The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-08-29
THE IOIE EOK REPEAL
Unexpected Majorities Against
Free Coinage,
THE VOTE ON RATIO AND REPEAL.

The silverites Surprised at the smallness
ofIheir vote The Bland Allison Act
Made the Hest showing Details of the
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 349 members responded
10 their names Shell and Graham were
paired, leaving but three representatives
out of total voting strength of 354 APP
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 disso-
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 were 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-Alllson act made the best showing
for the silver men, the total being: Yeas,
1856, nays, 2l3, divided among the states AS
follows;
Yeas-Alabama s; Arkansas 3; Cali
fornia, 3; Colorado, 2; Georgia. g., Idaho, /;
Illinois, .; Indiana, 3; Kansas. 3; Ken
lucky, g; Louisiana, 4; Michigan, .; Min
nesota /; Mississippi, g. Missouri, 12; Mon
tana, I; Nebraska, 3; North Carolina, s;
Ohio, 4; Oregon, .; Pennsylvania, 2. South
Carolina, 5; South Dakota, 2; Tennessee, 6;
Texas, II; Virginia, 8; Washington, 2;
West Virginia, 3; Wyoming, l.
Nays-Alabama, l; Arkansas, I; Cali
| fornia, 2; Connecticut, 4; Delaware, /;
| Florida, 2; Georgia, .; Illinois, II; Indiana,
S, Iowa, II; Kansas, 3; Kentucky, 3; Lou
isiana, .; Maine, 4 Maryland 6; Massa.
chusetts 10; Michigan, 6; Minnesota, g.
Mississippi 1; Missouri, 3; Nebraska, 3
| New Hampshire, 9: New Jersey, s; New
| York, 33; North Carolina 1; North Dakota
| /: Ohio, 16; Pennsylvania, 2S; Rhode Island
q South Carolina, /; Tennessee, 4; Texas
| 2 Vermont, 2; Virginia, 1; West Virginia
| 2; Wisconsin, 8.
The affirmative vote was made up Of
| Democrats, 112; Republicans, 10; Popu.
| lists, o. The negative, vote of Democrats
| 1O3; Republicans 10.
| A comparison of seven separate vote,
! taken shows that at no time did the anti
| silver men have less than n clear majority
! Their greatest strength was shown on tn,
! II TO l amendment, when the vote stooC
! 100 to 24O-an anti-silver majority of 40
! On the final passage of the bill the anti
| mustered the same strength rs this bu
owing to a desperate rally of the silve
men their majority was cut down to 13O.
One of the surprises of the day was tn
lack of strength of the 20 to l amendment
which was supposed to be the strnnges
proposition that the silver men had in re
serve. As a matter Of fact it was weake
by three votes than the 16 to proposition
and the majority against it was 10l. Tn
vote that gave the silver men the creates
comfort was that on the re-enactment O
the Bland-Allison act and on this amend
ment they succeeded in reducing the ma
jority against them to the lowest figure o
the day--77-the vote standings Yeas, 13t
nays, 213
The story of the voting is told in tn,
shortest and most instructive manner b.
the following-l6 to l: yeas, l24; nays, 22C
II to /: yeas, 100; nays, 240. Is to /: yeas
1903; nays 239. 10 to l; yeas, 104; nays, 23s
20 to /: yeas, l2l; nays, 222. Bland-Alli
son act; yeas, 1856; nays, 2l3 Final pass
age yeas, 240; nays, 10.
The silver men felt chagrined at thei
overwhelming defeat, but they took thei
overthrow philosophically, and found i
their late opponents men who were to
generous to say aught of ungraciousnes'
After Mr.. Catohings had given notice tina
he would call up the house rules tomol
row, the house at $3.50 adjourned.