New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-10
PRICE THREE CENTS.
SILVER WINS IN THE HOUSE.
FRIENDS OF SOUND MONEY EEATEN BY.
A VOTE OF l52 TO 1i3.
ALL HOPE LOST OF REPEATING THE SHERMAN
LAW IN THIS CoNGREss-A DEMOCRATIC
AFFAIR PURE AND SIMPLE.
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LAW IN THIS CoNGRESs-A DEMOCRATIC
AFFAIR PURE AND SIMPLE.
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Washington Feb. 0.-Ihc friends OF sound
money suffered defeat in the House to-day from
which they will find it difficult to recover. by
vote of l52 to l43 upon motion, apparently IT.
relevant upon its face, but important as indca1
Inc at once tn. strength Of the opposing forces
upon the main question at issue, silver triumphed
and its opponents, under the leadership OF MI.
Cleveland's trusted advisers. went to the ground
II is. perhaps too early TO say what VIII De the
result of to-day's vote in the House. The opinion
that il ends for this Congress- at least all hope OIL
a repeal of the Sherman law Is almost unanimous.
There are few men, it is true, who stu imasih"
that upon direct vote, that is ~ say upon 'o'e
involving the merits OF the question Oh repeaA
and not q vote determining the outcome Oh rar-
liamentary tactics as was the case to-day, thc TO
sult would have been different But these VS.
ionaries, for by no other name can such people oo
called failed absolutely to state what means couio
have been employed to bring about dinereh'
result or what should be done in the iuture u rc
trieve the loss Of o-days battle For oil practlcal
purposes the vote Of to-day marks sharply tne
dividing line Of the contending factions' anu ~
idle to venture the assertion that IL the question
or modified form, the issue OF the coh'es' "o"iu
not have been what 1t was.
What the next Congress may do, and more ec'
neciallv whether or not il will be called to-
petber I'm extra session. are questions upon whlcn
specuations are rife but which IL Is not %
easy 10 answer satisfactorily. One thing may De
assumed for certain--tlat the House OF repre-
sentatives in the Lid Congress will be even
less disposed TO act in this matter of repeating tho
Sherman Silver act than the present House Is
and it is equally certain that il will prove ITSELF
quite as Indifferent to the establishments OF .
President as its predecessor has remained unnoved
in the face of threats Illuminated against 1t ny
q President-elect The question Of an extra ses-
sion rests with Mr.. Cleveland, and Mr.. Cieve'
land alone II he has expressed himself to any
of his friends on the subject that fact has not
reached Washington yet. Even the future Sec
retary of the Treasury is reported as pleading
ignorance of Mr.. Clevelands intentions when asked
about the matter 1t seems reasonable there
fore to assume that nothing short Of finan-
cial crisis, merely threatened or foretold, but
actually present ard making its presence felt,
will lead TO a change in the fiscal policy Of tho
Government.
Mr.. Cleveland has made the attempt twice
to head his party in the right directiOn-elght
years ago and now-and he has failed each
time. Is it 10 be supposed that he will sue
coed upon a third attempt, except under greatly
changed conditions or in the midst of n great
financial convusion. such as is now predicted by
those opposed TO the further storage of silver
in the vaults Of the Treasury without the chance
Of its ever seeing the light of day in a usefLi
FORM
Politically speaking, the vote of to-day was 4
Democratic affair, pure and simple. Republicans
played role in it, They did not even desire
10 record their vote as indicating their Judgment
upon the question of repeal, but voted only in
order to indicate their views to the expediency
of taking up the subject for discussion in the
few remaining days of this Congress- when it 10
perfectly well known that to pass the repeal
through the Senate is parliamentary imposi-
bity. In the Democratic ranks such considera-
tions did not govern a single VOTE but, on the
contrary, there every vote was cast either for or
against silver; or, to express it differently. each
vote was either @ Cleveland or an anti-Clevei
land vote.
Upon this Interpretation, which is nothing u
not fair and legitimate. Cleveland was shown ~
have been able to carry with him but 103 fol.
lowers, while the silver men mustered io7; or,
counting the Populists with them, H. OF the
seventy-fve Republicans recorded as voting.
forty voted with the silver men, while thirty.
five joined the cause of honest money but, as
already said this Republican vote does not IN
any manner indicate the financial views Of those
casting it, but Only their Judgment as to the
wisdom of wasting two days in idle discussion at
this particular trlr
As TO the feeling on the Democratic side. and
especially among thc silver men, nothing reflects
more forciby than the savage speech made Dy
Mr.. Bland preceding the vote Its defiance OF
Cleveland and the charges hurled at certain
Eastern Democrats of having deceived the peo'
pie, and Of having violated their pledges, with
dire predictions of a disruption Of the Demo
cratic parity with chaos and sundry other things
to follow such disruption, produced a mild sensa-
tion. and sent chill down the backs Of several
Democrats who had never listened to an out.
burst quite so bad since the classlc lcreihlaus VI
Calamity Weller"
The motion upcn which the vote was taken v
easily explained The Committee on Rules had
brought in report setting apart to-day ana t0'
but without specifying the limit OF debate nor
fixing the time for taking vote. Having, througn
MIR Catchings spokesman for the committee, 10
manded the previous question upon the adoptlpn
of the report Lo amendment calling for time
for the taking Of vote could Ike in order until
after the previous question had been voted down.
Those, therefore, who wished tn, time ior vote
iiyed2in other words the friends OF Mr. Clevc-
land-voted against the adoption OF the previous
question and those who favored the continued
tmestion The result indicated clearly the
lines which divided the House upon the silver
question that further attempt was mace 10
continue the contest, and the report OF the Com.
mittee on Rules was sent back 10 where u
originated, and where it will probably be per-
mitted to lie until the close OF the scsslon