraska, s: North Carolina, s;
Ohio A. DanpStrl a,,fa y
( Carolina, 3; South Dakota, 2. Tennessee, 6;
Texas II; Virginia, 0; Washington, 2;
West Virginia, >; Wyoming, |.
Nays-Alabama. /; Arkansas, 1; Cali
fornia, :; Connecticut, 4; Delaware, L;
Florida, p Georgia, .; Illinois, Il; Indiana.
s. Iowa, Il; Kansas, 3; kentucky, 3; Lou
isiana, .; Maine. {; Maryland 6; Massa-
chusetts, 10; Michigan, 8; Minnesota, 0;
\ Mississippi, 1; Missouri, 3; Nebraska, B;
! New Hampshire, ,: New Jersey, s. New
York, 80; North Carolina, l; North Dakota,
/ /; Ohio, 16; Pennsylvania, IS; Rhode Island,
/ 2; South Carolina, /; Tennessee. 4; Texas,
2; Vermont, 2; Virginia, !; West Virginia,
2; Wisconsin, o.
The Affirmative vote was made up Of
Democrats, III; Republicans, Is; Popu-
lists o The'negatiye, vote of Democrats,
l03 Republicans, ITO
A comparison of seven separate votes
taken shows that mt no time did the anti
I silver men have less than II clear majority
/ Their greatest strength was shown on the
I Ii to amendment, when the vote stood
I 100 TO 2i0-an anti-silyer majority OF 40
/ On the ilnal passage Of the bill the antis
mustered the same strength rs this, but
owing to a desperate rally OF the silver
men their majority WAS cut down to l30
One of the surprises Of the day was the
lack of strength of the 20 20 | amendment,
which was supposed to be the strongest
| proposition that the silver men had in re-
serve. As n matter OF fact II was weaker
/ by three votes than the 10 to proposition,
and the majority against Il was l0l. The
/ vote that gave the silver mon the greatest
I comfort was that on the re-cnaetment OF
the Bland. Allison act, and ON this amend
ment they succeeded in reducing the ma
| jorty against them TO the lowest figure of
the day-ij-the vote standing; Yeas, 1876;
nays. 2l3.
The story of the voting IS told in the
shortest and most instructive manner by
the following-lG TO /: yeas, l2i nays, a25
/ Il to /; yeas, 100; nays, 30 Is to I; yeas,
/ lo3; nays 231 10 to |: yeas l0i; nays, 23S
90 to /; yeas, i2l; nays, 222 Bland-Alli-
son act: yeas. 1876; nays, 2l9 Final pass
age yeas, 2i0; nays. 10
| The silver men felt chagrincd at their
overwhelming defeat, but they took their
overthrow philosophically. aud found In
/ their late opponents men who were too
generous TO say sught of ungraciousncss.
| After Mr. Catchings had given notice that
he would call up the house rules tomor-
4 row, the house at $3.50 adjourned.